Motorola Ming A1200 Review

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Its the best PDA phone you can have for 16.5K
I have one and here is what i got
-Phone
- 512 mb card
- 3 stylus
- a battery
- 2 cds
- 1 pouch
- manuals

This is a beautiful phone, Shape and looks are awesome, I purchased it after selling my KJam ( that was too big to fit in JEANS pocket, camera was poor quality)

Review :
- Pure business design ( black edition rocks )
- 240*320 Touch screen ( 262K )
- 2 mp camera, good quality (8/10)
- Best handwriting recog feature I have ever used, + onscreen keyboard
- Real Player, mp3 and video quality is fair enough to use ( 6/10 )
- Fm Radio
- Document reader ( just like quick office reader on nokia ) reads PDF too
- Full Calender and PIM
- Has inbuilt Browser and MSN messenger and Opera available free
- Notes is included
- full featured PC suite ( one of its kind, you can make call through PC interface, awesome)
- Business card reader ( works fine with simple cards )
- Battery life is 6/10, its good enough.
My suggestion :
If you are planning to buy Nokia n72 or similar phone in that price range, check this thing first.
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Forgot to mention, I purchased it from HOT SPOT, Delhi for 16450/-
My last phone was KJam ( from GAFFAR Market, 18K )
My Next phone is Sony ericsson w950i, I will buy that phone on first price drop

M

Hey buddy , although that phone with it's looks & price is a killer but try dropping it from a fairly good height ( 6 feet or so )& u have got urself a sexy looking piece of junk , atleast that's what happened to a friend of mine . The screen went kaput & also the touchscreen is not exactly in a good shape

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Hey buddy , although that phone with it's looks & price is a killer but try dropping it from a fairly good height ( 6 feet or so )& u have got urself a sexy looking piece of junk , atleast that's what happened to a friend of mine . The screen went kaput & also the touchscreen is not exactly in a good shape

I just cant understand, why anyone will try to drop his 16k gadget?

What a silly point?

Dropping any phone may cause damage, its your luck, I dont know any popular smartphone which comes with SHOCK proof feature.

M

Hey prodemon , the phone slipped from his hands . & the service center guys haven't been able to fully fix it. i was just warning u abt it.
BTW here's a surprise for ur A1200 (lots of apps )
*tuxmobil.org/phones_survey_motorola.html

ENJOY

mehra.rakesh said:
Hey prodemon , the phone slipped from his hands . & the service center guys haven't been able to fully fix it. i was just warning u abt it.
BTW here's a surprise for ur A1200 (lots of apps )
*tuxmobil.org/phones_survey_motorola.html

ENJOY

You drop any smartphone from 6ft height or more you will end with junk...but that was such a rediculous reason to even talk about...don't you think that people who spend 16k+ on a phone will know that one has to be careful with it?...sorry mate but your reasoning sucks BIG time...please try writing something more useful.
Hey ProDemon I have a Nokia 6708 which has pretty much the same features like the motoming the only 2 major differences are that 6708 has a larger screen & a 2GB capacity card but for a price tag of 16k plus the FM radio Motoming is definately value for every single penny you spent on it...good buy...hope it serves you well for a long time.

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how much is for w950 can anyy one tell me

wow amazing , that phones really worth the money ,nokia smartphones in this range is really crap compared to ming
yep moto ming is defintely the coolest in its catagory ,at that price ming is more than what 1 can ask for

damn really a sad news for a die hard nokia fan like me [crying], hope nokia will bring something like this to compete ......

K

hackers2005.3721 said:
how much is for w950 can anyy one tell me

Its 27k in mumbai.

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Hi ,
Thanks for the review on Motoming 1200
I'm planning to buy it but I have a query

What are the most popular softwares available for motoming? Could you provide me some links or websites where I can find them? I searched in google but couldn't find anything.

As you are aware, there are lot of 3rd party softwares are available for symbian OS based phones.

Saj.

ok.. this does it!! i've been procrastinating long enough over this phone.. am gonna get it soon now

!! I am tired of modding my k750.. u can only do so much wid the FAR manager.. Wid da ming, doing seem editing and all should be fun.. This will be my first Moto phone! am more in the 'rabid SE fan' mould

hope it does'nt disappoint

@prodemon : tell us ur experience wid the phone man! do u find the menu laggy?? that sort of thing.. these specks i can get off the web too !!

