03-25-2004, 06:00 AM
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Pictures From Motorola's MDC Presentation
Mobile Gadget News was at MDC, and they've taken pictures of virtually every slide that Motorola showed, as well as comparison shots of the MPx versus the MPx200 smartphone. I think this picture really shows off how compact the MPx is:
As if I needed any more confirmation that the MPx should be my next device... :lol:
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03-25-2004, 07:32 AM
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Sage
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Wow. That's really amazing. I really don't know what else to say about that. Could you imagine having all of that AND GPS, too? Not to mention everything else they mentioned in regards to their roadmap.
Really incredible. Moto seems to have really thought this out.
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03-25-2004, 08:51 AM
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Pupil
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Cudos to Motorola for not cutting any corners on this baby: besides from GPS (which I don't think is high on many people's wish list) it will have all the latest technology, and for once there will be very little reason to complain about missing features.
The only possible debate will be about its esthetics.... but that discussion has already started here at PPCT 
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03-25-2004, 09:00 AM
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The only missing feature is the VGA screen, right?
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03-25-2004, 09:06 AM
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Pupil
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Originally Posted by T-Will
The only missing feature is the VGA screen right?
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On a reduced display such as that one? 8O
Personally, I'd rather not.
Also, a VGA screen would seriously impact on the battery life.
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03-25-2004, 10:33 AM
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Intellectual
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Just because something has VGA resolution doesn't mean you have to set the font to be the smallest allowable font possible till you can't bearly see anything. Infact, having higher resolution on smaller screen would probally make it easier to read things. I would imagine things like Maps with GPS would benifit from having even higher resolution then what we have right now. Little things like lines for street don't show up on low resolution screen.
I don't get it, why do people keep wanting to have lower resolution? When something with higher resolution comes out, there are people screaming "I won't be able to see anything!" It's like saying: gosh, I wish my PDA only has 120x160 resolution, then I'll see everything because the letters will be bigger!
Honestly, I'm actually pondering wheather if I want to buy the MPx or not because eventually, I'll wish it had a VGA resolution.
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03-25-2004, 10:46 AM
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I've got the Second edition emulator running now on my machine, and when it's running in VGA mode, it still has the same real estate as 240x320. The only difference is that the environment is richer (icons and images are richer, fonts thicker and better defined, etc)
So if you are expecting this to deliver the same screen real estate as the e800 - you are out of luck as it is not natively provided by WM2003SE.
It may be made available by device vendors, but the default screen seems to have the same real estate.
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03-25-2004, 11:12 AM
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Mystic
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Just wondering if I understand this slide right.
The MPx will have 32 Mb of volatile ram (program memory), and 64Mb nonvolatile flash ram for program storage. This seems restrictive, as if you need more memory for running programs, you will not be able to increase it. Its the one draw back I see so far with this device.
Am I reading that right?
Surur
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03-25-2004, 12:15 PM
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Ponderer
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Reception?
What I'd need to know is, have Motorola improved the pitiful reception of the MPx200 for this new model?
Don't know what it's like in the US, but on GSM in Europe, the MPx200 can't hold a less than perfect signal in a bucket.
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03-25-2004, 01:02 PM
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This only confirmed what I said in a previous thread. After looking at the photographs of the MPx, I still say that it is one ugly phone. Functional but ugly. Personally I don't mind using ugly PDAs but god, this will fail to win many consumers who prefer form and good looks over functionality. The keyboard looks awful too. Come on Motorola you can do better in the design department.
I always hate putting down a product because of the design. Credit should go to the engineering department of Motorola who are capable of producing the clever hinge but apart from that, this is a normal PPC mobile with one ugly case.
Surur, 32Mb of ROM for the OS and 64Mb RAM for storage and running programs. That is normal and nothing groundbreaking. You can increase storage through SD cards.
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