Android champion Motorola Droid - Boasting a blistering fast 1Ghz Snapdragon processor, 3.7″ multitouch capacitive screen, 512 MB of RAM and the newest build of Android.
Nexus One Phone - Built by HTC, the Nexus One Phone sports a 3.7-inch OLED display, a fast 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, and a 5-megapixel camera with flash. On the software side, the much-rumored Google phone runs the powerful Android 2.1 OS, and adds stuff like a voice-enabled keyboard, dynamic noise suppression from Audience, Inc., Live Wallpapers, a 3D photo gallery.
Who will rule the market?
About Droid Internals
Inside the DROID beats an Arm Cortex A8 CPU (a 600MHz, OMAP3430 chip downclocked to 550MHz), 256MB of RAM, and 512MB of ROM. The screen on the DROID is a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen -- a full glass display with a WVGA resolution clocking in at a handsome 480 x 854.
Throughout our tests, users were consistently impressed with the tightness and speed of navigation on the phone. The DROID makes Android feel modern the way the iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre are -- like machines designed for a pace of life that's increasingly more Twitter and less USPS.
As I mentioned, the screen on the DROID is a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen -- a full glass display with a WVGA resolution clocking in at a handsome 480 x 854.
In Droid version G1 the QWERTY keyboard have shallow, clicky keys, and both force your right hand into a bit of an awkward position. Visually, the keyboard is an easier read (and more aesthetically pleasing) than those other QWERTY phones too, though sometimes the keys can feel a bit cramped.As you would expect, Android 2.0 includes the onscreen keyboard as well, but there don't seem to be many improvements in this area. As a backup keyboard for quick SMSs and the like, it works, though we eventually had to replace it with the Better Keyboard application.
Motorola has smartly outfitted the DROID with a 5 megapixel camera coupled with an LED flash.About video, DROID is capable of shooting at a 720 x 480 resolution. The sound on the DROID is second to none -- really. In fact, this is simply one of the best sounding devices Motorola have ever used.
About Nexus One Phone Internals
As you've heard, the Nexus One runs atop the much-hyped, rarely seen 1GHz Snapdragon CPU from Qualcomm (the same processor powering the HD2) -- really the highlight of this show. The phone also has 512MB of both RAM and ROM, but those hoping for new application storage options will find themselves out of luck yet again -- you're still limited to that small partition for app use. The display is an AMOLED, 480 x 800 capacitive touchscreen, and the handset also contains a light sensor, proximity sensor, and accelerometer, along with an HSPA-capable GSM radio (AWS and euro 2100MHz bands only for 3G -- sorry AT&T users), WiFi, the prerequisite AGPS chip, and a microSD slot (which comes loaded with a 4GB card, but is expandable to 32GB).
The 3.7-inch display should be stunning -- and is for the most part -- but we did have some issues with it (at least on the unit we have). In terms of touch sensitivity, the display is as good or better than any Android phone we've used. While the resolution is high (480 x 800), it's missing 54 pixels that we expected given the size of the Droid's screen.
Google bumped up the speed of the camera app (which we're still not that stoked about in general), but the 5 megapixel lens and flash took sharp. The focus of the lens was super speedy, and images came out looking more or less as we'd hoped. The flash felt a bit stark at times, but given its size, we didn't lose too much sleep over it. One place where Google has really made some smart decisions is within the Gallery application. Instead of the drab, flat iterations of Android past, the new version is extremely attractive and user friendly, giving you far more options than before (like a nice pan and scan slideshow) and making browsing photos a much more enjoyable experience.
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