31 March 2005

Motorola MPX200

The mobile phone Nokia 3650 I bought have a problem keep turning off very frequently so I had been concerned if I miss some important calls. I've been wanting to get a new mobile phone, especially with no power problems and in addition, essentially to be able to put notes and record sound (as I have been writing songs so I can record when I come up with nice tunes sometimes).
The Nokia 3650 is about $600 and it's got camera, but I am not looking for a phone with a camera cos I already have digital cameras and the quality will never match dedicated cams even the low 3.2 megapixels, as phone cameras have probably at most 1.33 megapixels.
The Motorola MPX200 has got everything I need above and more. It doesn't have a camera. But in addition it can use SD cards (up to 1 GB of storage), Microsoft Outlook to organise appointments, with GPRS can use Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger and check emails (need certain phone network such as Optus to support it).
The Internet capabilities, I don't use them as Virgin Mobile only provide limited support and also I have ADSL at home and the rates for any download in any network are expensive via phones which is 2.2 cents per kilobyte (if you don't know, that is actually quite expensive).
The price of MPX200 I bought is $218 from Singapore from eBay, stock clearance.
The only problem that the mobile phone has is quite frequently it keeps typing multiple keys when you press only once. But considering the price and other features that I like, I think it is a good value.

No comments: