CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
Summary: CES 2012: With virtualization, encryption, a four-inch display and five-row QWERTY keyboard, Motorola's new Droid 4 is a road warrior's delight.
LAS VEGAS -- Thinner, faster, more productive.
Motorola announced today the Droid 4, a Google Android smartphone on Verizon that it says is ideal for road warriors who want to work like hell while they're on the move.
The business specifications are stacked for this device: a five-row, edge-lit QWERTY keyboard, a 4-inch scratch- and scrape-resistant display, government-grade FIPS 140-2 encryption, "mirror mode" to display content on an HDTV and lapdock-ready.
Oh, and it's a half-inch thick.
Inside, Moto has packed a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 1 gigabyte of RAM and an 8-megapixel, 1080p HD still/video camera. On the software side, the company includes a "smart actions" application that automates tasks, a webtop application for a multi-window environment on a larger screen and, naturally, those blazing fast 4G LTE download and upload speeds. (Where available, of course.)
The phone is preloaded with Android version 2.3.5 Gingerbread, "to be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich," the company says.
More vitals:
- Remote streaming of photos, videos, music, documents, presentations and more from home or office computers
- 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot supporting up to eight Wi-Fi-enabled devices
- water-repellent nanocoating for "splash resistance"
- 16GB on-board memory, support for up to 32GB microSD card
- Government-grade encryption (FIPS 140-2) for email, calendar and contacts
- Preloaded with Citrix Receiver for Android (available in webtop) for desktop virtualization and access
As you can see, it's one serious piece of kit.
The phone will be available from Verizon "in the coming weeks." No word on price.
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RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
This is not the phone for me either because I don't like Android but at least I know how to read.
I known exactly how to jailbreak/root my iPhone but I have absolutely no desire to do so. I prefer to have the security of BSD jails keeping all of the software running in their specified spaces and store limits.
RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
Might I suggest some familiarization coursework in Hardware/Programming to enable communication at a level above a "consummer hobbyist". Check out Stanford's course on iPhone Application ProgrammingCS193P at http://see.stanford.edu/see/courses.aspx In all seriousness, it will give you a feeling for the complexity/cost curve and the meaning of your statement regarding the bootloader. You don't need to master the class, and yes I realize the class subject is iPhone. :-)
RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
Apparently @aristotle_z and @gil aren't keeping up on their white hat reading list. encrypted boot loaders and BSD jails are not cutting it as a security mechanism. they only serve to enforce the walled garden approach to marketing and encourage a proliferation of mobile malware that end users are restricted from defending against. This has, unfortunately, lead to many noobs jail breaking but not securing their devices which only makes a bad situation worse.
Since we don't participate in our Democracy we get SOTP and S. 968 when we sould be getting a choice of unlocked device or fully managed device where the fully managed device has security patches pushed out automatically.
RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
Now honestly, unless the Encryption is hardware based, I cannot see putting a custom rom on it if you value security.
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RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
Ya Almost anyway.
RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
I have played with the Galaxy Nexus for a while now... anything notable with the Nexus can all be traced to software, not hardware. In some regards it's actually an inferior piece of hardware to the Razr and now the Droid 4. Don't judge a book by it's "software" cover. When Moto finally releases 4.0 to these phones they will be the superior handsets due to build quality alone... and may be the reason 4.0 is delayed a bit... because of the late release of the Galaxy Nexus... Verizon needs some time for sales to roll in on the "Official" ICS phone before they make IT obsolete. :)
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RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
My Nokia 9000 was perfect apart from the 12 hour battery life:-)
I just want a modern replacement without the frills which most of us never,ever,use.
RE: CES 2012: Motorola debuts Droid 4; road warrior's delight
Ahem...
Okay, now I'm butting in here.... wife and I recently moved from the LG Viewty's to the Optimus 1.0 (LG's apparently budget-level 'smart phone' offering). My wife if a texting queen, always in 'conversation' with one friend or another; myself I wanted a phone which could offer both a replacement for my Creative mp3 player, as well as offering mapping and cycle apps... both of us are new to Android or smart phones.
For a budget phone we are both blown away, especially in regard to what it can do and how long the battery holds up. Now if our phones are considered 'budget level' I'd be slow to mock the 'Droid' arsenal without a fair test run guys... you might be left with egg on your faces!
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