| Released in November 2009, the Motorola Milestone | | | | provided via HSDPA at speeds of up to 10.2Mbps, as |
| certainly seems to have lived up to its namesake, for | | | | well as HSUPA at up to 5.76Mbps. WiFi access allows |
| the manufacturer at least. It's been a while since | | | | users to take advantage of various hotspots located |
| Motorola have released a handset which is truly | | | | around the country. |
| groundbreaking. But that looks set to change with the | | | | The Milestone is equipped with a camera boasting |
| Milestone. A powerful combination of features is | | | | 5MP which operates at a pixel resolution of |
| housed in a functional but attractive handset. | | | | 2692x1944 pixels. This includes autofocus and |
| Measuring 115.8x60x13.7mm the Milestone weighs in at | | | | dual-LED flash. It is also capable of recording video in |
| 165g. Whilst not the lightest phone on the market, users | | | | D1 (720x480 pixels) at 24fps. |
| are left with no doubts about the build quality. The 3.7" | | | | A range of music and video file formats are supported |
| TFT capacitive touchscreen is capable of displaying up | | | | by the Milestone's media player. These can easily be |
| to 16million colours at 480x854 pixels. Navigation and | | | | transferred to and from a computer by using the |
| text input options are not limited to the touchscreen as | | | | included microUSB port. |
| the Milestone also boasts a slide out full QWERTY | | | | A wide range of additional features is also included. |
| keyboard. An accelerometer is installed which senses | | | | These include a digital compass, Adobe Flash Player |
| when the phone has been tilted and rotates the on | | | | v10.1 for viewing online video content, a document |
| screen image accordingly so it can be viewed in both | | | | viewer, organiser, voice memo/dial and T9 predictive |
| portrait and landscape forms. | | | | text input. Applications allowing direct access to |
| As well as vibration, users are alerted to incoming calls | | | | several popular websites include Google search, maps |
| via ringing with the option to utilize MP3 and WAV | | | | and Gmail, as well as Youtube and Google Talk. |
| music files as ringtones. A speakerphone is included | | | | This range of powerful features require a powerful |
| with stereo speakers allowing hands free | | | | operating system and processor. Accordingly the |
| communication. A 3.5mm audio jack is provided so | | | | Milestone is equipped with Android v2 (Eclair) operating |
| hands free kits can be used as well as headphones | | | | system, and a powerful ARM Cortex A8 600MHz |
| for listening to music. | | | | processor. |
| Internal storage in the Milestone is 133MB with 256MB | | | | In conclusion, the Motorola Milestone offers everything |
| RAM. A microSD slot is included with 8GB, memory | | | | a user could want from a mobile phone. Its powerful |
| can be expanded to 32GB allowing plenty of storage | | | | software as well as hardware means it is more than |
| for files. A whole host of connectivity options comes | | | | capable of taking up any challenge a mobile can face |
| with the Milestone. These include GPRS and EDGE, | | | | today. |
| both of which are class 12 versions. Internet access is | | | | |