Motorola MPx
Facts of MPX Release Strategy
Fact 1 - Motorola isn't stupid - They don't want to mess customers about. Why the delay with the Western release of the MPX then.
my hypothesis is as followed
Fact 2 - The MPX is low on memory and has been slated by every bulletin board from here to kingdom come. Enter a new operating system Microsoft Windows Mobile 2005 (code name Magneto). Currently, Pocket PCs use RAM for both storage and to hold currently running applications. With Magneto, RAM will only be used for running applications. Flash ROM is where all application and file storage will happen.
Fact 3 - Microsoft have had a competitor appear in the email market which they have had no defense against... namely Blackberry. Blackberry pushes emails onto a mobile device. Many business people carry such a device in addition to a cell phone. Magneto will solve this as it offers a push email client. Microsoft Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 free upgrade will offer the server side solution which Blackberry already charge for. Now all Microsoft would need is a modern looking device with a QWERTY keyboard, pre loaded with Magneto. Any ideas. We'll come back to that one
Fact 4 - Microsoft don't release details of products in advance of their official release dates. If Magneto was going to be launched on a show product then the manufacturer would be gagged from releasing details.
Fact 5 - Sites have been 'requested' to remove screen shots of Magneto by Microsoft for showing screen shots of Magneto but the cat is out of the bag so to speak due to proxy servers. The code is ready to be frozen this month!
Fact 6 - MPX production has been brought in house from Taiwan allowing better quality control. (And better security re software!)
Fact 7 - The MPX220 is the first phone to have an official upgrade path to Magneto. Motorola have been working hand in hand with Microsoft on this one. Did I hear production was also brought in house with this one. Perhaps the rule is don't outsource something which Microsoft can sue you for if the confidentiality is broken.
Fact 8 - On the Motorola Website there is no reference to Windows mobile 2003 SE with respect to the MPX for the Western Market. Only Windows Mobile. Other Phones have the full operating system attributed to them.
So down to the nitty gritty.
When/where will the MPX/MPX300 Windows 2005 Push email client phone be unveiled. My guess is at a glitzy location by important people in the very near future.
Check the calendar and next month there is the MEDC 2005. Eh. Microsoft embedded developers conference.
Now for a quiz
1. Who will be Microsoft's representitive at this small developers conference.
2. Which Mobile phone Company is the Platinum Sponsor of the event.
3. Where is the event being held (Hint : Glitzy)
http://www.medc2005.com »
Blackberry - Watch out
Did I hear Nokia were buying them.. if all this is right then they have no choice really.
so Motorola MPX and Microsoft is a marriage made in heaven
and Nokia and Blackberry is the other marriage which may provide some decent competition.
Please do ctiticise this lot. Constructively of course
my hypothesis is as followed
Fact 2 - The MPX is low on memory and has been slated by every bulletin board from here to kingdom come. Enter a new operating system Microsoft Windows Mobile 2005 (code name Magneto). Currently, Pocket PCs use RAM for both storage and to hold currently running applications. With Magneto, RAM will only be used for running applications. Flash ROM is where all application and file storage will happen.
Fact 3 - Microsoft have had a competitor appear in the email market which they have had no defense against... namely Blackberry. Blackberry pushes emails onto a mobile device. Many business people carry such a device in addition to a cell phone. Magneto will solve this as it offers a push email client. Microsoft Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 free upgrade will offer the server side solution which Blackberry already charge for. Now all Microsoft would need is a modern looking device with a QWERTY keyboard, pre loaded with Magneto. Any ideas. We'll come back to that one
Fact 4 - Microsoft don't release details of products in advance of their official release dates. If Magneto was going to be launched on a show product then the manufacturer would be gagged from releasing details.
Fact 5 - Sites have been 'requested' to remove screen shots of Magneto by Microsoft for showing screen shots of Magneto but the cat is out of the bag so to speak due to proxy servers. The code is ready to be frozen this month!
