Moto devour3/15/2023 MotoBlur also collects and organizes all of the contacts from your various social networks. In my review of the Motorola Cliq I covered MotoBlur extensively, so here I’ll only briefly touch on some of MotoBlur’s most important features. The Devour (along with other MotoBlur devices) runs Android 1.6, but Motorola says it plans on eventually upgrading the phones to version 2.1. Motorola has two more MotoBlur devices coming to the United States later this year, the Cliq XT (the carrier will be T-Mobile) and the Blackflip (carrier not yet announced). This is Motorola’s second MotoBlur device, following the MotorolaĬliq ( ) on T-Mobile. The Devour, on the other hand, runs Motorola’s social networking interface for Android called MotoBlur. The Droid runs Android 2.0 with Android’s vanilla user interface out of the box. Perhaps the biggest difference between the Droid and the Devour is in the software. At 320-by-480-pixels, its resolution isn’t as good as the Droid’s (which is an 854-by-480-pixel stunner), but colors appeared vivid, and I was pleased with its responsiveness. While I felt a bit shortchanged by the size of Devour’s capacitive display, I was impressed with its responsiveness and brightness. The sliding mechanism is crisp and springy, yet solid. The keys are also large, and nicely raised and spaced out. The Devour’s recessed keyboard is easier to steady, making typing more comfortable. While the Droid’s keyboard is spacious enough, I found it shallow and a bit uncomfortable to use. I do applaud Motorola’s keyboard design for the Devour it is far better than the Droid’s. On the bright side, the touch keys are quite responsive, and the optical mouse is a good alternative to the touchscreen. Overall, it makes for a lot of unused space, which is unfortunate when you have only 3.1 inches of screen real estate to work with. Then, for whatever reason, Motorola placed the touch controls in two rows: The Menu, Home, and Back keys are on the right side of the top row, with a thumbpad/optical mouse below them on the left. There’s a sizeable gap between the bottom of the display and the touch controls. I found the layout of the Devour’s touch controls a bit awkward, however. The Devour also has black rubber panels on the top and bottom, keeping the phone from feeling slippery. To remove the battery, you just tip the phone, and it slides out. For example, rather than a back battery plate, the Devour’s battery and microSD slot can be accessed by removing the rubber siding on the phone’s left spine. Yes, this thing is a brick, but it feels quite solid in the hand and has some unique design elements. After some hands-on use though, the Devour began to win me over.
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