Motorola renames Droid as Milestone for European Market

According to SlashGear reports, this new smartphone device sports multi-touch features in the browser, like pinch-to-zoom functionality, which Droid currently lacks..

"Milestone is a smartphone without compromise, delivering a wiser, richer Web and messaging experience. This is possible through the combination of Motorola's expertise in design and a truly differentiated Android experience," said Ralf Gerbershagen, vice president and general manager of Motorola Western Europe.

Milestone will target business customers, but there’s no reason to presume that it will not be available for the masses.

What’s similar between Droid and Milestone?

Well, the Motorola Milestone launching in the Germany has almost the same features as its counterpart to be released in U.S., Friday, Nov.6. Here are some of the already known features:-

-5 megapixel autofocus camera (resolution of 800 by 400) with night photography and video recording
-Wi-Fi capability
-3.5 mm standard headphone jack
-Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR
-QWERTY keyboard is additionally built into the phone
-A-GPS
-microSD support
-3.7-inch TFT WVGA screen (480 by 854)
-550 MHz processor
-It supports 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA data speed
-Memory card 8GB instead of 16GB
-A 1400 mAh battery, which promises up to 5 hours of talk time
-Dimensions: weighting 165g (6 oz), measuring 60.00by 115.80 by 13.70mm (2.4 by 4.6 by 0.5-inches)

Additional features
The Google (NSQD: GOOG) Maps Navigation is not available in the European Milestone, instead it will come preloaded with Motonov.

Some other features reported in Milestone include Webkit HTML5 mobile browser, MOTONAV turn-by-turn navigation, USB support, versatile multimedia player, Motorola Media Link, application downloads through Android Market and Google services like GTalk, Google Maps with Latitude, Google Mail, Google search, Google Market place and You Tube.

Availability and price
The Motorola Milestone will be available in Germany initially via O2, Vodafone (NYSE:VOD) and mobile phone retailer, The Phone House. It will also be sold in Italy, Argentina and various other European territories in the coming weeks. There’s no word when it will be released in U.K.

It will be sold at the price of 404.20 Euros before taxes ($595), which probably is a contract-free cost, for the corporate customers, but the price range for the mass market has not yet been announced by Motorola or O2 Germany.