Thread: Motorola MILESTONE 2

The Motorola Milestone 2 is achiever to the successful Milestone. With the Milestone 2, Motorola purported to determine what was wrong with the actual Milestone and even keep the specs current and relevant. Declared in late 2010, it is their current flagship QWERTY device and features a slope out full four-row QWERTY keyboard. In a world of almost identical keyboard-less slate Android devices, the Milestone 2 is one of the some modern high-end smart phones left purposed at people who are mulishly sticking on to physical keyboard.




The specifications read same a typical latterly 2010 high-end product. Powering the Android 2.2 (Froyo) device is a TI OMAP 3630 chipset with a single core 1 GHz Cortex A8 processor and PowerVR SGX530 GPU. The device has 512MB RAM for moving appls and 8GB internal flash storage for installing appls. A 1400 mAh Li-Poly battery assures the device moves from at least a couple of hours a day to 2 days depending on how heavily used.


Other characteristics admits quad band GSM, dual band 3G HSDPA, accelerometer, proximity sensor, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP, GPS receiver and 5MP camera with auto-focus and dual LED flash (including support for Geo-tagging) and electronic compass. The micro SDHC card slot helps cards up to 32GB (the maximum currently supported by the standard).






Motorola has maintained the packaging of the Milestone 2 to a minimal. The box is small which decreases wastage. Milestone 2 has a USB cable, a USB charger and also pair of earphones. It arrives with a 8GB micro SDHC card for elaboration.



The Milestone 2 is not only impressive but also well designed. On the right slope you will find the volume keys. The power button and 3.5mm headphone jack can be found on the top. The micro USB port and LED to point charging occupies on the left side. The front is provided by the screen and four touch sensitive keys for menu, home, back and search. I am not prefer touch sensible keys as they are simple to accidentally activate, above the screen are the earpiece, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor and LED notification.


The back of the phone features a 5 megapixel camera with dual LED flash. All similar phones, the electron lens itself is saved by a glass. The glass itself isn’t saved by a cover however. Opening the battery cover discloses the battery. Unluckily the micro SDHC slot is not hot-swappable as the battery is in the way. It is slightly thicker than the keyboard-less Nokia N8, only a bit slenderer than HTC’s Desire Z and almost like QWERTY toting Nokia E7.


The 3.7” capacitive TFT screen with 480×854 pixel result is sharp and has enough brightness. The colors are well demonstrated and aren’t as over saturated as those on an AMOLED screen. This may be good or bad depending on your books. When I don't mind the saturation of an AMOLED screen, as I prefer the flexibility offered by TFT screens where you can use white background without overcoming the battery. An IPS screen similar with the one featured on the iPhone 4 would have been a better compromise.