motorola news

The Motorola DROID will hit Verizon on November 6th for $199 on contract. That’s after a $100 mail-in rebate. The DROID itself is the first of many Android phones
coming to the carrier. There’s Android 2.0 of course, Visual Voicemail, a 3.7-inch display (854 x 480 resolution), 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, a bundled 16GB memory card and a beta version of Google Maps Navigation.

The DROID is the first phone to offer that last, which which will turn Google Maps into a turn-by-turn routing system. Some other features include a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 3G, WiFi, voice-activated search and over-the-air Amazon MP3 downloads.

[Engadget]

sony ericson NEWS

T-mobile subscribers looking for a new handset can get their hands on the Equinox from Sony Ericsson very soon. The clamshell phone offers features that will appeal to younger users and the device operates on the T-Mobile 3G network.

The Equinox has what Sony calls pulsating light effects. These effects allow the user to assign special light effects to five of their most important numbers. The light effects are in amber, sapphire, beryl, diamond, and amethyst colors.

Other features include a 3.2MP phone, multimedia capabilities, video recording with direct upload to YouTube, and Bluetooth. Sony Ericsson integrates an FM tuner as well. The main screen of the device is 2.2-inches and has a 240 x 320 resolution. The handset operates on the GSM/EDGE network at 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and HSDPA networks at 2100/1700MHz. The device will be available on October 28.