Camera, Music, Battery, Decision

Photographic camera

Oh, Motorola DROID 3 photographic camera, how you tease us! The viii megapixel camera in the D3 tin can shoot very precipitous, clear 8 megapixel photos (or 6 megapixel widescreen photos) and tape nicely rendered 1080p HD video. The focus is fast and accurate, and the interface is adequate.

That's all great stuff. But why, oh why, are most all of the videos and photos blue tinted? The white balance is just awful on the DROID iii and it taints what would otherwise be a A+ camera


Music

The DROID 3's music thespian is fairly standard Android fare, as information technology includes good organization and a wee bit of eye processed in the form of sideways scrolling anthology art in landscape view. There'due south no built-in back up for Google Music, just you tin can install the gratis app at your whim. What really impressed me, though, was the dandy quality sound that the device pumped into my headphones. Crawly bass response and good overall audio quality. The built-in speaker was far less impressive for music uses. I appreciate the fact that there are music controls accessible from the phone's lock screen, simply lament the lack of controls in the telephone's notification area, equally I mentioned previously.


Bombardment

The 1540mAh battery on the DROID iii is rated to exist good for 9 hours of talk time or 12.5 days of standby fourth dimension. My existent world use suggests that'south a scrap optimistic, though, equally the phone didn't seem to perform equally strongly as many electric current devices, though it still would become through a total 24-hour interval of my normal employ. Motorola includes a few battery tools that can help, if you utilize them. The Battery Style's Nighttime setting is bully, in that information technology volition automatically punch things back a few notches on data apply when people are normally sleeping. I just wish that the standard Gingerbread battery use graph was available, since that'southward a slap-up tool for divining which of your apps or widgets is going rogue on you and sucking down the ability.


Concluding Thoughts

If yous are a Verizon Wireless Android concern user, hardware keyboard aficionado, or globe traveler, then this is your device. The phone is fast, the software flexible and not in your face, and the raw capabilities are just unmatched for the U.S. market. This is the telephone I want to utilize when it'southward time to get on a plane or get some piece of work done while out of the part. It's non as slick or glamorous as HTC'due south Sensation or Samsung'south Galaxy S II, merely information technology offers gobs of resolution with an excellent keyboard and the power to work on most any network on the planet.

Pros:
  • Great keyboard
  • Flexible user interface
  • 1080p HD video
  • World 3G roaming
 Cons:
  • Heavy
  • No Google Talk video back up
  • Poor photographic camera white residuum
  • No 4G support

Michael Oryl is the Philadelphia-based possessor and editor-in-master of MobileBurn.com.MobileBurn focuses on prison cell phones, smartphones, tablets, and related hardware. Republished with permission.