Motorola Milestone XT720

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Motorola Milestone XT720 Overview

The Motorola Milestone XT720 originally released in Korea as the Motorola 'Motoroi' which is now available to the US and Europe is Motorola's successful Droid , minus the QWERTY keyboard with the specs beefed up, plus a rather distinct 'bulge' you either love or hate yet the Milestone XT710 still - without doubt - resembles the Original Moto Droid / Milestone

The XT720 features a capacitive 3.7" inch TFT-LCD display supporting multi-touch - great to go with the Android 2.1 Eclair it packs! An 8 megapixel camera with Geo-tagging, Xenon Flash and the capability to record at High Definition HD 720p, there's also a HDMI interface to go with it!  Check out the picture tab for some photo samples taken with the XT720 camera! The XT720 coming to the States and Europe also has some internal specs bumped up a notch over the Motoroi such as the Processor to 720 MHz & the ROM to 512 MB!

The Motorola Motoroi not only comes with Android 2.1 but also sports Motorola's own UI 'Blur' giving you a stylish and interactive user interface and experience incorporating all your social networking right to your home screen! It can also sync all those social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter with your contacts so you can easily keep up to date with all your friends!

Motorola Milestone XT720 Specs

General
Form Factor: Full touchscreen with hardware buttons  
AKA: Sholes Tablet, Motorola XT720, XT701  
Date Released (YYYY/MM/DD):  
Size
Weight: 140 grams  
Dimensions: 116 x 60.9 x 10.9 mm  
Display
Resolution: 480 x 854 pixels - (WVGA)  
Size: 3.7" - inches  
Type: Capacitive, TFT-LCD, touch-sensitive screen  
Camera
Video: Yes HD 720p @24 fps  
Flash: Yes Xenon Flash  
Auto-focus: Yes  
Megapixels: 8 MP + geo-tagging  
Connectivity
GPS: Yes, A-GPS  
USB: MicroUSB  
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR , A2DP  
Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g  
HDMI:  
Multimedia
Headset Jack: 3.5mm audio jack  
Radio: FM receiver  
Battery
Type: Li-Po 1420 mAh  
Hardware/OS
Operating System: Android 2.0 Eclair | Android 2.1 Eclair with Motoblur  
Internal Memory: 512 MB RAM  
External Memory: MicroSD (expandable up to 32 GB)  
RAM: 512 MB  
Processor: TI OMAP3440 720Mhz processor  

Motorola Milestone XT720 Reviews

Motorola Milestone XT720 review
As it is, however, the Motorola Milestone XT720 comes across as an also ran, rather than a true competitor to the current cream of the crop.It's a shame, because that camera has good potential.
Hands on: Motorola Milestone XT720 review
But overall, it's a pretty nice phone and certainly one for the cameraphone enthusiasts, with top end specs making it a real winner for photography. However, a processor limited to the same speeds as the HTC Hero is a little worrying.

Motorola Milestone XT720 Pictures

Motorola Milestone XT720 Videos

Cnet hands on
Cnet get some hands on time with the Motorola Motoroi and give us a quick demonstration all on video!

Motorola Milestone XT720 News

Wind Mobile Launches the Motorola XT720

it’s been a couple of weeks since we heard about the Motorola XT720 heading to Canada’s smallish carrier Wind Mobile, and now that time has come: you can grab the device up now for $430. It comes packed with a 3.7-inch WVGA touchscreen, an 8-megapixel autofocus camera with xenon flash and HD video recording, Android [...]

Motorola Milestone XT720 Gets an Update to Boost Processor Speed, Original Milestone Could Land on Alltel on 9/23

After some initial confusion around the launch of the Motorola Milestone XT720 it was said that a once 550MHz CPU would ship at a clock speed of 720MHz. Turns out when the phone’s got into the hands of consumers they were still sitting right at the original, lower speed. But Moto wants to make things [...]

Videotron Launches New Wireless Network in Quebec with Froyo-Laden Nexus One

A new player is getting into the wireless game in the Great White North. Videotron, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media Company, is launching a new network for the people of Quebec, and to make sure the carrier starts things off in style two Android handsets have come along for the ride. The Motorola XT720 (which [...]

Wind Mobile Gearing Up for Launch of Motorola Milestone XT720

Word of Wind Mobile picking up the Motorola Milestone XT720 has been blowing in the, er, wind for some time now, but a recent shot of an internal training screen reveals that the handset launch should be right around the corner. This will mark a significant upgrade from the carrier’s first Android handset the low-end [...]

Milestone XT720 Headed to Canada on Wind Mobile?

The Motorola Milestone XT720 is a sort of dark horse in Moto’s lineup of upper-level Android phones. It doesn’t sport quite the same specs as more prominent devices such as the Droid 2 and Droid X, but the handset still packs a bit of punch and features many of the things you’d expect from a [...]

Motorola XT720 Review (Cincinnati Bell)

The Motorola XT720 is a device that errs right on the line between high-end and what we’d now call superphones (or highest of high-end). Earlier in the year, this device would sit alongside offerings such as the original Motorola Droid and the then-newly-released Nexus One as a state of the art phone, but can the [...]

