Motorola's long lived A1200 MING gets a successor: A1210

Say it ain't so! Some three years after the original A1200 MING drew attention overseas with its then-flashy design and Linux OS, we're finally hearing that somewhat of a direct successor is on the way. Oh sure, we've certainly seen others in the MING family surface over the past little while, but this one follows right in line even in name. The A1210 sports a 2.8-inch QVGA (400 x 240) touchscreen, a 3.1 megapixel camera, FM radio, tri-band GSM support, Bluetooth, USB, a TI OMAP850 processor and a microSD card slot. The most interesting part, however, is the homegrown Linux build that'll reportedly be loaded on. Sadly, it's too early to tell whether that system will be all new or partially regurgitated, but the Chinese market should be able to tell in the not-too-distant future.

[mocax @ Mar 25th 2009 9:13AM]

well poo.... i just got me a motosurf A3100

[iGoon#2 @ Mar 25th 2009 9:19AM]

Cool! The more money you waste the less I have to spend to help the economy make a speedy recovery...

Thanks!

[TareX @ Mar 25th 2009 9:25AM]

i hope you got it for free.

[OneLove @ Mar 25th 2009 11:51AM]

no built in flash (gordon)?

[iGoon#2 @ Mar 25th 2009 9:16AM]

How about admitting that you MOTOFOOLS suck at what you do and just slap some pretty ANDROID on it?

[darkmax @ Mar 25th 2009 9:20AM]

I have
1. never used a Motorola for more than a day and I've owned a fair share of the best mobiles available on the market.
2. never seen anyone in Singapore own one of this.
3. seen better designs than that three years ago.

So why is this successful outside of USA perplex me.

[Alex @ Mar 25th 2009 11:14AM]

it sells there because it does chinese well

[mr7on @ Mar 25th 2009 9:30AM]

Too bad they didn't put Android on the thing. That would be a perfect device.

[kadajawi @ Mar 25th 2009 11:35AM]

Android on a CPU that slow? The OMAP 850 isn't exactly a rocket, and also not very new. I have an OMAP 1510 and it is just slow.

[TareX @ Mar 25th 2009 9:25AM]

this is just sad.... not just the moto attempt... but everything... even the phone itself looks all sad, fat and "droopy"...

call it quits, and leave with whatever undeserved revenue left from the razr.

[superhobo @ Mar 25th 2009 9:43AM]

I can feel the fail.

[Patriks7 @ Mar 25th 2009 11:39AM]

Wait. So Motorola isn't dead yet?

[darkmax @ Mar 25th 2009 12:57PM]

It was never popular in Asia... whoever said it was.

[Montusama @ Mar 25th 2009 2:24PM]

I believe in the smart phone market Motorola is #2 lagging (by a fair amount) behind Nokia.

[AA589 @ Mar 25th 2009 2:59PM]

"The A1210 sports a 2.8-inch QVGA (400 x 240) touchscreen"

QVGA is 320 x 240... WQVGA is 400 x 240

[vitosnap @ Mar 25th 2009 7:48PM]

thick looking