Motorola has done it again and has achieved another great Milestone! One of the nicest features of the new Motorola Milestone XT720 is that is no longer has a complete QWERTY keypad attached to it. This made its previous model really cumbersome and hard to use. The dimensions of the Milestone XT720 are similar to the model before, but thanks to the missing QWERTY keypad, it is close to 3 millimeters skinnier. Motorola put in a 1390 mAh power supply, so you are looking at getting close to 5 hours of communication time and almost 2 weeks of standby time.
If compared to the Google Nexus One or the HTC Desire, the Milestone XT720 pales in comparison in terms of power and processing time. However, it is hard to compare those devices, because the XT720 is simply in a separate price tier. The XT720 is much more affordable than those phones. All things considered, the device packs a punch in terms of processing power for the money – a 500 MHZ processor with 256 MB of RAM.
Motorola did not make any changes with the display – using the same one offered in the original Motorola Milestone (a 3.7″ display of 852 x 480 pixels). The XT720 actually shines in this category, if compared with a much more expensive model like the HTC Desire. Even though the Milestone display is slightly less intense, it actually functions better in sunlight that the Desire’s OLED technology does and boasts a higher resolution.
The Motorola Milestone XT720 features a whopping 8 megapixel digital camera. There is an integrated Xenon flash and several picture taking options. This is one of the biggest changes to the Milestone which makes it a great camera phone for just about anyone. You can also make movies and short videos thanks to its operating software which are easily transferable to any format. You are definitely going to want to take pictures with this phone since your pictures will come out a lot clearer with higher resolution than any other smartphone out on the market.
Motorola uses the Android 2.1 for the XT720’s operating system, which lets the user tap into the impressive array of Android software and the continuously growing Google App marketplace. The high resolution display makes a great venue for web browsing, which is easier with their included, highly efficient browser. Users will not be disappointed with multimedia options either, which include an FM radio and support for a wide range of file types, like WMA, MPEG4, MP3, AMR, and AAC. In addition, the handy 3.5mm audio output allows the user to listen to their favorite tunes with any standard pair of headphones.
