MOTO Spins For More Sales

[Guest Keith Nicholson]

I thought everyone might like to see the response I got from MOTO about WM 2005 for our MPX 220. Why help us when we can spend more on their upcoming product!

Dear Mr Keith Nicholson,

Thank you for contacting Motorola E-mail Support.

Regarding your concern, we do not have information about the release of a software upgrade that would enable Windows 2005 on the MPX220 phone.

However, we truly appreciate your input and we would like to forward your e-mail to our Product Team for a more detailed evaluation. it is through comments like yours that we are able to identify our consumers' needs and interests.

We invite you to check our upcoming Smartphone: the MOTO Q, which will support Windows Mobile 5.0:

http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/d.../0,,113,00.html

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[Guest d_anders]

I thought everyone might like to see the response I got from MOTO about WM 2005 for our MPX 220.  Why help us when we can spend more on their upcoming product!

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Given the flop of the "MPX", once identified successor to the mpx200/220 models, and now the focus on the MotoQ / Moto Q, I wonder if that's Motorola's response to smartphones now? Forget handsets, go for a smart"berry" approach directly against RIM?

Motorola / Moto, there's still a market for smartphone handsets! I'm hoping that Motorola either provides at least one more ROM refresh on the mpx220 (for Windows Mobile 5, or at least provide a fully supported ROM with at least Windows Media 10 on it)...

A number of us mpx220 folks would love to utilize subscription music "to-go" services on their MPX220s, but can't yet because we need Windows Media 10...

Either that or they held it off so that they wouldn't hurt Rokr/Itune sales (just a little conspiracy theory)....

That said, maybe Microsoft just needs to release a non-ROM based version of Windows Media 10 that we could run as a regular app our Smartphone 2003 SE editions...

Edited November 16, 2005 by d_anders

[Guest skippythenurse]

Its funny how they circle around and then try to sell you something that you weren't lookng for. I like chicken.

[Guest rockthespot]

hmm am i the only one that has windows media player 10 on my mpx220??

[Guest Toe]

There are leaked roms that have WM10 but, no MPx220 has been released with this commercially.

I'm not the least bit surprised by this.

I still want a Razr thin flip phone with WM on it. Don't care if it is 5 or 2003 se. (preferance is obvious though :):P)

[Guest bennish]

i still kinda miss my mpx220...

dream device:

mpx220 razr thin, with 2" 240x320 touchscreen and windows mobile 5 - ohhh yeah..

And while we're dreaming, why not a nokia-style swivel so when it's flipped open, you can fold it back on itself and use landscape? I'm gonna get carried away here....

[Guest spectecjr]

I thought everyone might like to see the response I got from MOTO about WM 2005 for our MPX 220.  Why help us when we can spend more on their upcoming product!

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My thought on that is... why would I buy their upcoming product when their existing one is more than slightly flawed? Why would I risk my money again? What can they do for me that will convince me that I should upgrade? Or that I won't get the same issues All Over Again?

Answer: Dunno. But that tactic certainly won't work. They already lost my faith - they need to work to build it back up.