Category: Handsets (General)

Where’s the MPx200 gone?

Ok, I've been hoping that this was just a blip, but I have to say... where has the Motorola MPx200 gone ? A quick check of the Orange site reveals that there aren't any MPx200's on sale. I'm hearing several reasons for this - software problems, lack o...

Another MS Smartphone!

Hot on the heels of Motorola and Sagem come TCL Corporation, who announced their new Windows Mobile - the OC1, which begins shipping in the early summer. The handset will come with many features, including a browser - called PicselBrowser which allow...

Sagem Windows Mobile Phone – More details

Over at MoDaCo.com they have more details about the up-coming Sagem Smartphone. MoDaCo members reckion that these phones may appear as early as May and it will be tiny! There's a .. slightly obscured .... picture of it here at MoDaCo.com.

Motorola MPx Video

Right - that's it. I've had enough now. Why? Well, this weekend my car - a very knackered, poorly old Diesel, decided that it was time for retirement. See, there's a common belief that if you "work with computers", then you must be mega-rich and drive...

Motorola full of beans !

Jacek from MSMobiles.com recently managed to get an interview with head honcho of Motorola - Michael Tatelman. It's a very interesting read. In it Motorola emerges supremely confident about their new range of Windows Mobile based handsets, and even po...

Symbian stuff

It's not often - if at all - that I speak about handsets which are NOT based on the Microsoft Windows Mobile OS, but this story about the Panasonic X700 caught my eye. Not because it's based on the Symbian Operating System, but because it will apparen...

MPx100 vs E200

MSMobiles.com have more on the MPx100, including - soon - an interview with Michael Tatelman, who is Vice President and General Manager of the MotoPro Product Team. You can see the MPx100 turned on and right next to an SPV E200. It's not as tall as t...

Step forward Sagem!

Is there no stopping the Windows Mobile bandwagon ? Motorola have already blown us away with their new range of handsets and now.. now we have Sagem announcing that they will be launching a Windows Mobile Smartphone too! Taken from MobileCommerceWorl...

Barcode scanning!

MSMobiles report today on the showing of a innovative new way of finding info and purchasing stuff with your Smartphone. Juha Christansen, Senior Vice-President, Mobile & Embedded Devices Division, showed off an E200 taking a picture of a barcode and ...

MPx100 and MPx in the flesh at last

These pictures, taken from msmobiles.com and PPCW.net show the MPx100 and MPx at the Motorola stand in Cannes, where the 3GSM conference continues. Lovely lovely lovely ! Again, I can't state enough how good these phones look, and how Motorola is at ...

Next Gen – Wear that phone!

Over at 3GSM, MSMobiles.com is reporting on some sexy ladies wearing gadgets. Eh ? Oh, right - you want more info.. Not just pictures huh ? Well.. I don't have any .. it's basically to showcase the new "wearable technology" that should be along soo...

MPx100 Press Release

The Motorola MPx100 Helps Mobile Professionals “Detox the Inbox” By Simplifying Communications on the GoNew Handset Delivers Mobile Work/Life Balance via E-mail, Bluetooth® Connectivity, Music, Video and More CANNES, France, 3GSM World Congress

MPx Press Release

New Motorola MPx Delivers Convergence Without Compromise for Mobile ProfessionalsRevolutionary Dual-Hinge Design, Outstanding Email Experience, and Advanced Features Make the MPx Handset Your True Real-Time AssistantCANNES, France, 3GSM World Congress...

MPx & MPx100 Announcement

Motorola at GSM World Congress: What¡¯s Now, What¡¯s New, What¡¯s Next?Changing Communications in 2004 and Beyond - Hall A; Stand 21CANNES, France, 3GSM World Congress, -- 23 February 2004 ¨C Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT), enables people to interac...

Voq comes to the Netherlands

  Sierra Wireless and KPN to Deliver the Voq™ Professional Phone to Mobile Customers in the Netherlands 3GSM World Congress, Cannes, France - February 23, 2004 - Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW) announced today that it has sign...

3GSM – The MPx and MPx100 Announced!

No doubt there is probably more interest in this show than any other for us Microsoft Smartphone users. Pictures from PPCW.net show the show in Cannes and new Microsoft Windows Mobile handsets should be on display. It's also worth checking out MSMobil...

What’s going on here?

The Orange SPV E200 (AKA the HTC Voyager / QTek 8080 etc) is cutting edge technology coupled with cutting edge software. Thousands of people have worked on this handset, crafted it and developed it - then thousands more have helped develop the softwar...

3GSM – Wot is it about?

The 3GSM Expo begins next week - but most people reading this will be saying, "Wha the hell is that all about?". Well, imagine it like a Motor Show for Phones. All the big players will be there, Microsoft in Hall 1 and 4, plus Samsung, Ericsson, Nokia...

Did I forget to mention?

