Motorola A3100

bubbah

I used this for some years and loved it ...the apps available were incredible and the backup was stellar ...movies play well ...only thing, it was good for absolutely everything but poor for making calls especially the poor speakerphone ...I would NEVER have changed except for that fact ...I looked today at win7 phones online but they will NOT run any win6.x software ...drat!!

Eli

I have this phone for three years. It's a beauty,comfortable to hold,& I don't need a head set or extension speaker to listen music from it's library, the sound is so loud & clear even inside the noisy train. But I agree that battery life is so frustating & totally invisible display under the sun. I hope motorola will listen to peoples complains & do improve. Thanks

Anonymous

Check out my comments on this phone during late July and early August 2009 while in Korea. I think it speaks volumes about this phone. The comments are all here, several pages back.

subhash47

wht exject battery life 1-standby time 2-talktime or touch response

adamfrench

thopugh yes im a dedicated moto lover since day1.i still state that the a 3100 is great incl.win gps internal mem well progress to motorola "the innovators".

hp5784

over two years with this phone, great phone never miss a call or lost signal (3G)

GEDRESTO

Almost forget.. battery life sucks too. My device drains battery energy in less than 24 hours.

GEDRESTO

This is a expensive piece of crap. Without 3rd party apps (which cost too much)it would be nothing. It freezes all of the time, windows mobile sucks. Wtf were moto guys thinking? Internal memory gets full quickly and you have to uninstall your favorite programsto avoid getting mad bcz of the lack of speed of the interface. 4.5 out of 10. the only thing I love about it is internal GPS. Moto... FAILED

Roco

Looks too good..!! A lot better than the 3G-less HTC Touch 2 sold for INR 11000. Best Windows Mobile 6 phone for just around INR 8k.

Rosh

Wat d hell is moto doin wid d battery pack...d fone looks gr8 n features r also gud...but d battery...showin hell...but still confused wether 2 buy dis o not...pls help me guys...should i buy dis...?

SaM

can i use d touch without a stylus??

Anonymous

This phone was designed by Lucifer himself. He knew it would drive anyone using it crazy.

shan

I have had this phone for over 12mths and I have had to send it back to be fixed twice beause of freezing. The screen is hard to see and I cannot get mms messages. Other then these things the phone seemed quite good. Unfortuently I am sick of it freezing so about to get another phone!

sam

I have this phone , my display dont work & i cant do any things , how can i recover my contact list , ??????????

navi

don't see this in the philippines.

motolover

can anyone tell me whether it has the following features" (a) does it have stylus? (I guess it has since in the gsmareana says "handwriting recognition". But the pic galary doesn't show explicitly. (b) can I record the voice of the called or calling party? thanks, moto lover.

Opet

Not offered by any phone company in the Philippines.

Munir Ahmad

I need to know how to see its Mac add.. for wireless/...?

Anonymous

Do people really get headache with this phone??? I think it seems very well built and you should not be afraid it would get scratch or breaks even if you dont pay good attention to it everytime you went out or party at night. I used to have LG Pop and it required my constant attention since i am afraid it would break, very delicate feature

Uli

I had a lot of headaches with this phone... continuos freezing, lost of signal finding 3g-2g network, a lot of missed calls, poor battery performance. I choose the old Motoq. This A3100 is a terrible gadget

siee

how much it is in the philippines?

Anonymous

you're sure it's 3 meters deep!!!!! I never saw a pool that deep! never mind, I'm just kidding, great that it worked again!

Anonymous

very nice phone

Guru

This small wonderfull gadget is on demand now.Morover you can get it in Motorola Showrooms,its available.But Includes VAT on Mrp.

sy

where can i buy A3100?

Anonymous

simple and beautiful

n999

If you like head aches and wasting lots of time setting up this phone then get it , if not stay away .

aelle

where can i get more themes for this little gadget, .....anyone could help, is much appreciated

Motouser

Well, I think the main drawback of this phone is it's battery life.. It only lasts one day.

Anonymous

I'm not really into touch screen phones, but this one seems class..

chaNDRA

i want to know did moto a 3100 can be modem like em 30 thx?

aniya

Garmin works fine on it and i have been using it for navigation in Malaysia for sometime,

MotorolaLover

Hello this cellphone is good design but the touchscreen is too little and i would recommend the MOTOROLA MILESTONE!!! =) Windows Mobile Phones suck that is why motorola is making android phones

Anonymous

yes is possible to use igo for this device

Evaldas

Does it have gps chipset or only A-gps function? Is it possible to use garmin mobile xt, igo or tomtom on this device? Thank you

100 Moto

Sorry I forgot, as I had the English version from Jul til Oct last year. Do like to remind you, without any special software, the English version "does not / cannot" display Chinese website properly. WM 6.1 is one of the silliest OS I've seen, which does "not" allow one to switch between Chinese and English UI (unlike its own 6.0) at anytime. Initally I got the Chinese version, but I could hardly understand the OS in Chinese. So once the English version came out last Jul, I had Moto CS in HK to upgrade back to English, then I encountered the problem above. I do recall roughly even the English version supports Chinese character input.

domtw

Hello, I would like to know if is possible to have a chinese-english-chinese dictionary with this phone. Would I be able to copy and paste either chinese or english from the dictionary to SMS or from SMS to dictionary. Is it possible to enter either chinese or english (with handwritting or other method) while using the english version of the OS ?

Thawfick

Hi everyone can anyone tell where can i get this moto in chennai-India i tried for so many mobile stores i couldnt find it

Groundblended

Hi Carlos, if u unable to send or receive mms, u need to check the mms setting. u can get the mms setting from ur network provider. :)

Carlos

I've had this phone for six months, great PDA...The only problem I have is....there's no way I can send nor receive MMS...maybe it has something to do with windows 6.1...I do not have this problem with my two other phones...If someone could give me a hint....Thanks..

Anonymous

i like this phone

bubbah

I have it. I love it. At first, people said there was poor sound quality (their end), but I cleaned the little opening for the microphone (it was barely used off eBay) and BAM ...quality is great ...I suppose there was some crud in there (which I didn't see). The fone is awesome, and I chose it for trad off size vs features (specially the triband 3g which gives me 2100gHz when I go to the EU) which not many have. The fone is as thin as my razrV3 and only a little taller ...in landscape mode, it shows web pages fully if you set the correct font size. It is superb !! Back looks flimsy, so I bought extra one from cnn.cn cheap. Got 2 extra batteries and usb/ac chargers and 2 styli and a leather case nice off eBay from HongKong cheap. Got OEM mini-micro USB adapters SKN6252A off eBay cheap and BAM now my old mini usb wires and chargers ALL work with this fone !! Speakerphone is VERY loud and audible ...don't see a need to get a BT car device, just throw it on the console. I even downloaded a FREE app that reads out sms messages when they arrive so you don't hafta fiddle while driving. Great !! Has wifi so my data use on ATT went way down since I use it in the kitchen to read the paper and check mail in the morning over coffee. I love this thing !!

Anonymous

Top 10 Cell Phones PC World Nov 13, 2009 11:30 am 1. Motorola Droid Keyboard: Yes Bottom Line: The first Android 2.0 phone impresses with a strong suite of Web features and a stunning 3.7-inch display, but some users might have trouble with the shallow keyboard. 2. Apple iPhone 3GS Keyboard: No Bottom Line: Performance enhancements distinguish the otherwise evolutionary step-up iPhone 3GS from its previous iterations. 3. Motorola Cliq Bottom Line: The beautifully designed Motorola Cliq is a social butterfly’s dream phone, but others may find the MotoBlur user interface overwhelming. 4. Research in Motion BlackBerry Bold 9700 Bottom Line: The best BlackBerry available, the Bold 9700 packs a multitude of features into a sophisticated, slimmed-down design. 5. T-Mobile myTouch 3G Keyboard: Yes Bottom Line: The T-Mobile myTouch 3G is a big improvement from its predecessor, but the physical keyboard is sorely missed. 6. Palm Pre Form Factor: Candy bar Bottom Line: The Pre's webOS software is touch-friendly and fun, but the cramped QWERTY keyboard detracts from the phone's usability. 7. Samsung Behold II Keyboard: Yes Bottom Line: With a gorgeous AMOLED display and an excellent camera, the pricey Samsung Behold II will appeal to multimedia junkies with deep pockets. 8. Research in Motion BlackBerry Tour 9630 Keyboard: Yes Bottom Line: The BlackBerry Tour entices with an ergonomic keyboard and gorgeous display, but the omission of Wi-Fi disappoints. 9. HTC Droid Eris Keyboard: Yes Bottom Line: If you can live without a hardware keyboard, the HTC Droid Eris is an affordable and feature-packed alternative to the Motorola Droid. 10. HTC Hero MegaPixels: 5MP Bottom Line: The HTC Hero marks a giant step in innovation of the Android platform, but it isn't without flaws

yair

Some day everyone will by a A3100.

siavash sepehri

this phone is awesome

Anonymous

very good phone

Anonymous

my friend, all phones have cons and pros, there is no phone without problems, it just depends on u. this phone could be someone's best or worst choice...

Anonymous

i want buy this phone any body have opinion please tell me is this phone have any problem ? or no i like moto phone

Sebastian

I accidentally dropped my A3100 to the bottom of my pool (3 meters depth). After 3 days of careful drying it works perfectly! This speaks very high about the quality of this cell phone.

BWLF

Hi, can you upgrade the software to WINMO 6.5 in this phone?, thanks

100 Moto

I'm not a technically oriented person but let me try my best to answer your qeustion: 1)To stop the auto GPRS, one (silly) way is to set the default path to a dummy operator, so the phone simply can't login to any network for data 2)I heard A3100 is an OEM product from certain Taiwan manufacturer, so it does "not" have Crystal Talk.

Anonymous

very well phone

JH

Buy a phone with OSX... X-)

ancehamsah

@Jam Maybe you can try to master reset it using Master Clear application inside the phone or if you forget the security key for to do that you can try this method: 1. Turn off your phone 2. Press button End+Call+Power simultanously for several seconds then released it, you will sense a vibrate. 3. Let the master reset procedure finished, don't interrupt it.

Anonymous

without any SPITE this is good phone i bet u if u use this phone you are happy to this phone

sam

please gsmarena made a review for this mobile, some people said it is awsome while others say the opposite, please we need a trusted opinion :P

Anonymous

there is crystal talk 2.0 on this phone and what do u mean there is no java installed on ur phone? where did u buy ur phone? cheers

Jam

I am using Motorola A3100. The EDGRE is automatically activated. How can I stop it? Besides, I have found that GPSxtra is no longer on my phone. I clicked update several timesm but it has never recovered. Java is not installed. How can I solve theses? Only good thing on Motorola is a voice call quality with Crystal Talk. Howwever, there is no Crystal Talk on A3100. Why?

Anonymous

How in the world are you supposed to remove files from this phone via USB or bluetooth on a Mac? Using this phone has taken months out of my life. Never will I venture to use Windows Mobile again. What an awful experience....

