![]() ![]() ![]() The pixelation on reds and yellows is especially painful. Instead, bright greens end up looking like pea soup. Speaking of colors, greens aren’t at all vibrant, like on the Samsung Nexus S. Where Android likes use white text on a black background for Settings, MOTOBLUR has inverted that to hide the problems associated with that color combination. The PenTile technology does best when displaying shades of blue, and so MOTOBLUR has ditched Gingerbread’s green and black motif for a blue one. Motorola seems to have tailored its MOTOBLUR skin with the shortcomings of the screen in mind. When playing games like Angry Birds, or scrolling through home screens, there’s a shadowing that occurs with fast moving elements across the screen. Scrolling white text on a black background results in a hideous effect. It’s significantly poorer than the display shared by the DROID and DROID 2 Global. A high resolution display is usually very welcome, but the PenTile screen technology Motorola incorporates is decidedly unwelcome. The most controversial aspect of the DROID 3 (and other Motorola phones of this generation) is it’s qHD (quarter HD at 960x540) display. And its internals, featuring a dual-core 1 Ghz processor, enable a smooth user experience. The DROID 3 runs Gingerbread 2.3, a step up from Froyo 2.2 on DROID and DROID 2 Global. Because I incorporate numbers into my passwords (using password recipes), signing into my various accounts was much more pleasant with the new keyboard. The slide-out keyboard feels great, with an additional fifth row dedicated to numbers. This phone feels solid, and the larger screen size (increased to 4 inches from 3.7 inches) is a plus. The build quality is closer to the original DROID. Overall, I’ve been happy with my purchase. Not wanting to wait for the DROID Bionic, or Samsung Galaxy S II, I pulled the trigger and bought an unsubsidized DROID 3 on launch day. ![]() I planned to upgrade as soon as a better phone came out. Overall, the DROID 2 Global’s CPU covers up for a lot of unforced errors on the part of Motorola. The typography is sloppy, particularly in the status bar. In other words, the DROID 2 Global doesn’t feel like a gun. Its back is covered in cheap plastic, and the plastic front bezel is painted as fake chrome. Second, the DROID 2 Global’s build quality is atrocious. The 1.2 Ghz CPU and dedicated GPU provide a welcome upgrade over the original DROID. The DROID 2 GlobalĪbout a month ago, I bought a used DROID 2 Global on eBay. I had planned to wait for the DROID Bionic, but its launch was delayed with no firm date announced. I rooted it, ran a custom Gingerbread ROM, and dabbled with overclocking. I was thrilled to switch to it after two years on AT&T with an iPhone 3G.īut earlier this year, the DROID started showing its age. And it’s the first and only phone on Verizon to run stock Android. The DROID literally saved Motorola, and propelled Android OS to the pole position it occupies today in the smartphone market. “It feels like a gun,” remarked a colleague upon holding it. Released seven months before the iPhone 4, it sports a high resolution display with nearly invisible pixels. Here are my DROID, DROID 2 Global, and DROID 3: I’ve used the DROID 2 Global for the past month. I used the original DROID from the summer of 2010 until a month ago. I ordered the DROID 3 from Verizon Wireless on Thursday July 7, the day it was announced, and it was delivered the next day. There are barely any DROID 3 reviews on the Web, so I thought I’d try my hand at gadget blogging.
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