Monday 27 June 2011

Android second physical-portrait-keyboard-candybar phone

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Introducing the Motorola Droid Pro on Verizon, the first second Android phone that came with a physical portrait layout keyboard, like the one on Blackberry line of phones (The first one is actually the Motorola Charm). Gizmodo called it “a Blackberry impregnated by Android”. It runs Android 2.2 with Motorola Blur. Along the the keyboard, you got a 3.1” touchscreen on top of that. This phone is powered by a 1GHz OMAP 3620, and 512MB of RAM plus 2GB of onboard storage. Other usual set of features include 2.4GHz N Wi-Fi, 5 megapixel camera with dual LED, can shoot ‘DVD quality video’, DLNA, and Bluetooth 2.1. It does have 3G mobile hotspot that can support up to 5 devices at a time. What interesting about this phone is that it is equipped with dual mode GSM/CDMA chip for global roaming in 200 countries around the world.

Update: (Official) Key features and specifications:

· Support for both Exchange e-mail and Gmail™ for business

· Corporate directory look-up, unified calendar for Enterprise and sync with Google Calendar™

· PC-like browsing with Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 on a full, multi-touch, 3.1-inch brilliant display built on Android 2.2

· View, edit and share documents, including Microsoft Excel® spreadsheets, PowerPoint® presentations and Word® documents

· Built-in security features, including AuthenTec IPSec multi-headed VPN integration, remote wipe of device and SD card, and complex password support. Device and SD card encryption will be available in early 2011

· 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities – Allows customers to connect up to five other Wi-Fi®-enabled devices and laptops

· Live widgets that stream e-mail messages to the home screen; customers can filter the widgets to separate work and home e-mail

· 5-megapixel camera with auto focus and dual LED flash as well as DVD-quality video

· 3G diversity antennae provides customers with enhanced data speeds and range

· Wi-Fi®-enabled DNLA® connectivity

· Android Market™ – Provides customers with access to more than 80,000 applications

· My Verizon and Backup AssistantSM support – Allows customers to manage their wireless accounts or their contacts from their phones

Check out this hands-on and screenshot by Engadget.

Sources: Engadget, Gizmodo, BGR, Android Police

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