MPx On Sale... Sort Of

[Janak Parekh]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.celluloco.com/products/customer/product.php?productid=259&cat=0&page=1' target='_blank'>http://www.celluloco.com/products/c...59&cat=0&page=1</a><br /><br /></div>Want a Motorola MPx? Now you can get one from the guys at Celluloco.com.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20040926-Celluloco.jpg" /><br /><br />There's one caveat: the unit costs a cool $4,448. 8O I also don't know if it's a prototype or the final hardware, so unless you've got cash to burn, it might be worth waiting a little. ;)

[Johan]

I'll take two..

Anyone paying that would either be a moron or have to much money.

[Gerard]

Awkwardly bulky/thick cellphone. Awkwardly small and funky thumbboard. A QVGA screen offering less than 2/3rds the viewing area of even the more compact Pocket PCs such as iPAQ 1945, making web browsing a royal pain and serious document editing/viewing unlikely. Hm, yeah, that sounds worth almost USD$5000. not.

[Phoenix]

I'll take two..

Anyone paying that would either be a moron or have to much money.

Dat's fo sho. A total waste of money - and for an engineering sample.

I've had this phone on pre-order through Expansys for months now and I just received an email from them saying that Motorola had just told them that the MPx won't be available until January 2005.

So if you want the finished model, you'll have to wait til then to get it.


Awkwardly bulky/thick cellphone. Awkwardly small and funky thumbboard. A QVGA screen offering less than 2/3rds the viewing area of even the more compact Pocket PCs such as iPAQ 1945, making web browsing a royal pain and serious document editing/viewing unlikely. Hm, yeah, that sounds worth almost USD$5000. not.

No it's not! The MPx is a fantastic, beautiful device with every feature you could want - more feature rich than anything out there - and with a powerful battery. No handheld device is worth more than $1000, but when people are finally sporting these things, everyone else is going to realize how their handhelds fall short.

Some people will disagree with this, but it ultimately boils down to what you want a handheld to do, and what your needs are. Some people will buy a handheld because of a larger VGA screen. For me, I want a convergence device that does it all. And this is as close as anyone's going to get to that.

[Johan]

Well I've pretty much decided not to wait around anymore for this one, think the QTEK 9090 might be it (Blue Angel) or even a Treo 650, though I would miss wifi on that one.

[Gerard]

Yeah I know. Just being snarky, sorry. For me, just me, a larger screen is simply essential. I don't often use a PC. Perhaps for an hour the odd week, but usually not even half an hour. So my PPC has to have at least a 3.5" screen to be at all useful. I find my current main machine, a Dell X5, to be rather too cramped for editing images, documents, and for web browsing. A minimum 4" screen would be vastly preferable, and the e830 and hx4700 are both looking good in that department. Throw a Convergentech GSM/GPRS CF card into either of those, along with a double-capacity battery and a small folding keyboard, and I"m a happy user. A 5" VGA screen would have me even happier, especially for use with Pocket Artist, but I realise that the potential market for such a screen is, at the moment, rather small. Maybe in a couple of years that'll change as more and more users realise that a pocket-size device can cover almost all computing needs.

Meanwhile, for those who don't often stray far from a notebook or desktop and don't mind using those nasty things, the mpx looks like a fine solution.

[griph]

Anyone paying that would either be a moron or have to much money.
Actually they'd be a Rich Moron! ;-) (e.g. Both!).

[griph]

No it's not! The MPx is a fantastic, beautiful device.
Only if you are into Picasso! ;-)

And this is as close as anyone's going to get to that.
Possibly at the moment - but this sounds a bit like a compromise. I mean - come on! That is absolutely U G L Y!
That is Uglier than Ugly Jack McUgly, on an Ugly night!
TANJ! Its Beauty & The Beast - but the Beauty hasn't bothered to turn up yet!
If my dog looked like that - I'd shave it's butt and make it walk backwards! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[Fishie]

