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A Review Of The Motorola Milestone XT720
A few years ago, Motorola launched an extensive ad campaign announcing the arrival of the Droid smartphone. It was money well spent, as the Droid proved to be a good device. As time has passed, however, Motorola has let up on the gas so to speak and allowed other manufacturers to surpass them with more advanced handsets. In an effort to stop this trend and place its name back at the top of the smartphone heap, Motorola has unveiled the Milestone XT720.
With the Motorola Milestone XT720, gone is some of the size and weight of devices that came before. The Milestone’s shell measures 116 x 61x 11mm and the phone weighs 160g. The shape of the handset is rather unique. When viewed in landscape mode, there is a protuberance on the top right that seems to serve no other purpose than house three lights that indicate the camera option the phone is in. The front and back of the Milestone seem to be carved from two completely different pieces, as they fit together oddly. Critics have expressed their displeasure with the looks of the phone, stating that the changes were unnecessary. The new design does set the phone apart from the others.
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.
Some customers will be saddened to learn that Motorola did not offer Motoblur on the Milestone, but it did include Android 2.1. There may be no built-in social networking, but customers are treated to a trial version of MotoNav and the company’s new Phone Portal app. With this application, users are able to manage the XT720’s data from any browser on a PC or Mac linked to a USB or WiFi network. Youtube and movies are then viewed enjoyably 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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