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The Motorola Defy is one of the first rugged smartphones we've seen, its rubberised casing and Gorilla Glass protected display making the handset immune to dust, scratches and even water. Motorola claim the handset can invest 10 minutes in water up to 10m deep, its headphone and USB ports even protected by rubber stoppers.
The handset comes complete with a 3.7 inch capacitive touchscreen, which indicates regardless of its additional durability, it nonetheless supplies all the capabilities you would anticipate from a smartphone. As the sizeable display comes to the edges of the screen, it nonetheless looks like a high-finish smartphone, regardless of its rubber chassis. No physical keypad is provided, as you are equipped with an on-screen keypad, which makes it equally as quickly to send messages.
The Motorola Defy packs a speedy 800MHz processor, and comes equipped with Android two.1. An update to 2.1 (Froyo) will be available, despite the fact that Éclair offers you with a lot of characteristics, which includes integrated Google apps such as Search, Goggles and Maps. The handset also comes with MOTOBLUR, which makes it possible for for Motorola's customer user interface to be displayed on the homescreen, complete with live re-sizeable widgets and a stream of updates from all your favourite social networking web-sites. You can choose particular contacts to appear in the live stream, so it does not get cluttered, alongside RSS feeds. MOTOBLUR also makes it possible for you to remotely access your phone's specifics on the web, and backs up your information.
A five megapixel camera is also provided, total with LED flash, image stabilization and geotagging. Taking into consideration its water resistance, it may possibly even be capable of taking very good good quality pictures under water. A video player is also included, and footage can be viewed back on the handsets big display. Its built in media player will also keep you entertained, as not only can you play your own music, you can stream music and videos straight from the internet. With 2GB of internal memory which can be expanded up to 32GB employing a memory card, you are provided with a lot of storage for all of your files.
The Motorola Defy also comes complete with CrystalTalk Plus, a new feature which utilizes dual microphones to amplify your voice alongside noise cancellation technologies, to make talking on the phone clearer.
Android WebKit browser comes pre-installed, and browsing the web is fast and simple and easy using its 3G and WiFi connectivity.
The Defy has an expected release date of October 2011, though no official pricing has been mentioned.
