Leo gets a new --? No, not car; not flashlight; a new phone!!

Turn The Table Tuesday, November 24^th, 2009, Netcast 967

Leo got the new Motorola Droid cell phone and he likes it a lot! Although he’s not sure why it has to make such weird “monster” type sounds on start-up. The case is mostly metal and is very rugged. And it has something I like in almost any device – an external volume up and down key. (I hate having to go into a menu to change the volume.) The Droid has an impressive 3.7″ WVGA 854 X 480 high quality touch display that Leo says is probably the best cell phone screen he’s seen so far. Even though it’s a touch display, Leo said you can’t do the squeeze and expand motions with photos like you can on the iPhone. Leo likes this Droid phone better than the Palm PRE. He was not so positive on the slide down keyboard. He said he might get used to the keys that are pretty close together, but in the meantime he’s perfectly happy using the virtual keyboard. (The slide down keyboard has backlit keys.)  Even though it boasts a 5MP camera, Leo said he feels picture taking is better on the iPhone. I asked Leo about multi-tasking on the phone – one of Leo’s favorite things – (He was eating as he was talking about the Droid and running the studio video equipment!) The Droid lets a user have three different custom screens, which Leo says is just okay. He’d like more! All in all, he’s happy with the Droid and thinks this could be a much-needed hit for Motorola. Price is $199.00 after rebate with a two-year contract.

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