Fact 6 - MPX production has been brought in house from Taiwan allowing better quality control. (And better security re software!)
Fact 7 - The MPX220 is the first phone to have an official upgrade path to Magneto. Motorola have been working hand in hand with Microsoft on this one. Did I hear production was also brought in house with this one. Perhaps the rule is don't outsource something which Microsoft can sue you for if the confidentiality is broken.
Fact 8 - On the Motorola Website there is no reference to Windows mobile 2003 SE with respect to the MPX for the Western Market. Only Windows Mobile. Other Phones have the full operating system attributed to them.
So down to the nitty gritty.
When/where will the MPX/MPX300 Windows 2005 Push email client phone be unveiled. My guess is at a glitzy location by important people in the very near future.
Check the calendar and next month there is the MEDC 2005. Eh. Microsoft embedded developers conference.
Now for a quiz
1. Who will be Microsoft's representitive at this small developers conference.
2. Which Mobile phone Company is the Platinum Sponsor of the event.
3. Where is the event being held (Hint : Glitzy)
http://www.medc2005.com »
Blackberry - Watch out
Did I hear Nokia were buying them.. if all this is right then they have no choice really.
so Motorola MPX and Microsoft is a marriage made in heaven
and Nokia and Blackberry is the other marriage which may provide some decent competition.
Please do ctiticise this lot. Constructively of course
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You almost make the phone sound redeemable. The fact is, as of yet, there are people who OWN the phone and are for the most part agreeing it needs work. Everything you said sounds great...except the 32 mb of ram isn't even enough to RUN programs, and there is constant talk of a required soft reset in order to clear it.
I'm afraid what you've said is too little too late. The phone is deceased.
I'm afraid what you've said is too little too late. The phone is deceased.
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You fool... it won't be released on the same phone they've been screwing with for the past 2 years.
The form factor (dual clamshell) will remain but everything under the hood will be revamped and optimized for the new OS.
It will probably have at least a 3.0 mega pixel camera as well.
The MPX is dead... Long live the MPX
The form factor (dual clamshell) will remain but everything under the hood will be revamped and optimized for the new OS.
It will probably have at least a 3.0 mega pixel camera as well.
The MPX is dead... Long live the MPX
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I honestly hope you're right for a couple of reasons. For one, it would be the best phone ever, and secondly, I don't like being called a fool for nothing, especially by somebody who hasn't even earned the right.
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Great, very informative. I hope that this is not one of those things that you "roled out of your bed and woke up". Seriously, what you mention makes tons of sense, I just hope it is similar to what will happen.
I have been dreaming for this type of device for over a year know. When it was announced February of last year I knew I wanted one. What's sad is that when Motorola finally launches the product they will have to compete with products that have much better specs.
I know a couple of guys that work at MOTOPro, they have been really quiet...not even answering my questions -- and they are personal friends. This makes me think that they are hard at work putting something together. For the last 7 months they keep on saying....i...
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I have been dreaming for this type of device for over a year know. When it was announced February of last year I knew I wanted one. What's sad is that when Motorola finally launches the product they will have to compete with products that have much better specs.
I know a couple of guys that work at MOTOPro, they have been really quiet...not even answering my questions -- and they are personal friends. This makes me think that they are hard at work putting something together. For the last 7 months they keep on saying....i...
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The facts are right as far as I can work out. The coclusion is as you say role out of bed stuff.... but it aint no April fools joke as the MPX4 was from engaget. Please post if you dispute or have something more plausible.
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It could be as simple as the "RAZRBerry" and RAZR v4 are coming down the pipe. Motorola is trying to build customer loyalty. Releasing an obviously troubled product will not accomplish this goal. One other thing, to be competitive with the x-mas phones this year, it will need to be able to do VoIP. (The RAZR v4 is supposed to have Scype. Call NZ by routing your call via your 802.11b/g for only 0.06 a minute.) If the phone came out today, it would last about 3 months in the market before it would be obsolete. It would probably never recover the cost of its production run.
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