HTC Google Nexus One v Motorola Milestone


The popularity of the Android phones has increased tremendously in the recent times and the fact is boosted with the arrival of the giants like Motorola Milestone and HTC Google Nexus One. Though Android is not a new concept to be utilized in the smart phones, but now it is gaining more acceptance, and it is already into its fourth version. Both the biggies – Nexus One and Milestone are running on Android OS, v2 (Eclair) and feature some powerful specifications. Milestone has arrived in November 2009 while the Nexus One made its entry in January this year.

If you want to experience high speed internet browsing, then Motorola Milestone is a winner. It provides you with the power of browsing at 10.2 mbps HSDPA. However, it is not going to be easy to find a provider that can make you avail with 10.2 mbps browsing speed as the count of 7.2 mbps provider itself is low. Google Nexus One provides 7.2 mbps HSDPA, which means Milestone triumphs in this category.

How fast you can access the applications of these mobile phones? Milestone is definitely fast, but its speed is not as high as the Nexus One which is powered by 1GHz Snapdragon processor. Even if there are many applications running simultaneously, the speed of the mobile phone operation doesn’t get hampered with Nexus One.

Both HTC Google Nexus One and Motorola Milestone are attractive looking handsets. The 3.7 inches touch screen display of both these devices catch a lot of attention. The type of display that Nexus One features is AMOLED capacitive touch screen and it includes some vital features such as accelerometer sensor for UI auto rotate and multi touch input method via firmware update touch sensitive controls. On the other hand, Motorola Milestone features 3.7 inch TFT capacitive touch screen along with QWERTY keyboard.