Here's a nice rosy red Mitac Mio 8390, taken from Mobile01.com during their coverage of the launch party. It wasn't the handset that caught my eye (although it does look nice), but the women - as MSMobiles.com has already spotted. Although CoolSmartP...

MPx300 – Real life pic!

I can't claim credit for this one (or any pictures to date, as they were all sent to my email address by invalid email addresses) - this picture comes from the guys at PocketPCItalia.com and shows what appears to be a test device in action! You can re...

MPx300 Keyboard

Barry from PocketPCTools.com has spotted our earlier pictures of the MPx300 here and

My request

So - the MPx220 comes apparently with a 1.3 Megapixel camera (see our news item here) and Advanced messaging with POP3, MulitMedia Messaging Service (MMS)! However.... My MPx200 comes with an MMS client from http://www.jataayusoft.com. It doesn't ...

This will blow you away!

We're on a roll today (as you will have no doubt seen by the fact that the server has fell over about 5 times before NetCentral sorted out our hosting !) This, my friends, is the Motorola MPx220 notifiying the user of an incoming call. It should be …

Moto Special – More pics of the MPx220

Yes, we've got them - lots and lots of pictures of the Motorola MPx220. Check them out by clicking "click for more" below. We can see the "Dynamic" range in the pictures below too, which include metallic silver designed handsets.

Moto special ! More on the MPx300!

Here's another shot of the Motorola MPx300, complete with stylus and Windows Mobile 2003 onboard. We expect to see a silver "Dynamic" range of MPx's too, which will be silver like this one here. This handset is set to hit the Pocket PC Phone market so...

MPx220 – FULL(ish) specs!

Features MotoPro Innovation Platform : • Microsoft Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003 operating system allows compatibility with all Windows Mobile Smartphone applications • Designed for easy one-handed use • Global Quad-Band Performance • Integra...

Moto rumours..

More gossip is trickling through to me about the much-talked-about Motorola MPx range, which is due to take the Smartphone world by storm. Motorola are still keeping quiet on the MPx range, apart from the MPx200 - which is selling like lager. They fla...

Software Apps on Voq

  Sierra Wireless Brings Industry Leading Software Applications to the New Voq™ Professional PhoneJava support, voice dialing, multimedia messaging, and predictive text entry delivers functionality and features that help make the Voq p...

World exclusive MPx shots!

Hof off the presses are these very hush-hush shots of the Motorola MPx range, due to be released soon. These have been sent in anonymously and show more of the MPx220, plus the MPx300 - which we haven't seen much of at all ! You know where you …

PDABuyers love the MPx200!

Yes, PDABuyersGuide.com has echoed many others in stating that the Motorola MPx200 is, "This long awaited Smartphone running Microsoft Windows Mobile Smartphone 2002 hits the mark with its easy desktop syncing, full PIM software bundle and rich multim...

Aye up! It’s the MPx220!

MoDaCo.com - the MS Smartphone forum - have this Flash movie of the MPx220 (you need to be a MoDaCo.com member to view it). As we've seen here it's following similar design lines to the MPx200. The camera with flash is on the front, as is the trendy …

MPx220 Specs online

The hotly anticipated Motorola MPx220 specifications have been translated and published here at MTekk.com.au. It features .. well, pretty much everything you'd expect from an MS Smartphone! Things to note are "Bluetooth" (hurray) and the integrated ca...

G’day Moto!

MTekk.com.au reports on the Ozzie debut of the Motorola MPx200 (see the Moto Australia website here for more info). Although there's no definite network provider yet, it's great to see this excellent Microsoft Smartphone becoming more wide spread. It'...

Motorola Communicator

Rumours are swirling about the new Motorola A630 Communicator, which has already been seen out on Idnes.cz and Cellulari.it. The handset, which resembles the Nokia Communicator, is a nice looking device. But the rumours? Well, apparently at the heart...

MPx200 Supply Dry ?

A few emails this week regarding the MPx200. Apparently people are having problems getting hold of this excellent MS Smartphone. Excuses by shops range from simply having none to "faults". Even the Orange Shop Online doesn't have any. So what's happen...

Will CeBIT C MS Hansets?

Speculation is growing that CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, will see a large range of new handsets being announced. Already Motorola have released several new handsets and it's expected that other makers - such as Philips, Panasonic and Sagem - will be ma...

Mobile Handset Sales increase

2003 showed a huge growth in the amount of mobile phones sold. Market viewers IDC reckon that 533.4 million handsets were bought last year, which is an increase of 23.3 per cent from 2002. Smartphones, although not necessarily MS-based, had the stron...

Voq your body

The Voq MS Smartphone, which was announced some time back in Canada by Sierra, has recently appeared on the FCC website. However, the dodgey 1980's style keyboard (it looked like part of an old getto-blaster) has now been ditched in favour of some cus...

Another MPx220 pic?

msmobiles.com reports today on a story from mobile-review.com. There is doubt about the authenticity of this photo, although it's similar to the earlier one we saw. To be brutally honest we don't know. If it looks like this, then great, but it is earl...