Motorola MING (Chinese: bright) is a smartphone released by Motorola aimed at the Hong Kong market. MING is an appropriate name for this Linux-based smartphone, which includes a transparent flip, no keypad but a 2.4" touch screen display. It is one of the Motorola four letter phones, RAZR, ROKR, RIZR, etc.
Although initially the MotoMing was slightly towards the expensive side, with the advent of the MotoRokr E6 and other phones, the cost of the MotoMing has been considerably slashed and is now being hailed as one of the lowest cost smart-phones available. In India, the cost of MotoMing is around Rs12000 as of Aug 2007. As of now, there is no touch-screen phone which is cheaper than this. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 449 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (562 × 750 pixel, file size: 127 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Picture of the Motorola MING. I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... This example shows an image with a portion greatly enlarged, in which the individual pixels are rendered as little squares and can easily be seen. ... A 15 TFT-LCD TFT-LCD (thin film transistor liquid crystal display) is a variant of liquid crystal display (LCD) which uses thin film transistor (TFT) technology to improve image quality. ... A ringtone or ring tone is the sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call. ... Polyphony is a musical texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony). ... GSM frequency ranges or frequency bands are the radio spectrum frequencies designated by the ITU for the operation of the GSM system for mobile phones. ... The Global System for Mobile communications (GSM: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a mobile data service available to users of GSM and IS-136 mobile phones. ... The width of two microSD cards together is less than that of this 24 mm diameter coin. ... A USB Series “A” plug, the most common USB plug Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a serial bus standard to interface devices. ... A Sony Ericsson Smartphone (Model P910i with Opera web browser) Look up smartphone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Motorola Inc. ... Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system. ... The Motorola V3 Razr. ... Motorola ROKR E1 The Motorola ROKR E1 is the first mobile phone to be integrated with Apple Computers iTunes music player. ... The Motorola RIZR Z3 (pronounced Riser, IPA: //) is a cellular phone from Motorola that was released in late 2006. ...

Technical specifications

• Application CPU: Intel XScale PXA270 processor
• Baseband CPU: Freescale ARM CPU with a Motorola 56000 DSP handling radio traffic
• Bands: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (quad band), GPRS Class 10, Has been reported that with the proper firmware and patches, it supports the EDGE network.
• Connectivity: Mini-USB, BlueTooth
• Weight: approximately 122g
• Size: approximately 95.7 x 51.7 x 21.5mm
• Display: 240 x 320; 262k; 2.4" TFT Touchscreen
• Camera: 2 mega-pixel camera with video recording and macro mode for fine shooting
• Memory: microSD/ TransFlash Memory Card, up to 2GB
• Talk time: approximately 3 - 7.4 hrs
• Standby time: approximately 140 - 250 hrs

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Additional features

• Browser: WAP 2.0, WML, xHTML, HTML
• Audio: MIDI (40), MP3, WAV, AMR, WMA, AAC+
• Stereo FM Radio
• Messaging: e-mail, MMS, SMS
• Email: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP
• Document Viewer(PDF, Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Applications: J2ME, JSR184 (3D), MIDP 2.0
• Synchronization: SyncML
• OS : Linux

Note: The latest version of MotoMing also supports EDGE technology.
An excerpt from the Motorola site:
Entertainment and communication epicenter
EDGE technology for high-speed downloads complemented with the ability to sync your music collection via RealPlayer and get your favorite music from any online store – access to music is a snap. Via it's integrated media player with multiple audio file support, FM radio, unique “play while closed” capability, Bluetooth stereo technology and up to 2GB of optional removable microSD memory — MOTOMING gives music lovers the music they want when they want it. A 2 megapixel camera, removable memory, business card reader, KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery compatibility, document viewer, Bluetooth® wireless technology and a high performance personal information manager keep you entertained and organized.

Multiple personality
The MOTOMING is Motorola’s first mobile device with a dual-language “talking” dictionary. Users enter a word in a native language; the on-board handwriting recognition allows the text to be entered naturally by writing directly on the large 1.5" x 2" screen. The word is then “spoken” aloud by the device in a foreign language. Simultaneously, the definition of the word is displayed on-screen in the native language. Alternatively, when a foreign word is entered the MOTOMING will pronounce the word in that language and display the definition in the user’s native language.

Summary of key features:
• High Performance Personal Information Manager
• Hands-Free Speaker-Phone with 40 channel polyphonic speaker
• Speaker Independent Voice Dial
• Cursive Handwriting Recognition (Chinese only)
• Bluetooth wireless technology®* with support for the following profiles: HSP, HFP, PAN, GOEP, A2DP, AVRCP, BIP, BPP, and DUN
• Integrated FM Radio (use of wired headset required)
• RealPlayer Media Player Supporting Audio Codecs: MP3, XMF, WMA v9, AAC+, WAV and more
• MicroSD™ Card slot for up to 2GB of optional expandable memory
• Integrated 2MP camera with digital zoom and macro mode
• Video Capture/Playback/Streaming* support for MPEG4 and H.263 formats
• Downloading* capabilities for wallpapers, vocal ringtones, screensavers, video clips, games, etc.
• Multimedia Messaging Service* for sending images with attached voice notes
• Instant Messaging via IM* Wireless Village
• Motorola ClearTalk™ technology
• Email support* for: SMTP; POP3; IMAP4; CMCC Mail

The MOTOMING with EDGE Technology is expected to be available in 1Q 2007.

External links

• Motorola MING
• English User Manual Download
• Vietnamese GPS for Linux Phones Vietnamese GPS application for Linux Phones
• A1200 article on the OpenEZX wiki