Motorola MPx200 Smart Phone Available for $80

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Motorola MPx200 Smart Phone Available
for $30

Motorola MPx200 Smart Phone Available
for $30 12/04/2003 08:24 PM
BrightHand Dec 4 2003 6:22PM ET

Motorola MPX200 Smart Phone Review

Motorola MPX200 Smart Phone Review 02/11/2004 01:51 PM
I4U Feb 11 2004 5:23PM GMT

Motorola MPx200 Smart Phone Available
for Free from Amazon

Motorola MPx200 Smart Phone Available
for Free from Amazon 12/05/2003 01:50 PM
BrightHand Dec 5 2003 12:35PM ET

Motorola smart phone to offer 1.3Mp cam,
Bluetooth

Motorola smart phone to offer 1.3Mp cam,
Bluetooth 06/30/2004 11:08 AM
MPx220 coming in Q3

Motorola+Qtopia=Linux Smart Phone

Motorola+Qtopia=Linux Smart Phone 11/11/2003 07:56 PM
lems1 writes "Start compiling the excuses you will tell your boss to upgrade your cell phone now. Motorola has opted to use Trolltech's Qtopia to power up the ...

Motorola delays MPx220 MS smart phone

Motorola delays MPx220 MS smart phone 07/28/2004 09:15 AM
The Register Jul 28 2004 2:08PM GMT

More Details on rumored Motorola MPx220
Smart Phone

More Details on rumored Motorola MPx220
Smart Phone 02/17/2004 12:12 AM
I4U Feb 17 2004 2:10AM GMT

New Motorola A-768 Open Source Linux
Smart Phone

New Motorola A-768 Open Source Linux
Smart Phone 02/12/2004 01:29 AM
I4U Feb 12 2004 5:11AM GMT

Linux, open source put to test in new
Motorola smart phone

Linux, open source put to test in new
Motorola smart phone 09/17/2004 08:31 AM
Motorola is moving Linux and open source into the smart phone space with its new A780 handheld, featuring MontaVista Software's Linux operating system and now the open source Berkeley DB data manager, but analysts say Linux remains on hold in mobile phones because Microsoft, Palm, and Symbian operating systems still dominate the space.

RumorMill: Motorola MPx220 Smart Phone
Coming in Early 2004

RumorMill: Motorola MPx220 Smart Phone
Coming in Early 2004 12/07/2003 06:28 PM
BrightHand Dec 7 2003 5:12PM ET

Motorola MPx200

Motorola MPx200 12/02/2003 01:46 AM
vnunet.com Nov 27 2003 8:35AM ET

Motorola MPx200 only $29.99

Motorola MPx200 only $29.99 12/04/2003 09:30 PM
MobileTracker Dec 4 2003 8:02PM ET

Motorola MPx200 for free

Motorola MPx200 for free 12/05/2003 03:09 PM
MobileTracker Dec 5 2003 1:51PM ET

Motorola MPx200 Review

Motorola MPx200 Review 12/29/2003 11:59 PM

After more than six months of being unhappy with my mobile phone and service, I’ve finally replaced it. Last Monday when phone number portability went into effect I ordered a Motorola MPx200 Smartphone from Amazon.

I’d been looking at the Motorola for a few weeks and I liked the features. The phone runs the Windows Smartphone OS, basically a modified version of Windows CE. It comes with a desktop cradle that you can use to charge your phone through your computer’s USB port as well as sync your contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes with Outlook.

The retail price of the phone is about $300 with service activation. AT&T has a $50 rebate when you activate the phone, and Amazon has the phone for $250 and offers a $120 mail in rebate, bringing the price of the phone to $80.

Buying through Amazon was a bit of a hassle. Even though I purchased activation and gave them all my information, the phone arrived without any account information and upon calling AT&T I discovered that they had no record of an account for me. After two attempts at activating over the phone with AT&T I discovered that in order to port my phone number from my previous carrier, they were going to have to give me a new SIM. Rather than wait for one to be mailed to me, I made a trip to a local AT&T store and went through the process of activating the phone for the fourth time. The manager of the AT&T store was pleasant enough and gave me a $30 car charger to make up for the problems I’d had getting service started.

The porting process was simple and painless. I gave AT&T the account information from my previous carrier and my phone number was moved over and my previous account canceled automatically. I started the porting process at about 3pm the day before Thanksgiving and at 2pm Saturday the process was complete. In the meantime, I could make calls from the new phone, but incoming calls rang to the old phone.

There are a few things that could be done better on the Smartphone OS side. The Outlook integration only synchronizes your primary contacts, calendar, tasks, and inbox. If you want to sync a different calendar folder, you’re out of luck. If you use Outlook as an IMAP client, your email isn’t stored in the default Inbox, so the Smartphone doesn’t sync it. I’d imagine that someone will create a third-party sync conduit that supports this. Suggestions for alternate sync products or phone email clients are welcome.

The other thing that I find irritating is that there is no way to exit most programs on the phone. If I fire up the calendar, it keeps running until I turn off the phone or open the task manager and kill the process. The calendar (and most other apps) has no Quit or Exit command that I can find. Any suggestions on that would be helpful as well.

There are a couple of small things that are easily improved. For instance, the included earpiece and in-ear headphones (for the built-in MP3 player) are poorly designed. They don’t fit the ear very well. But you can easily buy an aftermarket set that works better. Someone even has instructions for converting a pair of nice Koss earphones for use as a headset. The earphone/headset jack has a little plastic cover over it that makes it a pain to quickly plug in a headset, but that’s easily fixed by a quick snip with a pair of wire cutters.

