Motorola Milestone 2 Slide Phone Review

Author: Cherry



Motorola Milestone 2 has been a genuine success for the US Based
manufacturer, and an important part of the new Android line-up
of devices Motorola has released recently. Motorola Milestone 2
running the very latest 2.2 version of Android, which adds a few
style and functionality tweaks to the handset. As the Motorola's
flagship QWERTY side-slider phone, Milestone 2 expected to bring
a long time of MOTO fever throughout the world.

At first glance there is little to distinguish the Milestone 2
from the original, as most of the improvements are internal to
the device, although there are a few aesthetic differences in
the overall design of the product. Compared with the original
handset, Motorola Milestone 2 gets rid of the D-Pad on its full,
four row slide out QWERTY keyboard, which resembles the older
generation. Otherwise, the Milestone 2 is slightly heavier than
the original handset, weighing about 169g. But the dimensions
are identical, measuring at 116 x 60 x 14mm.

3.7-inch touchscrren with proximity sensor


Motorola Milestone 2 is endowed with a 3.7-inch capacitive
touchscreen in 480x854 pixel, which supports up to 16 million
colors and has a sliver of touch sensitive buttons in standard
Android style: menu, home, back and search. Meantime, the main
display supports multi touch input, which is quite good while
web browsing and can enhance the gaming experience to a large
extent. The display is also equipped with a proximity sensor,
which disables the touch sensitivity when using the phone to
make a call. And there is an accelerometer which automatically
rotates the screen orientation, depending on which way up the
phone is being held.

5-megapixel camera for shooting, video recording and Adobe
Flash video


Motorola Milestone 2 sports a 5-megapixel with a dual LED
flash, which supports image stabilisation and auto focus. What's
more, Motorola Milestone 2 supports 720p video recording with
clips captured up to 30 FPS in HD resolution. And one additions
on the handset that we have to mention is its proper support for
Adobe Flash video, which makes the user be able to play web
video on the browser. Sound quite cool, huh!

Current latest configuration: Android 2.2 OS and GHz OMAP
SOC


Motorola Milestone 2 cell phone comes with 1GHz OMAP SOC,
and Android 2.2 OS, albeit Motoblured social network integration
system, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of integrated storage( that can be
expanded by using micro SD card slot up to 32GB).


And thanks to the 1GHz processor, the gadget features fast
responsiveness when navigating and no sign of delay on opening
or switching applications. You may also impressed with the speed
at which the browser rendered pages.

Prominent Google features


As with all Android devices, Google products feature
prominently on the Motorola Milestone 2 too, with Google Maps,
Google Search, Gmail, YouTube and Google Talk all installed on
the device. What is more, you have access to thousands of
applications to install them in your own Motorola Milestone 2
for more functionality and features.

Social network integration system- Motoblur


Motorola Milestone 2 boosts the social network integration
system- Motoblur, which gets the ability to collates information
from the major social networks into your device and feeds them
out in various ways. As a result, you can get more options for
how and what you see to keep things all under control.

Strong Data Connectivity


Just like all Android handset, Motorola Milestone 2 also
features strong data connectivity, which supports HSDPA, GPRS,
EDGE and WiFi 802.11 b/g/n. This handset is also equipped with
DLNA technology, which makes it easier to connect it to your
existing home WLAN. The device also includes Bluetooth 2.1
wireless connectivity, with support for A2DP, which enables you
to connect a wireless stereo headset to the handset. A wired
option is also available, via the 3.5mm audio output jack.

Summary


Motorola Milestone 2 will ship with the latest current
version of Android available, Android OS 2.2, and the handset is
powered by a 1GHz processor, all the update on Milestone 2 makes
it become a more capable device than the original. But what we
can do now is waiting and see what will happen for it is
unavailable in current market.

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Milestone 2 will ship with the latest current version of
Android available, Android OS 2.2, and the handset is powered by
a 1GHz processor, all the update on Milestone 2 makes it become
a more capable device than the original. But what we can do now
is waiting and see what will happen for it is unavailable in
current market.