04-18-2005, 08:32 PM
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Executive Editor
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Motorola Cancels MPx
"A Motorola spokesperson today confirmed that the company has canceled production of the MPx Windows Mobile Pocket PC device, confirming a report last week by DigiTimes. Motorola has dropped plans for commercial launch of the device beyond Malaysia and several smaller Asian countries where the phone saw limited release. The company will continue to use the MPx for limited carrier and market trials to learn more about the mobile enterprise market. Motorola emphasized that it is still committed to the mobile professional market..."
While it's unfortunate to see Motorola pull the plug on the MPx, we can hope that they'll be back with something more in line with consumer needs. I've heard that poor build quality was partly responsible for this move, but I wonder if all the negative feedback around the MPx's limited 32 MB of RAM played a small part in the decision?
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04-18-2005, 08:38 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Nah. It's because it look like a turkey, run like a turkey and guess what?
It was a turkey.
To little to late.
To quote me from a previous post
"Did anybody hear the splash when Motorola missed the boat?"
At least Moto had the good sense to bin it before it fell into Consumers hands. Unlike HP with the 6xxx series. 
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04-18-2005, 09:02 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Well, thank goodness. 32mb of RAM is a disaster on a PPCPE device, it seems. Oh well, hope version 2 is better.
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04-18-2005, 09:12 PM
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Theorist
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I note the mobile professional bit. It's alarming/annoying how many companies think any mobile device beyond a toy must be just for the "Enterprise" <all genuflect> market.
It's boll*x. The vaunted Enterprise are in tech adoption followers, not leaders , and have the imagination of fungi.
Other than that, the ridiculous 32Mb looks like some idiot deciding it was just a phone and saying to him/herself "Who needs more than 32M for a phone?"
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04-18-2005, 09:25 PM
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Executive Editor, Android Thoughts
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... It's working fine for me.... :mrgreen:
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04-18-2005, 09:29 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2004
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I think the xda mini as well as other successes quickly put the mpx to rest. It was a great idea, lets see if they can learn from their mistakes, possibley a razor version with more ram and quicker implementation.
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04-18-2005, 10:27 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by carphead
At least Moto had the good sense to bin it before it fell into Consumers hands. Unlike HP with the 6xxx series. |
I agree. Better to admit a wrong and move on rather than do so and try to fake it. I give Motorola credit for this...
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04-18-2005, 10:28 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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MPX
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Originally Posted by Jon Westfall
... It's working fine for me.... :mrgreen:
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I love my mpx220 too :mrgreen:
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04-18-2005, 11:00 PM
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Editor Emeritus
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I think they learned from the MPx220. Don't make junky products.
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04-18-2005, 11:16 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Originally Posted by Jerry Raia
I think they learned from the MPx220. Don't make junky products.
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Oh...the MPx200 was much worse 
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