Yeah I know. Just being snarky, sorry. For me, just me, a larger screen is simply essential. I don't often use a PC. Perhaps for an hour the odd week, but usually not even half an hour. So my PPC has to have at least a 3.5" screen to be at all useful. I find my current main machine, a Dell X5, to be rather too cramped for editing images, documents, and for web browsing. A minimum 4" screen would be vastly preferable, and the e830 and hx4700 are both looking good in that department. Throw a Convergentech GSM/GPRS CF card into either of those, along with a double-capacity battery and a small folding keyboard, and I"m a happy user. A 5" VGA screen would have me even happier, especially for use with Pocket Artist, but I realise that the potential market for such a screen is, at the moment, rather small. Maybe in a couple of years that'll change as more and more users realise that a pocket-size device can cover almost all computing needs.

Meanwhile, for those who don't often stray far from a notebook or desktop and don't mind using those nasty things, the mpx looks like a fine solution.

How about a Sigmarion3 then?

It does everything you want, clamshell device running on a 400MHz XScale 255 processor and WinCE.net 4.1(compatible with lots of PPC programs out of the box or with some modifications) and has a 5.1 inch wvga screen(800by480)

[mara6]

$4,500! A reasonable price, I think, would be like $800-$900. They'll learn their lesson when there are about 20 sold in one quarter!

[outdoor]

xda III offers relatively the same specs, and i dont see why it is so expensive.

[Janak Parekh]

xda III offers relatively the same specs, and i dont see why it is so expensive.
Because this is not yet in mass-production. These are "special units", presumably engineering samples, that these guys got ahold of.

--janak

[Phoenix]

Meanwhile, for those who don't often stray far from a notebook or desktop and don't mind using those nasty things, the mpx looks like a fine solution.

See, for me, because of its feature set, the MPx would be something that would allow me to stray further away from my laptop and for longer periods of time. 8)

[Dolphin]

Awkwardly bulky/thick cellphone. Awkwardly small and funky thumbboard. A QVGA screen offering less than 2/3rds the viewing area of even the more compact Pocket PCs such as iPAQ 1945, making web browsing a royal pain and serious document editing/viewing unlikely. Hm, yeah, that sounds worth almost USD$5000. not.

Gerard,

With all do respect, you have to realize that although you would like a larger screen and think that the keyboard is funky... for some users this device is the best thing to come along in a long time.

It's also has a slow processor and other issues for many users. But to some... it's awesome!

The MPX is thick. But it is also very small & light. This unit should be right at home in a shirt pocket!

I will try one when it becomes available. And I look forward to a few more years of development of these type of devices! 4 oz./3mp. ccd cam w/a real flash/wifi/blue tooth/speakerphone/does the dishes... :wink:

[Prevost]

I guess the website's name says all...

"celluloco", in Spanish, is like saying "krazy cell" in English. And you MUST be "crankily krazy" to put that money in this thing... 0X :devilboy:

[Dolphin]

I guess the website's name says all...

"celluloco", in Spanish, is like saying "krazy cell" in English. And you MUST be "crankily krazy" to put that money in this thing... 0X :devilboy:

I don't understand... at $4448.88 that is an 11% savings over the list price of $4999.99!!! :wink:

I'm sure that when this device is officially released it will be under $1000... say $948.88! :wink:

[bnycastro]

tsk tsk these guys are C-R-A-Z-Y! That's too much for any PPC.

I'll just wait for it when it comes out for real or maybe version 2 of this device. IMO moto has to grow a little more as a windows mobile device maker--this is their first win mobile ppc pe device right? so they might still be learning :) htc on the otherhand has had more experience and hopefully less problems with their ppc pe devices (although we can never be sure).[/b]

[lapchinj]

WOW :shocked!: ! COOL 8) ! All they have to do is sell only one a week. Personally I would rather buy a bridge.

Jeff - :rotfl:

[vic2rp_stealth]

Anyone buying it will be the stupidest person ever!! Apart from attention seeker.

[mbranscum]

Not even any good in the US unless you're on TMobile. :roll:

[SHC]

Dixons XL in my home town has the 4700 in stock priced at £5000 - they are not allowed to sell them yet so the price appears at that figure. So annoying to see the 4700 on display but can't buy it!

