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MTS to release the Motorola Milestone A854

By on November 1, 2010 at 1:51pm in Mobile News, MTS


MTS is getting ready to release their second Android powered device soon – the Motorola Milestone A854. There will be a great deal of announcements coming up with MTS as they will be launching their anticipated HSPA+ network soon. The Milestone A854 comes a 3.7 inch touchscreen display with a full QWERTY keyboard, 5 megapixel camera with flash, access to the Android Market, Google Maps, Google Talk.

Rick Gadd, VP and GM at Motorola said “The launch of the Motorola Milestone A854 with MTS demonstrates Motorola’s commitment to continue bringing innovative Android handsets to Canadians”. In addition, it’ll ship with Android OS 2.1 but has no plans for future upgrades. No price plans have been released yet.

Source: CNW

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17 comments for “MTS to release the Motorola Milestone A854”

  1. So? Is this a Milestone or it has better specs? I guess it is not as good as a Droid 2.

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    Posted by zorxd | November 1, 2010, 1:57 pm
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  2. Its just a regular Milestone that Telus has had for almost a year. Considering Verizon has already stopped selling the Droid, and is now on the Droid 2, this is just sad.

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    Posted by Smilez | November 1, 2010, 2:15 pm
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  3. Worthless phone. Droid 2 plus the Droid Global is coming on Verizon. NO ONE should buy this phone

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    Posted by Dread | November 1, 2010, 2:22 pm
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  4. This is not the same as the Telus Milestone. The A854 is CDMA, the same model that Cellular South sells. Which is, in fact, identical to the original Verizon Droid.

    So on the plus side your bootloader is probably going to be unlocked on this phone like the Droid 1, and you’ll probably be able to install Froyo, Cyanogen etc without too much hassle.

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    Posted by Charles in Vancouver | November 1, 2010, 2:24 pm
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    • The Milestone’s been rooted so you’ve already got everything you need at your fingertips. Oh, and it’s significantly faster than anything CDMA.

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      Posted by Dom | November 1, 2010, 4:31 pm

  5. junk

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    Posted by Jawg | November 1, 2010, 3:02 pm
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  6. There is nothing wrong with this phone other than not getting 2.2 at the start.

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    Posted by Greg | November 1, 2010, 3:31 pm
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    • Yes and what about the specs? If this is the same 550 MHz CPU and 256 MB ram, the price is better to be good.

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      Posted by zorxd | November 1, 2010, 4:09 pm

    • I agree that the price had better be good but I have to tell you something; this thing has a lot of wiggle room when it comes to overclocking. I’m currently using the G.O.T. Openrecovery ROM with 2.2 and it’s humming along at 1.2ghz. You can go as high as 1.33 but you might as well get an extension cord if you do. Even at 1.2 I’m getting about 75% of my usual battery life and it runs rather warm. The trade off? The thing is stunningly fast. I ran Quadrant’s benchmarks and it scored something like 1440 easily surpassing the Nexus One on 2.2. She’s a great device and can handle just about anything you throw at it.

      Is it worth getting it a year later? Not unless you can get it off contract for under $300. Otherwise, wait for the new line of heavy hitters. The OTA update should be coming early Q1, so I’ll replace my hacked ROM with that when it does.

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      Posted by Dom | November 1, 2010, 4:29 pm

    • The official update for the milestone will be in Q1. But the A854? Nobody knows. Just like the XT720. These devices are a lot less popular and so there is no insensitive for motorola to deploy an update to 2.2

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      Posted by zorxd | November 1, 2010, 4:56 pm

  7. You can hack the Verizon 2.2 update onto this model with ease. This is actually easier to upgrade than the Telus version. Do NOT try running any of the hacks for the GSM/HSPA Milestone on this device or you’ll brick it. Treat it as a Droid.

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    Posted by Charles in Vancouver | November 1, 2010, 5:02 pm
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  8. Didn’t they put the Droid 1 on End of life already in the states since the Droid 2 has been out for awhile now? Why bring a phone to Canada that has already been discountinued in the US.

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    Posted by Jerry | November 1, 2010, 5:14 pm
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  9. Wow this is so exciting a phone that was launched 15 months ago and now MTS has the phone in its line up….pathetic!!

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    Posted by caanda45 | November 1, 2010, 6:17 pm
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    • Exactly. Maybe the MTS people think ppl can’t Google and find Verizon or Motorola on the web. Droid 2 and Global and Droid Pro are in the US (or just about to launch in US). Makes no sense

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      Posted by Dread | November 1, 2010, 6:37 pm

  10. Makes no sense for MTS to do this. Especially with this news, http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=17167&news=Motorola+Droid+2+Global+Worldphone+Google+Android+OS+2.2+Verizon+1.2GHz

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    Posted by Freedom | November 1, 2010, 8:43 pm
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  11. It’s normal for MTS to get a phone as the other carriers drop them.

    They got the Storm as the other carriers dropped it for the Storm2. They got the Storm2 as the other carriers dropped it for the Torch. They won’t get the Droid 2 or any other current phone until the other carriers drop them.

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    Posted by Roger Strong | November 2, 2010, 3:48 am
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  12. CDMA is crap.

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    Posted by Moe Arkanhine | November 2, 2010, 4:58 pm
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