Motorola Ming A1200 Linux Phone
by Sze | Filed under Mobile Phone
Targeting on Big China market, the Motorola A1200 gets its chinese name “明” which pronounces as “ming” and has the meaning of ‘Bright’ or ‘Wise’. The phone runs on Linux OS with Intel Xscale PXA270 and it features a 2.4″ 260k colours screen, 2 Megapixel Camera which can also perform business cards scan function. The phone has built-in memory for only 8MB but it supports 512 MB T-Flash memory card. As a PDA phone, A1200 comes with Chinese-English Dictionary, Ofiice applications and also MSN Messenger. The device also supports MP3 and MPEG4 playback, bluetooth and A2DP. The phone is available in Taiwan in 16/3/2006 with the price $16800 Taiwan Dollar which is around 516 USD.
Quick Spec.
General
Network GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
Status Available
Size Dimensions 95.7 x 51.7 x 21.5 mm
Weight 122 g
Display Type TFT touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 36 x 48 mm
- Handwriting and speech recognition (Chi & Eng)
Ringtones Type Polyphonic (40 channels), MP3
Customization Download
Vibration Yes
Memory Phonebook Yes
Call records Yes
Card slot microSD (TransFlash)
- 8 MB built-in memory
- Intel XScale 312MHz processor
Data
GPRS Yes
HSCSD No
EDGE No
3G No
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes
Infrared port No
USB Yes
Features
OS Linux
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Yes
Colors Black
Camera 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, flash, video
- Java MIDP 2.0
- FM radio
- MP3/MP4/AAC+ player
- PIM functions
- Voice dial/memo
Battery
Standard battery, Li-Ion 850 mAh
Stand-by Up to 200 h
Talk time Up to 4 h
MSN Messenger
Business Cards Scan
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anyone know how to set up the picture messages and internet on tmobile for this phone??
[...] Asus announces it 525 Smartphone which will be available in June. The P525 runs on Windows Mobile 5.0 OS with Intel PXA270 416MHz processor backed by 64MB RAM and 128MB ROM. The phone features a 2 Megapixel Auto-Focus Camera by which you can capture your exciting moment. Similar to Motorola Ming, P525 comes with the Business card Recognition technogoly. The phone supports InfraRed, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. No words yet on price.More pictures below. Summary [...]