{"id":4541,"date":"2010-08-21T07:51:04","date_gmt":"2010-08-21T07:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/?p=4541"},"modified":"2010-08-22T08:25:55","modified_gmt":"2010-08-22T13:25:55","slug":"motorola-milestone-xt720-how-good-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/4541\/motorola-milestone-xt720-how-good-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorola Milestone XT720 – How Good Is It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Motorola released the Droid a few years back to mostly positive reviews. That was because the company had produced a smartphone that stood near the top of the industry in developments and performance. Lately, other manufacturers have caught up and Motorola has found itself playing catch up. In order to reclaim cellular glory, the company has unveiled the Motorola Milestone XT720<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In creating the XT720, Motorola has shed a bit of size and weight from the handset’s predecessors. The Milestone’s dimensions are 116 x 61 x 11mm and it weighs in at 160g. Of note is its somewhat odd shape. On the top right (when looking at it in landscape mode) are three lights which indicate the camera option the phone is currently in. The front and back of the phone are slightly incongruous, almost as if they consist of two separate pieces. Some critics would argue that the change in shape is superfluous, but its design certainly sets the Milestone apart.<\/p>\n

Besides interesting designs, the Milestone XT720 offers the now familiar and sizeable 3.7-inch screen. A capacitive touchscreen, it provides resolution of 480 x 854 pixels on its display. To fully utilize the screen, a quite sharp 8-megapixel camera takes photos with a Xenon flash. This is unique to the Milestone, as other Android phones cannot yet boast this feature. Convenient additions to the camera are face detection and a panorama mode. Many smartphones that offer such quality cameras provide highly capable video recording as well, and the XT720 is no different. The recorder found on the phone captures video at 720p that can even be shown on the big screen using an HDMI port and the necessary cables to do so, all of which are included.<\/p>\n

Motorola decided to install Android 2.1 on the Milestone in lieu of Motoblur, which may disappoint those who desire built-in social networking. The customer still receives a trial version of MotoNav as well as the new Phone Portal app. This is used to manage the XT720’s data right from the browser of a PC or Mac with a USB or WiFi connection. Speaking of browsing, the Milestone itself does a fine job, more so on the WiFi network, which is to be expected. And movies and Youtube look great on the 3.7-inch screen.<\/p>\n

Motorola has not eliminated the competition with the Milestone XT720. They have, however, staked a claim once again as a leader in smartphone technology. The XT720 is sure to meet the needs of customers looking for a practical and speedy phone.<\/p>\n

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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 Motorola Milestone XT720<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":615,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4541"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/615"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4570,"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4541\/revisions\/4570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}