After a very leaky past couple of months, the Droid X has officially surfaced. The Droid X gives Motorola’s Droid lineup a pretty sweet looking multitouch interface and keyboard. Whereas the Droid 2 coming up soon will offer a physical keyboard, which keeps it in line with the original Droid.
Droid X Key Specs and Features
4.3″ Display
854 x 480 Screen Resolution
Capacitive Touchscreen
8MP Camera w/ Dual LED Flash, Autofocus & Mechanical Shutter
720p HD Video Capture w/ 3 Mic Multi-Directional Audio and LED Spotlight
Slow Motion and Fast Motion Video Capture Modes
HDMI Output
3G Mobile Hotspot
Flash 10.1
1GHz OMAP Processor
8GB Internal Storage
Expandable via Memory Card (up to 32GB add’l)
16GB Memory Card Included
8 Hours Talk Time
220 Hours Standby Time
The Droid X should be available from Verizon for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a 2-year contract starting on July 15.
It’s not the iPhone slayer. It might not even be the best Android phone available to date. But it is a solid phone with amazing hardware running the consumer-friendly HTC Sense Android release.
This guy emailed AT&T’s CEO, Randall Stephenson, directly with some feedback about AT&T’s crappy new data plans, which are in and of themselves reason numbers 7,242 through 7,245 why AT&T sucks.
So, after he emails AT&T, he gets a call from AT&T’s Executive Response Team telling him that further emails will mean AT&T will send him a cease and desist letter. And, the guy is such a rocket surgeon to leave a voice mail of the threat. Sure, that’s not going to find its way onto the Internet.
My question is: What are the legal grounds for the cease and desist letter? A customer complains via email and you’re going to threaten legal action against them? For what?
Rethink Possible? How about “Rethink Logical” as a new slogan?
Oh, and if you want to email AT&T’s CEO, here’s his email address:
Wired has put the Sprint HTC EVO through its paces and thinks its hot stuff.
The hardware is smart and well-appointed, the interface is pleasant and straightforward, and it just plain worked. In short, it felt like a call from the future; one not dropped by AT&T.
The INTERPHONE project has published its findings in the largest study every conducted on the link between cell phone use and brain tumors.
The results?
Overall, no increase in risk of glioma or meningioma was observed with use of mobile phones. There were suggestions of an increased risk of glioma at the highest exposure levels, but biases and error prevent a causal interpretation. The possible effects of long-term heavy use of mobile phones require further investigation.
The Nokia N8 may be the coolest smartphone since the iPhone. Forget about web surfing and email. The N8 does much more. I am talking about a built-in camera with a 12MP sensor and Carl Zeiss optics, the ability to produce HD quality video and edit it, and Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation. Yes, it’ll do Facebook and Twitter too. [click to continue…]
The Nexus One is one of the hottest items at CES 2010. The Nexus One booth was packed in tight and required swift moves and jockeying for position just to get my hands on one for a few minutes.
After throwing a couple of elbows, I spent several minutes playing with Google’s new toy. The first takeaway for me was how fast the phone was. Moving from app to app was a speedy and smooth transition. From what little you can learn about a phone in 10 minutes or so of use, I’m pretty impressed.
The video capture and still camera capability is pretty cool. While it doesn’t really rival what you can do with a real camera, it does its job well and, based on my first impressions, I like the interface better than my iPhone 3G.
After the jump, you’ll find a quick video that I shot with one of the display samples, followed by a photo from the same. I emailed these to myself from the show floor. The email process was noticeably quicker than what I get out of my iPhone. [click to continue…]
