Motorola Droid X Full Review

Marco — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:36:37 +0000

So far I had the Droid X for a week, and its been pretty good. I have a few complaints, but other than that its all good news!

Lets start with:

Hardware:

The Droid X has a massive, and I mean MASSIVE 4.3″ screen with a resolution of 480×854, very tall which means less scrolling on long websites. Also it is a LCD TFT screen, so in bright light situations you are 100% fine. Inside this monster is a TI 3650 1GHZ Processor, in other terms this thing is blazing fast. Other websites did some speed tests with processors, and the one in the Droid X was faster than the other leading processor the Snap Dragon, I haven’t seen a test with the A-4′s on the iPhone 4. Also on the front of this device you got 4 hard buttons! YAY! I haven’t seen hardware buttons, since the last time I looked at my iPhone, which is sad to say about a few weeks ago! It’s been crazy! Phone after phone, and my phone number kept on changing, so my family were all confused! But enough of that!

Camera & Camcorder

The Droid X has a 8MP camera, and let me stop you right now, it is not about the megapixels of a camera. Its about the sensor inside. The sensor on this one seems fine, it takes 8MP photos, and good quality, but I believe the iPhone 4 has better color, and it also takes 720P HD video, which is not the best but for a cell phone camera….ITS GOOD .

Software

Droid X packs Android 2.1 and a less annoying MotoBlur. It will have an over the air update in the latter part of this summer for Android 2.2 (Froyo) and Flash 10.1. But currently this uses Android 2.1 to the fullest, very fast, also the widgets run beautifully on this device, and all around it is a champ.

Browser

So lets face it. Every smart phone now is law to have a decent browser, and this one does not disappoint. The Android Browser is very fast, in tests I did it was faster than the iPhone 3GS, but that is year old hardware. I also put it up against the Samsung Captivate, the Galaxy S phone with the 1GHZ Hummingbird processor, now the Samsung won for one reason. The Hummingbird processor is way faster, it is still 1GHZ but it can do more calculations a second than any of the other 1GHZ mobile processors. So the Droid X was about 1-2 seconds behind the Captivate….NOT BAD..

Final Thoughts

So here is the decision time.

Let’s just say I was on Verizon, and the HTC Incredible was available, and so was the Droid X. Now I would get a little more power from the Droid X but I would get a smaller, thinner, and more compact body on the Incredible.

My ANSWER: I am not a fan of the giant 4.3 inch screen, but hey more screen real estate isn’t all its cracked up to be. Its about the pixels per square inch. Apple with their Retina display packed 326 pixels per square inch on the 3.5 inch display of the iPhone. Imagine what they could of packed in a screen the size of the Droid X, or even better the iPad in next April. They could put some serious pixels, into the computer world of HD monitors, INSIDE A MOBILE PHONE! Now think about it, not too long ago, people had those Nokia’s, those bar phones with only the black display that makes phone calls, and some even did text messaging. Now we are in the world of having pocket computers! I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple or any other company invent something that can transport us to anywhere. All joking aside, back to the real question. I would say the Incredible because they really did a great job on building that device.

So there you have it, sorry I went all history, but I got carried away

Here’s the video I did about the Droid X!

Samsung Captivate Unboxing

Marco — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:28:20 +0000

Samsung has finally released the Samsung Captivate, the Galaxy S phone for AT&T. This is one of the 4 that will be on major US carriers, and also two more for other carriers in the states. This is the first one to hit the US market, which will be on Sunday July 18. Price for this one is $199.99 on 2 year contract, and 349.99 for the phone with no contract.

The Samsung Captivate has a 4 inch Super AMOLED display, which they state that sunlight will not make the screen unreadable, so I will have to test that in the daylight, and other light sources. But in first impressions, the screen reproduces the colors like never before, maybe better than Apple’s Retina display? I will have to test that too!

The Captivate has a 1GHZ Hummingbird processor which makes this blazing fast, I shot a video about the Droid X vs Samsung Captivate and the Samsung Captivate won in the speed test of loading up this website!

Overall the first impressions are strong, it runs Android 2.1 with a custom Samsung TouchWiz UI over it, which makes Android all the better, not as good as HTC Sense, but it is functional.

Here is the unboxing video along with some photos! Enjoy!

Motorola Droid X Software Review

Marco — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:21:48 +0000

OK guys, we are still continuing our coverage of the Motorola Droid X, and this time we are doing a Software Review of this Droid X!

Android

This is running Android 2.1, so Multi-Touch works, but you will have a over the air update for the X for Android 2.2 code named Froyo (Frozen Yogurt) in the latter part of this summer. On top of Android 2.1 is a new version of MottoBlur…. Don’t scream just yet. This is an all new version, a non cartoony, non up in your face version that I actually like. So for you who don’t know what MotoBlur is… Well MotoBlur is a skin that lays on top of the stock Android 2.1, so if you seen the HTC Incredible with it’s funky, awesome widgets, that’s not Android, that is HTC Sense.