100 Moto

Sad to hear your problems, and the risk of having a phone not officially launched where you live and trying to get the necessary support....because the local Moto CS may not even have the phone, not to mention how to fix the bugs. I had similar issues with yours, especially after I browsed the web thru 3G or Wifi, I had to restart the phone in order to get it work, which takes quite a while due to the phone being Windows Mobile based. I feel somewhat cheated from Day 1 when I got A3100, because after I bought the phone, I tried to change the language from Chinese to English. (easily accomplished with my Moto Q9, being Windows Mobile 6.0) Only "afterwards" the salesperson told me such is impossible, due to licensing agreement by Bill Gates. I struggled a lot managing through the Chinese manuals, and even took a (fortunately free) course regarding Windows Mobile, but still felt unsatisfactory as basic tasks like using MP3 as alarm clock or setting playlists proved to be much much more difficult than any of my "non-smart" Moto phones. Around July Moto offered me a free upgrade of my A3100 from Chinese to English, only after changing to English Windows, most of the websites in Chinese cannot be displayed! (are we going back to 1995/96? The early days of IE which doesn't support all languages?) Then I needed to restart everytime I want to browse on the web. The end of the story is...I sold the phone last month for US$150, and I won't buy any Windows Mobile device again! (and certainly look for the various Android phones from Moto)

Anonymous

dear woland Reporter you dont talk about a3100 excellence what is good at this phone ?

woland

After using this phone for 2 month i have found next problems: (actually i have two A3100. One is my and second is of my wife, but both are doing same problems) 1. In Canada, when you connect thought Rogers or Fido and activate "Name Display" service the phone stuck on first incoming call with pop-up message "CNAP Notification" and do not ring anymore. The problem is in debug code left by developers in RILGSM.DLL. Tried to talk to moto developers - but they do not answer. The solution is to ask Rogers or Fido to replace "Name Display" feature by "Call Display". 2. If your operator support 2G and 3G network in same time then phone sometimes switching between them (probably tried to find better one) and as result sometimes completely lost the connection. No Service shown on the screen and only soft reset return it to working state. The solution is to manually define preferred network instead of "Auto" mode. 3. If your WIFI is permanently enabled and you are travelling in zones where is no WIFI signal then phone sometimes lost WIFI adapter. In this case you are unable to enable or disable it and can't connect. The is no solution and only soft reset restore the WIFI adapter. I hope that Motorola will relise firmware update shortly which will fix these problems...

Anonymous

great phone beter than my old x1 this is the new winmobile i recomand you to test a3100 Cretain

Anonymous

x1 has 256 ram. its much better! and x1 runs on 7200A processor which means its has VGA@30Fps video recording. 7201A is limited to CIF@30fps

motofan.ir

i can remember several years past ,about 2002~2004 when motorola and nokia exist governor but today i see same american or Europe people get korea phone ????!!!! and today this company samsung and lg , GRAB selling at market from this two giant i realy sury and veeeery amazement for this american guys that dont buy usa moto and desire junky Stranger wherea i live in iran( Middle East)and for 10 years just use moto phone from a1000,v3,v3i,v3x,a1200,e6,z8,zn5,a3100and all of above phone's work good today and now i think about superb dext and droid but i hope with these new super moto phone the king back to the real station ------------------------------------------------­�------

Anonymous

a3100 is very beter than x1

Anonymous

128 mb ram little ?! just like x1 and very of win mobile at 2008 year

Anonymous

128 MB of RAM ? too little!

droid

------------------multitasking------------------­�------ dont you wish you had a robot sidekick that moved at light speed ,could get out of any problem and lived in your pocket ?? soon you will

Anonymous

very good phone excelent

Anonymous

How does one remove photos and video from this phone? I am unable to do this either via usb cable or bluetooth on my Mac.

Anonymous

-video recorder is @30 fps VGA or QVGA ?

Anonymous

I wanted an Iphone but wasn't crazy about it's size, I'm very familiar and actually really like windows operating devices, had HTC Touch and really liked it (so much i also kept it...) but wanted a new phone, found this really sleek looking phone with aluminum cover, touchscreen and trackball, actually kinda looks like a small iphone with smoother corners, loved it's looks, comes with windows 6.1, Opera browser, WI FI, 3G network, decent 3 mp camera and many more accesories, decent screen size and more, had to have it. I don't regret it. Had it for a week, love it. easy handling, easy to operate, very nice interactive home screen and menus. Only dislike battery life, i talk a lot on the phone so i have to charge it every 2 days and some times the touchscreen dosn't have optimal response time, also dosn't come with big internal memory you'll have to buy a 8GB or 16GB micro SD if you want your songs and MP4's in your motorola surf.. Not an Iphone killer but if you'd like a nice upgrade for your HTC or windows OS smartphone I would really recommend this phone.

Anonymous

great phone gsm must review this phone

Anonymous

i answer ur questions briefly : 1. yes 2. average 3. yes VGA @30 FPS (.mp4) 4. the best i used

Anonymous

review :

Anonymous

hi guys i want to buy a3100 please some one that use a3100 tell me about these questione's : 1-incoming call rington is loud ? 2-how is 3.2mp camera ? 3-video recorder is 30f per second or no ? 4-how is interface and menu ? thanks for your guide

Anonymous

that grear fren.. iknow waht you mean.. so.. i need d phone mto a3100 really.. but i cannnot get it here ( indonesia) and if you did ned it more or maybe you want it to waste.. i think you send it to me.. if you don't mind.. send it to me.. so.. waht you so.. son in indonesia

100 Moto

Just said goodbye to my A3100 yesterday. Bought it in Jan for about US$400 and got US$150 yesterday. Call me dump, I simply can't manage the Windows Mobile O/S, where simple tasks on most Moto phones get complicated with Windows Mobile. (of course the Symbian based Z8 was worse) I was in US last month and tried to look for a book on Windows Mobile but couldn't find any, so I gave up on this unit and wait for the Android based Mb220 Dext.

Anonymous

Motorola has made managing your life whenever, wherever easier with the MOTOSURF� A3100, a new, intuitive, customizable and vibrant touch tablet by Motorola. This high-speed, 3G device grants immediate access to content through an impressive personalized icon-based touch screen, helping you achieve the ultimate work-life balance. Set your tempo to music with Windows Media Player enabling you to transfer music, videos and images from a PC with ease. Watch streaming video anytime, anywhere with YouTube. Everything on the MOTOSURF A3100 is faster with reliable 3G speed. Connecting with HSDPA, HSUPA and Wi-Fi1 makes data transfer fast and simple. Take control of your mobile world � it�s easy with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional for fast and familiar access to personal and corporate email, documents and PC-like browsing with Internet Explorer/Opera. Never miss a beat with advanced features such as video conferencing and aGPS for finding places on the go. With the customizable icon-based carousel, obtain access to continuous �live� feeds, weather, email, news and calendar events, delivered right to your fingertips. Connect with friends and update your status with one-touch access to Facebook. Navigate your content by simply touching or swiping your finger across the vibrant touchscreen, or use the omni-directional trackball to access to the information you need, such as Internet content�, contacts and calendar.

Anonymous

Zn5 s just 9000Rs in india..

Shurik

The price of this smartphone is really good if including all of its features but after installing SPB mobile shell 3 the phone becomes very easy to operate. The battery and internal memory aren't the best thing I saw, the processor needs to bee better too. Except these things it's a good phone that does what it should do. If you want some cracks and PPC Programs go here: scrack.wetpaint.com

woland

guys, dont be crazy about Android! It is fashion of the moment. It will get same destiny as Linux got. Simply compare number of games/gps software/organizers/etc. available today for WM6.x and Android. Free OS usually have unstable life cycle and have very high chances to die. Just lets wait couple of years and will see. But for today - WM devices are stronger and more stable than Android.

Anonymous

nice phone i want this phone

Anonymous

a3100 is best winmobile i perfer it to x1 good job moto

Mobilemaster

Lol, the Satio will be available next week!:)

motofan.ir

but my friend today all able company try to use android os for beter interface , nice ,friendly and sensational and all people like this os and try to have it today se announce x2 with 8mp , win6.5 but with : 65k color display!!!dext 256 k capacitive (65k, one of Defect all winmo phones ) gprs and edge class 10 ?!!!dext class 12 internal memory just 110 mb !!!!???? dext 1gb and microSD just up to 16GB ?!!!!!!!dext up t0 32gb no live widget ? dext have live widget with motoblur no even digital compass no turn by turn gps and google map with street viewer ....... they must worked beter in x2 i think x2 cant challeng with moto dext or nokia n900 and its very good that u know dext price is around 400$ wherea x2: ~700-800$ and n900: ~800$ ================================================­======

Anonymous

lol more megapixels doesnt mean better quality i bet u moto 5mp can beat se 8mp but satio when is avaliable in 2010 ????!!!! lol

Mobilemaster

It seems you know what company I like, the X1 has 3.2 MP camera, but the company announced their second Xperia phone, the X2. That phone has 3.2 inch WVGA screen, 8.1 MP camera, Winmob 6.5, not 6.1, etc! And about Satio, that phone has 12MP camera(not 3.2), 3.5 inch screen, Symbian OS 9.4! I hope you can understand how better is SE. I like Moto too, I hope they will make a cool phone, to compete SE, Samsung, or even Nokia. America is very advanced, so I hope...:)

motofan.ir

how u can talk about 8mp camera and hate moto phone whereas all world can see this ,latest best smarphone from all able brand use this mp and even 3.2mp for their set in 2009 for example: n900 - htc tato - hero - iphone 3gs -samsung corby & blue earth -omnia pro - lg gw620 &lg gd510 and ...........more use 3.2mp then 5mp wherea dext is realy beter in very features than above phones at the moment ------------------------------------------------­------ but i believe moto must make 8mp or highter mp CAMERA PHONE very soon but 5mp today is very good enough for smartphone today ================================================­=====

Anonymous

hey mobilemaster what about u talking this phones features is 100% like x1 if this phone is bad so x1 is very bad

Mobilemaster

You are right in some points, but don't forget people wants better phones, they want phones with more Megapixels, 3.2 MP is 2006 year feauture, now we are in 2009 October, Moto need to produce phones with 8MP, to competer SE, Samsung, and Nokia! Moto needs to survive phones with 8Mp camera(with flash), 3.5 inch WVGA screen phones(or with bigger screen), Symbian OS 9.4, more Google Android phones with great specs, eg 1GHZ CPU, 8MP camera, or 12MP, big OLED screen, big internal memory(Samsung has 8, and 16GB phones, Nokia now has 32GB phones! I hope they will survice, now Samsung dominates the American markets! What a shame!

Anonymous

nice phone i want review gsm like you guys

xyz

Please, please review this phone as soon as possible.....

Anonymous

very good phone i recommend you to use this different windows mobile with very good interface

Anonymous

gsmarena must review this phone we are waiting this phone is realy beter than all winmmobile full touch screen and very good price at copmpare other rival good job moto

woland

and about 8mp complaints .... more megapixels doesnt mean better quality. without proper optic you cann't do anythig. and 3Mp which is common today is MAX solution for smartphones. wanna good picture quality - buy real photocam.

woland

why you waiting for At&T or Tmobile branded phones if you can get fully unlocked via eBay? if you really like it - take it. btw, i have 2 of them, mine and my wife. Both are working OK, not perfect, but ok. For price like this and 3G, WIFI, BT, GPS - it is optimal solution.

Mobilemaster

Hi! I know about those phones, but MOTO still need an 8MP camera smartphone with at least 600MHZ CPU, at least 3.5 inch WVGA screen, and they need great smartphones with Symbian OS too! The biggest problems they don't have much phones with camera flash, and the biggest problem is Moto make phones for America!!! Why they don't make the Sholes worldwive? That phone is great, but will be availalble in some carriers, like At&T, or Tmobile! This is a mistake!

Anonymous

I wanted an Iphone but wasn't crazy about it's size, I'm very familiar and actually really like windows operating devices, had HTC Touch and really liked it (so much i also kept it...) but wanted a new phone, found this really sleek looking phone with aluminum cover, touchscreen and trackball, actually kinda looks like a small iphone with smoother corners, loved it's looks, comes with windows 6.1, Opera browser, WI FI, 3G network, decent 3 mp camera and many more accesories, decent screen size and more, had to have it. I don't regret it. Had it for a week, love it. easy handling, easy to operate, very nice interactive home screen and menus. Only dislike battery life, i talk a lot on the phone so i have to charge it every 2 days and some times the touchscreen dosn't have optimal response time, also dosn't come with big internal memory you'll have to buy a 8GB or 16GB micro SD if you want your songs and MP4's in your motorola surf.. Not an Iphone killer but if you'd like a nice upgrade for your HTC or windows OS smartphone I would really recommend this phone.

