Motorola Droid Pro launches new form factor for Android
It has been more than a month since my last post. Sorry for that. Moved house, been on holiday, kitesurfed, now I am back. Not that much has changed on the smartphone front during this time. Still waiting on the release of Nokia’s new qwerty slider the E7, although having had the N8 for a while now, I doubt that the addition of a physical qwerty will be enough. Compared to iOS and Android, Symbian^3 is pretty pathetic, with or without a keyboard. O, and I see there are a couple of Windows Phone7 phones available in SA. Too early to buy a Windows phone I think. Not nearly enough apps and developer support for Microsoft’s new phone platform.
I have also been using an HTC Desire Z aka TMobile G2 for a month or so now, so expect some comments in future posts about this phone. Or maybe not. It is good, runs Android 2.2 and has excellent qwerty keyboard, but is somewhat boring. So maybe I won’t have much to say about it.
Now the Droid Pro looks a lot more interesting. I haven’t got one in my hands yet, but hopefully will soon. It is the first Android phone with a candy bar form factor and fixed portrait qwerty keyboard a-la Blackberry. Motorola is clearly taking aim at Blackberry with this phone, especially when you look at the activesync enterprise features loaded on the phone.
The Pro has a 1GHz processor so I expect it to be very nippy. Screen is a bit small for my liking at 3.1 inches but that is the trade-off to get the fixed qwerty I guess. Should be great for one handed use, and will also be great to not have to flip the phone landscape every time you need the keyboard.
It is also a true quad band phone with support for GSM and CDMA. So you can use it in the USA (CDMA) and the rest of the world (GSM).
Will let you know what I think of this phone soon as I get it.