03-24-2004, 02:00 AM
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Brighthand: "Brighthand's First Impressions of the Motorola MPx"
"The MPx is the first Windows Mobile Phone Edition device to have the appearance of a phone. Like a lot of smart phones, it has a clamshell shape, with a screen on one side and a keypad on the other. But this is no ordinary smart phone. It has a screen at the full Pocket PC standard resolution, 240 by 320 pixels. And instead of just a keypad, it has a full keyboard. And, even better, thanks to its unique dual-hinge design, it can morph from a smart phone into a wireless handheld.
Here's how it works. When your phone is ringing you want to be able to answer it as quickly as possible, so the standard configuration of the MPx is to open in the smart phone configuration, with the screen in portrait mode. However, if you want to some word processing or view a web page in landscape mode, you press a button on the side of the MPx and it opens in the wireless handheld configuration. Of course, the screen automatically adjusts for whichever way you open the device..."
Ok, I'm officially jealous of Ed Hardy. I want an MPx in a bad way! :mrgreen:
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03-24-2004, 03:24 AM
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Ponderer
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Too bad the screen will be 240x320, espcially ow the the hi-rez will be supported by the next release of Windows Mobile 2003.
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03-24-2004, 03:26 AM
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Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by Spaceman
Too bad the screen will be 240x320, espcially ow the the hi-rez will be supported by the next release of Windows Mobile 2003.
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At 2.8", I really don't think I want 640x480. 8O OK, with font scaling it might be useable, but those kinds of pixel densities are probably very expensive right now.
--janak
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03-24-2004, 04:11 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
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If only I could get something like this with a pay-as-you-go plan. I just don't use a cell phone enough to pay $30 or more per month.
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03-24-2004, 04:27 AM
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Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by Kati Compton
If only I could get something like this with a pay-as-you-go plan.
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The problem is you're not going to get this as a subsidized device with a prepay plan.  If you can get your hands on one, you can certainly get a prepaid SIM from several US GSM vendors.
--janak
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03-24-2004, 04:34 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
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Yeah - I'm just not sure how good the GSM coverage is where I live now.
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03-24-2004, 05:14 AM
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Thinker
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I've been wondering over this for some time.. since most dialog and input screens on the PPC are designed for portrait mode, how will it look like in landscape mode, which is where most data entry will be done, I wonder? Lotsa white space on the right?
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03-24-2004, 05:34 AM
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Intellectual
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hmmm this thing might get me to merge my phone and pocket pc. i guess i we will have to wait until its released, get a feel of it in person and then decide if it wll do the trick.
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03-24-2004, 05:44 AM
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Man, that is one ugly phone. Design counts and this will be a failure among most mobile consumers who prefer design over functionality.
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03-24-2004, 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by jonathanchoo
Man, that is one ugly phone.
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Now there's a decidedly minority opinion!
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