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The Verizon Wireless Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX

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    Well it is here, and I’ll tell you it is not QUITE as impressive looking as the Droid RAZR (it is thicker) BUT (and there is a serious Sir Mix-a-Lot BUT here)… over 20 hours of talk time.  That’s right… I said it: OVER 20 HOURS of TALK TIME. So what’s the deal with Droid RAZR MAXX? It’s the same configuration as the Droid RAZR it just has a bigger battery in it, which makes it thicker.  If you recall the Droid RAZR (and the MAXX) doesn’t have a removable battery.  This is kind of a departure from the “norm” and makes a lot of (us) nerds feel uncomfortable.  This is the type of phone you want to have if you don’t want an Apple iPhone 4s but you still want to stand out.  It’s sleek, the battery life is insane, it has great horse power, a lot of RAM, a huge screen, gorilla glass (I don’t even bother putting a screen protector on phones with this stuff) and the price is just… right.

    GENERAL

    4G
    4G LTE
    ANDROID™ PLATFORM
    Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) upgradeable
    MULTIPLE NETWORKS
    CDMA800, CDMA1900, LTE B13 700
    TOUCH TABLET

    CAMERA

    CAMERA
    MEGAPIXELS
    8 MP (rear facing camera)
    CAMERA TYPE
    HD P2P Video
    DIGITAL ZOOM
    8x
    FOCUS
    Automatic
    FRONT FACING IMAGER
    1.3 MP with 720p HD video capture
    IMAGE EDITING TOOLS
    Cropping, rotating, Geo Tagging, brightness, color, enhance, flip, resizing, and effects

    MUSIC & VIDEO

    MUSIC ENABLED1
    MUSIC PLAYER
    Yes
    SPEAKER EFFECTS
    Equalizer with Bass Punch
    VIDEO CAPABLE
    Yes
    VIDEO CAPTURE
    1080p HD, tri-microphone for audio scene selection
    PLAYABLE FORMATS
    AAC, H.263, H.264, MP3, MPEG-4, WAV, WMA9, WMA10, eAAC+, AMR NB, AAC+, WMA v9, MIDI
    STREAMING MEDIA
    Audio, Video, Internet Radio
    VIDEO CAPTURE RATE
    HD 1080p quality, 1920X1080 resolution, up to 30fps capture and playback
    WIRED STEREO DEVICE EFFECTS
    3D Stereo, Home Theater, Live Stage, Custom

    POWER

    TALK TIME (CONTINUOUS)2
    up to 21.5 hrs.
    BATTERY TYPE
    3300 mAh Li Ion
    STANDBY TIME3
    up to 380 hrs.

    MESSAGING

    EMAIL4
    Corporate Sync, Google Mail, Push Email, Yahoo® Mail, Hotmail, AOL
    MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING (MMS)4
    Yes
    PREDICTIVE TEXT
    SWYPE®-enabled, multitouch keyboard with next word prediction
    TEXT MESSAGING (SMS)4
    Yes
    INSTANT MESSAGING (IM)4
    Google Talk™, Windows Live Messenger®, Yahoo!® Messenger, AIM®
    IMAGE FILE FORMATS
    BMP, PNG, GIF, JPEG
    VOICE MAIL4
    Standard voice mail, Verizon Visual Voice Mail™ (capable)

    CONNECTIVITY

    SYNCHRONIZATION
    FOTA, PC Sync, Corporate Sync, Google Sync
    WIFI
    802.11 b,g, n
    BLUETOOTH® TECHNOLOGY5
    Bluetooth Smart Ready; Stereo Bluetooth Class 2, Version 4.0 LE+EDR OPP, DUN, SPP, GAVDP, AVDTP, AVCTP, A2DP, AVRCP 1.4, HFP 1.5, DID, HID, HSP, MAP, PAN-NAP, PBAP, SM,GATT/ATT,GAP,HR
    DATA ACCESS6
    Yes
    4G MOBILE HOTSPOT
    Be a mobile hot spot for up to 8 other devices
    CONNECTOR TYPE
    Micro USB, HDMI® Micro
    DATA TRANSMISSION RATE6
    USB 2.0 (High speed)
    DLNA (DIGITAL LIVING NETWORK ALLIANCE)
    v. 1.5; Share content wirelessly with other DLNA equipped devices
    GPS AND LOCATION SERVICES1
    aGPS (assisted),  eCompass, sGPS (simultaneous), GLONASS
    HEADSET JACK
    3.5 mm
    WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN)

    INTERNET & GAMES

    WEB BROWSER
    Android HTML Webkit, Adobe® Flash® Player 10; Firefox browser via webtop

    ACCESSORY COMPATIBILITY

    HEARING AID COMPATIBLE
    Rated M4, T3
    TEXT TELEPHONE (TTY) COMPATIBILITY

    BUSINESS SECURITY AND PRODUCTIVITY

    BUSINESS READY
    Business ready with productivity and security features.

