Motorola A1000
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The Motorola A1000 is a 3G smartphone from Motorola using the UIQ platform based upon Symbian OS. One of the most notable features is its built-in A-GPS. The A1000 is the successor to the A925 and A920.
A variant device - named the M1000 - appeared in 2005 for the Japanese market, distributed by NTT DoCoMo. The M1000 has a similar spec to the A1000 but in addition supports WiFi.
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[edit] A1000 History
The A1000 was released in 2004, but was available only on contract through 3 Network, in just a few countries (mostly Australia, Italy and UK). Although it was presented in two colour schemes, the 3 network offered it only in the dull matte dark-grey / light gray combination. Also, the phone firmware was locked and branded for 3 Network and presented various limitations, like the impossibility of changing internet connectivity accounts.
Fortunately, the phone raised interest of enthusiasts due to its advanced capabilities, and a few dedicated forums appeared. Because the firmware could be updated using the included data cable, everyone was waiting for a better firmware to appear. A generic, unbranded firmware became available in these forums, but presented multiple problems and was considered by many as being in fact a leaked beta version. Also, various software was developed to overcome limitations of branded firmware (Application Picker [1], GPRS account editor [2], installation of software on external memory [3]).
When, after a whole year, the unlocked and unbranded A1000 appeared, its new firmware version made most of these applications obsolete, as it included their facilities. The phone was also available in its glossy black finish.
As it was among the very first phones to use the Transflash (now MicroSD) memory format as external storage, it was limited to the small capacity of these cards. As this card is perfectly compatible to Secure Digital, it didn't take long for an Transflash-to-SD adapter to appear [4] (free registration needed). In this way, a Transflash card of any available capacity could be used in the SD Card adapter, but the phone only supports Transflash I cards.
Presently, the latest available modded firmwares combine the stability of the first branded firmware with the facilities and speed of the generic one, and also include some pre-installed and ready-to-install third-party freeware applications.
[edit] A1000 Features
- Hardware
- Display
- TFT LCD, touchscreen, handwriting recognition
- 41 × 62 mm
- 208 × 320 pixels
- 16-bit color depth / 65,536 colors
- Operating system
- UIQ 2.1 user interface based upon Symbian OS 7.0
- Java
- J2ME MIDP 1.0, CLDC 2.0
- PersonalJava
[edit] A1000 Features
- Specs
- User interface: UIQ 2.1
- Operating system: Symbian OS v.7.0
- Display: 65 536 colors, transmissive reflective TFT LCD,
- 208x320 pixels
- Dimensions: 117 x 59.5 x 21.5 mm
- Weight: 168 g
- External memory: TransFlash® memory (32 MB)/SD memory card adapter
- Network: GSM / GPRS
- Talk time: 280 minutes
- Stand-by time: 200 hours
- 3G (W-CDMA)
- Talk time: 120 minutes
- Video calling: 80 minutes
- Stand-by time: 200 hours
- Internet browser: Opera 7.5
- Wireless LAN: IEEE802.11b
- Input interface: Touch panel with Haptics display
- External Interfaces: USB 2.0/ Bluetooth 1.1
- Cameras:
- Outer: CMOS camera
- Effective resolution: 1.31 megapixels
- Recorded resolution: 1.22 megapixels
- Inner: CMOS camera
- Effective resolution: 310,000 pixels
- Recorded resolution: 300,000 pixels
- Compatible with overseas W-CDMA, GSM and GPRS networks and public wireless LANs. Via NTT DoCoMo's ISP services, mopera U® or other ISP
- Opens Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Excel, Microsoft® PowerPoint, PDF, etc. files
- Works with multiple e-mail accounts
- Bluetooth® compatible for hands-free telephone calls (using wireless headset) and wireless connection to PCs
- Preinstalled with personal information management (PIM) software
- Free software development kit
[edit] External links
- My-Symbian
- Symbian UIQ Users Site
- Forum Motoroma A1000 / M1000 - Big community, in Italian
- Planet Mobile Forum A1000 - main A1000 forum, in Italian
- Symbian Info Network - A1000 forum, in English
| Motorola phones | |
| A Series | A760 (2003), A780, A830 (2002), A925, A1000 (2004) |
| E Series | E365 (2003), E398, E680, E770, E815, E1000 (2004) |
| i Series | i710, i860, i870 (2005), i920/i930 |
| MPx Series | MPx200 (2003), MPx220, MpX |
| T Series | T720 |
| V Series | V60i, V120c (2002), V180, V220 (2004), V360 (2005), V400 (2003), V551 (2004), V557 (2005), V600, V620, V635, V710, V980 (2004) |
| Four-Letter Series | KRZR (2006), MING (2006), PEBL (2006), RAZR (2004), RIZR (2006), ROKR E1 (2005), ROKR E2 (2006), SLVR (2005) |
| Others | International 3200 (1982), MOTOFONE (2006), Q (2006), StarTac (1996) |
| (see also List of Motorola products#Mobile telephones and Motorola phones) Edit | |