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there are no 3rd party softwares available for ming

you can find few java apps working on it

move to

Code:

www.motorolafans.com

to check what you can do with it, its a very good site for motorolas

i wd rather get a e61

R

for themes on ming check this
*www.mototheme.com

for games on ming check this
*www.mobilerated.com

use a1200 as keyword here.....
bye guys..
also 4 games join yahoo groups...
hope u say thanx to me...

hey is the audio thru loudspkr loud enough?to which Nokia fone is the audio compareable?

Audio is not loud as per se.

And the most important thing...
You don't get the wireless headsets in that 16.5k..
You have to spend 5k extra to get them...
Moto has been fooling people on this front..
Keep that in mind before buying it...
Never like moto interface so skipped it though the touchscreen thing is the only feature of this phone that can attract buyers...

M

You don't get the wireless headsets in that 16.5k..
You have to spend 5k extra to get them...
Moto has been fooling people on this front..
Keep that in mind before buying it...

hah...u mean that people will expect it? like get a phone like this for only 13-14K???

R

Motorola never fools the people....
Nokia folls the people....
See the cost of motoMing now...It is 12000rs ...............
Show me a better phone than this in this cost....

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hey racevthem i know a1200 is worth the price but they in this gizmo world where every days the prices down and new thing come up we usally sell the cell within a year we dont get a good price for touch screen not of moto but also nokia 6708 so beeter stya away from touch screen i am waiting for apple iphone when i will buy saving me too i will wait for 1 year yarr .

u knopw n95 was about 40 k when realsed with bill and with 2 months only price slased to 27 k now i think till nxt year it will be in 15 to 20 k ..

N95(classic) is Rs 21000 right now w/o bill, with bill its Rs 24000.

Just an update here: Motoming is now available at about 10,000 in premium shops in bangalore. I explored this phone and found one very absurd thing. You can not change the FM Channels unless you open the flap and navigate through to the FM Player and manually press the button to switch to next channel. WTF!!!! this should have been done by the sound adjustment keys as is provided by SE. Too bad! they missed this feature. Its silly. Even the packed earphone doesnt work with its button press as it happens with Nokia phones. In Nokia you press the button on your earphone and the channel jumps.

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Yeah i saw it in Reliance Fresh Hyderabad at RS10300

I tink MotoRokr E6 is a better choice bcoz its more gud luking den ming , i hav an E6 and cant just tell u how thrilled i am wid it wat are the thngs it cant do , u hav loads and loads of thngs to do wid it.
I bought it a month ago from RPG Cellcom @ 11250(basic model - one w/o bluethooth stereo headsets) and got a headset (not stereo) worth around
1.5k free , as a promotional offer frm RPG.
I tink its a better choice den ming .

^ it is

but ming's got the sexy flap

Ming looks killer than Rockr!! But, i wonder how delicate it is.

If these phones work little faster.. it wuld be much great! though it have 310Mhz processor!!!

@Ganesh Kumar : How do u know buddy dat it has 310Mhz processor.

i saw it in motorolafans forum....
chk it out here!!

*www.motorolafans.com/forums/showthread.php?p=110808&highlight=Processor+Speed#post110808

Does ROKR E6 also have a 310Mhz proccy?

S!
the thread discussed there is for E6 only!

Cool G5 said:
Does ROKR E6 also have a 310Mhz proccy?

Nop.....

Then how much mhz proccy?

Cool G5 said:
Then how much mhz proccy?

OMAP 200 MHz processor

Thanks
Regards.....
Expertno.1

Thank you Expert no 1.

expertno.1 said:
OMAP 200 MHz processor

Thanks
Regards.....
Expertno.1

Then wat is that thread tells about??

I understood anything wrong in that??

Then is this link gives wrong information????

*wiki.openezx.org/Rokr_E6

Hey wats gng on sum body pls clarify wats d real processor speed of Moto RokrE6........
Awaiting a response ??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yup the wiki one is true.....its of intel but its speed is 200Mhz and is OMAP type processor .