The next version of the phone is rumored to have a built in camera, be smaller and lighter, and have Bluetooth. It should come out sometime next spring.

Motorola MPx200 Smartphone Review

Motorola MPx200 Smartphone Review 03/06/2004 02:04 AM
I4U Mar 3 2004 8:21AM GMT

Washington Post reviews Motorola MPx200

Washington Post reviews Motorola MPx200 12/07/2003 02:35 AM
MobileTracker Dec 7 2003 1:25AM ET

Product Review: Motorola MPx200
Smartphone (NewsFactor)

Product Review: Motorola MPx200
Smartphone (NewsFactor) 09/24/2004 02:19 PM
NewsFactor - Motorola's (NYSE: MOT) sleek and stylish MPx200 smartphone incorporates the productivity features of a Windows Mobile 2002 personal digital assistant -- even the ability to play MP3 files -- along with a GSM-based mobile phone.

New Motorola MPX200 with Microsoft
Windows mobile hits Middle East markets

New Motorola MPX200 with Microsoft
Windows mobile hits Middle East markets 12/17/2003 04:56 AM
AME Info Dec 17 2003 4:32AM ET

How smart is Microsoft's smart phone?

How smart is Microsoft's smart phone? 04/13/2004 08:56 PM
ZDNet Apr 14 2004 0:41AM GMT

Motorola Announces the Motorola CN620,
Dual-Network Wi-Fi Phone

Motorola Announces the Motorola CN620,
Dual-Network Wi-Fi Phone 07/27/2004 04:22 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Jul 27 2004 8:22AM GMT

Motorola Announces the Motorola i710
Mobile Phone

Motorola Announces the Motorola i710
Mobile Phone 07/08/2004 02:12 PM
Linux Electrons Jul 8 2004 6:24PM GMT

Motorola launches smart phones

Motorola launches smart phones 05/06/2004 08:40 AM
Times of India May 6 2004 11:55AM GMT

Motorola unveils new smart phones

Motorola unveils new smart phones 05/07/2004 12:32 AM
Deccan Herald May 7 2004 4:14AM GMT

Apple And Motorola: A Smart Duet

Apple And Motorola: A Smart Duet 08/05/2004 08:41 AM
By agreeing to let the cell-phone maker put iTunes on certain models, Apple gets to test a new market for its music downloads. By Alex Salkever, BusinessWeek (via MyAppleMenu)

A phone that's as smart as you are

A phone that's as smart as you are 03/28/2005 08:39 AM
SiliconValley.com Mar 28 2005 12:37PM GMT

Motorola smart phones to bundle
navigation app

Motorola smart phones to bundle
navigation app 03/14/2005 04:39 PM
Linux handset to integrate GPS

Siemens SX1 smart phone

Siemens SX1 smart phone 04/28/2004 11:43 AM
Reg review Designed to make Nokia tremble?

Smart Phone Recorder v2.5.2

Smart Phone Recorder v2.5.2 06/13/2004 10:31 AM
SmartPhone can record your phone calls at an incredible compression rate of 3.7MB/Hour into windows wave files using your computer's voice modem. Another unique feature that is SmartPhone can start recording automatically even you lift your telephone handset before the answering machine takes an action for an incoming call. [Shareware $49.95 648 KB]

Linux Smart Phone

Linux Smart Phone 12/11/2003 04:55 PM
/. notices that Trolltech's embedded Linux will be powering the Motorola A760 smartphone. Looks nice and feature-packed, with PDA, camera, MP3 player, Bluetooth, and (assumedly GPRS) Net access in a pretty Motorola-style flip-phone.

"We're sorry, but your call cannot be completed as dialed. Please recompile your kernel and try again." Couldn't ressist. ;-)

Motorola Ships Picsel Powered Smart
Phones

Motorola Ships Picsel Powered Smart
Phones 04/22/2004 02:34 AM
PA News via The Scotsman Online Apr 22 2004 7:28AM GMT

Smart Bullets Phone Home

Smart Bullets Phone Home 05/29/2004 12:09 PM

Motorola's MPx Smart Phone Coming Soon

Motorola's MPx Smart Phone Coming Soon 07/05/2004 07:01 PM
WebTalk Radio Jul 5 2004 11:12PM GMT

2004: The year of the smart phone? Yes
and no

2004: The year of the smart phone? Yes
and no 01/01/2004 10:58 PM
ZDNet Australia Jan 1 2004 9:34PM ET

Nokia touts new smart phone

Nokia touts new smart phone 09/23/2004 12:45 PM
The phone, due out in October, comes with a built-in megapixel camera. Also on tap: a wireless home-monitoring system.

Smart-phone worm has a hang-up

Smart-phone worm has a hang-up 06/15/2004 06:02 PM
Researchers say the 'Cabir' virus takes an approach that hampers its spread--it asks for permission to infect your phone.

An affordable, capable smart phone

An affordable, capable smart phone 12/09/2003 09:47 PM
ZDNet Dec 9 2003 8:38PM ET

Motorola boosts Wi-fi devices with
Motia's smart antenna technology

Motorola boosts Wi-fi devices with
Motia's smart antenna technology 01/08/2004 08:26 PM
Computer Weekly Jan 8 2004 10:45AM ET

RumorMill: Motorola Planning Not One But
Three Windows Mobile Smart Phones

RumorMill: Motorola Planning Not One But
Three Windows Mobile Smart Phones 12/16/2003 01:38 PM
BrightHand Dec 16 2003 11:26AM ET

Symbian OS Delivers First 3G Smart-Card
Phone

Symbian OS Delivers First 3G Smart-Card
Phone 08/09/2004 06:46 PM
SymbianOne Aug 9 2004 9:22PM GMT
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