Here are a few sample photos taken with that ugly black brick the Americans call the Motorola DROID, the phone which was renamed Motorola Milestone in the UK.
If you are for some bizarre reason considering buying Motorola’s staggeringly ugly first Android phone, here’s what the photos will look like when you take them off. The short answer is NOT GOOD. It gets the job done and it works, just don’t plan on entering any wildlife photography competitions.
“The camera is complete garbage. It takes 10 years to start up, 2 to focus, and another 4 to actually take the goddamn picture” – Gizmodo’s DROID review. Whoops!
While the DROID outputs at a seemingly impressive resolution of 2592 x 1936, the picture quality is pretty shocking – grass is rendered as a uniform green splodge, while tree leaves take on a Picasso-like, angular, abstract quality. Not good.
SUMMARY:
Better than not having a camera on you at all when something exciting happens – 4/10.
Motorola’s latest flagship dual-core Android monster is a massive, original powerhouse, that’s a big improvement on previous MOTOBLUR mobiles – but still isn’t a total winner.
A slim and glamorous phone from Sony Ericsson, with the sharpest display around. It’s no powerhouse and the screen’s not the biggest out there, but we don’t mind. Because it’s cute.
LG’s first glasses-free 3D phone is a heavy, fat monster, with a clever 3D effect that works rather well. As a smartphone, though, it’s heavy and underwhelming.
A very shiny thing from Sony Ericsson, with a 3.7″ screen and Android 2.3.3 inside. But is it exciting enough to win fans in today’s spec-obsessed market? Can man live on one core alone?
INQ’s Android phone is an interesting “boutique” piece of hardware, packed with unique interface customisations that go far beyond the headline Facebook integration. We like it a lot.
New Technology Blog
/ December 18, 2009Awesome images here. I have tried and tested both phones, although not side by side. My immediate response was ‘Is Motorola and Google afraid of a lawsuit from Apple in terms of Multi touch’? I’d love that feature on this phone.
I love the functionaility of the Milestone though, and the screen is utterly gorgeous. One other thing that I liked was the ‘lip’ at the bottom of the Milestone which I found not an intrusion, more a welcome step to stabability when sliding out that generously sized QWERTY keypad.
I think Android will dominate the smart phone market in 2010 – with the HTC Bravo ‘Google Phone’ coming out with its 1GHz Snapdragon CPU.
Thank you for the images
Regards,
Jakk ( Your fellow technoholic :D )
I owe you one
/ March 27, 2010My trusted camera took a suicidal dive from my upstairs window just hours ago, so I was thinking I could replace it with the Motorola. This has been quite informative. So another digital camera it is.
Thanks so much.
Keon Robertson
/ October 24, 2010Funny you mentioned it, because I actually won a wildlife photography contest with a photo taken on my droid. But not the Motorola; mine’s the LG Hero.