Motorola MILESTONE Official – Google Maps Navigator No, Multi-Touch Yes

Motorola Europe have today confirmed that the first Android 2.0 handset to launch across Europe will be the Motorola MILESTONE (aka Motorola DROID).

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), today announced MILESTONE™, the first Android 2.0 powered phone in Europe.

Designed to deliver Android without compromise, Motorola MILESTONE is a blend of form and function that offers the thinnest QWERTY slider on the market (13.7mm) and a hi-resolution, multi-touch and pinch display with twice the pixels of the leading competitor.

For users who want the ultimate smart phone experience, MILESTONE offers the ability to use multiple applications at the same time, effortless multi-touch pinch and zoom browsing, and cinematic navigation through music, videos and maps of the world.

Just yesterday we brought you some leaked images of the MILESTONE handset appearing in an O2 Germany business guide, well today Motorola have issued a press release confirming the arrival of their first European Android handset.

Motorola MILESTONE features:

• World’s thinnest QWERTY slider at just 13.7mm
• 3.7” widescreen display with 854 pixel width and more than 400,000 total pixels (more than twice the leading competitor)
• Pinch & zoom and double tap features
• 5 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash
• Motorola Media Link and Motorola Phone Portal to manage and share media content across desktop, phone and the Web
• Stereo Bluetooth®
• 3.5mm headset jack
• CrystalTalk™ Plus for superior talk quality

Whilst the hardware and spec of the two handsets is identical, the Motorola MILESTONE will include multi-touch support - a feature sadly lacking on the Motorola DROID.

The bad news however is that the Motorola MILESTONE will not include the recently unveiled Google Maps Navigation app, but instead will be bundled with the MOTONAV software.

The Motorola MILESTONE will go on sale first in Italy (O2) and Germany (Vodafone) from November 9th.

Still no word on a UK release date or possible pricing.

[via motorola.com]

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