The Motorola Milestone XT720 is actually the newer version of the modified Motorola Milestone, which whilst an impressive feature-packed smartphone, wasn't as well-received as hoped because of the slide out keyboard. Relaunched as the same feature-packed smartphone, but this time with more market-friendly touchscreen, and a few millimeters thinner, can the Milestone XT720 do better second time around?
The new Milestone was always going to look different to the original version, ditching the slide out keyboard has meant the new touchscreen version is slightly thinner and a little lighter - all of which counts in this market. Motorola also took the opportunity to make some other design tweaks, without straying too far from the original look, and the result is a phone that can look different depending on which side you view it from. But the end result is appealing if not stunning.
The rather unique look to the phone is designed it seems, to highlight its camera credentials, and well it might blow its own trumpet - the new Milestone comes with an incredible 8 megapixel camera. But it's not just the fact that this is larger than any of the other Android smartphones on the market that's impressive. You also get face detection, image stabilization and multi-shot features, not to mention hi definition video capture.
The Motorola Milestone XT720 runs the 2.1 version of the Android operating system, which helps make the most of the phones features, as well as giving you access to the Android market and as many apps as you could want. As you would expect form Motorola's flagship smartphone, you get the usual connectivity features such as 3G, the latest Bluetooth and WiFi. The phone also has GPS and an FM radio, but with all these features, the processor does sometimes get a little overwhelmed, and the performance can suffer. However, wishing that the phone was a little faster on occasions is a small price to pay for all the positives.
If there was any doubt that this phone was slightly underpowered, especially when compared with the usual big names in the smartphone market, Motorola users old and new will find that 8 megapixel camera hard to resist. Combined with the rest of the features that compare pretty well with the Apple, Google and HTCs of the world, the Motorola Milestone XT720 provides a feature-packed alternative that many will enjoy.
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The new Milestone was always going to look different to the original version, ditching the slide out keyboard has meant the new touchscreen version is slightly thinner and a little lighter - all of which counts in this market. Motorola also took the opportunity to make some other design tweaks, without straying too far from the original look, and the result is a phone that can look different depending on which side you view it from. But the end result is appealing if not stunning.
The rather unique look to the phone is designed it seems, to highlight its camera credentials, and well it might blow its own trumpet - the new Milestone comes with an incredible 8 megapixel camera. But it's not just the fact that this is larger than any of the other Android smartphones on the market that's impressive. You also get face detection, image stabilization and multi-shot features, not to mention hi definition video capture.
The Motorola Milestone XT720 runs the 2.1 version of the Android operating system, which helps make the most of the phones features, as well as giving you access to the Android market and as many apps as you could want. As you would expect form Motorola's flagship smartphone, you get the usual connectivity features such as 3G, the latest Bluetooth and WiFi. The phone also has GPS and an FM radio, but with all these features, the processor does sometimes get a little overwhelmed, and the performance can suffer. However, wishing that the phone was a little faster on occasions is a small price to pay for all the positives.
If there was any doubt that this phone was slightly underpowered, especially when compared with the usual big names in the smartphone market, Motorola users old and new will find that 8 megapixel camera hard to resist. Combined with the rest of the features that compare pretty well with the Apple, Google and HTCs of the world, the Motorola Milestone XT720 provides a feature-packed alternative that many will enjoy.
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