As Indian wireless market is going to enter 3G era very soon, handset makers are furious to capture the market. Just 2 days before LG launched its Android based 3G handset GW620, now Motorola lands in India with its Android 2.1 based Milestone.The Motorola "Milestone" creates a milestone in India being first Android 2.1 OS based smartphone. Motorola describes it as 'No Compromise' mobile device. Motorola Milestone is actually Motorola Droid with quad-band GSM/UMTS version.
Motorola had a strong marketshare in India both in CDMA and GSM handset market, out of most were sold along with bundle offer of operators. But last 2 years Motorola had a loss in India and they had to shut down entire handsets manufacturing department in India.
Following the success of Droid in US where market has strong competitors like Apple's iPhone and Google's Nexus One, Motorola now rolling out this smartphone in other countries. It is already launched in Germany, Italy, Argentina, UK & Hong Kong and Malaysia. Motorola wants to creates a milestone with the success of Milestone.
Motorola Milestone is powerhouse device with ARM Cortex A8 processor. It is the same processor that powers the iPhone 3GS and Samsung multimedia powerhouse Omnia HD.
| Hardware | ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX530 graphics ANTENNA TYPE: Internal |
| Memory | 133 MB internal |
| Card Slot | microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included |
| OS | ANDROID™ PLATFORM Android 2.1 |
| Form Factor | Slider QWERTY Color – Black Dimensions- 115.8 x 60 x 13.7 mm Weight- 165 g Backlight DEDICATED KEYS: Back, Home, Volume control, Camera, Search, Power/Lock, Menu DOUBLE TAP HAPTIC FEEDBACK KEYPAD LOCK LIGHT-RESPONSIVE DISPLAY PINCH AND ZOOM VIRTUAL KEYBOARD |
| Display | TFT, 3.7"; WVGA (480 x 854 pixels); 16:9 widescreen; PPI 267 TOUCH SCREEN: Gesture recognition ACCELEROMETER SENSORS: Proximity ambient light sensor |
| Network | 3G WCDMA/900/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSPA(HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps), GPRS Class 12, WiFi |
| Camera | 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels. 4x Digital Zoom, Flash dual LED, AutoFocus with image stabilization Image Editing Tools |
| Messaging | EMAIL: Push Gmail, Push Exchange, IMAP, POP3 MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING (MMS) PREDICTIVE TEXT TEXT MESSAGING (SMS) IMAGE FILE FORMATS: GIF, PNG, JPEG, BMP INSTANT MESSAGING (IM) via Gtalk™ Standard voice mail |
| Calling | CALLER ID: Ringer ID, Picture ID, On main display SPEAKERPHONE CONFERENCE CALLING: Three-way call EMERGENCY DIAL NOISE REDUCTION with CrystalTalk™ ON HOLD CALL PHONE BOOK - Unified contact list SPEED DIAL - Direct Dial and Direct Message shortcuts VIBRACALL WAIT AND PAUSE DIALLING Call records- Practically unlimited |
| Multimedia | 3.5 mm audio jack MUSIC PLAYER VIDEO CAPABLE D1 video playback (720x480 @ 30 fps - NTSC) or (720x576 @ 25 fps - PAL) VIDEO CAPTURE PLAYABLE FORMATS: eAAC+, MP3, AMR WB, MPEG-4, H.264, WAV, AAC, AAC+, H.263, MIDI, AMR NB, OGG STREAMING MEDIA Video VIDEO CAPTURE RATE: DVD quality up to 24fps ; D1 (720x480) resolution RINGTONE FORMATS: eAAC, eAAC+, AAC+, AAC, MP3, OGG RINGTONES - Preloaded and downloadable WALLPAPERS- Preloaded and downloadable |
| Connectivity | BLUETOOTH® TECHNOLOGY: Stereo Bluetooth® Technologie v2.1 + EDR. Profiles HFP, HSP, A2DP, AVRCP, OPP, PBAP |
| WiFi 802.11 b/g GPS AND LOCATION SERVICES: aGPS CONNECTOR TYPE:Micro USB, USB2.0 High Speed | |
| Internet and Web Access | WEB BROWSER - Location enabled, multi window HTML5 webkit browser |
| Google applications | Google Search, Google Maps with Google Latitude, Gmail, YouTube, and Google Talk™ |
| Motorola Specials | MOTONAV: 3D Landmarks, Easy Search, Lane Guidance, Maps, Point of Interest MOTOROLA SOFTWARE UPDATES, MOTOROLA MEDIA LINK |
| Navigation | GPS, MOTONAV - turn-by-turn navigation, Google Maps, E-Compass Latitude * Milestone packs in a lifetime free access to fully voice-guided street-level navigable maps of 401 Indian cities. |
| Apps | Unified Google and Microsoft Office Contacts ANDROID MARKET for Intelligent plug-ins make your apps smarter |
| Utilities | Calendar: Exchange, syncs with Google CLOCK - Alarm clock FLIGHT MODE Multimedia station to transform MILESTONE into a clock, movie player or digital picture frame. |
| Battery | 1400 mAh Li Ion Talk time: Up to 6 hr 30 min Stand-by 2G GSM: up 350 hrs; -UNTS / 3G: up to 380 hrs |
| Price In India | Rs. 32990 |
