I've ever been a fan of the Motorola DROID and its successor devices. The original DROID was the very starting time Android smartphone on Verizon, and even though its keyboard was questionable, information technology remained 1 of the best devices bachelor for quite some time. The DROID two, however, didn't get enough of an upgrade to make it stand out from the sea of other Android smartphones.

The new Motorola DROID iii suffers no such fate. Information technology'south got an all-new qHD resolution 4-inch touchscreen, globe roaming capabilities, and a beautifully designed v-row QWERTY keyboard. It'southward an office in your pocket (that weighs almost as much as some office piece of furniture, I might add together). Motorola has loaded it up with goodies like Citrix and MOTOPRINT for business users, and a dual-core processor that most everybody can appreciate.


Hardware

While the Motorola DROID iii volition exist instantly identifiable equally a member of the keyboard-toting DROID family unit to anybody familiar with the previous versions, the new device is a off-white bit bigger. Simply with that extra bulk comes a formidable amount of power and usability.

The telephone measures 124mm x 64mm x 13.5mm (4.9in x 2.5in x .5in) and weighs a dorsum-breaking 186g (6.6oz). That's 4mm wider, 8mm taller, and about 16g heavier than the original, which was already a device you could rely upon for cracking open walnuts. The extra size and weight immune Motorola to fit the phone with a 4-inch, qHD (540 x 960 pixel) touchscreen display and a wonderful 5-row QWERTY keyboard. From my perspective, this is the all-time QWERTY keyboard plant on an Android smartphone today.

The torso of the DROID iii is solidly put together, and slides open and airtight well - ending with an obvious click in each direction. The dorsum of the device features a far more conventional cover than earlier DROIDs, forgoing the metallic battery plate for a soft-touch coated plastic cover that snaps on and off. The front display is protected by Gorilla Drinking glass, and then information technology's going to be tough to interruption and scratch resistant.

On the left side of the device, when held in portrait style, users volition find that the familiar micro-USB port has been turned 180 degrees from the older devices, and that there is now a micro-HDMI port alongside it.

The ability push button and 3.5mm headphone jack are up top, and the volume control is on the correct hand edge, above where one might hope to find a camera shutter button (there'due south none though). The 8 megapixel camera with LED flash is located on the back and an empty microSD memory card slot can be found under the rear cover.

The DROID three has 16GB of internal storage, then it's not a trouble that the memory carte slot is unoccupied and it's dainty to know that you can bump up the phone'due south storage to 48GB by inserting a 32GB card.