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Milestone 2 Unveiled, Available in Europe On Q4 2010

Milestone2 Milestone 2 Unveiled, Available in Europe On Q4 2010

Motorola has unveiled the new Milestone 2 last week, a clear successor to the first generation Motorola Milestone . Milestone 2 is the re-badge of Verizon’s Droid 2 smartphone in the US that running on CDMA. If you already know Droid 2, it is pretty much the same smartphone externally and internally, except the network stuff, GSM vs CDMA.

Milestone 2 is going to be shipped with Android 2.2, so upgrade shouldn’t be a concern here. Motoblur is now the default UI enhancement, and that’s  includes Milestone 2.  The same 1Ghz OMCA SOC processor is still there along with 512MB of RAM, 5 megapixel camera and 8GB of internal storage. Adobe Flash is already installed, so this is another Android’s flash ready smartphone (be aware that some test report Flash perform badly).

One feature that Droid 2 user will envy is the inclusion of 3G mobile hotspot in Milestone 2 which able to connect up to 5 WiFi enabled devices. Milestone 2 will available in Europe beginning Q4 2010. No word when it will available in Asia. More Milestone spec is below.

Key MILESTONE 2 features include:

  • 1Ghz processor now with 802.11n support
  • 3G mobile hotspot – connect up to five other Wi-Fi  devices
  • Latest version of MOTOBLUR
  • Adobe Flash Player 10.1
  • Multi-touch, pinch to zoom, double tap zoom
  • 720p HD video capture and playback
  • 5MP imager with dual LED flash
  • Up to 40GB of memory
  • 3.5mm audio jack
  • Enterprise Exchange support
  • Improved design; more spacious QWERTY keyboard including larger keys and better tactility
  • DLNA / WiFi / Bluetooth® 2.1 connectivity

Additional functionality and apps include:

  • Full suite of the Google applications: Google Search, Google Maps with Latitude and Street View, Gmail, YouTube, and Google Talk™
  • Unified Google and Exchange Contacts
  • Navigation: GPS, Google Maps, E-Compass Latitude
  • Email Support: IMAP/POP3, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Corporate Sync, Push Email
  • Quick Office document viewer
  • IM Support: Google Talk
  • Calendar: Exchange, Calendar

source Motorola

Admin 5 September 2010 gadget & hardware , , , , , 3 Comments

Motorola Milestone In Europe To Get Android 2.2 In Q4 2010, Asia-Pacific Under Evaluation

Motorola Milestone In Europe To Get Android 2.2 In Q4 2010, Asia Pacific Under Evaluation

To Motorola Milestone users, this news is absolutely what you’re craving for. In Europe, the Android 2.2 aka Froyo software update will begin on Q4 this year, which is about the year end. The update will be rolled out to South Korea as well almost at the same time. But for the rest of countries in Asia-Pacific regions, the update path is still unclear, but hopefully soon. According to Motorola Software Update page, Android 2.2 update in that region is still under evaluation. While I’m not sure what kind of evaluation is that, why don’t you just rolled out the update to everyone. So everyone will ending one happy customer, and you’ll be happy if they become returning customer.

Full Android update list is available below, obtained from Motorola Software Update webpage. Hit the source link at the end of this post for more info.