Anonymous

If you want to know what Motorola is doing. Read Mororola CLIQ (DEXT) and Motorola SHOLES ?????

steven

this a good handphone, i like n very like, coz aperfect for anyone, elegant, n smart..if acan i buy but little expensive,hehehehe,thx

Anonymous

a3100 just like x1 minus slider keybord every thing are same good

Mobilemaster

If Motorola wants to survive, and if they want to enter in the smartphone game, they need to put these things urgently:8MP CCD camera(or CMOS, CCD is new technology for them), 3.5 inch WVGA screen, Symbian V9.4 with 600MHZ CPU, Wi-Fi(in many phones they don't put Wi-Fi(big mistake)). They also need a Google Android phone, with good camera(with flash!!!), 3.5 inch screen, 8MP camera(not only 5MP) If they will make these things, they will grow very fast!!! I hope they will announce great things at Mobile World Congress next year(I hope for a 1GHZ CPU device, with 8MP camera(with flash ofcourse), 3.5, or 3.8 inch WVGA OLED screen :) ) We will see what will happen.

forwaqar

i think moto could do with a 1500+ mAh battery, rather than mere 1170 for a phone this size and features

woland

camera is like in all other phones ... nothing special. led flash if weak, when you enable it for first time - its doesn't switch off until first shot. shot button works in two levels. half press - focus to object (many times failed to adjust focus correctly), full press - capture. battery is weak - almost empty at end of second day. phone sometimes slowing down without any reason - like slightly freezz. Sound quality is good, but signal strength is bad - in places where RAZR v3 works perfectly (like elevator) the A3100 lost connection ...

Anonymous

nice

Anonymous

how is camera and mps player (speaker voulom) qulity ? i want buy this phone

Anonymous

nice design and good features after zn5 i will buy this one hello moto

Anonymous

good phone why gsmarena dont review it

Anonymous

its very nice phone for me battery worked about 2.5~3 days with normal use and i dont problem with it gps is very fast ,musice and call qulity is super but maybe 3 or 3.2" was beter like moto dext

ryo

yes, i must say the battery quality is not good enough. in my daily used (call, texting, browsing with gprs and wifi, music), in only last for approximately 18 hours. 100% in 7 AM, and 20% in something 9 PM. Maybe i should held my self from the temptation to tap this phone all the time :p, and use it just for phone (voice call and texting), maybe the battery can hold up to 1,5 days.

ryo

I think when we talk about design, it's relative and subjective. some people will say A3100 have a nice design and some won't. anyway I agree with the clear voice call of A3100. it's much better than SE P1 i have.

100 Moto

Didn't know the almighty brand makes "phones", as voice quality of its 5800 can't even match with that of A3100. My friend's N97 is even worse, as all I hear is the background noise instead of the person's own voice. Really wonder how certain brand claims it "Connecting People" when its so called "phones" can't even deliver crystal clear voice quality like most Moto phones.

Anonymous

very good phone and nice design when u dont use it how can say battrey is bad ??!!

Anonymous

most of a3100 are assembled in Chinese. quality is same as in HTY and CECT clones ... :(

Anonymous

Ugly phone, nothing special, short battery life

harib

Later nokia do not use OS symbian anymore. So who's the ugly thing?

Anonymous

every world know moto design is nice and different from all im doubt to your sense

Anonymous

so u mean the nokia has nice designs? for constructions as a brick yeah you right but as a mobile phone? i dont think so...

Joe

Hi all, Today I've got not good news from the dealer that A3100 did not sale in central java & he doesn't know when this gadget will selling in this area. Also talked to selular shop senayan & all the item has sold out. Anybody knows to whom I have to find out?

Anonymous

its win mobile and just suport 65k color like all winmobile

Anonymous

65k colours!!!!!!!!!!!! wtf

Joe

Hi Folks, Why don't u make like a Motorola smartphone community & we call it "Mosphone" & we choose Leo & Ryo as a leader in Mosphone. perhaps the first programme is to share knowledge of motorola share the benefit of it. How do you think?

Anonymous

DEE only Agent of Motorola is SELULARSHOP , If this agent does not have this unit, you have to wait. You can go to WEB site www.selularshop.co.id or call 021 72781533 Motorola Shop at Senayan City.

KEN

Could you guys plz tell me where can I CHANGE the language? Can I download from anywhere??? Thank you...

Anonymous

There you go, Let us know after you use A3100. How do you like it ?

Joe

Thx all for your prompt rensponse. Yesterday I just met with the dealer in central java & he promise to get it one. Also I request for 16GB or 32GB memory SD card. I believe this will be a taught smartphone.

Anonymous

Central Jawa . I am in Central Sulawesi. But travel to Jakarta often. You can mail order this unit or other unit via this web. The agent of many Hand Phone www.selularshop.co.id Get it now. You won't be regret

ryo

hi joe, i don't know whether A3100 can use 32GB microSD, but in my A3100, i use microSDHC 8GB with no problem. for the office document, motorola include docs to go application, including zip to go and pdf to go.

leo5354

Joe, maybe I can help you getting motorola A3100, you can contact me in Forumponsel, I use same name there. Thx !!!

Joe

Thx 4 your info but i'm stay in central java & i've been looking for a month just to find out this gadget MA3100. If you knew the store who sale this gadget in central java, i really appreciate. By the way, i heard that external memory capacity (micro sd) until 32gb, is it true? if yes, wow it's big enough to fill music & movie on this smartphone. The other, what about office application, can we edit for ms.words & ms.excel? Thx in advance.

Anonymous

Yes A3100 available in Jakarta . You have to buy from the agent at Motorola . Plaza Senayan City, 4Th floor. I jus bought one last week

Joe

It's model seem nice & I've plan to get this one but unfortunately the dealer Motorola in Indonesia did not sale in Jakarta & other city in Indonesia. I really don't know, why?????

Anonymous

Anonymous

Motorola Cliq�s official features and specs include: WCDMA 900/1700/2100, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps GSM 850/900/1800/1900 3.1 inch, 320 x 480 pixels touchscreen display Android 1.5 OS Custom homescreen with Live Widgets Android Market GPS, Turn by Turn directions, Google Maps with Street View, E-Compass Wi-Fi Android HTML Webkit browser 3.5mm headset jack Bluetooth 1.5 (really? 1.5?) 5MP autofocus camera Qualcomm MSM7201A Processor, 528 MHz 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM 2GB MicroSD card in the box 1420 mAh battery Talk-time: up to 6 hours of continuous talk time Standby time: up to 13.5 days 114 x 58 x 15.6 mm (4.49 x 2.28 x 0.61 in) 163.00 grams (5.7 oz

motofan.ir

Motorola announces MotoBlur, Motorola Cliq (Dext) Android smartphone :

Annon

This phone is currently being used in the biz i work for . It freezes ... ive already had 2 replacments ... its useless and would not recommend this phone for anyone except for young teenages.

100 Moto

I got my Moto Q9 (WM6.0) in Jan 2008, and I was able to switch languages anytime I want. I got my A3100 (WM6.1) in Jan 2009, and I was never told the language CANNOT be switched anytime. When I went back to the shop, the salesperson said, "didn't you know WM6.1 would only come into one language? You have to CHOOSE when you buy the phone, due to policy from MS..." I was never told when I bought the phone, or English version was even available. Around May / Jun Moto CS in my area started to offer English WM to be installed on A3100 FREE of charge. So I went to "upgrade" my phone back to English WM. Unfortunately, while I start to navigate the phone functions, I lost the ability to view (most) Chinese websites. Hope the Android based MB300 won't have such problem.

MOHAMMAD

It�s possible to change the language Motorola A3100 If anyone have experience, please help me.

Anonymous

Yes as to .flv using youtubeplay. See Haven't tried .avi.

Anonymous

visit this site: www.freewarepocketpc.net here u can find too many freeware apps, google there u can find those apps u need... P.S. A3100 doesnt have Radio cheers...

100 Moto

I'm not a very technical person...indeed I haven't downloaded much on my A3100, I do know for Windows Mobile (6.1)... - I must choose only ONE language. For computer and most usage, I prefer English. But for web browsing, I mostly view Chinese. So now my English based A3100 can't read most Chinese websites. (heard about "purchase" of certain software, but still not very stable) Such is not a problem on my WM6.0 Q9...English based and can view Chinese website perfectly. - need to download a software to use MP3 as alarm...which is a "basic" function for all non-WM Moto phones. - no software can make the phone to have a radio function Just for myself, I will not likely purchase anymore WM6.1 mobile handset...one is more than enough. (Hope Moto's next series of Android phones will be better...and make sure these Android phones support BT file transfer!)

Anonymous

very nice design

Anonymous

since it is windows mobile phone, u can use 3rd party apps for doing almost every thing, no need to worry...

Anonymous

A3100 is not multimedia phone. It is a business phone. So video play back is limited

Anonymous

Does A3100 can play .flv and .avi?

Anonymous

if u mean hard reset do the followings : turn off ur phone hold both the end and answer buttons, then press the power key, this will hard reset ur phone, cheers...

Mohammad

How can i reset my motorola a3100. please help

Anonymous

Hello, can anyone a3100 phone owners tell me on average how long can the battery last? Because I don't really believe that it lasts for 6hours as stated in the website. Please do give honest feedbacks! Thanksalot (:

Anonymous

does anyone know if this is an original motorola or OEMed from htc by moto?

american motofan

ya unrivaled

Anonymous

best win mobile with best interface

Funny

Does anyone have a problem of A3100? It does not really last like it is said in specification. In a sales package, does it include CD driver and full vrsion manual? Without CD driver, how can I get connected to bluetooth Notebook? So, when it is said " memory is low", I cannot save a taken photo. I have to go "Task manager" and end all running programs. Is it normal for window mobile? Do I have to do this all the time before taking a photo with A3100?

Pinoy

Ooopz, sorry, what I meant in my previous post was a Nokia 6680 and not a N6880.

Pinoy

p.s. Sorry, what I meant below is not a "N6880" but instead a Nokia 6680 (3G). Motorola is best when it comes to build quality!

Pinoy

I've been a Moto fan since the StarTac days...and even before since Motorola is really known for their build-quality (try dropping a N6880 from the second floor of any building, hitting the pavement. You'll find the phone useless afterwards. While a V3X survived and still operates normally after such experience.) I'd like to buy this A3100, but it's not yet available here in the Philippines. One spec that draws me to it vs the LG Arena (which is also a good phone looking at the specs of 8Gb internal memory!), is that this Moto has a Qualcomm CPU. Now, anybody who knows telecommunications knows that Qualcomm is the first (or one of the firsts) and the most successful company who developed what we now call "3G". Although, 3G went to CDMA 1, CDMA 2000, and WCDMA, still, the company has my respect. Hello Moto!

Funny

Why A3100 does not show in US market? Does battery really last for six hours talking? I tested it once. One hour talking, a half of battery is gone!!! But I like a voice call sound quality. It is the best sound. So, anyone has a battery experience of this phone?

agung

yup, u re right,as i know gsm arena never give review for motorola, why?

Anonymous

a3100 is absent at gsmarena ranking ???!!!! its joke its beter than even 5800

hulkforall

Looks like a great winmo phone. I just dont understand what happen between motorola and gsmarena. Gsmarena almost didnt give a reviews for many of motorola phones. For example moto zn5 and this moto a3100 surf. What happen to you gsmarena???

mohamad

i see this phone today murning at market very nice design and handsome a3100 is like mini iphone great qulity and building and very very nice windows menu ! i want buy it this week

Anonymous

visit this site: www.motorola.com/mymotosurf here you can find every tips and tricks...

