Motorola introduced the Droid Pro , an Android smartphone aimed at the BlackBerry market , along with several other Android handsets , at a Tuesday evening issue in San Francisco .
With the Droid Pro , which is due to come out on Verizon Wireless next calendar month , Motorola make in features designed to appeal to endeavor IT department . Business substance abuser are open to giving up their BlackBerry devices if there is an option that meet their requirements , said Sanjay Jha , CEO of Motorola Mobility , as he acquaint the headphone . Motorola ’s outcome took place as this week ’s CTIA Enterprise & Applications event got under means in San Francisco .
The Droid Pro features a work up - in QWERTY keypad and a 3.1 - inch touch screen as well as a 5 - megapixel camera . It countenance user to both read and edit Microsoft Office documents . If the gimmick is lose or stolen , an administrator can remotely pass over the data from both the sound and the obliterable MicroSD card in the telephone set . In the first twenty-five percent , Motorola will add together the ability to encrypt all the datum on the phone and the MicroSD card . In addition , administrators can mandate complex passwords and require even watchword alteration .
The phone is also designed for business enterprise travel , with radios for both CDMA ( Code - Division Multiple Access ) and GSM ( Global System for Mobile Communications ) networks , admit their 3 G stochastic variable . It execute the Android 2.2 operating system , also known as Froyo .
The Droid Pro may not quite displace BlackBerrys in great enterprises , but it is a step in the right management , especially with its security features , said analyst Avi Greengart of Current Analysis , who attended the event . One missing piece it should have is the power to traverse change in Office document , he said .
Motorola featured several other Android handsets designed for consumer at the event . The company did well to get into Android early when it launched both the original Droid and the Cliq some a twelvemonth ago , Greengart tell , but the ship’s company now confront stiffer challenger . Introducing a wide range of mountains of machine free-base on the hot mobile platform is a respectable strategy for the troupe , he said .
“ Motorola is bringing Android - based smartphones to all consumer , ” Jha order .
As Android smartphones proliferate , they are falling in cost and coming within reach of more consumer . On Tuesday , prepaid U.S. immune carrier Cricket announced the Ascend , a handset from Huawei Technologies that will go on sale this month for $ 149 without a contract bridge .
Motorola unveil abject - end Android phones at its own event , though as with the other introductions on Tuesday , the fellowship leave it to mailman to announce pricing .
The Citrus , coming to Verizon by and by this yr , is a small touchscreen phone designed for bookman and other first - time smartphone user . In a nod to bionomic concerns , Motorola used post - consumer recycled plastic for 25 percent of the charge card in the machine . The Spice , also designed for newfangled smartphone users , boast a slide - out QWERTY computer keyboard for fast , frequent texting . It also includes an exclusive coating call Flashback that amass a “ digital diary ” of all headphone calls , text messages and exposure from a given day . The Spice will send soon , first in Latin America , Motorola said .
Three other Android telephone unveiled at the eventwere announced originally in the mean solar day by AT&T , to embark in clock time for the holiday time of year : The Flipout , a small , satisfying handset that swivels opened to expose a keypad ; the Flipside , a more conventional little slider phone with a larger keypad ; and the Bravo . Motorola also showcased the Defy , denote last month , which is water - immune and also resists dust , scratches , salinity , and shock from being dropped . It is coming to T - Mobile USA for the holidays , Motorola said .