Phone Model
 Timeline
USA
BACKFLIP (USA) Upgrade to Android 2.1 planned for Q3
CLIQ (USA) Upgrade to Android 2.1 – testing in process, planned for late Q3/early Q4
CLIQ XT (USA) Upgrade to Android 2.1 – testing in process, planned for late Q3/early Q4
DEVOUR (USA) Will not have a software upgrade to Android 2.1
DROID by Motorola (USA) Upgrade to Android 2.2 currently rolling out in phases
DROID X by Motorola (USA) Upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for late summer.
Canada
BACKFLIP (Canada) Upgrade to Android 2.1 under evaluation
DEXT (Canada) Upgrade to Android 2.1 under evaluation
MILESTONE (Canada) Initial rollout of upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q4
QUENCH (Canada) Upgrade to Android 2.1 under evaluation
Europe
BACKFLIP (Europe) Will not have software upgrade to Android 2.1
DEXT (Europe) Will not have software upgrade to Android 2.1
MILESTONE (Europe) Initial rollout of upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q4
Asia-Pacific
BACKFLIP (Asia-Pacific) Upgrade to Android 2.1 under evaluation
DEXT (Asia-Pacific) Upgrade to Android 2.1 under evaluation
MILESTONE (Asia-Pacific) Upgrade to Android 2.2 under evaluation
QUENCH (Asia-Pacific) Upgrade to Android 2.1 under evaluation
MILESTONE (Korea) Initial rollout of upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q4
MOTOROI (Korea) Initial rollout of upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q4
Titanium (Korea) Initial rollout of upgrade to Android 2.2 planned for Q4
Latin America and Mexico
BACKFLIP (Latin America and Mexico) Will not have software upgrade to Android 2.1
DEXT (Latin America and Mexico Will not have software upgrade to Android 2.1
MILESTONE (Latin America and Mexico) Upgrade to Android 2.2 under evaluation

Q3 = Third Quarter of 2010

Q4 = Fourth Quarter of 2010

via Motorola Europe (facebook) source Motorola Support

Admin 23 August 2010 gadget & hardware , , , , , No Comments

Motorola Milestone XT720 Spotted On Motorola AP Website

motorola milestone xt Motorola Milestone XT720 Spotted On Motorola AP Website

Spot Motorola Milestone XT on Motorola AP website, and presume it should hit our shores pretty soon, hopefully. Out neighbor down south has got it through Starthub early last months, and the phone started to be available here as well through grey importer. This is the third Android phone would be available here after the original Milestone and Motorola Backflip.

Unlike in Europe where the phone is known as Milestone Xt720, it is just called as Milestone XT, without 720,  so I’m wondering if it is using different clock speed CPU instead of 720Mhz? Interestingly , the specification page also doesn’t stating what is the processor inside the phone, although OMAP3440 720 MHz processor is known as what powering this device in Europe

There is no AMOLED or Super AMOLED here, but you still get huge 3.7″ TFT touchscreen. As a bonus, there is HDMI port if you’re wondering what is special about this phone. The rest of the spec can be seen below. Price wise, I have no idea what is gonna be, but I have seen someone selling it at RM18++ in Lowyat.net

OPERATING SYSTEM : Android 2.1

DISPLAY TYPE : TFT, 3.7″, 480 x 854 WVGA
COLOURS : Cosmic Universe
WEIGHT : 139g
SIZE : 60.9 x 115.95 x 10.9 mm
ANTENNA TYPE : Internal

MEMORY : On board memory: 512MB ROM/256MB RAM and 8GB in-box SD memory card

3G : WCDMA 1700/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 10.2Mbps (Category 9/10)/7.2Mbps (Category 7/8), EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12, HSUPA 5.76Mbps

WEB BROWSER3 : Webkit Full HTML5 Browser

WIFI : 802.11 b/g

DATA ACCESS : USB 2.0 HS, FOTA, OTA ActiveSync, Bluetooth Class 1, 2.1 + EDR (inc. A2DP & AVRCP), Mobile HDMI type D

GPS AND LOCATION SERVICES3 : Standalone GPS/E-compass, Google Maps, MOTONAV
HEADSET JACK : 3.5mm
source: Motorola Milestone XP

Admin 1 July 2010 gadget & hardware , , , , , , 1 Comment

This is 500th post

500 This is 500th post

Another milestone in my blogging career. Although it took almost 19 months to reach this number, I’m grateful of the health, time that Allah awards me, that I still manage to continue writing. Next milestone would be 1000 posts, but I’m not sure when.

editpost This is 500th post

Btw, this suppose to be on 500th post. But I didn’t notice that I have passed it. So this is 502th post for real. Another 88 drafts to go. icon wink This is 500th post

Admin 5 February 2009 blogging , , , 3 Comments
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