Anonymous

press and hold the end button for few seconds... P.S. you cant view today page in landscape mode... have fun

spiritgary

it's my stytle i like it

Anonymous

with joystick key with one tuch every time u can rotate display

preet

how do u rotate the qwerty keyboared i would be very great full if you could tell me because it is a problem to go in setting everytime

Anonymous

its great phone just moto

motofan.ir

another super phone from moto :

Anonymous

In Jakarta , Indonesia $350 (3.5 Juta rupiah)

Anonymous

nice body powrfull cpu

Motofanactic

I must say I'm very impressed with Motorola now...they are bring it to the other phone companies...cool new releases of phones

Anonymous

yes

Roy

Does Motorola A3100 have a Crystal Talk?

motofan.ir

CERTAINLY a3100 have full qwerty keybord touchscreen and you can rotate screen with joystick key with one toch. its very good that u can control screen rotate you can see video from this topic in Youtube.com

Anonymous

yes a3100 have qwerty keybord

Anonymous

Does this phone support auto rotation and full QWERTY touch screen? Plz I need the answer guys

Mur

cud sum1 tell me the video config of this fone? i hope nothing less than vga at atleast 15 fps video output

motofan.ir

instal free softwer them walpaper .... for motorola :

Anonymous

great phone full features and good price beter than htc win mobil

Libre Santos

its better if this phone comes in pink or red color i'll be waiting for this in phillipines

Anonymous

great phone features very nice design a litle like iphone with nice screen design

Anonymous

hmm okay... i'll most probably be getting it! (: THANKS!

Anonymous

very nice and easy to use

Anonymous

Is this phone good? I'm thinking of getting it, cause its one of the few phones (that looks nice) that is within my budget, but there seems to be much complains about it too. And it seems to be quite heavy :/

Anonymous

realy great phone one of best win mobile and best touch win mobile

Quek

Miles, would like to ask you regarding tom tom use with A3100. Where can i download the application and gps maps too? Thanks

motofan.ir

latest news :

Need AT&T settings!

Has anyone had this phone to access it the internet succesfully via AT&T's GSM network? If so, where did you order the phone from? I cannot get it to work to save my life. I've done all those standard windows settings using wap.cingular and password.. Still don't work. I even had the largest data plan. I like the phone, it would be 100% better with internet access.. HELP Pls!

mark

just bought this phone a week ago... i like it and no problem so far.. but there's 1 thing missing in my phone coz while looking for review of this phone before i bought this i saw that it has this "3D photo viewer" but i dont have it on my phone.. i saw it on youtube and other sites.. so sad coz i relly like to have tha app... is there someone here knows where i can get it? download it? anyway i like the phone... no regret of buying it.. it makes a WinMo phone different from the others!

Anonymous

c

YEAH! AGREE! im using v31 and its just SUPERB!!! i want this!!

100 Moto

Is the phone you mentioned being CDMA? Really strange that Moto seems to be concentrating on developing more CDMA phones recently, and the worst part is, it seldoms makes the conversion from CDMA to GSM....(unlike the StarTAC days when CDMA StarTAC was made into StarTAC X?)

Anonymous

motorola Sholes" is a 3.7-inch (480 x 854) touchscreen device that will make its debut in the U.S. in October, featuring: 512MB storage, 256MB RAM, support for microSD / microSDHC up to 16 GB (an 8GB microSD ships with the phone), a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, GPS, and the expected connectivity (USB, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi), audio, and video formats

Roger Duarte

I love Motorola is one of the best brands I am currently using the HTC 8925 really good and my next purchase will be the Motorola A3100.

Anonymous

very good moto!

Anonymous

I have used more Motorola phones than most people have seen, I am a Motorola person. Going back to the Microtac and the Startac phones. I have used the V3682, v878, v690, v66, v60, v600, v620, v635, V3, v3i, v8, z8, z10. I am a Motorola guy, love the way they feel. The problems I am facing using this unit go well beyond the lack of a back button. I am unable to delete individual files from the notepad, I am unable to change the time from 24 hours to am/pm. When I try setting up a new e-mail account I am unable to enter the password because the keypad blocks it!? As soon as I remove it I cannot enter anything, so it is a catch 22. When you remove the battery or reset the phone you must always switch back to the memory card so that the phone does not save files or pictures to the phones memory, not only that but it's definition of "M" is a pixel resolution of 320x240. I discovered this after taking 300+ pictures in crappy resolution. How about the poor bluetooth function. I am unable to remove anf files from the phone via bluetooth & when I save files it saves it to a folder rather than automatically comprehending the file designation, something that my old v635 could do. Trying to call a number from the contacts list without the stylus is next to impossible especially on the go. The keypad itself is improperly oriented and occupies too little space on the phones itself. There are no options to change this. When making calls on the phone it gets extremely hot and touching the phone with your ear in the wrong place can end the call. You can have the phone lock to avoid this, but then it is impossible to unlock the phone and use the keypad and speakerphone at the same time. If you want to check you credit card balance or calling a number which requires you to type through a menu.

艾伟

everyone has his loves.in chinese is"众口难调"。but i love moto,i love A3100.wish you have a good time!

Anonymous

its realy great phone with nice design

100 Moto

So other than the lack of the "back" button, exactly what other problemS which you encountered on this phone that makes it sucks? Are you aware those problemS being common on Windows Mobile based phones or are they specific to A3100? Suggest you conduct further research before you start complaining.

Anonymous

great phone design is nice and features are complete whit wifi 3g radio and good cpu ...

ss

i perfer to buy this phone perhaps u say apple is beter but i never change motorola whit many EXPERIMENT to apple that only make 2 phone at last i thinck about a3100 and qa4

Anonymous

Sorry but this phone sucks, I am using it every day here in Korea and I feel like killing myself. My girlfriends iPhone is easy to use, and has a great interface. Though is extremely limited other than being a media device. This phone is very uncomfortable for me to use even as just a phone. Some of the features make no sense. And yes you need a back button so you dont have to start from the beginning when you make a mistake or go to a menu by accident as the touch screen is awful.

Anonymous

its my Favorite

Anonymous

i heard they're pulling out motorola here. maybe it's not profitable here because of the larger preference of filipinos towards nokia..

ancehamsah

Have you ever seen a hardware back key on any Windows Mobile Professional device? Mostly don't have it because you don't need that, you just need click, click and click when you know and want to learn.

motofan.ir

The slim MOTO� A3100 compliments your multi-faceted, fast-paced life by offering a wide range of connectivity options. Access the information you need through a full-touch tablet device running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. Multi-task with rich features, including work and personal email, mobile internet�, and high-speed connectivity ideal for messaging, browsing and navigation. And enhance your experiences with video conferencing, GPS navigation, and RSS Reader� serving up real-time feeds of news headlines, blogs, podcasts, and more

Jose

great phone but does enyone know how to down load and use skype on this phone I am having a lot of trouble please help if you can

Prasanth

can anyone tell me whether this phone is available in india please? what is the price?

Anonymous

hi,plz answer, i saw 2 types of Carousel menus in youtube videos, one with pictures and videos tab and another without it, are there different international versions of A3100? or u can customize Carousel menus? tnx in advance.

Paul_Bryan

i wish motorola is still prominent here in the philippines... huhuhu >_< tried to visit some of the motorola branches in here and most of the units are phased out. its like they're not releasing phones anymore

Anonymous

i read somewhere that the video recording is VGA @30fps

Rusty

When you want to give it away, I would be glad to take it.

Anonymous

wifi + 3g + moto = niceeeeeeee

depmod

Every phone has its problems. At least this one can't explode as every Sonny Ericsson!!!

100 Moto

Quality of A3100 certainly doesn't seem as "refine" as other "original" Moto products, including the good old A1000. (if somebody can convert my A1000 to support mini-USB plug, I'll continue to use it) Heard A3100 is OEM from a Taiwanese PDA phone maker. (and pls don't look down, afterall, HTC originated from Taiwan) So the quality... Am now thinking about getting the black gold version by trading in my silver one.

Anonymous

That is funny how you focus on one comment. There are numerous glaring problems with this phone. The unbranded version of this phone is absolutely awful to use. Yes the keys are too small. Why do I have to dial on an area that occupies 1/3 of the screen space when dialing? You dont comprehend what I am saying you pathetic twit? The f@cking keys are too small? Maybe you are a little person or just such a fat-ass that you sit around playing with your phone all day and have mastered it? Why is there no back button? Why is there no way to select individual files from the notepad folder rather than erasing them all in bulk? Which is the only option? Why do you have to press the power button on the top of the phone every time you want to use it? Have you tried using this phone for business? Have you tired using this phone to simply check your credit card balance? Go ahead try it. Then you tell me how f@cking great of a phone it is. And you gotta love a touch screen that is unresponsive, and requires a good amount of force to press any button. Now the funny thing is, try doing this without the stylus? Oh yes and the wonderful contacts list on this phone. I defy anyone to navigate through the contacts using their finger without messing up numerous times. And with no back key you have to literally start from scratch every time. It can take as long as two minutes to dial from this phone. How about text messaging on this phone? That's another wonder in itself? The problem is that Motorola did not test this phone in real world environment long enough.

Anonymous

i think u got ur phone from trash can and i think u have serious physical problems if u made those mistakes with this phone, how big a button should be? it should cover all over the screen?? :)) plz post reasonable comments

Anonymous

Sorry but this is a terrible phone. What makes it terrible? The touch screen itself is awful and cumbersome to use. It requires the utmost precision, and if you make a mistake, there is no way to go back to the previous menu, you must start all over again? Making a call on this phone is difficult with the tiny keys. It is a touch screen phone and Motorola could not come up with a simple numerical keyboard pad which occupies the entire screen when dialing? What in the world were they thinking? When you are browsing your contact list all Hell breaks lose. Why is it so difficult to find a contact on this phone? You end up accidentally in the wrong contact many times before you get the right one? And again, there is no back button to go to previous menu? The headphone jack does not work with any external speakers either:( I cannot change the background wallpaper no matter how many times I change the wallpaper? The bluetooth configuration on this phone is horrid, especially on a Mac. Did I mention how much the screen stinks?

gka3000

i cant agree with everything u have said . cuz this phone does come up with a 65k screen but i dont think its that bad most of the phones today comes with 65k and 256k color screens only , most of the nokia s60 n series phones and xpress music phones comes up with 16 million color display . so it cant be that bad as u have mentioned . i think its cheap yes thats just becuz motorolas make cheaper phone models with good options than any other brands . comparing this with a apple i phone is really boring cuz the apple i phone may have a higher resolution display compared to most of the other phone models , but the i phones got its down side for eg - i dont want i tunes to download any music for me thats a waste of time and i dont wanna carry the i phone software cd in my pocket everywhere i go , eventhough i phone 3g comes with 3g speed connectivity i have no need of such a device without a front video call camera , i dont want a phone that does not have a2dp bluetooth file transfer i dont want an i phone without mms , or i dont want it with just a 2mp camera that can only take still shots . so comparing this with an i phone isnt good or wont proove anything at all . (no phone is 100% perfect u will never find such a device)

atlantis

hi i want to know how is the video capture quality. is it VGA 30fps or some thing else. thanks please answer

kate

nice

Anonymous

just 270 eur for this super phone voow its great i wana buy it

motofan.ir

new moto android phone are in way guys great phone like morison & ironman and ...

el

which of them do u suggest?htc touch HD or a3100.

Anonymous

As a matter of fact my only experience with Windows mobile devices has been via the Mpx220 & Mpx300, but that was some years ago. And yes, you are correct that Windows mobile devices typically do not have high pixel density. But I felt the phone lacked the pedigree and refinement that this phone should have. If Motorola can make this phone with Android OS/5mp camera/8gb of integrated flash memory/better screen it would be killer.

