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

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.
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