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Motorola Android launches Friday November 6th: Should you make the purchase?
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We have all heard the hype about the new Motorola Android that will be available exclusively from Verizon. This device designed to complete with the iPhone, falls short in a number of categories. Let’s take a look at the side by side comparison and decide for ourselves. After analyzing the table below the only features that stands out is the 5 megapixel camera.
. | Android | iPhone 3GS |
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Operating system: | Google Android 2.0 | |
Processor: | 550MHz Cortex-A8 | Data not availble from Apple or ATT |
RAM: | 256MB | Data not availble from Apple or ATT |
Storage: | 16GB microSD included; upgradeable to 32GB+ | 16GB or 32GB flash drive |
Display: | 3.7″ 854×480 WVGA, capacitive touchscreen, 400K pixels, 16 million colors | 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display, 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi |
Battery life: | Talktime: 385 mins / 6.4 hrs; Standby: 270 hrs / 11.25 days | Up to 12 hours on 2G, Up to 5 hours on 3G , Up to 300 hours |
Weight: | 169g / 5.96oz | 135g/4.8oz |
Dimensions: | 4.56(h) x 2.36(w) x0.54(d) inches | 4.5(h) x 2.4(w) x0.48(d) inches |
Keyboard: | Slide-out landscape qwerty; on-screen portrait and landscape keyboards | on-screen portrait and landscape keyboards |
Camera: | 5.0 megapixel, auto-focus, dual LED flash | 3 megapixels |
Networks: | Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, 800/1900MHz CDMA EVDO rev A | Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR,UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz), GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) |
Tethered modem capability: | No tethering at launch, but Verizon has promised to add it | Data not availble from Apple or ATT |
Price: | $199 ($299 with a $100 mail-in rebate) | $199 |
Please note: The price notes is with a new two years contract. It is rumored that the iPhone 3GS has a 600 MHz CPU processor with 256 of RAM. However, that data is not available from Apple.
Even though the Android features functional web browsing, email management with Active Sync functionality (all currently features of the iPhone), the device will have 10,000 applications for its platform. Meanwhile, the iPhone offers over 100,000 apps.
It is important to mention that the Android is limited to CDMA meaning that it is not a global roaming device. This will be a deal-breaker for a number of business users. It is also important to mention that the Android has the same limitations when it comes to Microsoft native file formats: Microsoft Office files open but are not editable and formats like .wav are not recognized as know file extensions.
Overall, the device is fairly bulky. While the slide out keyboard is nice to have, it makes the phone extremely heavy (for a smartphone that is). Being neither the iPhone nor a Windows mobile device your compatible software is hard to find and few and far between.
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