Mobilemaster

This phone is sooo cute. :)

Anonymous

beter size than iphone and beter features excellent moto

Anonymous

im confident to a3100 ability

100 Moto

Before you complain about the screen of A3100, did you ever use "comparable" Windows Mobile based smartphones from other brands? From my limited understanding, most (if not all) Windows Mobile phones only support 65K color, vs. 262K on most other (common) phones, including most (except low-end ones) other non-Windows mobile Moto phones. So if you tried other brands' Windows Mobile based smartphones and reached the conclusion A3100 is the worst, I would have nothing to say. If you only compared with iphone, you practically compared an orange with an apple. (bcoz I can easily say I don't need any itune to download any file into A3100 vs. iphone, and I can bluetooth any file I want on A3100, does that make A3100 superior?)

Anonymous

I am glad I will only be using this phone for several weeks in Korea then giving it away. I wish I could understand why Motorola chose to put such a low-quality screen on this phone. It is really such a nice design, it could have been stunning actually if they used more metal and less plastic. But the screen is awful, poor viewing angles as well. Everything is so "blocky" and it reminds me of screens on slightly older cell phones. The low pixel density is very noticeable and in certain functions just looks plain cheap. Videos look horrific on this thing. I don't comprehend why Motorola took this route when all previous phones have superior pixel density all be it much smaller screens. If you are used to the iphone or ipod touch, using the touch screen on this phone will feel like a psychotic episode. And for most functions including typing anything, you will need to pull out the stylus. Having to press the power button every time I want to use the phone feels odd. Doing anything accurately on this phone is impossible with your finger. I would not suggest this phone to anyone. This is just a cheap phone in a disguise.

medoo

can any one help me and inform me from where i can buy this phone , thanks

medoo

dear how are you ? iwant to buy this phone but i can't find it can you tell me from where i can buy it , thanks

Anonymous

this is one off best phone today at world gsm arena will review this phone what are u doing gsm ???!!!

pes

i perfer a3100 to all windows mobile

kamal

my friend buy a3100 1week leater and i want to buy this super phone

Anonymous

This is a really a cool looking phone though I am a bit perplexed why I have to keep turning it on?

rishes

its'so good n very sesx

sosa

wifi + 3g good

Anonymous

Moto A3100 will be available in Indonesia. Perhap october. I called Moto customer servis one week ago. Read seluler magazine this month isue.

joe

I believe that Motorola will develop any kind of new smart phone in the future (perrhaps class super smart phone). User friendly (in navigation), connecting personal email (via active sycrhonise), direct face book & many more. If Motorola smartphone coming to my country (Indonesia), I will change my O2 to Moto smartphone.

Anonymous

its beter than iphone

Anonymous

sory,this phone is very ugly

Raina

i like motorola!

Anonymous

is it possible upgrade win mobile 6.5

Anonymous

cute

kevin

great great great beter than my storm 9530 whit beter price

el

dose it have a sesitive touch,i mean is sharp and sensitive????? is it easy to write message witha3100??compaire with a1200...

Anonymous

i wonder why gsmarena doesnt review this phone...:((

eva

i buy a3100 for 3hours later now i just say to you that the design is very good and excelent material to buyldig waiting for my next opinion bye

Anonymous

i tkinck a3100 is beter than htc thuch 3g the features are near

el

htc touch3g is better or a3100?????

Anonymous

good looking

heydi

excelente

emi

i have this phone for 1 week : design very nice qulity buylding excelent camera very good sound like every moto phone excelent and im very very happy to buy it

Anonymous

does anybody have a solution for caller id with name when the phone ring i get a message in askey and cant get any of my calls till i delete the message can someone help me

Leandro

Can anyone who has this phone tell me if it has the application lock feature where you can lock messages, phone book etc, and also how good is the video playback quality? Thank you..

tiekyu

How about the sound volume and quality of ear piece?

Miles

a great phone all over. slight glitch with th Telstra UI. great GPS with tom tom loaded i love it. Alos fairly tough phone i dropped it a few times and not even scratch. 4 stars

Anonymous

its best smartphone at world

Anonymous

great sound whit 3.5 jack and loud speaker

Anonymous

excelent phone

digtized

No Geo Tagging - apart from that looks good on paper. its takes so much time to research this material. Came down to Omnia 900 - good but chinky LHG Arena - crap feedback from you folks about battery contact sync ... so forget it. Got a BB for work but need a fun phone for w-ends and holidays thats not super chunky and wqith a batt that lasts more than 2 hrs on full use! your ideas or suggestions welcome.

alex

thancks guys for your opinion and now i want to buy it

Anonymous

I own this phone for about 2 months, and it is great battery life is really long, call, sound and build quality are typically great for moto phones recommended 100%!

jo

very good design and features stylish

Biskut KL

I have it for 3 months... it completes me .. iphone / blackberry is out of this leages .. The best smartphones

..

Nice phone ,no radio no problem!

kaveh

Wow, Ithink it better than i phone cheepper,nice

Anonymous

great phone

Kamadigjaya

Ups....! ? No FM Radio

Anonymous

i think this phone is so cool for a motorola.....

ss

128MB RAM /3.5mm jack / wifi / 3g / radio / 3.5mp cam wow great phone

Anonymous

best winmobile touch screen

LINGAN

with out RDS fm?????????? sorry i dont like this.

Anonymous

lol really? faily nokia lover

nokia

sorry jackass 5800 is way better than this piece of crap

Anonymous

its cretain that a3100 is beter than 5800

Anonymous

Great phone, pretty much the same as the 5800 in specs and features but the OS + Ui is alot better

Anonymous

martin

very beautiful design

Anonymous

Much better than the 5800, almost as good as the n97. if they added a 5mpx camera or higher, it would hv been gr8.

batman

1. can you edit docs and spreadheets here? i have seen other a3100 specs that say 'viewer' only 2. what is the quality of mp4 playback? i'm planning to get one soon. thank you.

Anonymous

i bought this phone yesterday and returned the next day. i had great hopes for this phone but the lag and picture quality was extreamly to much to keep this phone just on good looks. i recommend know 1 should buy this phone

Brain

crap as every other motorola

Anonymous

for the person who asked about availability in middle east, it is available (through the dealer) in dubai @ around 520usd

jo

best winmobile beter design than x1 and same features

Anonymous

gsm arena pl review a3100

Alan Chua

The recommended retail price is USD $458 in Singapore. So I reckon that the particular retail shop is selling too high.... Check out this link. The retail price is with network contract.

Alan Chua

I had been using it for like 3 months since it first launch. The user interface is very user friendly and most important is, the hardware is very stable (don't hang easily) as compare to other Window PDA phone. Overall it is a nice phone to have.

Alex

The specs look great and You Tube demos sure make this phone worth a try. A big thanks to posters who are honest at GSM Arena.

depmod

I hate spammers. I am not saying that for the current comments but there are peole who right a bad comment and then leave. How can you say a phone sucks 1) without using it 2) without explaining why 3) and generaly why to write a bad comment? Is it because you had a bad day? I can't understand these people. I some time repported a comment but nothing happened. Please GSM arena, lets keep this site clean :)

Anonymous

Thank you for replying, i bought the phone already and expecting the delivery in the few coming days, cheers

Alexander

Because PhoneArena is a Bulgarian website and here in Bulgaria people think Motorola is some kind of cheap-lowquality Italian brand. I hope Motorola doesn't go down like Siemens - we still have the M75 at home and it's better than most of the mid-end phones on the market now.

Anonymous

i agree, one look & play with this a3100, quickly gave it the flick

Costas Schizas

It seems that this phone will be released only to a limited number of countries. At present is not available in the Middle East, Greece UK and a few other countries. Having asked around Saudi Arabia I was told that this phone will not be marketed here. I�m waiting for an official answer from Motorola Middle East however. I have notice that a lot of you out there are comparing this phone with iPhone. You have to remember that Motorola A3100 is a Business phone and not an entertainment phone. The people this phone is targeting are not he same as the iPhone. You may want to compare it with HTC, E-Ten, and other PDAs to be more reasonable.

Anonymous

yes it has (at least english version, for chinese I don't know)

gass

can anyone confirm if this model has the business card scanner feature?

100 Moto

Which shop sells A3100 for over A$800? The phone costs US$400 in HK. The shop must be ripping people off...is it an authorised distributor?

Anonymous

Motorola generaly make great phones, however this A3100 AINT one of them. This phone could not be a serious contender to the IPHONE, HTC, NOKIA or SAMSUNG high end product. Given the cost here in Australia, almost similar to the iphone, one look at this attempt,what would you buy?? For a start the screen resolution is dreadfull. At over 800 bucks Aussie, you would have to be a sandwich short of picnic to buy this thing when very clearly there is better out there. Good luck Motorola!!

Mysterious

I really wanna know why gsm arena didn't review this phone!!!"or any other moto"!!!This phone simply rocks!I was wondering f any1 knows anything concerning the price!

Anonymous

review this super phone gsm

100 Moto

Sorry for being out of the topic, though may I ask exactly how can you send photos from your iphone to anyone? (don't tell me you've to put it as an attachment in an e-mail) And how long have you been using your iphone? My wife got hers in Aug last year, exhanged one around Oct. (as the phone simply went blank for no reason), and after she downloaded some "official" games from App Store 2 weeks ago, all of the sudden she couldn't dial to anyone except those in the phonebook. The staff at Apple Service told her she needs to shutdown the phone every once in a while so to ensure all applications are turned off, (Of course she knows how to press the "x" button in normal situation) otherwise the applications may take up much (RAM) memory or something. (and strange for the fact if something goes wrong with the memory, why the phone still memorizes those in the phonebook instead of the dial keypad?) For the iphone owners I know they've exchanged at least once. Meanwhile, I haven't exchanged any Moto phones I've bought since...over 14 years ago.

Anonymous

pleaseeeeeee GSMARENA review this phoneeeee!!!!

ed

but i like a3100 so much becuse this is (((((motorola)))))

unclemark

My iphone can dial any numbers at anytime. I can send photo's to anyone I want just press the send button. I do not have to send my iphone in for service, but I guess the moto does lol. I have never had to reset my iphone to close apps, simple just close the apps (psst hit the little X) hehe. Don't worry I have had moto phones and I like them too,Lol

100 Moto

No offense to iphone, as my wife is using it and she loves it. For internet, yes I do agree iphone beats the hell out of A3100, which I also own. Though I don't exactly agree with the other points you made. Battery life is overall pretty good on my A3100, which uses the same battery as my Q9 (and even the good old E770), which means when I'm out of power, I can easily swap the battery from my other phone. Don't think iphone can ever do that. Last week my wife's iphone could only dial numbers from the phone book. (which has never been a problem on any of the Moto phones I have used, including "smart" phones like A1000/E6/Q9/A3100, etc...) Just before we took the phone for service, we took a snapshot photo together (on the street). Oops! Photo might be erased during service! Bluetooth transfer to any of our other phone? Sorry, don't think iphone can do that. How about send the photo via MMS to our own phone numbers? Sorry, don't think iphone can do that! She had to wait til we got home and used itune to transfer the photo back to the desktop....which meant we missed taking the phone for service...on Sat. How about taking the phone for service on Sunday? Sorry, iphone service isn't available where I live. (Moto opens from 1100 to 1800 even on Sundays) Finally, my wife took her iphone back to service, which the staff took a few minutes to restart the phone, and the conclusion / advice was "you need to turn the phone off every once in a while to make sure the applications are turned off" Oops! I've been using my A3100 since Jan and I don't think I ever turned off my phone, and it works fine. And yes, I do wish the font size on my A3100 can be enlarged like the iphone, so I can really use my figures to operate everything...instead of using the stylus. And need I mention about the voice quality of my A3100 which beats the hell out of iphone...as well as most other brands (especially the I?music brand's bar phones) in terms of clarity.

unclemark

Bought a a3100 and returned it the next day, very disappointed, internets terrible, battery life is poor and for all the features it claims to have, there not that good. Guess I'll stick with my iphone.

