Guest Wirral Bagpuss Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Hello! I am due to upfrade my phone shortly. I have a Nokia 6610, but fancy a snazzy smartphone. I had a play with the MPx200 today and liked it. Can anyone advise me if it is a good buy and what do i get in the box? I would like an o2 contract. What are the good and bad points of this phone?. Any advice greatly appreciated! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bonzo Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 The best advice I could possibly give U would be to do what I suspect u are right now... and cruise around forums like this and U will see first hand all of the good and the bad about the MPx... if there's a problem U will find it here or if there is a revelation U will find that here too... personally I'd whole heartedly reccomend the phone... but it really does depend on what u personally want from a phone as to whether U would like it, and how set in your ways U are with Nokias because the differences in general operation may only be small but the can make a world of difference to some people... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Also it depends how desperate you are for a new phone as in a few months (hopefully) the MPX220 will be out. This is supposed to be running 2003 and have bluetooth and a built in camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jiff Lemon Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 What do you want from a phone? I wanted something that would Sync PROPERLY with outlook and be 3/4's usuable as a phone. The MPX has so far lived up to that task (but I've only had it 2 days! Come back next week I'll possibly hate it!hehehehe) I can live without a camera (but there is an add on one available if I wanted) I can live without Bluetooth (just seems like a battery drain to me) Tell us what you expect from the phone and lets see if your expectations match our experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bonzo Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 I thought blue tooh on the MPx220 was being considered as an option rather than a definite!!! And indeed it isn't even mentioned in the latest specs released for the phone so I'm assuming it won't have BT... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DOOManiac Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 For me, the absolute best points of the phone is that you can get an Atari 2600 emulator and NES emulator. So awesome to play Pitfall in 7-11 or Mega Man 2 while wating on a movie to start. Oh and I hear it makes phonecalls to. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest phonesmarts Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 i think the mpx would be a great choice, unless you are willing to wait, oh... 2 months or so for the mpx220. its a clamshell phone (which i prefer over regular phones [non-flip kinds]). but here in the US with ATT, we'll never see the mpx220, so i got the mpx200 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kristianmatthews Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 i use to have a 6610 and now have an mpx200, and i'm very impressed. :-) for me, a phone is more of a gadget than anything else. the fact i can play mario 3 while on the throne is a real plus :-) imo its more of a mini pc with a built in phone, than a phone that has gadgets. camera and bluetooth are bottom of my list for extras so this phone suits me fine. im the kind of guy that would put ringtone quality above most other things :-) sad eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pradaboy Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 I don't like the Moto, I have had it for a week now and I'm not impressed :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 I don't like the Moto, I have had it for a week now and I'm not impressed  :cry: Can you say why you do not like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pradaboy Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 well to be honest, the shiny cover annoys me, you see every fingerprint LOL but that's not the worst... I think my expectations for a SmartPhone were too high, this is my first SmartPhone and to be honest I expected more of it. The processor lags sometimes so I get that annoying "clock". The reception is not optimal and in combination with Orange just awfull :cry: Surfing the internet with it is far less than I expected, I visited some "real" www pages and after 4-5 pages 2 MB of my package was used (WTF?). I'm not gonna e-mail much with it but i find the e-mail/sms very usefull... it's a plus. Furthermore the battery is a bit of a disappointment, it was empty after 2 days and I didn't even use it that much. The menu in WSP 2002 is shitty too and when I connect the sync cable to the PC it starts to charge while I just wanna sync it fast. Not good for the battery I can tell you. Well... that's a quick summary of my concerns, maybe after another week of play I will like it more :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shuflie Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Visiting web pages with lots of graphical content will eat your GPRS package allowance in no time flat, but it wouldn't matter which phone you have (other than the fact that it would have to support real web pages in the first place). As for battery life, have you still got the caller ID package active, that can consume battery charge at an alarming rate. I wouldn't worry too much about the phone syncing and charging at the same time, if it really bothers you that much then get a USB IR port and sync using the IR port, lots slower but no battery charging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mike-oh Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 GET IT! This is one of the best phones out there currently! I don't have time to go into detail but to buy it is to love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pradaboy Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 so charging the battery a bit when syncing doesn't matter? I was taught that you should always let it run empty before charging :?: the GPRS munching isn't due to the Moto I realize that... I merely pointed out that this is my first SP and I have summed up the points I have against it... my apologies if I made it look like it was the Moto's fault. Correct me if I'm wrong but the reason of Internet on the SP is for surfing full websites right??? Or are there any special "mobile" sites? I'm such a n00b :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deanrh Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 u can view websites which do not have frames, java, javascript, macromedia solutions i.e flash, shockwave on the mpx200.......for the time being Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scott2eyes Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Surfing the internet with it is far less than I expected, I visited some "real" www pages and after 4-5 pages 2 MB of my package was used (WTF?).In Explorer, hit "menu", then "options", then "general", and turn off "show pictures"- you'll get the pages quicker and use less of your GPRS allowance too. (Although 2MB in 4-5 pages sounds like they must have been pretty big pages!) To be honest, I've found it to be about as good as I could expect HTML internet to be on a screen 176 pixels wide. Incidentally, how do you know how much GPRS you've used? so charging the battery a bit when syncing doesn't matter? I was taught that you should always let it run empty before charging In theory, the Motorola's battery shouldn't be affected by the "memory effect"- how much truth there is in this is still debated... (Not that letting the battery drain is a big problem with the life you get from these...) However, there is apparently a "shock" when you first connect the charger which reduces the battery's lifespan, so it's not going to do it any favours on that front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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