Review of Motorola DROID

14 Nov 2009
I'm carrying a super-computer from 1990 in my pocket and it's awesome. By transistor count, that might be an exaggeration or an understatement. Measured in units of awesome, it's no exaggeration.

This phone has a larger screen (by pixel count) than my first desktop computer. It's 100-1000x faster. It can take pictures at higher resolution than spy satellites that were launched when I was in high-school (not actually true).

I've been catapulted into the future.

I have a few minor nits:

- No lasers
- Camera does not take 3D images
- I'd like keys to be slightly more raised
- Can't drive my car remotely from phone

Other than that, five stars.

Posted by Andrew Bunner on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 7:50 AM | 0 TrackBacks

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