The Motorola Ming (Chinese: 明) is a series of smartphone mobile phones from Motorola, sold in Hong Kong and mainland China only. It is one of the series in the 4LTR line.
The A1200 came in December 2005. Although initially the A1200i was slightly towards the expensive side, with the advent of the ROKR E6 and other phones, the cost of the A1200i has been considerably reduced.
Application CPU: XScale PXA270 processor 315Mhz
Baseband CPU: Freescale ARM CPU with a Motorola 56000 DSP handling radio traffic
Talk time: 2 - 4 hrs
Standby time: 14 - 48 hrs
Browser: native Opera, WAP 2.0, WML, xHTML, HTML, JavaScript, simple Ajax
Messaging: MMS, SMS
E-mail: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP with SSL-encryption
Applications: Java ME, M3G (JSR 184), MIDP 2.0; native applications supported with use of special packaging software
Synchronization: SyncML, OTA
Security: Voice Print, OMA DRM 1.0
Music: MIDI (40), MP3, WAV, AMR, WMA, aacplus
Upgrading latest firmware, it supports the EDGE network. The latest version of Ming already supports EDGE.
Integrated stereo FM tuner (use of wired headset required)
Document viewer (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
High performance personal information manager
Hands-free speaker phone with 40 channel polyphonic speaker
Speaker independent voice dial
Cursive handwriting recognition
Bluetooth wireless technology with support for these profiles: HSP, HFP, GOEP, A2DP, AVRCP, BIP, BPP, and DUN
Operating system: Motorola EZX Linux
Browser: native Opera 8.00 for EZX
User guide
The A1600 first appeared in June 2008.
MotoMing A1600, offers access to email, messaging and browsing in a user-friendly and stylish design. The full touchscreen simulates a traditional keypad, to give users a familiar experience, while a simplified user interface offers one-handed access to the most often used applications. Bluetooth 2.0 allows for simple pairing with enabled accessories, and enhances A1600’s download speed and improving battery life.
Application CPU: Intel XScale PXA270 processor
Talk time: 2 - 4 hrs
Standby time: 14 - 48 hrs
Browser: native Opera, WAP 2.0, WML, xHTML, HTML, JavaScript, simple Ajax
Messaging: MMS, SMS
E-mail: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP with SSL-encryption
Applications: Java ME, M3G (JSR-184), MIDP 2.0
Synchronization: SyncML, OTA
Security: voice print, OMA DRM 1.0
Music: MIDI (40), MP3, WAV, AMR, WMA, aacplus
aGPS support for turn-by-turn navigation
3.2 MP with autofocus, scan ability, panorama, GIF animation for MMS
Camera scanner with talking dictionary and business card reader
Fuzzy Pinyin handwriting recognition
Integrated stereo FM tuner (use of wired headset required)
Document viewer (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
High performance personal information manager
Hands-free speaker phone with 40 channel polyphonic speaker
Speaker independent voice dial
Cursive handwriting recognition
Bluetooth wireless technology with support for these profiles: HSP, HFP, GOEP, A2DP, AVRCP, BIP, BPP, and DUN
The 1800 came in May 2009, and featured a 3.15 MP camera.
The A1680 arrived in Q3 2010. It was given major improvements, including a better camera, a larger screen with better pixels, higher memory card limit and came installed with the Android 1.6 Donut operating system (OS).
