[sclui56]

Kris,

I honestly didn't know that the cam was rated at 1.3 until after I bought the 220 (never paid any attention to the cam feature), I have seen better VGA quality from other handsets, and some of these are 1-2 year old models.

Higher resolution doesn't equal to quality if the maufacturer opted for carppy CCD or CMOS.

As for the 200, yes, I had the US ATT version and the 220 is better in the RF as well as voice quality, just quality b/c I find the volume is low on the 220.

[sclui56]

Kris,

I honestly didn't know that the cam was rated at 1.3 until after I bought the 220 (never paid any attention to the cam feature), I have seen better VGA quality from other handsets, and some of these are 1-2 year old models.

Higher resolution doesn't equal to quality if the maufacturer opted for carppy CCD or CMOS.

As for the 200, yes, I had the US ATT version and the 220 is better in the RF as well as voice quality, just quality b/c I find the volume is low on the 220.

[Kris Kumar]

Originally Posted by sclui56

As for the 200, yes, I had the US ATT version and the 220 is better in the RF as well as voice quality, just quality b/c I find the volume is low on the 220.

Y.E.S. :-)

Exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks

[ben865]

Originally Posted by Kris Kumar

Thanks for sharing the photos.

For a 1.3 Megapixel camera, I was expecting a little more. I have a 1 Mega pixel "webcam" camera. Which is couple of years old and does, I believe, a better job than the MPx220.

But hey, camera won't sway my decision. I was never planning on using it.

Do keep us posted on the battery life etc.

Have you used the Moto MPx200. Was wondering how the RF and voice quality is compared to the MPx200? Thanks

I've had a 220 for a few weeks now and am very impressed with it.

It is currently with Moto to have the firmware updated to the latest. Once I have it back I will be posting a full review here.

The canera is a little soft but it's a phone with a camera not the other way round; it's fine for snaps and actually the video is good too.

Battery life is fine also. Generally lasts me a couple of days. My normal mobile will last longer but then my normal mobile doesn't do as much and doesn't get used as much.

RF is up to Moto's normal high standards - I never had any problems with the 200 - I blame that funny American GSM you guys use :wink:

[sclui56]

I blame that funny American GSM you guys use

Absolutely! May not be funny, just that things are more spread out & we are behind the curve in terms of building the infrastructure for GSM. It's really sad that I would be going in & out of dead-zones in L.A. during a 20 miles commute, happens on ATT, Cingular, TM, and Nextel.

OTOH, I was vacationing in So. Italy this last summer & had my Treo600, I was getting almost full signals in the middle of nowhere or high into the mountains.

My comment on the camera is just that it's not on par with some of the more cuurent handsets, but either case, I never use the cam on the phone.

Do you find the speakerphone adequate on your sample?

[aristoBrat]

Originally Posted by windmiller

I still dont see ANY proof that this phone has problems.

Another thread with some grumblings...

http://www.howardforums.com/showthre...157&perpage=30

[Jerry Raia]

I just got one. Been loading it up with all my software. So far i like it alot. We'll see how it does

[ben865]

Originally Posted by sclui56

Do you find the speakerphone adequate on your sample?

Speakerphone is excellent. I have never used speakerphone on a mobile and was really surprised how good and how usable the speakerphone is.

[Kris Kumar]

Can we please..please..please get some pictures of the phone?

- snapshot showing the Cingular logo on the phone
- snapshot of the Cingular home screen

:-)

Please send them to news at smartphonethoughts dot com. :-)

[windmiller]

Thanks for the link Aristobrat.....I really hope these problems can be worked around. The one big one is the bluetooth voice dial issue.

Cingular rep last night stated that BEst BUy has an exclusive for 2 months. No sure if its true or not.

[PPCMD]

Has anyone sent Moto a tech message asking about firmware updates and mentioning the issues with the volume etc? I am still waiting for BB in the Syracuse area to get it next week.

I read about users who hacked the 200's system and adjusted the volume would it be the same?