also known as Motorola A855, Motorola Tao, Motorola DROID

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Published:
14 Jul 2009
Market Status:
Released
US carrier availability:
Verizon - Available as Motorola DROID
    (Since Nov 2009 )
Links:
Motorola Droid Official Page
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Description:

The Motorola DROID is an Android-powered smartphone for Verizon Wireless. It sports clean lines and a side-sliding design, which allows for a four-row QWERTY keyboard. The display is pretty big - 3.7 inches, while other features include a 5MP camera, microSDHC slot, GPS and Wi-Fi

User rating
Excellent
8.6
out of 10
based on 78 reviews
Editor's rating
Excellent
8.5
out of 10
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specifications

  • Phone type
    •  
      • Smart phone
  • Network technology
    • CDMA
      • 1900/800
    • GSM
    • iDEN
    • UMTS
    • TDMA
    • AMPS
    •  
  • Data
    •  
    • HSDPA
    • HSUPA
    • CDMA Data
      • 1xEV-DO rev.A
    •  
  • Multiple SIM Cards
    • Support
    • Number
  • Global Roaming
    •  
  • Design
    • Form Factor
      • Side-Slider
    • Dimensions
    • Weight
      • 5.96 oz (169 g)the average is 3.7 oz (105 g)
    • Rugged
    • Antenna
      • Internal
    • Keyboard
      • Full keyboard (QWERTY)
    • Soft Keys
    • Side Keys
      • Volume control, Camera shutter
    • Navigation/Control keys
      • D-Pad
    • Colors
  • Display
    • Type
      • Color
    • Technology
      • TFT
    • Size
      • 480 x 854 pixels
    • Physical Size
      • 3.70 inches
    • Colors
      • 16 777 216
    • Touch Screen
      • Capacitive
    • Multi-touch
      • Yes
    • Proximity Sensor
      • Yes
    • Light sensor
      • Yes
  • Additional Display
    • Support
    • Type
    • Type
    • Size
    • Physical Size
    • Colors
    • Touch screen
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Android Rocks!

1 Feb 2010 Prophitis

8.3 out of 10

Android is a very user customizable interface that will be the standard on appliances and phones in a few years!



BTW, dont people know how to use comma's and periods anymore? Their 14 line paragraphs are one long sentence with no ending punctuations. I know this isnt grammer class, but come on people! its a pain in the a$$ trying to read some of these posts. If you want to make a point in your post, make it easy for people to understand!



That is all!






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DROID ROCKS! WOW DID I JUST SAY THAT?

28 Jan 2010 Jessica98664

8.7 out of 10

Ok I've had every phone Verizon has put out Since I started working for the company In 2006 and I'm a Blackberry Support Specialist too. I wasn't going to jump on the Droid train but I was finally forced to as sales raised. Being I'm the type of person who has to use it in reader to sell it. I had grown very comfortable just using blackberries over the last year and half and spent allot of money on my schooling for them. So for me to say its anamazing phone it must me. The phone puts IPhone to shame I must say. I'm a very fare person when it comes to this business and I'm not scared to say another company has a better phone or offer then us. I'm a logical person! And logic,reason and knowledge says its over all better. There are no perfect phones out there. All of them lack one thing or another to make them perfect!

I want to add if your having battery issues it the fault of the person who sold it to you, you not listening when sold  or you not simply put using the task killer you should be. If you down load even the free one you wouldn't be having this issue.

from AP store :
its called "TASKILLER" little red guy icon or my favorite " TASKKILLER" two K's not one like other Little green man Icon! One of the flaws in this phone/Pda is it has no built in way of closing out of what your doing so you need to down load a task killer to do it for you. Having everything always open your battery will die.

I also read about someone really going back to At&t and willing to suffer with dropped calls because they couldn't load music right. You can now pay to have all your music unlocked you bought from them and new music you buy you can chose to pay few cents more for it not to be blocked. Like I said its all about logic,reading and listening.

I not only sell these phones but its my career! I use them daily all of them. Never ever buy your phone from someone who don't know how to resolve these very simple issue's. attest take the time to find out the answer. If your putting out the money to run these bad boys take the time to read about them and listen to the sells rep. You will know if their doing there job right if they go over the task killer part in the sale, If they don't talk about run for high ground. If they don't know that very simple fact they don't know there job. To but it simple ask them this " How do I close open programs on a droid, Is it like closing items on a blackberries or Palm? If they yes or you just click close they are wrong and know nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

I also want to add buy the car dock! You will never know the fullness of the phone without it. Its just amazing!
I hope i helped.





eVERYTHING I DIDNT PUT UNDER CON!! :)
NO WAY TO SEND MUSIC FILE OR SOUND CLIP TO OTHER PHONES! KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A MOTOROLA ISSUE NOT A VERIZON PROGRAMING ISSUE.

WONT LET YOU ADD YAHOO EMAIL ACCOUNT FORCED TO JUST SAVE PAGE AS A BOOK MARK.


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Droid addict

7 Jan 2010 dennismc

10 out of 10

I came from a Blackberry Storm and havent looked back, this phone is just great in my opinion.An open platform is the best and now were getting Android 2.1, flash 10.1,Google earth and another service update.I will be keeping this phone for a while.There is no global roaming but i am never out of the country anyway so thats no big deal for me.I just cant say enough good thing about this phone its like a breath of fresh air my Blackberry was getting boring and i never owned a Motorola phone before but this baby has won me over.Good job Motorola and Verizon and Google.





web browser- screen- apps- call quality- on screen keyboard is the best i have used-etc-etc-etc
no dialing from bluetooth-lockscreen time out. no big deal


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