Finally, Motorola and Telus announced the anticipated smartphone in Canada. The one and only, Motorola Milestone (aka Motorola Droid). Motorola Milestone is powered by Android 2.0 . The Milestone is a beautiful phone with an innovative design, great web experience, superior messaging and great multi-media features . The Milestone comes with QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen navigation. “The Motorola Milestone is a powerful Smartphone for Canadians looking for the smart fit to stay connected with their social network,” said David Fuller, senior vice-president of Products and Services at TELUS.
The Milestone features:
- World’s thinnest QWERTY slider at just 13.7mm
- 3.7” widescreen display with 854 pixel width and more than 400,000 total pixels (more than twice the leading competitor)
- Pinch & zoom and double tap features
- 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash
- Motorola Media Link and Motorola Phone Portal to manage and share media content across desktop, phone and the Web
- Stereo Bluetooth
- 3.5mm headset jack
- CrystalTalk™ Plus for superior talk quality
The Motorola Milestone is available only at TELUS for $199.99 with a three-year contract and for $499 with a two-year contract and $599 without any contract. . If you need more information thenplease visit www.telusmobility.com or www.motorola.ca
What do you guys think about it?
[via Androincia]
Be Careful AT&T buyers! Be aware of some limitations of the Milestone that the Droid doesn’t have.
I have THREE points to make 1 good, 2 BAD
First the good. Their is no TELUS brand on the phone anywhere! Not on the “chin” (like Verizon’s Droid) or on the back. Surprising really.
Now the BAD.
1) The bootloader is most likely digitally signed, since it is running 2.0.1 OS. This means NO CUSTOM ROMS!
2) VERY IMPORTANT for travellers! The phone tech specs show it only has 850/1900 GSM and HSPA. That means if travelling to Europe, not only will you NOT HAVE 3G, but not even 2G EDGE(900mhz there) or even a phone. Just a big paperweight looking for wifi!!
With even the cheapest GSM based phones having 850/900/1800/1900, Telus just SCREWED anyone who wants to get on to ANY OTHER NETWORK. There should be legislation that the North American GSM carriers MUST enable 850/1900/2100 HSPA and 850/900/1800/1900 GSM. Sorry T-Mobile can include 1700 in that legislation as well.
Be Careful AT&T buyers! Be aware of some limitations of the Milestone that the Droid doesn’t have.
I have THREE points to make 1 good, 2 BAD
First the good. Their is no TELUS brand on the phone anywhere! Not on the “chin” (like Verizon’s Droid) or on the back. Surprising really.
Now the BAD.
1) The bootloader is most likely digitally signed, since it is running 2.0.1 OS. This means NO CUSTOM ROMS!
2) VERY IMPORTANT for travellers! The phone tech specs show it only has 850/1900 GSM and HSPA. That means if travelling to Europe, not only will you NOT HAVE 3G, but not even 2G EDGE(900mhz there) or even a phone. Just a big paperweight looking for wifi!!
With even the cheapest GSM based phones having 850/900/1800/1900, Telus just SCREWED anyone who wants to get on to ANY OTHER NETWORK. There should be legislation that the North American GSM carriers MUST enable 850/1900/2100 HSPA and 850/900/1800/1900 GSM. Sorry T-Mobile can include 1700 in that legislation as well.
Be Careful AT&T buyers! Be aware of some limitations of the Milestone that the Droid doesn’t have.
I have THREE points to make 1 good, 2 BAD
First the good. Their is no TELUS brand on the phone anywhere! Not on the “chin” (like Verizon’s Droid) or on the back. Surprising really.
Now the BAD.
1) The bootloader is most likely digitally signed, since it is running 2.0.1 OS. This means NO CUSTOM ROMS!
2) VERY IMPORTANT for travellers! The phone tech specs show it only has 850/1900 GSM and HSPA. That means if travelling to Europe, not only will you NOT HAVE 3G, but not even 2G EDGE(900mhz there) or even a phone. Just a big paperweight looking for wifi!!
With even the cheapest GSM based phones having 850/900/1800/1900, Telus just SCREWED anyone who wants to get on to ANY OTHER NETWORK. There should be legislation that the North American GSM carriers MUST enable 850/1900/2100 HSPA and 850/900/1800/1900 GSM. Sorry T-Mobile can include 1700 in that legislation as well.
Be Careful AT&T buyers! Be aware of some limitations of the Milestone that the Droid doesn’t have.
I have THREE points to make 1 good, 2 BAD
First the good. Their is no TELUS brand on the phone anywhere! Not on the “chin” (like Verizon’s Droid) or on the back. Surprising really.
Now the BAD.
1) The bootloader is most likely digitally signed, since it is running 2.0.1 OS. This means NO CUSTOM ROMS!
2) VERY IMPORTANT for travellers! The phone tech specs show it only has 850/1900 GSM and HSPA. That means if travelling to Europe, not only will you NOT HAVE 3G, but not even 2G EDGE(900mhz there) or even a phone. Just a big paperweight looking for wifi!!
With even the cheapest GSM based phones having 850/900/1800/1900, Telus just SCREWED anyone who wants to get on to ANY OTHER NETWORK. There should be legislation that the North American GSM carriers MUST enable 850/1900/2100 HSPA and 850/900/1800/1900 GSM. Sorry T-Mobile can include 1700 in that legislation as well.
Has anyone managed to root this baby yet? None of the rooting methods for the european Milestone work with this phone.
Has anyone managed to root this baby yet? None of the rooting methods for the european Milestone work with this phone.