Yesterday I received a Motorola Milestone (the EU version of the Droid) for testing purposes kindly offered by a local store. Faithful readers should be aware I’ve been using a BlackBerry Bold lately and definitely loved it. At the same time, I’m a geek and early adopter so I’m very curious to test this Milestone and will keep you posted with my comments and opinions. Let’s start, after 24 hours.
Display
Droid’s display is huge, twice the one of the Bold. I can’t but be happy about that, the UI you get is wonderful.
Signal / Radio
The Motorola Milestone/Droid is a REAL phone, the audio quality and reception is way, way better than the BlackBerry. I always complained about voice quality (my wife who has a BB herself complains everyday, too) and the Droid’s voice is way ahead, hands down.
Battery
I’ve been using it for the past 24 hours, and I can say battery duration is almost similar to the Bold. I used some tricks to extend the battery life of the Droid, so I did for the Bold. Will keep you posted on this item.
Keyboard
The Droid has a physical and a virtual keyboard. I still prefer the BlackBerry’s one, but I practiced a lot on it so I must give the Droid one more chance. Moreover, don’t ask me why, the keyboard of my Milestone is a QWERTZ and not QWERTY… 
Push Email
The Droid offers push services for Google Apps. This means GMail pushes new email in realtime. Since I have all my accounts on GMail, I get push email. The BlackBerry has a wonderful red light that flashes to notify you about new email, while the little green one of the Droid is not that useful…
Browser
Not comparable, way, way better on the Droid. Moreover the Milestone, unlike the US Droid, has multitouch, so the browsing experience is definitely awesome.
I’m using both Twidroid and Seesmic, both very well designed. Twidroid is a bit better in terms of features, plus it supports multi-account, while I prefer Seesmic for the tabbed approach. Both lack of the ability to easily open a new tab for one or more lists.
Thanks to the huge screen, it provides a very good user experience. The Android FB app looks very well done, nothing less than the latest version I’ve been using on my Bold lately.
App Store
The Android Market is huge and installing/buying apps is straightforward. RIM has still lot of work to be done to make their BB World comparable…
What I’m missing from my Bold so far
- The red, flashing light
- The trackball/trackpad
- The keyboard
- Socialscope (best social media client for BB)
What I DON’T miss from my Bold
- the hourglass (painful…)
- slowness
- the fact I need to pull the battery often (twice a day lately)
- voice quality
Will keep you posted, stay tuned for the second episode of “Droid does, BlackBerry doesn’t”.
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