Droid 2, Extreme and Android Keyboard-equipped devices
 

Hey!

Just wanted to know what are your thoughts on:

1- Droid 2
2- Droid Extreme (not the same as above)
3- What exciting Android devices with physical keyboards coming out/existing now, other than Droid 1? [And I am talking "heavy" smartphones, not 3mp photosnappers with 500mhz processors]

Your thoughts?

Re: Droid 2, Extreme and Android Keyboard-equipped devices
 

wrong forum to be asking these kind of questions.

just kidding but the droid 2 could be better if the keyboard isnt flat. Oh and they magically make a deal with zeiss and it gets decent optics. I swear that if the phone makers dont wake up and realize that it isnt magapixels but optics then there never going to be really competitive.

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Yep. Optics and physical sensor size.

Why would I want to waste storage space on blurry (when zoomed) super-high resolution images?? Unless the picture quality is DSLR quality, I'd rather save them in <5 megapixel size.

PS: Yeah, not the right forum for the original question :D

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I think the endless onslaught of Android devices can be described like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXxZB...eature=related

Shame, it should be Meego doing this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsJu1zyQ-7U

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But what good keyboard enabled Android devices are coming out then? The Droid2 seems like a letdown if the leaked specs are true. Same 5mp camera, among other let downs.

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the n900 is quite a good android device :D

if anyone cared, you could probably even get iphoneOS to run on it too, the hardware is very similar between n900, Pre and iPhone.

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The droid 2 keyboard looks a bit like the N900s
http://gizmodo.com/5560566/motorola-...nd-photos-leak
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets...dl-600x382.jpg

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I tried out a milestone when we bought one at work for testing, I was very tempted by it, and one thing I didn't like too much was the keyboard, so this could be a real step forward.

I was very surprised at the useability of the tiny keyboard on my E71, I had a zaurus 6000 before with a sort of chiclet keyboard which wasn't as good despite being bigger.

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with the sizes of the lenses, there's probably no point in having more than maybe 2 megapixels.

I note that the megapixel war is largely over, probably ended by Olympus who actually came out and said that science was finally winning over marketing... the latest canon G series had less than its predecessor.

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Of course the design of the Droid 2 is much sleek than Droid X, but the aesthetic look can’t make it a cool device. The Droid X did good business as the deice was outsold on the release day itself, so Droid 2 still needs to gather some pace in order to establish itself as Motorola’s best device.

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MyTouch 3g Slide is probably the best for Android with keyboard for right now
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....ide-01-top.jpg
While I like the keyboard the specs and price could be a little bit better. I like the design and pocketability.
Specs

• Operating System: Android 2.1 with modifed HTC Sense Android 2.2 coming soon
• Processor: 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 ARM11 processor
• Ram: 512mb
• Storage: 512mb of Rom plus 8gb microsd card in the box and expandable up to 32gb
• Screen: 3.4 inch 320 x 480 Capacitive Touchscreen
• Sensors: proximity, ambient light sensors, and 3-axis accelerometer
• Text Input: Four row qwerty keyboard, virtual keyboard, swype, and genius button
• Rear Camera: 5mp camera with single led flash and no lens cover
• Front Facing Camera: No
• Battery: 1300mah
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, ExtUSB, A-GPS Quad band GSM 850 900 1800 1900 MHz GPRS/EDGE
  Tri band UMTS 900 1700 2100 MHz HSDPA/HSUPA (US/Europe) (7.2/2 Mbit/s)