New Motorola MPX200 with Microsoft Windows mobile hits Middle East markets

Grok Headline matches for New Motorola MPX200 with Microsoft Windows mobile hits Middle East markets

Motorola targets young professional
mobile phone users across Middle East

Motorola targets young professional
mobile phone users across Middle East 04/13/2004 02:01 AM
AME Info Apr 13 2004 6:36AM GMT

Motorola wins first commercial EDGE
contract in Europe, Middle East and
Africa

Motorola wins first commercial EDGE
contract in Europe, Middle East and
Africa 08/08/2004 03:39 AM
AME Info Aug 8 2004 8:01AM GMT

Growing trend: Middle East consumers use
mobile phones as wireless PC

Growing trend: Middle East consumers use
mobile phones as wireless PC 05/04/2004 07:52 AM
Mena Report May 4 2004 11:39AM GMT

PC giant, HP tops the market in the
desktop and mobile computing sector in
the Middle East

PC giant, HP tops the market in the
desktop and mobile computing sector in
the Middle East 06/13/2004 07:23 AM
AME Info Jun 13 2004 11:01AM GMT

Middle East debut for Internet mobile
antenna system at ReBuild Iraq Expo

Middle East debut for Internet mobile
antenna system at ReBuild Iraq Expo 01/19/2004 01:45 AM
AME Info Jan 19 2004 5:40AM GMT

Consumers in the Middle East move
towards a wireless age with adoption of
multi-functional mobile phones

Consumers in the Middle East move
towards a wireless age with adoption of
multi-functional mobile phones 05/02/2004 07:18 AM
AME Info May 2 2004 10:34AM GMT

Microsoft launches Microsoft Business
Solutions - Great Plains 8.0 in the
Middle East

Microsoft launches Microsoft Business
Solutions - Great Plains 8.0 in the
Middle East 09/06/2004 09:16 AM
AME Info Sep 6 2004 1:12PM GMT

Microsoft Business Solutions CRM arrives
in Middle East

Microsoft Business Solutions CRM arrives
in Middle East 12/13/2003 07:07 AM
AME Info Dec 13 2003 5:35AM ET

Microsoft Middle East & Africa appoints
new General Manager

Microsoft Middle East & Africa appoints
new General Manager 12/10/2003 10:22 AM
AME Info Dec 10 2003 8:34AM ET

Mobile penetration in the Middle East
varies enormously from country to
country

Mobile penetration in the Middle East
varies enormously from country to
country 06/16/2004 03:37 AM
Research and Markets have announced the addition of the ‘Middle East Mobile Communications 2004’ report to their offering. [PRWEB Jun 16, 2004]

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Mid-East press
appalled by siege

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Mid-East press
appalled by siege 09/05/2004 05:08 PM
an interesting round-up .. permeate .. page

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3628836.stm
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ixier company develops ixier.com in
cooperation with Middle East Developers
and utilizing Microsoft technologi

ixier company develops ixier.com in
cooperation with Middle East Developers
and utilizing Microsoft technologi 04/18/2004 09:47 AM
AME Info Apr 18 2004 1:41PM GMT

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

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

Microsoft To Take Cheap Windows To More
Markets

Microsoft To Take Cheap Windows To More
Markets 07/30/2004 01:58 PM
TechWeb Jul 30 2004 6:45PM GMT

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 Available
for $80

Motorola MPx200 Smart Phone Available
for $80 11/18/2003 12:18 AM
BrightHand Nov 17 2003 11:50PM ET

Motorola MPx200 Smartphone Review

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

Microsoft downsizes Windows for emerging
markets

Microsoft downsizes Windows for emerging
markets 06/07/2004 04:24 AM
Daily News Jun 7 2004 8:52AM GMT

Microsoft To Break Out Cheaper Windows
In More Markets

Microsoft To Break Out Cheaper Windows
In More Markets 08/02/2004 03:26 PM
Techzonez Aug 2 2004 7:55PM GMT

Washington Post reviews Motorola MPx200

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

Motorola MPX200 Smart Phone Review

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

Research and Markets: New Opportunities
in Africa - In-Depth Study of the
African Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband
Markets

Research and Markets: New Opportunities
in Africa - In-Depth Study of the
African Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband
Markets 03/17/2005 04:14 AM
Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c13924) has announced the addition of 2005 - Africa Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Overviews and Telecom Company Profiles to their offering. [PRWEB Mar 16, 2005]

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.

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

Microsoft plans beginning version of
Windows for Asian markets

Microsoft plans beginning version of
Windows for Asian markets 06/23/2004 08:43 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Jun 24 2004 0:11AM GMT

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

Middle East Payoff?

Middle East Payoff? 07/07/2004 12:50 PM
Middle East reforms could present an opportunity for a few risk-taking companies.

Middle East Correspondant?

Middle East Correspondant? 01/07/2004 02:02 PM
Osama bin Laden writes today's comment in the Guardian. Is the Comment & Analysis section of a major national paper (and international website) the right place to publish a call for jihad?

NPR Middle East history

NPR Middle East history 08/18/2004 10:43 PM
Six-part NPR series The Middle East and the West, history of Western involvement in the Middle East.

Microsoft Mobile Developer Conference
Heralds Growing Momentum For Windows
Mobile and Embedded Platforms

Microsoft Mobile Developer Conference
Heralds Growing Momentum For Windows
Mobile and Embedded Platforms 06/29/2004 07:09 AM
Today at Microsoft Corp.'s third annual European Mobile Developer Conference (DevCon), co-located with Tech•Ed Europe 2004, Microsoft joined industry partners to showcase new hardware and applications for mobile devices, and introduced enhancements to its mobile platform designed to increase flexibility for application developers and extend the functionality of the Microsoft® .NET Compact Framework. In addition, the company announced the following:

Apple Centres For Middle East

Apple Centres For Middle East 05/19/2004 08:55 AM
The distributor of Apple products in the Middle East is seeking to set up the region's first chain of Apple Centres. By Macworld UK (via MyAppleMenu)

Solution to the problems in the Middle
East

Solution to the problems in the Middle
East 01/04/2005 09:20 AM
As you are aware, there's bit of a problem in the middle east. There's a little argument about some land...

Rice set for key Middle East tour

Rice set for key Middle East tour 02/06/2005 01:18 AM
The US secretary of state is heading to Israel on Sunday to try to boost hopes for Middle East peace.

Bush to remake Middle East

Bush to remake Middle East 03/21/2003 11:26 AM
WSJ says war in Iraq really first step in grand scheme to remake the Middle East. Rumsfeld and Fleischer can still be seen on TV news implying "we just want them to disarm". More on What Makes W. Tick from The Atlantic.

Doomed to failure in the Middle East

Doomed to failure in the Middle East 04/27/2004 06:13 AM
D oomed to failure in the Middle East. 52 former senior British diplomats, probably the most experienced people on Middle East issues in Britain, sent a letter to Tony Blair, telling him he is very close to fucking up big time. Tony is trying to pass this as just «right of opinion». What next? Are we going to see foreign office people demonstrating outside Downing street?

EU Defuses Tension with U.S. Over Middle
East

EU Defuses Tension with U.S. Over Middle
East 04/17/2004 12:46 PM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 17 2004 4:48PM GMT
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