Cincinnati Bell The First in the States to Get Motorola’s Milestone XT720 This Friday?

Cincinnati Bell’s Android gravy train just won’t cease until everyone’s gotten enough! This time, sources close to the carrier tells us that their latest Android handset – which everyone believed to be the Motorola Milestone XT720 – will indeed be launching this Friday, August 6th.  This would make Cincinnati Bell Wireless the first US carrier [...]

Motorola Milestone XT720 and BackFlip Launch in India

More and more Android smartphones are heading to or being announced for the Indian market. Today comes word that the Motorola Milestone XT720 and Motorola BackFlip will both be available, though both will see some steep pricing. The BackFlip is naturally the lower priced of the two, coming in at 22,990 INR (about $499) for [...]

Cincinnati Bell: Milestone XT720 to Launch Mid-August

We already figured Cincinnati Bell would be bringing the Motorola Milestone XT720 for their customers at one point or another: an entry for the device on their support page and the device being listed on one of their rebate forms tipped us off to that fact. They’re finally acknowledging that the device is – in [...]

Unlocked Motorola Milestone XT720 For Sale at NewEgg

Though somewhat erroneously titled as the Motorola Milestone II, the XT720 is now available for purchase unlocked over at NewEgg for the hefty sum of $599.99. The phone has been available around Europe for a bit now and we have been under the impression that it may land on T-Mobile at some point, though we [...]

Motorola Milestone XT720 Shows Up on Cincinnati Bell Support Site

Last time we heard news of this particular Motorola Android phone heading to Cincinnati Bell it was still going by the name Motoroi. A name change later, the Milestone XT720 now features on its very own section of the Support page at the Cincinnati Bell website. Attempts by subscribers eager to get their hands on [...]

Retailer Clove Offering the Motorola Milestone XT720 For UK on Monday

Clove‘s just about set to offer the Motorola Milestone XT720 this Monday. The device has already been shipping through retailer Expansys for a couple of weeks now, but it’s always nice to have options. They’ll be offering the device without a contract for 381 pounds for the UK market. The device is pretty capable. It’s [...]

Milestone XT720 Spec Sheet Changes Yet Again

A few weeks ago we saw the Motorola Milestone XT720 see an increase in clock speed up to 720MHz, giving it the extra bit of zip it would need to handle the heavy multimedia focus it has been given. Now the spec sheet for the XT720 has changed yet again, in a case of what [...]

Motorola Milestone XT720 Free On Vodafone UK With £25 Tariff Via Expansys

The Motorola Milestone XT720 is just about set to meet its July 2nd launch date over in the UK, and Expansys is now offering the device for pre-order with Vodafone. You can grab the device for free on a two-year, 25 pound tariff (300 minutes, unlimited text messaging, and 500MB data). If you order today, [...]

Milestone XT720 Going to Germany, Too

Motorola’s got a boatload of love for Germany, lately. Yesterday, we saw their quirky Motorola FLIPOUT announced for German carriers O2 and Vodafone for 349 Euros, and it looks like the Milestone XT720 will be getting the same treatment. Pricing hasn’t been confirmed, but 540 euros off-contract looks to be a popular figure. We also [...]

Motorola Milestone XT720 Gets Spec Boost to 720Mhz CPU and 512MB RAM

We have to admit that when the Motorola Milestone XT720 was made official with a mere 550Mhz squeaked out of its OMAP 3440 processor and 256MB of RAM it made us scratch our heads and wonder how such a multimedia-centric phone (with HD video recording) could have such mid-range specs. It now seems that Motorola [...]

Singaporean Carrier StarHub Launches the Motorola Milestone XT

Motorola and StarHub – a carrier out in Singapore – have launched the Motorola Milestone XT. The phone is a localized version of the recently announced Motorola Milestone XT720. There’s no difference between the two, as far as I can see. The phone will be free on a two-year contract. If you don’t remember, this [...]

Motorola Milestone XT720 Gets T-Mobile Bands

Just as it was rumored a while back, the Motorola Milestone XT720 looks like it could be headed to T-Mobile when it lands in the States. With its 1700/2100 Mhz HSDPA bands it could very well be sitting alongside the likes of the myTouch 3G Slide and the rumored-release of the Samsung Galaxy S sometime [...]

SIM-Free Milestone XT720 Arriving in the UK on July 2nd

Yesterday the Motorola Milestone XT720 was made official for a UK launch. The phone that had been known as the Motoroi doesn’t lack in the photo-imaging department, with an 8MP camera, 720p video recording, and a xenon flash, and despite its underclocked 550 Mhz ARM Cortex A8 processor, it has a feature list that could [...]

Motorola Milestone XT720 Gets Official, Still No Motoroi Details

Last month, a rumor started making its rounds regarding a UK-bound Motorola Motoroi. That rumor still isn’t true, apparently, but it’s still kind of true at the same time. The phone will actually be called the Motorola Milestone XT720 and will be slightly different from what we know as the Motoroi (Motorola considers the pair [...]


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