[maikii]

$4,500! A reasonable price, I think, would be like $800-$900. They'll learn their lesson when there are about 20 sold in one quarter!

Well, I'm sure they know they will hardly sell any. But with all the nuts in this world, some idiot with more money than he knows what to do with, and wanting to be "the first on the block" to have something, will send them the money. They probably got a hold of a prototype model (perhaps only one), and they are seeing if some sucker will bite.

Even for $1,000 it wouldn't be a good idea to get that. The phone has not come out yet. It is probably completely illegal, what they are doing. The phone might have a lot of bugs, and not come with any warranty. Notice too, it says "specialty item, no returns allowed".

Anyone investigated where this web site is located. Does not look like a US site. I would guess somewhere in Asia. Could be a complete scam--you send them money, they send you nothing.

They post a "list price" of $4,999.99, and indicate they have a great sale for $US 4,448.88. List price?? Has Motorola announced a list price yet? I doubt it would be anywhere near that high. I bet this site just made up that "list price".

The site really smells of con artists to me. Notice it is called "celluloco". The logo on the left just says "loco", which means "crazy" in Spanish. Perhaps they are hoping that some rich "loco" will visit the site and send them money.

Wait until the model is actually, officially available.

Anyone know which phone carrier in the US will be carrying it?

[Rudolf]

Come on boys. Don't even discuss this :) (especially not the price). It is an early prototype of the device, which has nothing to do with the final one. I have a later prototype at hand, and the keyboard has definietly changed, not to mention the software in the ROM. Altough it still needs a lot of work, it has great potential. I have tried eBook reading, Pocket Informant an other apps and they are working OK and usuable even on the smaller screen, but you have to hold the device a little closer than you would hold a normal sized pocket pc.
As for speed, it's not much slower than my 2210. I've run also SPB benchmark, but the results were completetely confusing.

According to my sources the device will not be available before christmas :( As for price, what I've herad, it will be quite comparable to MDA III

[Darius Wey]

For the kind of money one would fork out for that, I think I'd rather get a Tablet PC or something along the lines of that.

Hey SHC, that's my alien!!! :D

[bodab]

Anybody seen the date on the display? It says 1st of April, 2003. Is this a coincidence? ;)

[jonathanchoo]

Possibly at the moment - but this sounds a bit like a compromise. I mean - come on! That is absolutely U G L Y!
That is Uglier than Ugly Jack McUgly, on an Ugly night!
TANJ! Its Beauty & The Beast - but the Beauty hasn't bothered to turn up yet!
If my dog looked like that - I'd shave it's butt and make it walk backwards! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

AGREE. The MpX is the ugliest mobile ever released. Plain ugly. If they sell this at £200 I won't even touch it. Because its ugly.

[bjornkeizers]

AGREE. The MpX is the ugliest mobile ever released. Plain ugly. If they sell this at £200 I won't even touch it. Because its ugly.

Oh come one. We know you better then that :-) You'd jump at the chance to buy one for that price, just like the rest of us :D

[Shuushin]

TANJ! Its Beauty & The Beast - but the Beauty hasn't bothered to turn up yet!
If my dog looked like that - I'd shave it's butt and make it walk backwards!

A Niven Fan??!

[griph]

TANJ! Its Beauty & The Beast - but the Beauty hasn't bothered to turn up yet!
If my dog looked like that - I'd shave it's butt and make it walk backwards!

A Niven Fan??!

Guilty as charged! :-) There ain't no justice!

[griph]

AGREE. The MpX is the ugliest mobile ever released. Plain ugly. If they sell this at £200 I won't even touch it. Because its ugly.
Well if that was without a contract and unlocked - I might use it ... but Naah I wouldn't fork out £200 just to replace my 2210 and 6230. Besides I'd have to use it in a paper bag to stop people noticing the MPx and laughing at me!

[Dolphin]

AGREE. The MpX is the ugliest mobile ever released. Plain ugly. If they sell this at £200 I won't even touch it. Because its ugly.
Well if that was without a contract and unlocked - I might use it ... but Naah I wouldn't fork out £200 just to replace my 2210 and 6230. Besides I'd have to use it in a paper bag to stop people noticing the MPx and laughing at me!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... I think it's thick, but beautiful!

