Seven months later, Motorola's newest Droid, the X, hopes to achieve even greater successes while taking on greater competition from the Droid Incredible and Evo 4G from HTC and the iPhone 4 from Apple.

The Droid X has several improvements over the Droid, like a better camera, a larger touch screen display and more storage space. It has speedy Internet speeds, connects to plenty of devices, and offers integrated contact information, messaging and social networking.

Droid X has a lot of features and plenty to offer. Whether people will buy it or not depends on how much continuous use time they want, whether they're comfortable with a touch screen and how much they're interested in the bells and whistles.

Design

The Droid X is huge, there's no other word for it. The X is about 10 percent bigger than the original Droid, but also 10 percent lighter. That's because Motorola slimmed down the X to a mere 0.4 inches from 0.55 inches -- that's a remarkable 35 percent. By comparison, the Evo, another behemoth, is about the same size, while the iPhone 4 is 30 percent smaller.

Droid X's 4.3-inch touch screen is one of the largest on the market. The only devices with similar-sized screens are on Evo and HD2 devices from HTC, both of which are slightly smaller in size as well.

Regardless, the Droid X's touch screen display makes watching videos and reading emails and texts easy on the eyes, while the all-black exterior and reflective screen keep the phone looking professional.

Turned around, the back of the device reveals an 8.0-megapixel camera lens and flash.

On the left side, there are ports for micro-USB and HDMI features, while the right has volume keys, a camera key and a 3.5-millimeter headset jack. Power and lock keys are located atop the phone.

Out of the box, the Motorola Droid X comes with a standard battery, a wall/USB charger, a built-in 16-gigabyte microSD memory card, a product safety and warranty brochure and a product safety and quick reference guide

Camera

new Droid X has upped the ante with an impressive 8.0-megapixel lens with a built-in dual LED flash, 4x zoom and image stabilization. The iPhone 4, by contrast, has a 5.0-megapixel camera that has been reported to have some problems with taking yellow-ish images.
The Droid X camera can take photos up to a whopping 3266 by 2450 pixel resolution and comes with all the familiar features such as scene functions -- auto, portrait, landscape, sport, night portrait, sunset, macro and steady shot -- and various color effects -- blue tint, red tint, green tint, black and white, negative, sepia, solarize and normal -- to add a bit of artistic flair.

There's also a camcorder that can record high-definition videos at 720p, or 1280 by 720 pixel resolution, at 24 frames per second. Like the iPhone 4, it takes high-definition video

Basic Features

The Droid X will operate on Google's Android operating system, version 2.1. Later this year, it will be automatically upgraded to 2.2
The new software is expected to be up to five times faster than the already-speedy 2.1 system and JavaScript, which is integrated into the browser, should work up to three times faster on the new version.

Android 2.2 will also supports Adobe Flash 10.1, offer more Microsoft Exchange support and support file uploads in the browser. But 2.1 has some advantages of its own, including HTML 5 support, Microsoft Exchange support and a better keyboard.

There are some similarities between the iPhone 4's iOS 4 software and Android 2.2. Both devices allow for multi-tasking, threaded email and have access to music and game downloads.

Screen

The Droid X, like the HTC's HD2 and Evo, has a 4.3-inch screen. That dwarfs the iPhone 4's 3.5-inch screen and any screen offered by BlackBerry. The screen is responsive without being too overly-sensitive and there's more space between the virtual keys, so typing is easier than on the Droid and Droid Eris.

simple virtue of the larger screen, the Droid's on-screen keyboard is bigger than on the iPhone 4. But its 854 by 480 pixel resolution isn't as high as the iPhone 4's whopping 960 by 640 pixels.

Audio

The Droid X shows and records videos, filters audio through Skype and plays music over a speaker and a 3.5mm headset, mostly with success. But the phone doesn't pick up audio very well when recording video.

Internet

Running on Verizon's high-speed 3G network, the Droid X features EV-DO Rev. A technology, for speedy Web surfing. Videos load quickly, and pages go from one to the next in mere seconds. With its 1-gigahertz chip, even scrolling up and down is fast. It also connects to Wi-Fi service.

The Droid X can also serve as a hotspot for up to five other devices, something the iPhone 4 can't do. Both devices are similarly fast when it comes to 3G. But the Evo is, by far, the fastest of the bunch.