Motorola MPx200 Smartphone - Next Generation (AT&T)

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Summary: great smart phone!
Review: The mpx200 is great. I upgraded the firmware to win 2003 which improved its functionality greatly. the battery life is great, the screen is large, bright, and crisp, the button configuration is easy to use; an all around great product. the only complaint that I have is when i upgraded the firmware the button lights no longer work; not too much of a problem because the lcd screen is so bright. i would recommend this product to anybody looking for a device that does it all.

Rating:
Summary: Good ONLY if you upgrade
Review: The things with this phone is that it's only good if you upgrade to the windows 2003. The phone will function 100% better and get better reception and stand by time. Also if you get a chance to unlock it, you can use it with other carriers such as cingular, t-mobile... My phone has all this and works great!

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Summary: Long time MPx200 user
Review: I've been using the MPx200 phone for about a year now with mixed results.

In summary I usually describe the MPx200 as a pretty good PDA, but a poor phone. This is mostly due too its poor reception and constant loss of signal when everyone else is ok. It also seems to have many problems that most Personal Computers do, but generally phones do not. For example the phone just seems to need a reboot now and then for no apparent reason.

As a PDA or Pocket PC it's a pretty good device, it syncs with Outlook perfectly (except notes). Includes powerful email features that I could never quite get to work with gmail (probably a gmail problem). There is an enormous amount of software and games that can be downloaded and used. It can function as a pretty good MP3 player, with up to a 1GB sd card.

Searching for phone numbers is easier than any other phone I've used. Although switching to a person's secondary number takes a bit of getting used to (i.e. switching from home to cell).

Finally the battery life is unacceptable. Getting 24 hours with maybe 30 minutes of talk time is what I would consider a good day for my MPx200.

In summary if you want the features of the next generation of phones, most of them are here (except Bluetooth and camera). If you love the latest gadgets, you'll probably enjoy this phone even with its issues. If you're looking for a fully functional phone, without annoyances, you might want to look at other options.






Rating:
Summary: V.Poor Reception.. Not worth the bucks
Review: Pros:
1. Sturdy flip design
2. Color screen is good
3. Syncs with outlook without any problem.

Cons:
Oh where to start!!! so many of them

1. The reception is awfully bad. Particularly when you go into a store or mall. When compared side by side with my friend's phone.. that phone will have a full signal where as my phone will be searching for service.. how could that happen .. then when i read all the reviews in other websites i found that the reception is BIG problem with this phone.

2. Drops the call - again this might be related to the reception but i did notice that even with full signal this phone will just drop the call.. couldnt figure out why it was doing that.

3. Volume - both ear piece volume and head set volume keeps modulating.. sometimes it is very high and suddenly it automatically goes very low and you have no clue how to control it.
4. Old software .. Motorola has come up with an updated generic ROM for better reception and windows 2003 for cellphones. but it has not released a version for MPX200 .. and now i believe this phone is discontinued and so is the support.

Overall i had a very bad experience with this phone and wouldnt even suggest buying it even if it is offered for free.. it is a pain to live with this phone..



Rating:
Summary: it would be great if
Review: i recieved the phone 01/14/05 by 01/16/05 problem. the phone wont recharge. recieved new battery from seller but the problem still exists. spoke to a repair shop and was told this is a common problem with this phone. haven't decided to: (a.)return the phone (downfall did like the features for my few days of use), (b.)get it fixed (downfall cost) or (c.) just buy a dual desktop charger and charge the battery by itself one at a time(downfall must keep multiple batteries on myself cause the car charger won't work either.)

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Summary: What the hell
Review: Retarded functions Msn messanger What the hell
do you need messanger in a phone for! U press
down (if there was a bigger menu) it would
go so fast down to 100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best part is the screen is big!

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Summary: A very satisfying gadget
Review: Threading my belt one day, arranging my gadgets so they wouldn't fall off or poke me on my commute, I came to the conclusion that my Batbelt factor had grown unacceptably high. I shopped around for a PalmOS or Windows phone that was a clamshell design - important, since I'm an abusive user - with an external LCD, and found at the time that my choices were the very expensive Samsung i500 (Palm OS) and the stunningly cheaper, smaller, and sexier MPx200 (Windows).

This is one of the most satisfying gadgets I've ever owned. Still the smallest Windows phone except for the candy-bar-style Audiovox model being offered by Cingular, it does not lack for expandability or power. There is a ton of software available to fill in pretty nearly any functionality hole you might find, and longtime cellphone users will be happy to see that right out of the box, the phone happily syncs up with Outlook - the end of tapping out your contact list/buying the inevitably expensive cable with each upgrade. In as many ways as possible, it offers interoperability e.g. by having, rather than a special proprietary link cable, a standard Mini-USB connection to the PC, and a standard 2.5mm jack for its headset.

It does have its shortcomings. The worst is the lack of Bluetooth; the second-worst is that the SD card slot is for a memory card only, instead of being SDIO. Coming right behind that is a usable but unimpressive battery life. I understand that an aftermarket operating system upgrade can improve this last, but certainly can't recommend trying that at home, as it would almost as certainly void your warranty.

That said, I use my MPx200 as an eBook reader, a PDA, a phone, an instant-messaging device, a gaming platform, and even an MP3 and movie player, all to good effect. I can't over-stress to a prospective buyer of a Windows phone the importance of a really huge SD card, because you'll find something new to do with your phone every week for months. You know that guy who buys a 128MB card, and then a month later buys a 512MB card because his claim that he'd "never even use 128 MB on a cell phone" was way off the mark? Don't be that guy, and you'll be happy.

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Summary: WORST PHONE EVER! Terrible reception battery only for one da
Review: 1. Reception much less than my Samsung for same service
2. Microsoft randomly locks up need to take out battary to reboot
3. Battary stamdby lasts for 2 days max
4. User interface sameful e.g. no repeate last call
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6. .....

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Summary: MPX 220 - Best Windows Phone EVER
Review: Typically when I first heard news about the MPX220 I dismissed it as another lame windows mobile, unreliable, jerky, slow and generally rubbish. It was only the new "Windows 2003" (which even though 2005 is nearing, is considered new by microsoft) that attracted me to the phone. Being a administrator of a mobile related website, I had to check out this phone. I am seriously impressed. Puts shame to it's previous version, and leaves all other phones in its dust.(...)

Rating:
Summary: Great idea, poor signal
Review: I'm thrilled with the way this phone syncs up with Outlook -- it's simplified my life in so many ways. HOWEVER, the downside is that the processor on this phone is too slow. Answering calls can sometimes be an exercise in futility and don't even TRY to make call-waiting work. It's pointless.

My old AT&T Nokia phone was light years ahead of this phone in terms of reception and call quality. I repeatedly have dropped calls and I've learned which parts of the city I can't get good reception in. (Including my house!) This was never a problem with my old non-GSM phone.

Caller ID on the front display only works on a couple of numbers in my phone book. Usually, I have to open the phone to see who is calling.

The battery cover on the back is very thin and has a tendancy to pop off.

Other than that, this is a nice sturdy phone and has many useful features -- so much better than a PDA! Once they perfect this type of phone, I'll be thrilled!