[jonathanchoo]

Oh come one. We know you better then that :-) You'd jump at the chance to buy one for that price, just like the rest of us :D

If I got it for £200 sim free I would buy loads of it and sell it to the next crazy person who thinks this is beautiful. ;) And then I will get a proper mobile.

[Phillip Dyson]

It seems that on 1 hand, some Phone Editions are too big to use as a phone. Then the MPx is too small to use as a PDA.

I suppose each person that stands on either side of the extreme probably should get either a PDA or a Smartphone.

Though I am not yet a convergence fan, I think that MPx does a great job at cramming features in a small form. Which is really what some people want.

I personal admit that I'm not ready for convergence because I want VGA, muscle processor, memory, long battery , dual wireless, and dual expansion. (Minus the camera)

But objectivly, I motorola has built (theoretically) a great device.

Of course I reserve the right to recant everything that I've said until it actually is released. :mrgreen:

[nuka_t]

Yeah I know. Just being snarky, sorry. For me, just me, a larger screen is simply essential. I don't often use a PC. Perhaps for an hour the odd week, but usually not even half an hour. So my PPC has to have at least a 3.5" screen to be at all useful. I find my current main machine, a Dell X5, to be rather too cramped for editing images, documents, and for web browsing. A minimum 4" screen would be vastly preferable, and the e830 and hx4700 are both looking good in that department. Throw a Convergentech GSM/GPRS CF card into either of those, along with a double-capacity battery and a small folding keyboard, and I"m a happy user. A 5" VGA screen would have me even happier, especially for use with Pocket Artist, but I realise that the potential market for such a screen is, at the moment, rather small. Maybe in a couple of years that'll change as more and more users realise that a pocket-size device can cover almost all computing needs.

Meanwhile, for those who don't often stray far from a notebook or desktop and don't mind using those nasty things, the mpx looks like a fine solution.

what about that q thingy that runs windows and has 800x600 on a 5" screen? its a little expensive though...

[PPCMD]

I gave up on the MPX and instead will get the MPX220 and my hx4700 will be here today. To me the screen will be too small to be of any real benefit and the MPX220 will give me the BT and quick access to the info I need.

[RobertoLV_]

$4,500! A reasonable price, I think, would be like $800-$900. They'll learn their lesson when there are about 20 sold in one quarter!

Well, I'm sure they know they will hardly sell any. But with all the nuts in this world, some idiot with more money than he knows what to do with, and wanting to be "the first on the block" to have something, will send them the money. They probably got a hold of a prototype model (perhaps only one), and they are seeing if some sucker will bite.

Even for $1,000 it wouldn't be a good idea to get that. The phone has not come out yet. It is probably completely illegal, what they are doing. The phone might have a lot of bugs, and not come with any warranty. Notice too, it says "specialty item, no returns allowed".

Anyone investigated where this web site is located. Does not look like a US site. I would guess somewhere in Asia. Could be a complete scam--you send them money, they send you nothing.

They post a "list price" of $4,999.99, and indicate they have a great sale for $US 4,448.88. List price?? Has Motorola announced a list price yet? I doubt it would be anywhere near that high. I bet this site just made up that "list price".

The site really smells of con artists to me. Notice it is called "celluloco". The logo on the left just says "loco", which means "crazy" in Spanish. Perhaps they are hoping that some rich "loco" will visit the site and send them money.

Wait until the model is actually, officially available.

Anyone know which phone carrier in the US will be carrying it?

Well, this is the Website's information:
Domain Name: CELLULOCO.COM
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Maino, Walter (33834279I)
[email protected]
555 NE 15h Street suite 19J
Miami, FL 33132
US
305 374-5131
fax: 305-374-5131

Maybe someboddy call them and ask directly.

¡¡Salud-2!!!

[piopol]

i have purchased from Celluloco in the past and they have always had top notch product, the are full OEM phones you pay more but you get what you want first and original final product.