Motorola Milestone Review and Specs

Motorola milestone popularly known as Droid in USA was launched on 22nd of March in India. This gadget will definitely be a milestone with the features of 5.0 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and auto focus, it also includes 3.7″ WVGA touchscreen display and really a comfortable keypad. Motorola Milestone will be available at a price of Rs.34,000(approx). This is rightly named as “smart phone”.

Milestone bags the pride to be one of the world’s thinnest QWERTY sliders(13.7mm/1.37cm). It has a high resolution 480*854, TFT display which enables pinch and zoom gestures. The highlight is it is offered with a number of google applications which includes Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and You tube. These are the additional features excluding the apps, tonnes and widgets from Android market.

Specifications of Motorola Milestone

Physical features, power and memory
Display Type – TFT
Weight – 6 oz.; 165 g
Size – 2.4 x 4.6 x .5 in.; 60.00 x 115.80 x 13.70 mm
Display Size – 3.7″; WVGA (480 x 854 pixels); 16:9 wide screen; PPI 267
Antenna Type – Internal
Form Factor – Slider
Battery
GSM: up to 390 mins
3G: up to 290 mins TALK TIME (CONTINUOUS)
1400 mAh Li lon
Standby Time – GSM: up 350 hrs; 3G: up to 380 hrs
Removable Memory – 8 GB microSD included; supports up to 32 GB microSD expandable

Camera
Camera with image stabilization
Megapixels – 5 MP
Digital Zoom – 4x
Flash – Dual LED
Focus – Automatic
Image Editing Tools

Connectivity
Web Browser – Location enabled, multi window HTML5 webkit browser
Bluetooth – Stereo Bluetooth® Technology v2.1 + EDR. Profiles HFP, HSP, A2DP,AVRCP, OPP, PBAP
Motorola Software Updates
WIFI – 802.11 b/g
GPS and Location Services – aGPS
Connector Type – Micro USB
Data Access
Data Transmission Rate – USB 2.0 High Speed
Motorola Media Link – Included
Headset Jack – 3.5 mm
Moto Phone Portal – Included

Internet And Games
Web Access – Intelligent plug-ins makes the apps smarter
Playable Formats – eAAC+, MP3, AMR WB, MPEG-4, H.264, WAV, AAC, AAC+, H.263,MIDI, AMR NB, OGG

Calling
Caller id – Ringer ID, Picture ID, On main display
Speaker Phone
Conference Calling – Three-way call
Emergency Dial
Noise Reduction – Crystal Talk
On Hold Call
Phone Book – Unified contact list
Speed Dial – Direct Dial and Direct Message shortcuts
Vibra Call
Wait and Pause Dialing

Google Mobile Services
Google Mail
Google Search
Google Talk

Interface
Operating System – Android 2.0
Backlight – Yes
Dedicated Keys – Back, Home, Volume control, Camera, Search, Power/Lock, Menu
Double Tap
Haptic Feedback
Keypad Lock
Light-Responsive Display
Pinch and Zoom
QWERTY Keyboard
Touch Screen – Gesture recognition

Motonav Features
3D Landmarks – 3D Landmarks
Easy Search – Trial Version
Lane Guidance – Trial version
MAPS – Trial version
Points of interest – Trial version

Music and Video
Music Enabled
Music Player – Yes
Video – D1 video playback (720×480 @ 30 fps – NTSC) or (720×576 @ 25 fps – PAL)
Video Capture
Streaming Media – Video
Video Capture Rate – DVD quality up to 24fps ; D1 (720×480) resolution

Personalisation
Ringtone Formats – eAAC, eAAC+, AAC+, AAC, MP3, OGG
Ringtones – Preloaded and downloadable
Wallpapers – Preloaded and downloadable

Technology
Accelerometer – Yes
Networks – WCDMA/900/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSPA, GPRS Class 12, WiFi
Processor Speed – 550 MHz
Sensors – Proximity ambient light sensor

Features:
World Wider Web – Zip through the internet with 3G speed, a Flash 10 ready HTML browser and a super fast processor.
E Mails – Work and personal emails stream into one easy-to-navigate inbox. Respond quickly with the QWERTY or virtual keypads.
Search for anything from anywhere – The newest Google features let you use your voice or your fingertips to search for what you want.
Pocket paparazzi – Take stills and videos with the 5MP camera with built-in flash, zoom and auto-focus,
and DVD-quality video recorder.
Amazing Feature – The MOTOROLA MILESTONE Phone Holder transforms your phone into a hands-free, personal navigation device with satellite location and cell tower technology.
Intelligent apps – Discover thousands of apps and hundreds of widgets in Android Market. Create
personalized finger gestures that open your links.

Cool shopping tool by google

A Tool that eliminates the hazel of finding the price of any product online. In short, this tool makes online price searches simple.
This tool helps to gather information about products and its prices automatically by searching from millions of web pages. It retrieves product names, price and images. This tool uses 30,000 Indian Internet sites which allows to make a variety research of products in just one go.
Its simple to use:
Just enter the product name into the Google’s search box.
On the results page, click on “Show options” link that’s above the search results and select “Shopping”.
This tool works rapidly and pulls the details of the product. The results can then be refined as required.
This tool is also useful to compare the prices of various products’ features and prices.

Twitter homepage gets a face lift

The world popular micro-blogging site TWITTER has come up with a new look. It has revamped its site and made its homepage even more interesting. the new homepage will have a constantly updated section for ‘TOP TWEETS’.

Twitter account holders can now watch celebrities and public figures being showcased. The company is pride that Twitter is a network where information exchange is rapid comparatively to other sites.The company says that the aim of the new design is to convey the message that Twitter is “a network where information is exchanged and consumed at a rapid clip every second of the day.”

The homepage now features a set of algorithmically-selected top tweets that automatically appears on the homepage on a regular interval. Hot topics now scroll across the new homepage which helps this site to become more popular.