Motorola MING
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The Motorola MING is a series of smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...

 mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...

s from Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...

, sold in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 only. It is one of the series in the 4LTR line.

A1200i

The A1200 came in December 2005. Although initially the A1200i was slightly towards the expensive side, with the advent of the ROKR E6 and other phones, the cost of the A1200i has been considerably reduced.

Technical specifications

  • Application CPU: XScale
    XScale
    The XScale, a microprocessor core, is Intel's and Marvell's implementation of the ARMv5 architecture, and consists of several distinct families: IXP, IXC, IOP, PXA and CE . Intel sold the PXA family to Marvell Technology Group in June 2006....

     PXA270 processor
    Central processing unit
    The central processing unit is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, to perform the basic arithmetical, logical, and input/output operations of the system. The CPU plays a role somewhat analogous to the brain in the computer. The term has been in...

     315Mhz
  • Baseband CPU: Freescale ARM
    ARM architecture
    ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by ARM Holdings. It was named the Advanced RISC Machine, and before that, the Acorn RISC Machine. The ARM architecture is the most widely used 32-bit ISA in numbers produced...

     CPU with a Motorola 56000
    Motorola 56000
    The Motorola DSP56000 is a family of digital signal processor chips produced by Motorola Semiconductor starting in the 1980s and is still being produced in more advanced models in the 2000s. The 56k series was quite popular for a time in a number of computers, including the NeXT, Atari Falcon,...

     DSP
    Digital signal processor
    A digital signal processor is a specialized microprocessor with an architecture optimized for the fast operational needs of digital signal processing.-Typical characteristics:...

     handling radio traffic
  • Talk time: 2 - 4 hrs
  • Standby time: 14 - 48 hrs
  • Browser: native Opera, WAP 2.0, WML, xHTML, HTML, JavaScript, simple Ajax
  • Messaging: MMS, SMS
  • E-mail: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP with SSL-encryption
  • Applications: Java ME, M3G
    Mobile 3D Graphics API
    The Mobile 3D Graphics API, commonly referred to as M3G, is a specification defining an API for writing Java programs that produce 3D computer graphics. It extends the capabilities of the Java ME, a version of the Java platform tailored for embedded devices such as mobile phones and PDAs...

     (JSR 184), MIDP 2.0; native applications supported with use of special packaging software
  • Synchronization: SyncML, OTA
  • Security: Voice Print, OMA DRM 1.0
  • Music: MIDI (40), MP3
    MP3
    MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...

    , WAV
    WAV
    Waveform Audio File Format , is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs...

    , AMR, WMA
    Windows Media Audio
    Windows Media Audio is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. The name can be used to refer to its audio file format or its audio codecs. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs...

    , aacplus


Upgrading latest firmware, it supports the EDGE network. The latest version of MING already supports EDGE.

Other features

  • Integrated stereo FM tuner (use of wired headset required)
  • Document viewer (PDF, Word
    Word
    In language, a word is the smallest free form that may be uttered in isolation with semantic or pragmatic content . This contrasts with a morpheme, which is the smallest unit of meaning but will not necessarily stand on its own...

    , Excel
    Microsoft Excel
    Microsoft Excel is a proprietary commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications...

    , PowerPoint)
  • High performance personal information manager
  • Hands-free speaker phone with 40 channel polyphonic speaker
  • Speaker independent voice dial
  • Cursive handwriting recognition
  • Bluetooth wireless technology with support for these profiles
    Bluetooth profile
    A Bluetooth profile is a wireless interface specification for Bluetooth-based communication between devices.In order to use Bluetooth technology, a device must be compatible with the subset of Bluetooth profiles necessary to use the desired services. A Bluetooth profile resides on top of the...

    : HSP, HFP, GOEP, A2DP, AVRCP, BIP, BPP, and DUN


Overview

MOTOMING A1600, offers access to email, messaging and browsing in a user-friendly and stylish design. The full touchscreen simulates a traditional keypad, to give users a familiar experience, while a simplified user interface offers one-handed access to the most often used applications. Bluetooth 2.0 allows for simple pairing with enabled accessories, and enhances A1600’s download speed and improving battery life.

Technical specifications

  • Application CPU: Intel XScale
    Intel XScale
    The XScale, a microprocessor core, is Intel's and Marvell's implementation of the ARMv5 architecture, and consists of several distinct families: IXP, IXC, IOP, PXA and CE . Intel sold the PXA family to Marvell Technology Group in June 2006....

     PXA270 processor
    Central processing unit
    The central processing unit is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, to perform the basic arithmetical, logical, and input/output operations of the system. The CPU plays a role somewhat analogous to the brain in the computer. The term has been in...

  • Talk time: 2 - 4 hrs
  • Standby time: 14 - 48 hrs
  • Browser: native Opera, WAP 2.0, WML, xHTML, HTML, JavaScript, simple Ajax
  • Messaging: MMS, SMS
  • E-mail: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP with SSL-encryption
  • Applications: Java ME, M3G
    Mobile 3D Graphics API
    The Mobile 3D Graphics API, commonly referred to as M3G, is a specification defining an API for writing Java programs that produce 3D computer graphics. It extends the capabilities of the Java ME, a version of the Java platform tailored for embedded devices such as mobile phones and PDAs...

     (JSR-184), MIDP 2.0
  • Synchronization: SyncML, OTA
  • Security: voice print, OMA DRM 1.0
  • Music: MIDI (40), MP3
    MP3
    MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...

    , WAV
    WAV
    Waveform Audio File Format , is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs...

    , AMR, WMA
    Windows Media Audio
    Windows Media Audio is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. The name can be used to refer to its audio file format or its audio codecs. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs...

    , aacplus

Other features

  • aGPS support for turn-by-turn navigation
  • 3.2 MP with autofocus, scan ability, panorama, GIF animation for MMS
  • Camera scanner with talking dictionary and business card reader
  • Fuzzy Pinyin
    Pinyin
    Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...

     handwriting recognition
  • Integrated stereo FM tuner (use of wired headset required)
  • Document viewer (PDF, Word
    Word
    In language, a word is the smallest free form that may be uttered in isolation with semantic or pragmatic content . This contrasts with a morpheme, which is the smallest unit of meaning but will not necessarily stand on its own...

    , Excel
    Microsoft Excel
    Microsoft Excel is a proprietary commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications...

    , PowerPoint)
  • High performance personal information manager
  • Hands-free speaker phone with 40 channel polyphonic speaker
  • Speaker independent voice dial
  • Cursive handwriting recognition
  • Bluetooth wireless technology with support for these profiles
    Bluetooth profile
    A Bluetooth profile is a wireless interface specification for Bluetooth-based communication between devices.In order to use Bluetooth technology, a device must be compatible with the subset of Bluetooth profiles necessary to use the desired services. A Bluetooth profile resides on top of the...

    : HSP, HFP, GOEP, A2DP, AVRCP, BIP, BPP, and DUN


A1680

The A1680 arrived in Q3 2010. It was given major improvements, including a better camera, a larger screen with better pixels, higher memory card limit and came installed with the Android 1.6 Donut operating system (OS).

External links

  • English User Manual Download
  • A1200 article on the OpenEZX
    OpenEZX
    OpenEZX is a project, which tries to gather information about the Linux based Motorola EZX phone platform.It tries to provide a 100% free software stack for those phones, especially a way to avoid any proprietary filesystem and/or device drivers...

    wiki
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