Android smart phones are coming out in droves this year. With the launch of the Google Nexus One in January until the very end of the year, the 2010 calendar is marked full of product launch dates that would make plenty of other folks cringe with all the sudden updates.
Of course, keeping track of so much news is quite confusing. So to make the whole thing so much easier, here is a quick heads up on two new devices from mobile phone maker Motorola.
Motorola made its’ mark on the Android community with the end-year launch of the Motorola Milestone (DROID) last 2009. The device featured a massive touch screen display, a slide out QWERTY keyboard and the Android 2.1 Éclair operating system.
Now, it has been confirmed that the Motorola Milestone 2 is coming and that it brings all of the great things from the first handset and will offer the new Android 2.2 Froyo operating system. According to initial reports, the new handset will once again be centralized on the Motoblur user interface and social networking tool. It has also been reported that the smart phone will come packed with a 5 mega pixel camera with HD video recording and dual LED support.
Another upcoming Motorola Android smart phone is the Motorola Defy, which is a pretty interesting handset because it has been specifically designed to “defy life” (hence the name). The device features a slight degree of water proofing and dust resistance. But do not submerge the handset in an aquarium and still expect it to work afterwards.
According to Motorola, the Defy will be able to withstand the daily rigors of life and that the device is designed to last through events such as accidental liquid spills and other similar situations.
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The Android community certainly has plenty of new smart phones to look forward to. And among these upcoming devices is the Motorola Milestone 2.
So far, specifics on this handset have been vague and hard to pin down –especially when it was often mixed up with the Motorola Shadow (which is expected to be the next Nexus smart phone). Just recently, some leaked photos of the Milestone 2 were revealed and with it, promises of better specs and the new Android operating system.
The biggest news comes in form of a new processor for the smart phone; according to the rumors the Motorola Milestone 2 will have a faster 1GHz CPU –and it will also have a 5 mega pixel snapper too. This will put the smart phone on the same level as other high end Android smart phones released recently, such as the Google Nexus One, HTC Desire, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10, Dell Streak (also known as the Dell Mini 5), and the Samsung i9000 Galaxy S. Aside from the new CPU and better camera, very little is still known about the Milestone 2.
The pictures reveal that the smart phone will still be packing two of the biggest hardware features it had before –a big capacitive touch screen display and a physical slide out QWERTY keyboard.
It was also stated that the phone will come with the new Android 2.2 Froyo (which is somewhat expected as the Milestone tends to herald new versions of the OS –the older Milestone came with 2.1 Éclair).
The advantages of having 2.2 Froyo include a faster Android OS and even faster browsing, support for tethering and allowing the handset to be used as a WiFi hotspot, and best of all, having native support for Flash content –this means that all Flash content on the web will be visible on the Android smart phone.