With a decently-sized 3.7-inch touchscreen, 5-megapixel AF camera with dual-LED flash, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, a speedy Arm Cortex A8 processor running under the hood all packed in a slim 13.7mm thin body, the Motorola Droid strikes the right balance between style and function.

Sure, there will be comparisons made between this Android offering of Motorola and the iPhone, but one serious drawback to Apple’s mobile phone is its lack of a physical QWERTY keypad. The Droid has the best of both worlds, a touchscreen and QWERTY keypad, which makes it appealing to a more people. How about BlackBerry phones then? RIM smartphones have been the top choice of business folk, but with the company still banking on an aging BlackBerry OS, the Android platform is definitely the way of the future. Google, in general, is a very aggressive company and they’re certainly not resting on their laurels with Android churning out updates one after the other as they try to perfect their mobile OS offering. Apart from being an open OS, this dedication is what makes Android extra special and appealing to consumers.

Bundled Android with the perfect hardware combination, then you’ve got one heck of a phone, and that’s exactly what the Motorola Droid is. Of course, this just my opinion so how about you guys? Which phone do you think deserves the best smartphone recognition for 2009?

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Techcrunch is saying that the Google Phone will be more exciting than the Motorola Droid and even the following super Android phones that will come–Droid and the HTC Dragon will serve as a warm up to–how do we say, The One?

Google will not instantly go to manufacturing–the phone will be made by a big mobile company, perhaps Motorola again? Google is said to be in total control, though, as far as design and specs, and the phone will not carry any other brand but Google’s. The manufacturer could be Taiwanese or Korean, but the safe bet goes to either LG or Samsung. The Google Phone will be backed up by a major advertising drive. It’s going to be Apple vs Google after today and in the foreseeable future, and Google will have another solid source of revenue, besides their Adwords.

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Many users and reviewers have noticed (duh) that the Motorola Droid’s camera autofocus feature isn’t working properly. It just snaps out all of a sudden. Now, all of a sudden, the problem is gone. The crazy thing is, they must’ve sneaked in a bug fix. People are getting paranoid, except that maybe there’s no bug fix at all and the camera autofocus, well… it self-healed.

Unfortunately, that isn’t the case as Dan Morrill of Google explained that it’s a timestamp issue on the Motorola smartphone’s autofocus routine and the problem will be back in the next cycle of 24.5 days. That’s how it long for the Droid’d autofocus to completely heal and it will remain healed until the next 24.5 days.More about the Motorola Droid autofocus problem at the link below.

[via mobilecrunch]

The processor maker has jumped into the handset market with the unveiling (leaking) of their very own QWERTY MID. It’s slightly underpowered compared to the AMD Super Mobile CPU-powered xpPhone. I’m comparing it to the xpPhone because the VIA MID will also feature telephony. Indeed, the slideout QWERTY and the tall form factor suggests this can be handy for calling. The mobile unit can run both Windows XP and Google Android at the same time could swith between the two depending on the function you want.

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The Sony Ericsson online shop in the UK has just put up a pre-order page for the XPERIA X10, and lists it as launching in February 2010.This is the most specific launch date we’ve got at the moment which could also mean that it will be released around the same time as well elsewhere (cross your fingers guys). Aside from running on Android, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 also boasts of a 4-inch touchscreen, 8.1-megapixel AF camera, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and features their new UX interface, Mediascape, and Timescape apps that helps set this baby apart from the rest of the Android pack.

[sony ericsson shop uk via engadget]

The Vega tablet runs on the latest Android 2.0 Eclair and packs an Nvidia Tegra processor under the hood. It also boasts of 1.3-megapixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, 3G connectivity, a microSD card for additional storage, 3.5mm jack, accelerometer, and a magnetic dock. The model above is features a 15.6-inch touchscreen, but there is a smaller 7-inch version as well.

It only comes with a resistive touchscreen though and lacks GPS, but its other specs should more or less make up for these minor drawbacks. No word on its pricing or availability yet, but rest assured, we’ll keep you guys posted once we get a hold of the necessary info.

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Well, that’s about to change though as Dell has issued a press release announcing that the Mini 3i will hit China by late November. Those in Brazil, meanwhile, will have to wait a little longer as the Dell Mini 3i is expected to debut by year’s end via Claro. Do note though that while it may look like the same Dell phone launching in both countries, the one headed for the China doesn’t come with WiFi and 3G while the one for Brazil does. No price was detailed, but they do reveal that their first phone, an Android one at that, will also be headed to as Europe (Vodafone), Australia/New Zealand, U.S. (AT&T and Verizon), Singapore (M1 and Starhub), and Malaysia (Maxis).

If given a choice, I’d still choose the Motorola Droid over this, but to be fair, the Dell Mini 3i looks like a decent first offering from a newbie in the industry. How about you guys? What are your thoughts about Dell’s first mobile phone product?

[press release via unwiredview]
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Taken last November 11th, the Motorola Droid accounts for 1.49% mobile internet traffic in the US. That may seem small, but that’s actually 25% of total Android traffic in the country which is quite remarkable considering that it has only been available for barely a week. The iPhone still stands tall as its responsible for 52.09% web traffic in the US and further improves outside the country with 63.21% share. The Motorola Droid is still 0% outside the US, but this will soon change as the Motorola Milestone is expected to debut both in Europe and Canada in the coming months.

The Droid is truly shaping up to be quite a winner for Motorola. Hopefully though, it won’t be a one-hit wonder.

[clicky, bgr via cellphones etc]