100 Moto

Mind to share with us which phones (unlock and no contract) that offer the features you mentioned for under US$70?

Anonymous

This phone can actually hold upto a 32GB Mirco SD card. Looks like one of the best Windows based handsets ever. Nice size, pretty lite and the track ball looks easier to use then the touch screen. Can't wait till its released to Australia to try it.

Anonymous

Motorola lover.... For being a "motorola lover" you dont have much knowledge about motorola's phones. They have several phones that have: - camera - mp3 - bluetooth - memory card slot & all are below 100 bucks....hell, you can get many phones for under 70 bucks with these requirements.

Anonymous

very nice phone .EQUAL features whit x1

Anonymous

sin radio no sirve esta mierda

Anonymous

im sure a3100 is one of best winmobile all touch screen today

100 Moto

Moto is already offering phones with your so called "requirement" for about US$100. The latest promotion where I live is the U9, which sells for US$90 unlock without any contract. Meanwhile Moto's A810 is one of the cheapest touchscreen phones around...now being sold for about US$128. Let's see when will the almighty / i?music brand ever offer a touchscreen phone for under US$200

motofan.ir

There is a fantastic built-in 3 mega-pixel camera feature which includes a Digital Zoom, Auto Focus and a Flash ensuring the user can take the best photo possible. Also the dedicated camera key function enables the user to manage and operate the camera features with ease. Recording video footage is a must with the built-in recording facilities featured on the MOTOSURF mobile phone. The video player plays in MPEG4 and WMV video formats. There is a second VGA camera that allows the user to participate in video calling with other users with this capability user can enjoy speedy connections with the MOTOSURF's built-in web browsing technologies which include WAP 2.0 XHTML, HTML and RSS Feeds. Other technologies supported to assist the browsers for quick and speedy data and file transfers are 3G HSDPA GPRS and EDGE. Connecting to other compatible devices is a simple and straight-forward process with the Bluetooth with A2DP technology and Micro USB technologies are available. HSDPA enabling the user use their MOTOSURF handset abroad with the roaming facility

Unclemark

I just bought a a3100. I will recieve it by Wednesday and hope to post my review.

questmaster

does anyone...know when motosurf will.. launch in the middle easy...cause im really looking forward for this....

Ben

Always Moto rocks||||| Moto Should be the leader in Mobile Field

motorola lover

to all Motorola R & D team... do you ever go to the market and ask what is the market need? please go to asia region... and forget ask your bosses need, how many people had much money like your boss? consider integrated features ( is a must requirements !!! ): - camera - mp3 - bluetooth - memory card slot - below 100 USD

acepogs

comparison between 65k - 265k - 16m wud me more noticeable if theyre using high pixel, u can only notice it more like when u apply it to ur desktop pc, so in phone, its unnoticeable, motorola preferably, use 256k rather than 16 unlike with the nokia, but seriously u will notice which is sharper and vibrant, in their case, lcd technology, u shud go for it not only by the color, motorola lcds is much better than nokia have, thats one of their advantages over such phone brand.

100 Moto

If so, all Moto phones being released for the past year or so must also be selling very well...because this site hasn't reviewed any Moto phone ever since...(the StarTAC?)

Anonymous

Must be this phone selling like hot cakes, so GSMArena cannot get a hold of one of these for review?!

depmod

Actually you mean MING series because there isn't any 'a' series and all of Motorola's touchscreen phones untill now were (the most of them) MING. A3100 has opened a new series called SURF and i hope we'll see some new smartphones in this series otherwise Sanjey Jha is a lier because he promised at least 10 smartphones in 2009!!!! And i hope he didn't mean the 3 of them will be 'Q' series

Anonymous

i love motorola A seriese because they very nice and touch screen.i like A3100

ouuhsofufhdg

it looks cool lol

Anonymous

GSMArena Should review this Phone.

Anonymous

I have a Z8 which is 16M colour display and I can't see its differences with my E2,Z6 or E8.All I see is the same display.

questmaster

man this mobile is good... but im not sure if it has launched in the middle east.... moto didnt produce many mobiles... but this one is a dream phone... honestly... its good stlyish and i already have moto rokr e8.... awesome shit man.... seriously....

Anonymous

best winmobil touch screen

mary

i just bought a motosurf and im trying to figure out why everytime i receive calls..my phone doesnt ring ..all i get is a message writing cnap notification...when i tap the screen i could receive the call...any help?

Anonymous

Human eyes can't tell the difference between 256K & 16M?!

Will Marseille

I love motorola & touch screen style , but why many screen display of motorola never in 16m colors.

jack

very nice phone i like it

nneka21

y this phone has no radio.

kenakaren

i think your basing your opinion on past moto mobiles like v3 which to me isn't fair are utterly disappointing comparing to nokia and se. trying using the new models like v8 and after that then u will see how great their phones has improves compared to other leading brand and pretty much better than nokia and se which i had used(nokia 6233 sony p1i) i am using moto e8 right with nokia i am having all sorts of problems with its bluetooth and more problems after that ended up sending for service lot of times which is a hassle while sony is good as a whole but call quality is really tinny and it captures your surrounding when you talk all in all if ever i would upgrade my contract i would love to upgrade to this moto phone but its screen is too small for me to view vids....

Anonymous

Motorola still produce excellent phones, especially with their voice call quality! Nokia phones are not bad to use, majority of users like them, but most of them are quite ugly & they also overheat! Most SE phones have nice design with good looks, the best interface & most user friendly menu. Voice call quality definately not the best - they absorb too much of the surrounding noise...Motorola "Crystal Talk" took care of this issue. Younger generation love SE phones. I always stay away from Korean phones. LG phones are not as good as Samsung overall. I'd always find a lot of different problems with Korean phones! Although some of their design are quite nice, they arre really not that nice to own! HTC phones(from Taiwan) are pretty nice looking with a lot of features, but sound quality is extremely lousy. Practically speaking, my number one choice is still Motorola, then SE or Nokia...

Rip

Moto did great things to change the market... long ago! But what is happening to them now? Have they fallen sleep behind the wheel? Look at LG and Samsung! They are thriving like raving lunatics and there is hardly any competition from HTC, Nokia or SE... While Korean phone companies are reporting profits, all other companies are posting losses!! Why? Probably lack of innovation, resources and what not! The result is the same! To be successful in the current market you have to evolve and adapt! Otherwise, you just grow old, boring and die!

BOB

Hi, Can anybody tell me if the back is metal all out. Thank you. Bob

Anonymous

i perfer to buy a3100 and contrite to x1

100 Moto

Strange for the fact Moto developed charging via USB since V3/E680 came out YEARS ago....and in late 2008 early 2009, we only see a micro-USB "plug" by the almighty brand which does NOT support USB charging! For the I?music brand, have you heard conversation from the owner of such company's bar phone, particularly in noisy environment? How many YEARS has such problem persist? Any solution when Moto already moved on to Crystal Talk II...which makes a phone a PHONE, not a PMP! Not to mention the average screen size for such brand... Moto does have its own attributes which mostly get unnoticed due to poor marketing team of the company.

Anonymous

i think the design is best into all win mobile touch screen

Anonymous

best winmobile at world is a3100

Rip

Sure...Moto has plenty of divisions, that I know. I'm talking about the mobile phone division alone!! Which horribly pales in comparison to... well, practically every other well-known brand out there... Take your pick!

Anonymous

motorola a3100 is beeeeeeeeeeest at world

Anonymous

freescale is motorola's semiconductor division and if you have any idea that nokia is using freescale cpus such as 5800 so you can consider this nokia is working for motorola , and he don't need to release plenty of same phones with various size and colors for making people to buy more and more

RIP

Yes, I know!! LOL!! But Moto is still far, far, far behind Nokia and SE. At least they are still trying to come up with new devices (N86, Idou). What is moto doing? still using its sad and pathetic Rzor design! Moto should be put to sleep to end its agony and misery!

Anonymous

you don't know anything about the history of those companies and about how big is motorola and what could do ,nokia and se are nothing against motorola so go talk about them in their spot

Anonymous

Your comment is lol in fact take a look at SE and Nokia before talking about Moto!

RIP

The comments here! LOL! Make me laugh! This is Motorola�s last dying breath! I can hear ALL the other touchscreen phones (no matter how low-end) laughing at this sad, useless, boring,POS!!

Anonymous

The Motokeyboard can be used in both landscape and portrait orientation. But since it's rather large, you won't be able to see much of the text that you're typing in landscape mode. the default winmo keyboard/handwriting options are still in there, so you can switch to them, no problem. i was hoping for more hardware buttons (or a taller screen), since there's a large amount of unused space between the screen and the call buttons.

Anonymous

how is the keyboard is it qwerty landscape?

me

� muito giro!

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Please review this phone, GSMArena!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous

gsmarena must review a3100 and other motorola phone

Shawn

Hi Ed, the keyboard is ok. It will need some getting used to but the general experience for this model is quite good as they do integrate a larger "keypress", Motorola "keyboard" style. Thus its easier to key those long messages so no worries & fire away. Regards

Anonymous

only motorola

Ed

Thanks for your review. Because of the features, I'm torn between buying the Motorola A3100 or the Palm Treo Pro. I like that the A3100 has a better resolution camera and flash(light), and also better talk and stand-by time. The thing is that I've always used a (physical) keyboard. My question is, how would you rate the writing experience in the different applications in the A3100? Thanks.

Shawn

I bought a A3100 back in March. Uses a Destinator Map, which quite honestly works pretty well under wide open spaces. To be fair I think the camera 3.2MP and resolution is pretty ok for its pricing; anyways Winmo only supports 65K resolution, SGD$368 with a 2 year plan. The screen is really good. Its no where the type of touch feel compared to I-phones' but hey its certainly worth a try. In short good cheap reliable GPS, PDA cum phone.

Anonymous

very very nice design i see it in the market and i wana buy it this week great phone

jojo

one simple example is zn5 zn5 , k850 ,c902 , g810 , lg renior , n82 ,6620 , n95 all are 5mp camera (even samsung i8510 8mp) than you never cant compare picture take with zn5 with other model and zn5 is beter than all above phone

motofan.ir

thanck you dear sadegh for your attention realy this is true the numbers and digits that write for the SPECIFICATION unit isnt VICISSITUDE and just in operation we can see reality when my v3x lcd that make 2005 is beter than even n73 k850 and very other phone after several years and my z8 too and now you can compare zn5 and n82 lcd then you understand whats realy clarity and sharpness .

100 Moto

Maybe never! As from my observation (through SMRT around many stations, from downtown to suburban areas) a few years back, the almighty brand captured nearly 80% of the market share, and most others (maybe except Samsung & SE) were not really agressive about marketing their mobile phone products in the beautiful garden city. I really like most aspects of the garden city, except the fact 80% of the time I can only hear the specail tone by the almighty brand...and the fact catching a cab (other than hotels) seems like winning a lottery. Overall people are rather polite as they speak very softly in trains, which I really appreciate. (Total silence in Japan is a bit over...)

sadegh

motorola 320x240's displays is also sharpen than all other vga devises as you can see just compare z6 to k850 or n78 even z6 is 1 years older than these so now you can compare a3100's display to XPERIA X1 you can obviously watch which one is better absolutely a3100 even by lower resolution

Flo

Looks too round for me. These days a device that costs 500+ bucks has to be also appealing to the eye. Extremely simple design doesn't always win. 240x320 is outdated resolution, not enough for comfortable web browsing with all these high speed networks. Really, i'm waiting for 3 years for a phone upgrade together with resolution upgrade to at least VGA. So far only HTC, SonyErricson and ETEN have come with VGA/VGA+ winmobile devices and I'm thinking to make the move.

alex

this is the surprise from motorola great features and performance

ATILA

magical winmobile its iphone real killer

Anonymous

it's the best style and the best phone ever please don't compare it to XPERIA X1 with such a cheap style

Anonymous

When this will be available in Singapore?

