It’s a step up from widely available feature phones, but isn’t comparable to the displays on the latest generation of smartphones. Viewing angles aren’t great and neither is outdoor viewing. Unfortunately, those characteristics makes the screen seem even smaller and that’s not even to mention the 4.3 inch displays on phones such as the EVO 4G and Droid X. The screen recedes into the casing with a large black border surrounding it. The 3.1 inch 480-by-320 pixel LCD display isn’t particularly outstanding. There’s noting unique, refreshing, or outstanding about the design, but it gets the job done. A standard 3.5 mm headphone jack is, thankfully, featured on the top and the bottom of the phone has perforations for a speaker. The 3 megapixel camera, which lacks a complementary flash, resides on the back side. As for the trackpad, it occasional comes in handy for some finicky one-handed use, but is unnecessary for the most part.Īside from those features, there’s an odd side access door on the left for removing battery pack besides a microUSB port for charging and data transfer. It lacks a dedicated search command, which is now heavily featured on most smartphones. A row of three touch-enabled buttons offer instant access to the Menu, Home, and Back commands. The front side features an oddly positioned square trackpad off to the bottom left. ![]() There’s a flush power/unlock button on the top, while a camera shutter, voice command key, and volume rocker are on the right side. The slide out design, which reveals the keyboard, isn’t new either. Instead it houses a silver coated heavy aluminum encasement with black rubberized keys for contrast. While not as robust, it doesn’t have a cheap lightweight plastic feel. Much like last year’s Motorola Droid, the Devour is also built like a tank. Unfortunately, this device, much like other mid-range Android smartphones, are hard to recommend despite a fairly decent set of features. The device touts a MotoBlur interface, which is also present on the AT&T Backflip, and offers plenty of other features as well. ![]() While we published our thoughts on Skype Mobile, I never had a chance to talk about the Devour. The new phone's design and build is impressive, but we'd go for the DROID every time.Earlier this year I had a chance to pickup a Motorola Devour from Verizon Wireless during their joint press with Skype in San Francisco. Unfortunately, while Verizon are still looking for $200 for the Motorola DROID, Best Buy have already announced they'll be selling it for $100, the same price as the DEVOUR. ![]() Verizon's official price is $100 (with a new, two-year agreement), which puts the DEVOUR on a par with most high-end feature phones (many of which have larger, better displays and more user-friendly media player apps). The combination of MOTOBLUR and the decent hardware keyboard would suggest that this is a handset for message fanatics, looking to step up from a feature phone. It's the target audience issue that leaves us confused by the Motorola DEVOUR. The side-loading compartment also means that there's unlikely to be an extended battery option, though given the DEVOUR's target audience that probably isn't too big a deal. The 1,400mAh Li-Ion battery is rated for up to 389 minutes talktime or 443 hours standby in practice, with MOTOBLUR doing its social networking checks and Exchange push-email turned on, you'll be recharging the DEVOUR nightly as with most other smartphones. Other connectivity includes access to Verizon's EVDO Rev.A 3G network, WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, together with a microUSB port and AGPS.
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