    CALLING

    SPEAKERPHONE
    Yes
    CALLER ID4
    On main display, Picture ID, Ringer ID
    ADVANCED SPEECH RECOGNITION
    Yes
    AUTOMATIC REDIAL
    Yes
    CALL WAITING
    Yes
    CONFERENCE CALLING4
    Group call
    EMERGENCY DIAL
    Yes
    MUTE CALL
    Yes

    CALLING

    NOISE REDUCTION
    Dual microphone noise reduction
    PHONE BOOK7
    Unified contact list (Gmail™, Exchange,Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)
    SPEED DIAL
    Speed dial, direct dial shortcut
    VIBRACALL
    Yes
    VOICE DIALING
    Yes
    WAIT AND PAUSE DIALING
    Yes

    CARRIER FEATURES AND SERVICES

    VERIZON WIRELESS
    Back Up Assistant, Verizon Media Manager, VCast Music

    GOOGLE MOBILE SERVICES

    Gmail™
    Google Calendar™
    Google Contact Sync™
    Google Latitude™
    Google Maps Street View
    Google Maps™
    Google Maps™ Navigation
    Google Quick Search Box™
    Google Talk™
                 
    Google eBooks™
           
    Google™ Search by Voice
    YouTube™

    INCLUDED APPLICATIONS

    BUSINESS8
    Quickoffice®, GoToMeeting®, MOTOPRINT
    ENTERTAINMENT8
    Netflix(support resolution up to HD), Blockbuster, Amazon Kindle, Let’s Golf 2, Madden NFL 12, NFL Mobile, Slacker
    LIFESTYLE8
    Smart Actions, MOTOACTV
    MOTOCAST
    Stream or download your music, pics and more from your PC to your phone.
    MOTOCAST ENABLED
    SMART ACTIONS
    This application lets you take control and mastermind your phone’s settings and actions in an infinite number of combinations.
    SMART ACTIONS ENABLED

    INTERFACE

    OPERATING SYSTEM
    Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) upgradeable
    LIGHT-RESPONSIVE DISPLAY
    Yes
    KEYPAD LOCK
    Yes
    HAPTIC FEEDBACK
    Yes
    DEDICATED KEYS
    Volume control, Back, Search, Menu, Power/Lock, Home
    BACKLIGHT
    Yes
    PINCH TO ZOOM
    Yes
    TOUCH SCREEN
    Capacitive touch screen
    VIRTUAL KEYBOARD
    Multi-touch and Swype
    VOICE COMMANDS
    Google Voice Search and Voice Actions, and Voice Commands

    PERSONALIZATION

    RINGTONE FORMATS
    AAC, AAC+, eAAC, MP3
    WALLPAPERS4
    Preloaded and downloadable, Live wallpaper

    PHYSICAL

    SIZE (H X W X D)
    130.7 x 68.9 x 8.99 mm
    DISPLAY SIZE
    4.3-in.; Super AMOLED Advanced qHD(540 x 960)
    WEIGHT
    145 grams
    ANTENNA TYPE
    Dual
    FORM FACTOR
    Touch Tablet
    MATERIALS AND FINISH
    Made with Dupont™ KEVLAR® fiber and scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass

    PRODUCTIVITY AND SOFTWARE

    CALCULATOR
    Yes
    CALENDAR
    Calendar, Corporate (Exchange) calendar, Google Calendar
    AIRPLANE MODE
    Yes
    CLOCK
    Alarm clock

    TECHNOLOGY

    MEMORY9
    16 GB internal; 16 GB microSD card pre-installed
    ACCELEROMETER
    Yes
    NETWORKS4
    CDMA800, CDMA1900, LTE B13 700
    PROCESSOR SPEED
    Dual-Core 1.2GHz , Dual-Channel RAM Processor
    REMOVABLE MEMORY10
    supports up to 32 GB microSD
    SENSORS
    Proximity, ambient light, eCompass, battery temp, Accelerometer

    WEBTOP

    WEBTOP APPLICATION
    Extend view to larger screen, type on full keyboard & access full web – multi-task on-the-go
    WEBTOP ENABLED
     
    I like the Verizon Wireless Droid RAZR MAXX a lot.  I would give it 5 out of 5 stars but I have to take 1 star for not shipping with ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich, Android 4.0) and 1 star for not having the option to unlock the bootloader. I want to be able to do what I want to do with my phone and that includes removing the bloatware applications you bundle with it. They take up space, suck battery life, and are useless because I’m not interested in them.  Unlock the bootloader so I can have root access and remove the stuff and I’ll be a happy camper. (For those not in the “know” you can’t uninstall the apps that most cell phone companies install on your phone by default, unless you have root access)
     
     
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