The Motorola Milestone XT720 : A Short Guide
August 22nd, 2010
Motorola released the Droid a few years back to mostly positive reviews. That was because the company had produced a smartphone that stood near the top of the industry in developments and performance. Lately, other manufacturers have caught up and Motorola has found itself playing catch up. In order to reclaim cellular glory, the company has unveiled the Motorola Milestone XT720.
The XT720 differs slightly from previous handsets in that it is smaller and lighter. Its body measures 116 x 61 x 11mm and the phone weighs 160g. Immediately noticeable is the distinct shape of the Milestone. If you are looking at the phone in landscape mode, the top right juts out conspicuously from the rest of the shell. This is to house three lights that indicate which camera option the handset is currently in. Users may also notice the seemingly incompatible front and back sections of the device, pieces that seem to not fit together well. Some will say that the changes in shape were unnecessary and downright ugly, but the design is certainly unique in the world of smartphones.
Body aesthetics aside, the Milestone XT720 still offers the popular 3.7-inch screen found on prior handsets. It is a capacitive touchscreen and maintains a 480 x 854 pixel display. Making full use of the larger-than-average screen is an 8-megapixel camera complete with Xenon flash, a feature new to Android smartphones. This alone sets the Milestone apart from other Android devices as far as the camera is concerned. The camera also features face detection as well as a panorama mode. Of course, any smartphone that offers top end camera functions include video capabilities as well. The XT720 captures movies at 720p, and best of all, includes an HDMI port and the required cable that can send your images and movies to the big screen.
Motoblur is gone from the XT720, replaced by Android 2.1. Built-in social networking may be gone, but customers receive a trial version of MotoNav and Motorola’s new Phone Portal app. With this application, you can manage your Milestone’s data from the browser of a PC or Mac that maintains a USB or WiFi connection. The XT720 handles web browsing well on its own, with the best results obviously obtained on the WiFi network. Of course, Youtube and movies are capably presented on the 3.7-inch screen.
Motorola may not have returned to the very top of the smartphone world with the Milestone XT720, but it has produced a smartphone that provides the experience that many users are looking for. The XT720 performs its functions practically and quickly.
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