http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/ Engadget Comments for Milestone XT720 spec changes again, this time for the worse http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://briefmobile.com/android-3-0-gingerbread-update
1 GHz - No check
512 MB ram - No check.

Too bad too.... with SetCPU, could get this phone wayy higher than 720.]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/not everyone needs gingerbread
as proud EVO my phone will qualify, but for someone like myg/f or mother they will never need gingerbread and froyo will be more than enough]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/not everyone needs gingerbread.
As a proud EVO owner my phone will qualify, but for someone like my g/f or mother they will never need gingerbread and froyo will be more than enough.]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/
Advanced users want a UI update as well, but care more about features.]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/
I was talking about new phones on Verizon with my supervisor. She said she would only get a smartphone if it were the iPhone. I mentioned that many of the coveted iPhone features could be found on Google's Android platform. She wasn't even aware it existed and didn't seem to even care.

Fact is, if you can get a layman to actually get an Adroid handset, the last thing they care about is the OS version.]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/the OMAP3440 is a small upgrade from the 3430 which is used on the DROID and Pres, this is definitely not going to be a high-end device]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/we have the backflip, droid, the droid x, maybe the droid 2, do we need another motodroid?]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/The iPhone UI is far from sexy
It's ugly. Rows and rows of icons is not beautiful]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/your probably right but when i got my evo i gave my gf my hero and she fell in love. With any luck come next year ill get a new phone and she can get my evo and ill get whatever new popular gingerbread phone is out.]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://i.imagehost.org/0272/droidoverclock.png

The TI OMAP processors are fantastic.]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg]]>Jul 1st 2010 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/
Still following Moore's Law I see? The 600MHz OMAP3430 in the Droid is almost as powerful as a 1GHz Snapdragon. The 800MHz OMAP3440 is even more powerful then a Snapdragon, maybe even with it being underclocked to 500MHz or 720MHz. That's the beauty of a PowerVR GPU. It's the same reason why the Nokia N900 is such a beast. It's not because it has a Snapdragon under the hood.]]>Jul 1st 2010 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Parallel processing and multi-chip solutions are so much better than single chip systems.
The reason Android isn't as fluid as it should be is not a matter of adding moar powah!! and moar Mhz! It's a simple matter of an extremely CPU dependent VM. My computer slows to a crawl when running certain java based apps.]]>Aug 6th 2010 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/There is no blur on this device. If you are just seeing the green dialer and the blue phonebook to conclude this is blur, you probably need to go away from this article right now. ]]>Jun 30th 2010 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Amen. They're probably going to lock the bootloader in this one like they did with the current Milestone too. Just waiting for a good HTC phone to come with Android and a keyboard and my Milestone is on the 'Bay...]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Frankly, the Nexus One gets attractive each day. It is proving to be the super-phone as Google called it :)]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/
The processor clock is a bit puzzling as well, but that can be remedied after root is achieved.]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/I Think That According To The Picture, This Is The Shoels Tablet (Motoroi) And Not The Droid 2 Or X. This May Just Be A Lower End Or Geared As An Android Primer. (Like The Cliq And Eris)]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/
For those of us over here who were looking forward to this phone, this is a kick in the teeth.]]>Jul 1st 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/ha! try like 50 nad ones.]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/I still don't get what the point of low end phones if you're already spending so much on the voice, data, and possibly text messaging. What's an extra $50 to $100 going to do to you over the course of $2000+ after two years?]]>Jun 30th 2010 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jul 1st 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Of course, however generally when listing a processor's capabilities you just say whatever it's fastest clock rate is, not what it is "up to."]]>Jun 30th 2010 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jun 30th 2010 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/
I think the industry is moving much faster than they can keep up with, on one hand you have Google releasing major Android upgrades every 4-5 months that renders half the phones out there unusable, on the other hand you got ARM CPU manufacturers and nVidia pumping out new superfast processors and GPUs and it normally takes phone manufacturers 5-6 months at minimum to design and release a new phone from scratch, so they just can't keep up and they're releasing outdated stuff constantly now. I wonder how long this is gonna go on for before they just all sit down to figure something out.]]>Jun 30th 2010 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Specs mean nothing when considered in a vacuum sonny.
You'd do well to remember that.]]>Aug 6th 2010 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jul 1st 2010 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/
Why they did that?

I was on the way to get this thing, now what will I do?
Ill better wait for DROID X (GSM Version)]]>Jul 1st 2010 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/Jul 1st 2010 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/milestone-xt720-spec-changes-again-this-time-for-the-worse/It just seems so unnecessary to cut corners on a high-end phone, just like Samsung leaving a flash off of the Galaxy S.

As for all the clueless comments about how it doesn't matter because the Droid X is so much better, this phone isn't going to the US, it's coming to the UK and Europe where there is no Droid X.
So it does need to have decent specs because it's quite probably going to be Motorola's premier handset. Not to mention, the going price for the phone puts it squarely up against the likes of the HTC Desire/Google Nexus One and the Samsung Galaxy S, so if it's going to be successful, it needs to be more competitive.]]>Jul 1st 2010 9:58AM