When I decided that I would get myself an Android, my friends suggested that I should either go for the Nexus One, the Evo 4G, or wait a while for Google’s new Gingerbread device (the then-rumored Nexus 2). I’d put in a lot of thought into this, and finally decided on the Droid. The Droid was Motorola’s flagship Android device which was a huge success in the US and pretty much saved the company from extinction. It wasn’t the latest model available at that time, but it definitely was a big hit and managed to stick around longer than expected (for almost a year). I followed the device eagerly for around 6-8 months, after which I set my eyes on its non-US counterpart, the Milestone. The Milestone was one of those gadgets that absolutely had to retail everywhere else in the world owing to its sibling’s success.

Motorola has always been a company known for its excellent but stubborn values. They rarely try out disruptive trends in innovation (as far as I know) and have always followed a path driven by the market. I remember this from the time the RAZR took the mobile world by storm. Flagship devices that ruled the industry has been the manufacturer’s stronghold for over a decade. The mobile unit of Motorola almost withered away few years ago. They chose the Android platform after, hoping that it would save the company from collapsing; which later became one of the best decisions they’d ever made. One might question the relevance of this introduction, for which I’ll jot down my two cents in the coming lines.

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