Text Messaging and Email

Texting and Emailing on a smart phone should be second nature by now. And Motorola does not disappoint. The keyboard (Virtual, not physical) is very nice, with Haptic feedback which means it vibrates every time you press a letter/number/symbol/etc. Also has this new software called Swype which lets you draw lines from every letter, so say that I want to type Hi, I start from H, and then draw a line to I, and I spell HI

I am not that good at Swype, but they broke the record of the fastest text message, so I guess it works!

Other from that the Droid X functions as any other Android device but wayyyyyyyyy FASTER!

Check out the video below to see it in action!

Before I go big shout out to Tiffany, and everyone at JDPR

Thanks everyone!

Motorola Droid X Hardware Tour

Marco — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:04:11 +0000

Israel did a video showing off the great hardware of the Motorola Droid X, which releases July, 15th.

The Droid X has a massive 4.3″ screen, LCD TFT display, also has the Texas Instruments 3650 Processor which clocks in at 1GHZ! You guys have heard of the Snap Dragon’s on the Incredible, and other Android smart phones, and the A-4 chip on iPhone 4, and iPad! But this is a powerful processor, which makes this phone a total screamer when it comes down to browsing the web, and opening, and using applications and widgets on your device. It also has 512MB of RAM!

Storage is also pretty good on this phone, it comes with a 16GB MicroSD card, and it can support up to 32GB.

The Droid X has physical buttons on the bottom instead of touch buttons, I like that a bit more, I think the use of hardware buttons are becoming more and more rare, and it’s nice to see Motorola using that.

Overall the phone is nice, slim, and very pocketable, unless you are wearing skin tight jeans, it will bulge a little bit out of the pocket, but it’s very comfortable.

Droid X Unboxing!

Marco — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:32:03 +0000

Hey everyone, we just started our Droid X Coverage by our very own Israel! Marco will start his Monday or Tuesday of next week! We start of the coverage with an Unboxing of this monster of a phone!

Overall in the box you get the Droid X, Manuals, Charger, Data Sync cable.

Here is the video if you wanted to watch it:

iPhone 3GS vs. HTC Droid Incredible

Marco — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:21:07 +0000

So everyone knows what a iPhone is right? If not, here’s a brief overview, it’s slab, that has a screen, and you touch the screen instead of buttons. The first phone to do that. Now over at Verizon they have a phone named the HTC Droid Incredible, and trust me, IT’S INCREDIBLE. If I wasn’t super glued to AT&T and my iPhone, I would be owning one today. It’s a bit bigger than the iPhone by .2 inches, not too big, not too small. The iPhone is not small, but I can live with a 3.7 inch screen than a 3.5 inch screen. The Incredible runs Android 2.1 which supports Multi Touch, the fabulous thing that lets you use 2 fingers or more , and also has a custom skin called HTC Sense which you see is on the EVO, Aria, and other HTC Android devices. HTC Sense is very beautiful, Sense UI, and Android is pretty much based on widgets, and great third party applications, unlike the iPhone which is all applications.

Why the iPhone is faster:

Now the Incredible has a 1GHZ processor in the phone, not to long ago, that was in computers! I am an iPhone user, but I am a Android fan as well. If the iPhone didn’t exist I would be using Android A LOT! But the reason why the iPhone is so successful in the mobile industry because IT’S CLEAN! What Android tries to do is jam a lot of things on home screens that uses RAM, ROM, and clogs up your processor. The iPhone is an application based UI. You get the basic stock apps like weather, YouTube, Mail, etc. But you download apps from the App Store. Nothing gets changed on the UI, all it does is add an icon to your home screen so you can launch it.

On Android you have widgets that run constantly. I love the widgets on Android, I wish Apple would have some, but also knowing what widgets do to your phone which is SLOW IT DOWN, which is why Apple went with Applications instead. Now Android has the Market Place, which is growing daily, and believe me it’s a great experience! Just like the App Store.

iPhone and Android are two wonderful platforms, but me being an Apple fan, as well as a Google fan, it’s clearly a draw for me, and it’s more of a personal choice.

If you have AT&T and you want a phone, but don’t feel like switching carriers, you can get an iPhone, or an HTC Aria if you want Android, but you will get a much smaller screen.

If you are on Verizon and don’t want to switch carriers, you can get the HTC Incredible, or you can wait until we review the Motorola Droid X which is a 4.3 inch Android device that sure looks like a great phone!

Whatever your choice is, you will not be let down on both platforms.

