Motorola recently updated its Droid Zap application which is exclusive to the Verizon line of Droid handsets which was released last year. The Droid Maxx, Droid Mini and ultra-slim Droid Ultra are the only devices which the application works on. The app was launched back in August of last year when those Droid handsets debuted, and the new design and features have improved the application considerably. A left hand slide out menu offers quick access, and the overall experience has been improved thanks to the Card UI.
Basically, the Droid Zap application allows Droid Maxx, Droid Mini and Droid Ultra users to share files with anyone that is up to a football field away. The application sends content into the cloud, and that content can be downloaded and viewed by anyone with NFC access and an Android smartphone. To send content, just swipe two fingers upward on the picture you choose in your gallery, and it is immediately uploaded to the cloud. You can also add a personal identification number to the picture, limiting access to only those with that PIN.
The exclusivity of the feature means only those handset owners of the three phones mentioned above can send files, but anyone with the Droid Zap app can retrieve and receive them. We notified you last week that the Android 4.4 KitKat operating system update which was sent to the Motorola Droid Ultra 4G had some problems concerning compatibility with that device. Motorola immediately pulled the over the air update, and at this time is working on a re-release. No word has been given as to a specific release date, but Motorola is aiming for late January or early February.
Designed to be ultra-slim, the Motorola Droid Ultra 4G barely registers 7.18 mm (0.28 inches) in thickness. Also ultra-light in comparison to other smartphones, the Droid Ultra weighs just 137 g (4.83 ounces). This is in spite of offering a hefty hardware package and protective DuPont Kevlar fiber back plate, a large 5.0 inch screen and extended life 2,130 mA battery. That True HD display is an AMOLED screen with a resolution of 720 by 1,280 pixels, and battery life is excellent at 28.0 hours of all-around use after a full charge.
Motorola’s X8 processor package includes a dual core 1.7 GHz CPU, a standalone contextual computing core, a versatile quad core graphics processor and a unique language processing core. These 8 total processing cores share operational duties, which speeds up the overall user interface. The Motorola Droid Ultra also delivers 16 GB of built-in storage and 2.0 GB of RAM. A 10.0 megapixel snapper provides Full HD 1,080P resolution video recording, and a front facing chat cam provides video call support.
