MOTOROLA A1000

Is this phone any good or is there any better pda phones out?

"James DogPound" <jdpound@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is this phone any good or is there any better pda phones out?

I hated it, it was crap as a PDA and crap as a phone (bad battery life -
locking) in fact after this phone & a cheap XDA I was given I got totally
fedup with whole thing of having fancy phones with fancy features and bought
a new £30 siemans which at least works as a phone

"RH" <spicedham@no-ham-exelsys.com> wrote in message
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> "James DogPound" <jdpound@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4ot36rFg1uthU1@individual.net...
>> Is this phone any good or is there any better pda phones out?
>
> I hated it, it was crap as a PDA and crap as a phone (bad battery life -
> locking) in fact after this phone & a cheap XDA I was given I got totally
> fedup with whole thing of having fancy phones with fancy features and
> bought a new £30 siemans which at least works as a phone

I was nearly persuaded to purchase one of these a year ago or so, on paper
it looks really good, but after actually using one for a day, I soon seen
the flaws. It's based on the linux O/S, which is good in theory, but again,
an other Motorola slagging match, some things were just counter-intuitive,
and it got on my nerves very quickly.

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:20:04 GMT, "David R" <david_r@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>"RH" <spicedham@no-ham-exelsys.com> wrote in message
>news:egbq93$ejf$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...
>> "James DogPound" <jdpound@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:4ot36rFg1uthU1@individual.net...
>>> Is this phone any good or is there any better pda phones out?
>>
>> I hated it, it was crap as a PDA and crap as a phone (bad battery life -
>> locking) in fact after this phone & a cheap XDA I was given I got totally
>> fedup with whole thing of having fancy phones with fancy features and
>> bought a new £30 siemans which at least works as a phone
>
>I was nearly persuaded to purchase one of these a year ago or so, on paper
>it looks really good, but after actually using one for a day, I soon seen
>the flaws. It's based on the linux O/S, which is good in theory, but again,
>an other Motorola slagging match, some things were just counter-intuitive,
>and it got on my nerves very quickly.
>
It's not Linux. It's Symbian UIQ - nothing to do with Linux.

I really liked mine, but I'm pretty techy. It is not user friendly but
can do pretty neat stuff. Much better phones these days of course - I
like the Mio A701.

"CM" <chris.geller@angelfire.com> wrote in message
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>>> I hated it, it was crap as a PDA and crap as a phone (bad battery life -
>>> locking) in fact after this phone & a cheap XDA I was given I got
>>> totally
>>> fedup with whole thing of having fancy phones with fancy features and
>>> bought a new £30 siemans which at least works as a phone
>>
>>I was nearly persuaded to purchase one of these a year ago or so, on paper
>>it looks really good, but after actually using one for a day, I soon seen
>>the flaws. It's based on the linux O/S, which is good in theory, but
>>again,
>>an other Motorola slagging match, some things were just counter-intuitive,
>>and it got on my nerves very quickly.
>>
> It's not Linux. It's Symbian UIQ - nothing to do with Linux.
>
> I really liked mine, but I'm pretty techy. It is not user friendly but
> can do pretty neat stuff. Much better phones these days of course - I
> like the Mio A701.

Hmmm suspicious... the one I used used was perhaps not an A1000 then. Did
motorola do an A850 or something, that was based on Linux? I investigated it
quite heavily at the time, and from what I had read everywhere, it was
basically Linux on a phone, but not briliantly done.

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:23:14 GMT, "David R" <david_r@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>"CM" <chris.geller@angelfire.com> wrote in message
>news:cbqli2hpfssqk1vooc5o5u991r3tcjflmn@4ax.com.. .
>>>> I hated it, it was crap as a PDA and crap as a phone (bad battery life -
>>>> locking) in fact after this phone & a cheap XDA I was given I got
>>>> totally
>>>> fedup with whole thing of having fancy phones with fancy features and
>>>> bought a new £30 siemans which at least works as a phone
>>>
>>>I was nearly persuaded to purchase one of these a year ago or so, on paper
>>>it looks really good, but after actually using one for a day, I soon seen
>>>the flaws. It's based on the linux O/S, which is good in theory, but
>>>again,
>>>an other Motorola slagging match, some things were just counter-intuitive,
>>>and it got on my nerves very quickly.
>>>
>> It's not Linux. It's Symbian UIQ - nothing to do with Linux.
>>
>> I really liked mine, but I'm pretty techy. It is not user friendly but
>> can do pretty neat stuff. Much better phones these days of course - I
>> like the Mio A701.
>
>Hmmm suspicious... the one I used used was perhaps not an A1000 then. Did
>motorola do an A850 or something, that was based on Linux? I investigated it
>quite heavily at the time, and from what I had read everywhere, it was
>basically Linux on a phone, but not briliantly done.
>
You're probably thinking of the Moto A780. Not a good phone at all.

Here's a pic

http://tinyurl.com/olzu2

"CM" <chris.geller@angelfire.com> wrote in message
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>>Hmmm suspicious... the one I used used was perhaps not an A1000 then. Did
>>motorola do an A850 or something, that was based on Linux? I investigated
>>it
>>quite heavily at the time, and from what I had read everywhere, it was
>>basically Linux on a phone, but not briliantly done.
>>
> You're probably thinking of the Moto A780. Not a good phone at all.
>
> Here's a pic
>
> http://tinyurl.com/olzu2

Yeah that's the one... It cedtainly looked pretty cool - but I started to
worry when only one shop in the UK sold it with contracts!