Anonymous

superb

Anonymous

i want to buy this phone the price is reasonable and inexpencive than other windows mobile

Jennifer

very nice design i love it and great features.thancks motorola for make this unit gsmarena please review this phone were all waiting

both model are great phone but a3100 is realy beter design and very good look stylish

motofan.ir

ALMOST all features are same in a3100 and x1 than radio and .2" big display for x1 and a3100 has one version up OS than x1(Qualcomm 7201A 528 MHz),Handwriting recognition,gprs Class12... AND: x1 IS 50EUR MORE EXPENCIVE THAN A3100

Mohammed Almallah

my boss like this phone...i will do my best to bring it to him...cuase i love my boss..

Anonymous

good phone, but Xperia much more better...

motofan.ir

overview a3100

Anonymous

gsmarena plz post a review of this phone...

sara

a3100 is realy at 5top phone today at world that are Available very nice design and excellent features

motofan.ir

thanks to gsmarena for edit a3100 specifications : 3.5mm audio jack

motofan.ir

dear friend a3100 is widows mobile and like all widows mobile has 65k color exampell : x1 htc touch hd and ...

....

this is stupid ... an overall ok phone with a 65k colour screen ??? are they serious ?? how can they compete with N97 or lg arena ??

motofan.ir

a3100 has 3.5mm jack gsmarena dont write it ??!!

roman

Great!!!!! its like a pentium 1 in your pocket

colin

the screen better not be too small at 3.5 inch would be perfect 4 it can somone tell me what size the screen is in inch [email protected] if it can be updated to windows mo 7 then this will be so cool im gonna buy it sell it and then make lots of money coz its not released in irland and u.k and most cuountries

Anonymous

Yes, very nice design! Think it's great. Is this device upgradable to windows mobile 6.5?

Anonymous

yes best design like ever a3100 best winmobile touch screen

Anonymous

Excellent voice quality ; 3.5mm audio jack; great build quality;good 3-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED ; great processor ; nice design ;nice interface

motofan.ir

It has been a long time since Motorola has made a touchscreen Windows Mobile handset. There was the dual-hinge MPx300 announced in 2004 but that model was canceled after a limited release in a few Asian countries and can be considered a rarity these days. Today, we have the Motorola Surf A3100. Though it isn't an attention grabber like the MPx300, at least it is available now at S$638 without operator subsidies. Design: First announced at CES in January, the A3100 does not have a physical keypad. While some may balk at the liberal use of curves on this model, it's actually a refreshing departure from all the predominantly black or silver devices with straight edges. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but will be a good option for those bored with the more serious-looking phones. While the A3100's shape and size may not garner universal approval, the use of materials is definitely top-notch. The bezel surrounding the front has a shiny metallic finish, while the back is constructed out of matte metallic material. Though the device isn't exactly light at 120g, the build quality is excellent. Notice the trackball below the screen. (Click for larger image)Below the screen display is a trackball in the center and the Call and Hang up keys. There are no physical softkeys, so getting to contextual menus will require you to touch the bottom part of the screen. The trackball is similar to what you find in many BlackBerry devices. This navigational tool worked fine for the most part and acts as a selector when depressed. Though you can adjust the sensitivity in the settings, we found it not as responsive as BlackBerry's implementation. Also, given the available space below the panel, it would have been great if Motorola gave us an OK key, too, just so we don't have to keep moving our thumb up to the top-right corner to get out of menus and applications. A power button sits on the top-left corner of the device, one that is unnecessarily tiny which made turning the set on difficult at times. On the left, you have dedicated volume controls, and on the right, a camera shortcut. The A3100 comes with a microSD card slot found behind the battery cover. Swapping cards does not require you to remove the battery, so that's good. Syncing is done using a micro-USB port on the left edge. While some may lament the use of micro- rather than mini-USB, we don't find it a big deal because the industry will be transitioning to micro-USB and it will be pretty common soon. Music lovers will be overjoyed to know that there is a dedicated audio port on the A3100 of the 3.5mm variety. This means you will be able use your favorite headphones without having to mess with adapters. A 3-megapixel camera is found on the back and this comes with autofocus and an LED for lighting up darkly lit subjects. There is also a VGA camera on the front, above the screen, for making video calls.

motofan.ir

a3100

never change a3100 whit other phone

Syam

Guess u missed the A1200.. most probably u will have stashed somewhere with those Gems... any body who complains about MOto has never modded his phone , I bricked my moto after umpteen unsuccesful tries to Brick it. Moto has had their bad days and always they have innovated..and ppl have copied them...

James

Come on gsmarena we are all waiting for the review of this phone.

depmod

Hi everybody i had my internet problem fixed.I insisst that this phone is more than simple. For instance i saw my friend's blackberry storm and i asked my self what is the big deal about that phone. The only thing in which i am going to accuse motorola is that it hasn't come in greece Y E T. I don't understand! We excist too. Why is everything for China only? Is because the president of Motorola in greece is(.......) or what?

Anonymous

this phone is nothing special at all but i guess its special for moto? i mean no one expects much from them anywayz. moto come out with something that more people would even consider buying. possibly have a look at nokia, samsung, htc, LG, SE if you've run out of ideas. or maybe try make another razr phone like razr4xxxy, razr5yxyx or even aura2000.....fail :P

motofan.ir

hi guys im come back from vacation

Common

Yes. These kinds of phones are probably out by now but not this one. Cool to feel in when you hold in your hand, amazing form factor and very fast. Good Job Moto :)

nicksti

In my experience Motorola phones do not give any more trouble than any other phone on the market with a similar design. I think the people that had bad experiences with Moto were people that owned the original V3 RAZR. Those phones were very fragile and they were bound to be. A flip phone that thin is prone to ribbons breaking and not being able to absorb shock when dropped. The A3100 I said a while back in the comments is well positioned in the Touchscreen PDA phone segment. The only other alternative is the Touch Diamond. This beats the Diamond in Quad Band, Card Slot, Processor, LED Flash, 3.5mm audio jack. Nicely done Moto.

Andes

I would like to see a review of this phone by GSMArena it looks very ....boring and 2008 stuff but i think it's a little underrated i know that motorola make pretty sturdy phones with good batterries (at least they made them a few years ago) and i read that the speed and response of this device are excelent.If it has a reasonable price it would make a best seller pretty fast everyone wants to see specs (camera,screen,megapixels and etc.) but the actual performance of the phone is a totaly different thing and i want to know a users opinion about the device .

Anonymous

Very nice phone

Budy

To late with this phone Moto, that kind of phones are already on the market... And also it is nothing special...

nycolayvl

nice phone now motorola is the one that make a real phone around others great design and very good radio features this is what we need

100 Moto

Sorry, I only have the 2nd generation DynaTAC, which is a "reduced size" version of the original one, which first came out around 1991/92. Guess the person who complained so much about the quality of Moto phones never owned one of these...

Anonymous

This looks like the one for me I still have my Moto A1000 but the battery no good and nothing out there comes close can I get one of these please and where from I dont caRE HOW MUCH IT IS

Stuart

Your post reminded me of my "good old days" while using MicroTac 8700. If I'm not wrong, the MicroTac was the first with flip phone design, then came Elite which was slimmer and then Star Tac, probably the smallest, thinnest, flip phone around back then. The Microtac battery was probably the size of many current phones, imagine the technology advancement between these years. You should start a Motorola phones museum some day.

Anonymous

Wow..You still have that DynaTAC? I think it's the first cellphone in the world.You got a great collection. The almighty brand also has some issues with their phone such as 3230,3250,etc. The almighty brand has some bad reputations now..:D

fre

moto NEVER claim that this is a HIGH end phone, its just a Mid range phone with an affordable price. when you ppl keep comparing this with HTC, X1 and omnia, have you ever put the price also in your consideration ? maybe you are rich but not everybody. you can show off you have X1 or 16G omnia, but some ppl just need a PHONE with good function and fair price !! and NOBODY stops you wasting your own money.

100 Moto

Moto phones don't last for more than a week? Let's see the following examples: - My 2 oldest Moto phones are (smaller version) Dyna TAC and MicroTAC Elite. The only reason these 2 phones no longer work is due to the network service provider...as nobody offers the AMPS analog network anymore. Though you're more than free to visit my home in US where these phones reside...they still function 100% in all other areas. - Then talking about my oldest GSM phone, being a Motorola P7689. Yes, it still works 100%. - The generation after P7689 such as V60i, V600, A835, A1000, etc...are still in my collection box. The phones themselves still "work" (both for calls and multi-media, as I saved quite a bit of video on my A835.) Moving on to the next generation with mini-USB charging plug...my oldest ones are V3X, E770 E2, V6, V3mass (i-mode), Z3, E6, Z8 etc...all of them are still working 100% All of the phones mentioned above are certainly at least 1 week old, if not 1 year... Currently I'm using Zn5, V8, EM35, Q9h, V9, A3100 with micro-USB charging plug, with my A3100 being the youngest being 2 MONTHS old. Not a single problem went wrong with these phones. Not to mention the K3, EM330, V191, W270, W510, V3maxx being used by my wife, sister-in-law, parents-in-law, and my mom....all with their Moto phones for at least over a month. - A friend of mine was using the almighty brand's "almighty" (slim) flipphone...which he dropped from about 1m height, and the flip then could be turned over 180 degrees, and the open-flip to answer function went to heaven at the same time. Meanwhile, his wife "is still" using Moto V3maxx (since it first came out) and dropped the phone from 1m height for at least 20 times, and the phone still works perfectly. - And here is what's going on at Moto service center where I live. Average waiting time - to drop off the phone...less than 5 mins. Phones under the 1-year warranty can be repaired (or mostly being replaced) within 1 hour, or even 45~50 mins. For comparision, the almighty brand, which has only 3 service centers (with sales volume at least 4 times that of Moto), would take at least an hour to "drop off" the phone for service, and then at least another 2~3 hours for "repair"....where sometimes the phones are not even "repaired" as the brand wouldn't admit such being a problem. If other brands are so problem free, suggest you to read the "extra feature" which came with those 5800....being unstable earpiece volume. Indeed, the visitors to Moto's service center in my area mostly only went there to pickup their new free phones (W270) by applying credit cards.... See if you can share with us with more precious examples as to which Moto models you sold had what kind of problems which were returned within a week. (don't tell me you sell ?-mobile phones in US, as this operator is well known for messing up good phones with its own software)

