Motorola Milestone Android 2.1 smartphone launched in India

Motorola has launched its new Android smartphone, the Motorola Milestone, in India. Priced at Rs 32,990, the Motorola Milestone, also known as the Motorola Droid, offers multiple applications at one go and comes with ultra-thin QWERTY side sliders that measure just 13.7 mm in thickness.

Photo: Motorola Milestone smartphone

The smartphone has a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels.

Boasting of high-resolution, pinch and zoom display, the Motorola Milestone also offers full screen web browsing experience and a complete suite of Google applications. The phone runs the Android 2.1 OS and offers access to Google’s mobile applications, including search, maps, Gmail and YouTube.

Motorola is offering Indian customers lifetime free access to fully voice-guided street-level navigable maps of 401 Indian cities. This means that voice-guided navigation and routing in the cities and across major national and state highways are enabled.

Powered by an ARM Cortex A8 processor, akin to what is inside the iPhone 3GS, and the Omnia HD multimedia powerhouse, the Motorola Milestone incorporates a 5-megapixel camera at the rear with dual-LED flash, auto focus, and image stabilization.

Photo: Motorola Milestone side diagonal photo

The smartphone comes preloaded with an 8GB memory card expandable up to 32 GB.

Connectivity features of the Motorola Milestone include Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi at 802.11 b/g, USB 2.0 High Speed, GPS with A-GPS, and a 3.5-mm jack.

The phone works on GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and W-CDMA 900/2100 or 850/1900/2100.

Photo: Motorola Milestone front view

Other specs include integrated apps such as photo editor, accelerometer sensor, proximity sensor, and of course the 1400 mAh battery that offers up to 350 hours stand-by time and  up to 6 hours 30 minutes of talk-time.

On the pricing front, the Motorola Milestone can be compared to LG’s recently launched Android device, the LG GW620, priced at Rs 16,490. The LG Android device has 3-inch TFT touch screen, 5 MP camera, Wi-Fi and high speed GPS and EDGE connectivity. The slide-out 5-liner QWERTY keypad that works like a pocket PC also makes the LG handset hot enough.

Motorola Milestone Specifications

Display 3.7-inch screen with 480 x 854 (FWVGA) resolution

Camera 5-megapixel, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash, video recording D1 (720×480 pixels)@24fps

Operating System Android  v2

Processor ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX530 graphics

RAM 256 MB

Flash ROM 512 MB

Accelerometer 3-axis

Magnetometer Yes

Proximity Sensor Yes

Ambient Light Sensor Yes

GPS A-GPS support, MotoNav

Audio formats and streaming MP3/eAAC+/WAV/WMA9 player MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player

Apps Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Adobe Flash Player v10.1

Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email

Browser HTML

Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 W-CDMA 900/2100 or 850/1900/2100

Bluetooth v2.1

USB microUSB v 2.0

3G HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

Click here to view a comparison between the Motorola Droid and the Apple iPhone 3GS.