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Motorola Droid: A visual tour

At long last, the much-anticipated Motorola Droid is storming Verizon stores across the nation. Before you go out and buy one, check out the good and the bad about this exciting smartphone.
Robert S. Anthony and Ginny Mies, PC World   Today’s Top Stories   or  Other Mobile Devices Stories  

A keyboard is generally a welcome feature on a touchscreen phone -- unless, of course, it isn't designed well. Alas, the Droid's keyboard is far from perfect. It is so shallow -- and the keys themselves are so flat -- that our testers (with various hand sizes) had trouble using it. In addition, the top keys are very close to the ledge of the display, so your fingers are constantly knocking against it. We were also thrown off by the two "dummy" keys (fake keys you can't press) in the bottom row of the board. The keyboard seems wider than it really is, due to the four-way directional pad that takes up a good chunk of real estate.
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