Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Bionic droids, Verizon's 4G Screamer. Finally arrived.

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The Bionic Droid here, comes at a fairly fast. It's rare to see such a fever of anticipation for what level of non-Apple smartphone, but people have heard in advance about the latest Motorola handsets 4G LTE. dual-core so far only available phone for Verizon 4G network.
Bionic Droid is not the same we saw at CES way back in January when the phone was announced. Most of the specs are the same, but the physical case has been redesigned. Mainly, this phone is more slender, slightly sharper angle and chin not protruding. and still retain the same texture, with a little rubber version of the CES to give back more grippiness. It has a little hump in the back, on top of where the cameras.
advantages: 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB of internal storage plus microSD card slot is great with a standard 16GB card (you can swap the card for 32GB). There is an 8 megapixel camera on the back and a VGA camera on the front,
Touchscreen 4.3-inch steps, and homes (960 × 540) QHD screen under a layer of Gorilla Glass panels. Unlike last Droid 3, no physical keyboard.
For connectivity, you get HDMI and USB. Headphone jack on top, like the power button. I've seen some grumbling on blogs about the placement of the power / wake up, but I quite like it where it is. There is also a volume rocker. but, this Telepon has no dedicated camera shutter button.




The user interface is very smooth and responsive and pretty awesome for me, as we're closing the book.

And 4G speeds here in San Francisco only enhances the experience.
surfing on YouTube videos in just a few seconds, even for HD clips.
Website with loads very quickly (even Wired.com!) And JavaScript-heavy pages that I tried, such as mobile Gmail and Facebook mobile site, quite smooth and responsive as a native application.

Bright screen, and has anti-glare coating that makes it pop out.
But,

little disappointing because the screen is not sharp.
It's hard to see the rough edges when watching video or while sweeping the main UI.
but when reading a web page or when viewing images with smooth gradients, the lack of precision drag.

Fast camera, which is a nice change from the camera is very slow on the iPhone and even in other current dual-core Android phone. Also, the video camera can record 1080p HD movies, and front-facing camera can be used for video chatting via Google Talk with a tablet that can others, such as mobile phones or laptops.

The Bionic Droid can be used as a hotspot 4G, serve up to five other devices.
Motorola claims 650 minutes of talk time and 200 hours standby from the 1735 mAh battery, but we'll see a few days to make sure.

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