Droid Pro: Rationalized

You've seen what people have to say about the Droid Pro. It's been praised for taking after a Blackberry and yet somehow being just as great to use. But it's been criticized for the 3.1" Screen and MOTOBLUR.


Taking a step back, are the cons really cons? Admittedly, a 3.1" Screen goes for difficult on-screen keyboard experience, and you can get a bigger-screened LG Vortex for less, but let's remember, this is Blackberry-esque and not meant to be its big brother, the Droid X. And when we think Blackberry, the Curve and Bold come to mind, and in general, Blackberry displays are usually 2.4-2.6" with no touch technology. Taking in the 854x480 res. versus 480x360, I think it stands that the Droid's display is not horrible at all.


Now on to MOTOBLUR. Blur has been... well, not well received. The unappealing panels and crapload of notifications were clearly not meant for everyone, but still, Blur is very social, and the Blur on this phone is not that annoying-only-on-Android-2.1 blur that you get out of mid-range mediocre handsets, but a more simplified, proffesional modification of Blur (sometimes called Ninjablur or MOTOBLUR-Lite) that is actually quite customizable, and unlike some layers (namely UX) still allows the original Android widgets.


While certain other points like battery and camera are not great, you have to take into consideration that the Droid Pro is aimed at being "proffesional" Android, not that Droid that a surprising amount of 13-year-old's own. For a proffesional, the 5MP camera is doable (doable without) and the battery... well, that may be the Droid Pro's only real shortcoming.


Priced at $179.99, the Droid Pro is another great Droid device. While the advent of Tegra2 and Orion dual-core CPUs is just over the horizon, this device is still a looker, and won't set you back as badly as a Droid 2.