Thanks
Regards.....
Expertno.1

Thnks 4 d info

expertno.1 said:
yup the wiki one is true.....its of intel but its speed is 200Mhz and is OMAP type processor .

Thanks
Regards.....
Expertno.1

Hi

what do u say?? I could not get u.....

He meant it has OMAP 200 MHZ proccy.

^^
But the wiki say it has 310MHz processor....

Still some confusion???????!!!!!!! plz want a firm answer

@ The great one: Now only i have confusion... earlier i am clear

@ cool G5: Wat he say is 310MHz processor mentioned in wiki is correct... n also tells it is 200MHz processor..... :confused

wat happened expert no. 1 waiting for ur reply!

????
Still not clear.

Hey sumbody plz clarify wats has my E6 got in it?????????????..........

Guys look here:
*www.motorolafans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14924

It says Moto ROKR E6 has a 312 MHZ proccy.
Peace.

yes it is...

Sometime it hurts.... wen some1 says abt this beautiful phone badly!!

I know how it feels.
But 312 Mhz isn't that bad.
Considering N70 or N73 having only 220 Mhz proccy.
Cheer up buddy.*gigasmilies.googlepages.com/1.gif

^^^

Thanks!! & Think u r filling ur new mobile with tons of applications, games,.........

Yup i am.
I only install selected apps.

Your phone too must be filled with apps,games etc.

Yesterday night only successfully installed Turbo C++ using DOS...
Now feeling the lackness of keyboard...

Now trying Mobile GMaps to work in offline mode...by downloading all map tiles through computer....

& Last week, I telnet'd my E6 with PC, used PC's internet to browse in phone..

XMMS is working fine...

my mother is angry with me as i am with phone the whole day and night...!

Thnks a lot buddy finally i know wat there in my E6 , now i can proudly say its got a better processor than N70 & 73.
Cool G5 u 2 hav a Rokr E6????
If yes wats ur xperience wid d phone.
I am to loving ittttttttttt.................
Wat abt u ganesh kumar , wat other applications , games u ppl hav in ur cell.
I hav AOE,PANG,BRAIN LARA CRICKET, XTERE SNOWBOARDING,TETRIS, ARKONOID,XMMS PLYER,M-PLAYER,Loads of themes , but still searching 4 win media player.
Any idea where 2 d/load it.

my mother is angry with me as i am with phone the whole day and night...!

Same here.*gigasmilies.googlepages.com/3.gif

Now i dumped my dialup connection & mostly use EDGE on my phone.
Also i chat through my mobile using mig33,nimbuzz etc.
Still i am in search of more good apps to install.
I am busy with the review of the phone too.

Cool G5 u 2 hav a Rokr E6????
If yes wats ur xperience wid d phone.

I don't own a Rokr E6.
I have Nokia 5700 Xpress Music.

hey wat abt u guys which games and applications r u guys using
This is 4 u guys ganesh kumar and coolG5

i have Brothers in arms earned in blood,symtorrent,mig33,core player,active file,zipman,cricket 3d,mosh,mundu radio on my 5700.
What u haue greatone

the great one said:
hey wat abt u guys which games and applications r u guys using
This is 4 u guys ganesh kumar and coolG5

I hav AOE,Zuma,Townsmen 1,2,3, Real Football, Silent Hill, 3D chess, Aherlock Homes, Bombsweeper, ..... & some other games tooooo! But i haven't started playing those... Even some games i haven't played once!

& Application,...
Mobile GMAPS with Full Chennai MAP Loaded to view it Offline,
Telnet Enabled,
To Browse using PC's Internet connection,
XMMS PLYER,
ZM-PLAYER,
Quicknotes,
iPhone sms,
QEilock,
Zipman,
DOS,
Console,
Swap enabled,....................

& yet to install themes...
@Greatone Have u tried irokr theme??

& yet to install themes...
@Greatone Have u tried irokr theme??[/QUOTE]

Ya hav tried i rokr and other themes but irokr is the best i hav seen till now which themes u r using ganesh kumar.

^^^
I am using the default one only!!

@ present i dont get time... & i could not take risk!! thats y... havent installed it yet!!

Mr ganesh kumar:: hav u installed any emulator on ur E6 , if yes may i know which one , plz provide d link 4 dat also and d steps to use it.

Nope!!