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Old 10-19-2004, 06:00 AM
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Default Get Mobile E-mail on Your PalmOne MPx220

Smartphone Thoughts reader ojlittle posting this in our forums. I've moved it to the front page so everyone can enjoy it.

"Inside the MPx220 box there is a flyer for Cingular Xpress Mail. It's a one-sided card the size of a CD insert. Anyway, the first sentence in the first paragraph says: Get Mobile E-mail on Your PalmOne MPx220."

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Who proof reads these things? I guess it's too much to ask someone with a technical background to proof read. We all know that geeks are poor spellers, right? :lol: :wink: So instead, let's have an English major proof read it. :roll:

Alright, I have to ask this; How many of you bought a PalmOne MPx220? Check the Cingular Xpress document that came with your phone, and let us know.
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Old 10-19-2004, 08:08 AM
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Not only that, would you believe that the mpx220 I bought from Best Buy had no Cingular logo loaded on it? It displayed the same generic "Mobile Operator" logo during startup as the development emulator. Looks like someone overlooked some branding issues.
 
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Old 10-19-2004, 11:51 AM
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Not only that, would you believe that the mpx220 I bought from Best Buy had no Cingular logo loaded on it? It displayed the same generic "Mobile Operator" logo during startup as the development emulator. Looks like someone overlooked some branding issues.
Interesting I remember seeing a Hello (Orange Cingular) operator logo photo in one of the forums, posted by our reader who bought the MPx220.

Looks like Cingular is trying to sell this phone to the Palm lovers and Microsoft Smartphone lovers at the same time, by branding it as PalmOne MPx220. :rotfl:
 
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Old 10-19-2004, 01:55 PM
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The other day when I was in Best Buy there was a huge placard for the Mpx220 on the phone display except it said:

MXP220.. No one proof reads.
 
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Old 10-19-2004, 09:18 PM
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Default Re: Get Mobile E-mail on Your PalmOne MPx220

This incident shows that PalmOne has bigger brand in smartphones in USA than Microsoft !

But on the other hand - in long term - it is possible that we will see Windows Mobile device from PalmOne...
 
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Old 10-20-2004, 02:25 AM
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The SMT is barely AT&T branded as well. I wonder if Cingular and AT&T know they're going to merge and have a new logo soon, so they're doing the whole "no logo" thing until then?!
 
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Old 10-20-2004, 01:56 PM
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The SMT is barely AT&T branded as well. I wonder if Cingular and AT&T know they're going to merge and have a new logo soon, so they're doing the whole "no logo" thing until then?!
No. Last business reports I read, Cingular gets to use the ATTWS logo for about 60~90 days, and then it reverts back to mother AT&T. Supposedly it will then be all Cingular with the splat and all that, but I think that they will not pass the opportunity to rebrand and relogo.
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Old 10-20-2004, 04:32 PM
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Funny I didn't notice the typo until I saw it here.

My question (and maybe I should post it elsewhere) is: How does this Cingular Xpress Mail work?

I read the card and the website and I still don't know. Does it install on your computer and therefore your computer has to stay on all the time?
 
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Old 10-20-2004, 06:30 PM
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How does this Cingular Xpress Mail work?
I read the card and the website and I still don't know. Does it install on your computer and therefore your computer has to stay on all the time?
I checked on it, and yes, you install an app on your computer, then install an app on your phone, and that's how it checks.
I think your computer has to stay on for it to sync email, but I'm not 100% sure. I would definitely suspect so.
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