Here’s a video I did explaining the two platforms head to head! ENJOY:

Sprint’s Smart Phones Review

Taurus Omejia — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:18:58 +0000

So i picked up the EVO 4g last week, I have been testing it out and I must say it is quite an impressive device. How does it stack versus some of sprints other devices? Well lets find out in my side by side review of The HTC EVO, HTC Hero, and The Palm Pre. The third video is a little dark so I apologize in advance. I believe I need to invest in a new camera

This is the hardware portion of the review.

This is the software portion of the review PT 1

Now PT 2 (sorry for the darkness on this portion looks a little better after the first few mins)

iPhone 4 Hands On

Marco — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:18:58 +0000

Today I had a chance to play around with an iPhone 4 for about half an hour. It was 3o minutes of happiness! When I picked up the iPhone, it reminded me of the first iPhone back in 2007, just the solid build quality, but this one is glass! The first thing I did with the phone is look at the back of it, and oh my! It had countless numbers of scratches running from top to bottom. Then I started using the phone and it’s much snappier, quicker, and also it just feels right with iOS4 running on this device. Then I fired up the camera, and the 5 mega-pixel camera takes stunning quality photos, and also the 720p HD video looks Flip quality, but even better! The phone had iMovie pre-installed on it and it works like the regular iMovie on you’re Mac! Overall I think this phone has a lot of things going for it, but with the complaints on scratches, and loosing signal by holding it the ‘wrong way’ makes me a little iffy on buying this for myself. I think I will stick with my 3GS for now and maybe I will buy the white iPhone.

Check out the video below! And leave us a comment with you’re thoughts on the new iPhone! We would love to hear from you!

iOS4 Review

Marco — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:10:15 +0000

So if you have been living under a rock for the past month or so, iOS4 has been out for a few days, and let me tell you, it’s an amazing firmware upgrade! Multi-tasking is done just right, I mean Apple really nailed this one! It just works so well, and it made my 3GS a lot quicker! Overall the new features are quite good, and the performance of my 3GS is improved by a mile if you ask me. And earlier today I was playing around with a iPhone 4 with iOS4 and it works ten times better! Check out the video below! Comment you’re thoughts on iOS4! We would love to hear from you!

Droid X Coverage/Overview

Marco — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:08:09 +0000

And that concludes the coverage of the Droid X event! Look for a video about this later today, and we will have our go at the Droid X soon! Stay tuned!

12:54pm: Droid X is only for US customers on Verizon. Will not ship worldwide.

12:53pm: Froyo will be put on Droid X late summer.

12:50pm: Droid X will be shipping at Verizon Wireless retail store, and Best Buy, and other retailers.

12:48pm: Droid X ships with Android 2.1?!

12:48pm: 29.99 per month for Smartphone Usage unlimited. The extra 20 is for teethering.

12:44pm: Droid X will be shipping July 15TH! 199 dollar, after 1o0 dollar rebate! 29.99 for unlimited access to internet, and mobile hot spot for 20 dollars for 2 GB of data.

12:43pm: This is a Verizon Wireless Update: Current Verizon customers who have contracts ending by Dec 31 2010 can upgrade to any smartphone including #DROIDX w/o penalty

12:42pm: Flash continues to be the most pervasive software.

12:39pm: 160,000 android enabled devices sold daily

12:38pm: Droid X is very energy efficient and also eco-friendly

12:36pm: Droid X has 3 Microphones for best call quality, and better signal!

12:34PM: 854X480, Multi-Touch keyboard, and Swipe installed! WiFi Hot Spot!

12:33pm: 8GB internal, 16GB card gives you 24GB of memory! WOW!

12:32pm: Droid X has Flash 10!

12:30: Motorola CO-CEO is talking about how you’re smart phones are exactly like Laptops, and 50% content users access the web from a smart phone.

12:28pm: Motorola’s 11th smartphone!?

12:26pm: Live NFL games on you’re Droid! RedZone! If you’re team gets inside the 20 yard line, it will send you a notification.

12:25pm: 4.3 inch screen, HD video recording, BlockBuster App!

12:21pm: Execs on stage, talking about Google-Verizon partnership, Eric Schmidt called up as surprise guest.

12:20: It has started just talking about Droid, and partnerships…

12:15pm: 10 minutes!

12:13pm: Don’t worry I am still here. Little delay that is all!

12:00pm: Officially show time, but no video yet..Hmm..

11:52pm: More fancy music, and a little under an 8 minute wait till the conference begins! Almost there people!

11:41pm: Fancy music playing.. Presentation starts shortly! We will keep you posted!

I’ll be live blogging during this event, I will be watching, and then blogging about it on this post. It is a Verizon, Motorola, Google, and Adobe event! They are to unveil the next generation of Droid devices! Join me live via this blog, event starts right before 1 PM Eastern Time, 12 PM Central Time.

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