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Motorola MPx220 PDA Phone (Cingular) Free
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I have an MPX220 and for me it works great. It works just like a decent phone. And, it syncs with my office PC so that my calendar, contacts, tasks are transferred to my phone. It reduces my load from a phone and a PDA to just one item: a smartphone. I like the clamshell, too, that protects the screen. The camera is an extra that I only use as a last resort. But it does produce photos. I do not use its email/web features and do not plan on doing so. If you want an email smartphone, try a Blackberry (or a Treo 650).
Enjoy this deal.
Enjoy this deal.
Even though your post does not directly relate to the original topic, I think your points should be addressed to clear things up for ppl who would otherwise ignore a good deal on a phone based on your bad experience. This is not meant as a flame, I only intend to make an explanation to your points.
1. You signed up for ATT a couple months before the buyout (it definately was not a merger), knowing that it was going to happen, and you went with the company that was being bought? Whoever told you that was a good idea should be shot. While trade regulations do not allow buyout intentions to be announced prior to close, leaks do occur and this was the biggest buyout in american history, so pretty much everyone knew about it. So you made a bad decision there, its ok, you win some you lose some.
2. This is definately not your fault and i will tell you that you are certainly supposed to be able to change your plan, it does make a difference who you talk to though. Remember these are still largely two seperate companies, just ran under the same BOD. You need to make sure you get ahold of a rep in a call center that was ATT pre-buyout. This # is your best bet 1-800-888-7600. (yeah ATTs system you have to talk to the computer, just say customer service)
3. I was under the impression that motorola would have been the one to have that lock code? Also, where would you enter it? I would think that the phone would have to be physically connected to a machine to be reprogrammed, sort of like a firmware upgrade on the non gsm phones.
4. Cingular wont price match, not to another store, a wrong printed price, an e-store, nothing, they are not bestbuy and do not have a price matching policy. 4a. Please dont demand things, it makes you look childish and the ppl will be more helpful if you treat them as you would like to be treated. Remember, they work there, cingular and att are public traded companies, meaning they are owned and governed by the ppl who own their stock, so if you are gonna point fingers you are gonna need a lot of them.
5. You are correct that you will get the same discounts as any other customer when switching over, it ist always the best scenario for a customer such as yourself to replace their current phone, but it is better than 24,000,000 ppl storming the cingular gates "demanding" to have their phones reprogrammed.
It mostly goes back to that they are not and can not force you to switch, that is why I try to make it very clear in point 2 that you must be able to switch your plan with ATT. If after calling that number you still cannot get your plan changed PM me and I will put you in touch with someone who I know will be able to help. Remember though, you will be offered ATT rate plans, same ones they had pre buyout, not cingular rate plans. But if you had wanted a cingular plan, you would have just signed up for cingular originally right?
imported_Mike
Lifer
Cingular has the unlock code, the first release of the mpx220 was unlocked, but the current 1.3 firmware locks it. You can get the unlock code from cingular if you play your cards right. 😉 When a phone is locked and you put in a sim from another carrier it will ask you for the unlock code.
imported_Mike
Lifer
It is the software that locks it, not the hardware. If you called up moto for an unlock code..they would just laugh. I agree, this is a HOT deal.
DestruyaUR
Senior member
I'm waiting for the EVDO Motorola E815.
ThaPerculator
Golden Member
Still wondering about this... I clicked the option before I bought it, but it didn't say anything else. Do they just include the paperwork/instructions with your phone on how to do this? I've never actually transferred a number before, so I have no clue how it works...
Also, since the phone has bluetooth, does it let you transfer stuff to the phone via bluetooth? I sure as hell hope so, but I don't know how fast the throughput on BT is... My laptop has onboard BT, so it would be cool as hell to use that without plugging in a usb wire.
I have had this phone for a few months now and Its not too bad. Some times its a bit tough to hear the caller on the other end, but I found that is usually due to how i have it positioned by my ear. Anyhow I bought the motorola bluetooth headset which I use more often then the regular handset, and with the blutooth headset everything sounds crystal clear, so no complaints.
Down side of course is that the camera is terrible in anything but the brightest conditions, and the flash is more of a gimmik then an actualy functional piece of hardware, I have a feeling its not even timed correctly with the shutter, since all low light pictures look the same regardless of flash. But if you wanted a good digital camera, you would have bought a good digital camera.
On a side note (and it may have been mentioned before) I don't think this phone is concidered a "PDA Phone" It does not have the full functionality that a PDA has. Nice features are that it syncs up with outlook, and you can check your web based email. All in all, I like the phone.
Down side of course is that the camera is terrible in anything but the brightest conditions, and the flash is more of a gimmik then an actualy functional piece of hardware, I have a feeling its not even timed correctly with the shutter, since all low light pictures look the same regardless of flash. But if you wanted a good digital camera, you would have bought a good digital camera.
On a side note (and it may have been mentioned before) I don't think this phone is concidered a "PDA Phone" It does not have the full functionality that a PDA has. Nice features are that it syncs up with outlook, and you can check your web based email. All in all, I like the phone.
CCityInstaller
Banned
Sorry for the lack of replies but I just finished my new Athlon 64 system and got it up and running on the net again. Rokfan as it seems to have pointed out, you can indeed get a discount on your equipment if you migrate to Cingular, however I am not sure how it works if you activate through an agent (ie Bestbuy or Buy.com). If you werent attached to your existing phone number, you could cancel that line and activate new service with a new MDN. Schaung, the problem you are having is a known issue with the 220. The newest firmware seems to have fixed all the hearing issues with the phone.
ThaPerculator
Golden Member
Anyone know of any good sites to download stuff for this? errr.. free stuff?
I dig the phone, just got it...
I dig the phone, just got it...
SynthDude2001
Lifer
Are there any decent deals for this phone (or any like it) without having to sign up for service (I already have a plan)?
silverpatron
Junior Member
Anyone know if you can get a phone from buy.com and add it to a family plan you already have? They don't have something like that in their plan options.
my phone arrived the on the 2nd day using two day shipping. Activated and even though they didn't port my number or add my features but I call buy.com and cingular and got it all straightened out. Also, i switched from AT&T for those of you that are wondering if it'll work. I verified with buy.com three seperate times to make sure that wouldn't affect the rebates. My contract with AT&T had expired though so I think that's why I was able to do it.
ThaPerculator
Golden Member
Yeah I know. That sucks. It's gonna be sitting on my desk for the next 6 months hoping not to lose it or magically spill something on it.
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