Motorola Intros New MING Smartphones – MING A1600 (MOTOMING 2) & MING A1800 New MINGs

Motorola have, at last, officially announced its two new next-gen
clamshell MING smartphones serving to succeed the MING A1200, namely the
MING A1600 (also known as the MOTOMING 2) and the MING A1800 - both of
which sport touchscreens, integrated GPS and come with the Linux
operating system under the hood.The Motorola MING A1600 (MOTOMING 2)
sports a 2.4 inch 262K colour QVGA TFT touchscreen, a 3.2 megapixel
camera with autofocus, LED based flash, 8x digital zoom and macro
capabilities as well as video recording and, interestingly, can be used
to can business cards thanks to a built-in application. Also included is
a multimedia player and talking dictionary and, naturally, WAP 2.0, Java
and Bluetooth connectivity are also in evidence.Curiously, however, and
somewhat less impressively, the MING A1600 is just a quad-band GSM
device with GPRS and EDGE. No 3G, no Wi-Fi connectivity.The MING A1800
shares most of the same features as the aforementioned A1600 (same QVGA
touch screen, same camera, etc) however the A1800 does offer CDMA
support (1x standard).No information at the time of writing concerning
availability or unit pricing of these somewhat less than inspiring
smartphones though, in keeping with previous MING releases, its safe to
assume that both will see Chinese release prior to becoming more widely
available.