Moto Milestone reaches Spain with Android 2.1 preloaded
updated 04:55 pm EST, Thu March 4, 2010
Spanish Moto Milestone ships with Android 2.1
Motorola on Thursday said its version of the Milestone for Spain will include Android 2.1. The phone, also known as the Android 2.1 will bring broader multi-touch support, a voice recognition feature for text messaging and allow pinch-to-zoom not just in Google Maps but also the browser and photo gallery. The keyboard itself will be larger for easier manual entry and will now have auto-complete and autocorrect functions. A new widget called 3D Gallery will display all photos, videos and album art from a user's Picasa Web album account in 3D stack that move when the phone is tilted, although there's no guarantee animated backgrounds will appear on the Droid and Milestone. Many more smaller changes are also part of the updated OS.
The update will include a news and weather app widget that will bring user-customizable headlines and local weekly and hourly forecasts.
The equivalent price of the Milestone in Spain is set at $681, though this is for an unlocked handset not tied to any carrier contracts. In Canada, unlocked handsets cost the equivalent of about $880.