Stuart

Hello Sir, I hope you could view my reply here with kind consideration and I didn't mean any disrespect to your early comment. I can respect your job on selling Motorola phones(or probably other phones as well) and definitely you'll have more exposure as compared to us, normal people. Coincidently, I'm also into managing, sales & marketing too but on other products which is also consumer related. I can understand your "angle of approach" when you said: "lol. well if motorola could build a useable phone that doesn't break a week after purchase- maybe motorola would have a bigger fanbase.", I can see the point you're trying to make that Moto phones are generally non-lasting or easily breakable. MAYBE to a certain extent you could be right (from your perspective) but I believe many others here do not agree with that. Yes, I'm a Moto fan, but my previous Z3, V8 and E8 did not break up or breakdown on me - not within a week, months or a year after I purchased them. To be fair, in general term, I don't believe other brands too have this problem eventhough some uses more plastic materials so that's in general term and I'm not refering to some isolated cases due to reasons that you and me could not comprehend. For me, Motorola is a good brand, the shortfall is on their marketing and not so much on their products, I believe 100 Moto, another multi-Moto phones user/owner/collector could second to what I said. I've accidently dropped my Moto phones before including my E8 which has no cover on it onto a marble floor from approx. 3 feet height and to my surprise, no sign of scratch marks or breakage since the front of it is glass, the side material I understand is of plastic and the back is metal. Furthermore, I don't think V3 back then could sell so much if it is as fragile. Therefore, I would agree that even if no one phone is perfect but they should last for a reasonable period. Anyone wants a really tough phone made for Robocop, try out Moto's Tundra VA76r. (LOL)

apt.pupil

"Dear all moto haters, good work your very PERSEVERANCE at your work (hate) when a3100 and ve66 have 9.2 vote about 2week later and stand #1 & 2 in gsmarena ranking you start your work and now this phone have 8.4 vote shame ,, where are moto lover ? but never forget this:motorola is your OVERLORD alway" lol. well if motorola could build a useable phone that doesn't break a week after purchase- maybe motorola would have a bigger fanbase. i sell motorla phones for a living- i know firsthand how many hassles people who have never used a moto before actually go through. though since this is a winmo platform- i have high hopes for this phone. i could sell it as a cheaper alternative to the Sony Xperia or the HTC Touch HD

Anonymous

DAMN! it was supposed to be #1 phone in gsmarena! but thanks to moto haters it's not!!! it doesn't matter anyway 'cuz when motorola get started showing the android phones, sony ericsson will be, how can i say?

motofan.ir

Dear all moto haters, good work your very PERSEVERANCE at your work (hate) when a3100 and ve66 have 9.2 vote about 2week later and stand #1 & 2 in gsmarena ranking you start your work and now this phone have 8.4 vote shame ,, where are moto lover ? but never forget this:motorola is your OVERLORD alway

Stuart

Hi John, Just sharing information from my part, I agree with some HTCs and other WM PDA phones now are using higher screen resolution like 480 x 640 (as compared to 240 x 320), I also noticed at least one model even started with 16 million color versus 65K color screen. The finer details and color are more vibrant definitely and it can also mean higher usage of battery power. I believe it is more of marketing and positioning strategy by Moto rather than competing on the highest possible technology, so there are 2 different approaches here. At this point I must say my statement here are purely based on personal view, as part of my job involves managing a sales & marketing team myself, the decision on which range we intend to position a product based on which targeted market we are eyeing for will determine material use, component quality use, technology involve and lastly price point. Looking at A3100 and its price point, it is for sure not eyeing for the top of list with innovative technology of the year category. But A3100 can definitely beat out or matches some of its competitors with 128/128 RAM ROM, 3 MP camera, without flash, 400 odd processors and so on. I've also read from one website that A3100 comes with Crystaltalk, if it's true, then this is the only WM model that could give you the advantage of handling calls in noisy environment like other Moto phones. Motorola brand has been around for a long time, I know there are some unfavorable remarks by people who doesn't like it but it has never (at least not yet) shown its "instability" like other makers. Recently other WM PDA phone brands like Eten has "merged" with Acer, so did Asus, their future product will be named Asus Garmin. Usually a merger makes both companies stronger, if they are strong by itself logically they don't really need to merge. It could also mean one is buying over the other. This A3100 is definitely worth a second look and can be a strong contender at its price range, which is much reasonable than the higher range HTCs or Samsung with really good screen and importantly, it can just do its job as well as others. Since majority of WM PDA phone users are buying this kind of phones to better their working environment and productivity levels, I believe many are willing to overlook the high-end screen in exchange for a better price - especially in this kind of economic situation.

motofan.ir

se x1 Palm Treo Pro HTC Touch Diamond HTC Touch Pro HTC Touch hd .... and almost all win mobile are -65k- color display omnia is symbian os not win mo and i cant find win mo from nokia ?!

John

Most of the high end HTC,Samsung WM phones have higher resolution - HTC Touch Diamond: 480 x 640 - HTC Touch Pro: 480 x 640 - HTC Touch HD: 480 x 800 - Samsung OMNIA: 240 x 400 Although, all of these phones above have one thing in common, they're 'slow' in term of performance... so you have to decide if you want nicer screen or better performance... A3100 is probably one of the fastest WM devices on the market

skwirditz

how much? ehehheh dude i can't fine the price.. what a loser i am ;(

100 Moto

Can you share with us which Windows Mobile based phone has better resolution than A3100? Thanks.

Anonymous

Long waiting line...

Nag

Looks like the first of the many touch screen phones to be forth coming from Motorola. Except for the low resolution screen, this one seems to have pretty much everything needed in a smartphone with decent price. Welcome back to the race Motorola.

Anonymous

ok

Anonymous

very nice design

100 Moto

Stylus is located in the back (right side) of the phone from the top.

motofan.ir

Motorola Surf (A3100) Features Navigate content by touching or swiping a finger across the touch screen, or use the omni-directional trackball to access Internet content, contacts and calendar Customizable icon-based carousel, accesses continuous live feeds, weather, email, news and calendar events Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional offers fast and familiar access to personal and corporate email, documents and PC-like browsing with Internet Explorer / Opera Connect with HSDPA, HSUPA and Wi-Fi for simple and fast data transfer

motofan.ir

Running Windows Mobile 6.1 software, the Motorola Surf A3100 is a touch tablet device with a customizable home screen. Consumers can access applications with the tip of a finger, a stylus or an omni-directional trackball. They can personalized home screen icons to get live feeds on weather, news, personal and work email, messaging and calendar events. The Surf can toggle back and forth between documents. With Wi-Fi and 3G, consumers can access video conferencing or update their Facebook status. They can also navigate from point A to B using aGPS.

rockdhero

Totaly agreed

motofan.ir

a3100 has led flash gsmarena dont right it ?!

nick

Is the stylus inserted in the body of the phone or is it attached outside ? Btw, the phone has the 3.5 mm jack. Great!

Anonymous

='] Better than the X1? You're kidding me. It's a Motorola!

kabir

if anyone like to know about this huge phone go to youtube.com and see the video of this phone !i hope you see fantastic phone!

Anonymous

will it b a value for money........ is it a nice phone ??? please give me opinions for dis phone

Anonymous

unrivaled

dnb237

please some review about this phone????

Anonymous

Just brought it 2 days ago. Very nice phone. Highly recommand it to anyone

Anonymous

No pun intended, but this phone has just been released, how can it have so high of a ranking? I really do not trust the ranking system or the voting results on this site.

Anonymous

gsmarenaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa review this phone and motorola phone

Anonymous

@ 100moto This phone would be released in India By Q2 start!! cant wait! oh wait i dont have money!

Anonymous

i dont see why this phone has such high voting results? Because is Motorola. This is a rebirth. New year, good news.

Anonymous

super phone

navidnkt

motorola A3100 is best mobile in the world / besure my friend

100 Moto

Phone was released in HK back in mid-Jan...but nobody here ever cares about release in Asia...

Anonymous

i dont see why this phone has such high voting results... Its nothing special, just a normal windows mobile device with touchscreen. It doesnt even have a qwerty keypad or slider, y is it better than x1 and n97? The features lack a whole lot. Its just another motorolla... y 8.9/8.9/8.9????? It deserves a flat 8.0

motofan.ir

very beter than x1 , omnia , iphone and n97 gsmarena will review this phone and pther good moto phone like aura zn5 em35 ve66 zn300 and gsm update your ranking this phone have best vote in site

Anonymous

Set is released in Singapore, why has GSMArena not updated this as released yet? Its a greawt phone!!

Anonymous

All the windows mobile base phone is only 65K color.

100 Moto

If you can find some other Windows Mobile based phones from other brands that don't run on 65K color, let me know ASAP.

Anonymous

i dont know y motorola is stuck @ 65K colors....

xcm319

emachines for A3100

simply me

The link is there. look 1 msg below yours. it says: 100 moto.

gka3000

ohh my godddd !!! i think im turning my head towards motorolas now lol ... this thingy is amazing ...

simply me

msg for:100 moto I forgot to give you their email. send them a msg, they reply all day every [email protected]

100 Moto

Mind to share your experience with A3100 once you get a copy? PS. I wish my unit runs on English WM...

Whut

A motorola fan for years.. and i almost gave up on them with their crap releases. Honestly, the last ever great phone that i ever used from motorola is their V3 series and e398. i almost gave up because motorola has never produced any greater phones, i was looking for 3g phones with video capable but when i spot a nice one, motorola doesnt have it. it's like old technology till im so sick of it. this a3100 is a wonderful surprise. i didnt realise it's been launched till i was browsing through my telco website in singapore, and found this phone. at first, i was like what the heck, another crap.. till i saw a WM interface and went "hey, this might be the ONE! " when i browsed the specs.. i fell in love with it. I lost my samsung Omnia 8gb due to theft, and am currently using an LG KS20 and SE K618i.. and im sooooooooo looking forward to owning this A3100! It's a dream come true phone at a reasonable price that i believe is able to fight an omnia though 3mp only! Good job motorola... always believed in you. 3 more months to contract expiring.. and i will definitely get this phone or i'll chop my head off!

100 Moto

my understanding is: - A3100 is NOT officially available in mainland China, as in mainland China Moto sells a 2G version called A3000....withOUT 3G (and the secondary cam) - The device likely comes with Windows Mobile in "CHINESE", which I asked and CANNOT be coverted to English (due to license problem) - The prices you quoted certainly are "not" official from Moto China, as its own website list other (higher) prices. If you can share with us regarding your source that would be great, as we can futher evaluate if such source is "trustful"....meaning the shops don't exchange parts/accessories...

simply me

the a3100 is cheap. it's not 450, it's actually 200/USD in china, & the a1600 is 210. im actually going to order mine this week straight fr there! if u want the site and the business email, let me know.

Rael B. Riolino

Hi. The max capacity of the microSD slot is 32GB. Here�s the info at the a3100 oficial website: Rael B. Riolino Techzine.com.br

Anonymous

Alamak... Moto and Nokia are the same. Never wake up attidude

motofan.ir

my first mobile was v3 - v3i - f3 - v3x - z8 - v9 - zn5 and now im looking for ve66 or a3100 and im realy very happy and ACQUIESCENT from my phone and never cant change motorola whit any phone from all brand first mobile phone maker at world and best only moto

Stuart

Good that you've made up your mind on other brands beside Motorola. I always respect every individual's decision and I expect the same understanding from others too. Therefore, I believe we will probably won't be seeing you again in this forum so good luck to your new favourite phone brand site(s) where you could spend more productive time helping others in need of information.

Anonymous

motorola is the worese company in the plant, this company which go out of business. this phone is the wrosiest phone of all other and company. i will never buy the motorola phone in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jagjeet

Still awating Moto's reply to all the new gen phones avalilable..

sammy

Dear Stuart Thanks for your explanation. I have more than 10 WM device, just wonder why this stuff can outsmart device such as the sony X1 or htc diamond etc., Just for curiosity sake!! Cheers anyway and have a nice weekend

Stuart

sammy, The "rating" on this phone or any other phone models and brands are really subjective from my opinion. Be it Motorola, Nokia, SE, Samsung and others, the same person can visit and re-vote again and again even the number of Hits you see here could be misleading. Know what? I've been visiting gsmarena on my bookmarked phone model sites at the average of once every 2 days for the last 1 year, I've never put my vote on any phone models at all. Another personal experience I can share with you is that I rarely put 100% trust on website reviews anymore these days. I bought a Motorola H12 bluetooth headset AFTER reading so many mixed website reviews, some said it's a good unit and some said not. I realised some websites are actually copying the reviews from other websites. CNET actually said the H12 didn't perform as expected but I went against the reviews and bought it after testing out the actual unit physically at the shop. Until today, I'm really happy with its performance so I concluded that I'll probably accept a 30 or 40% trust on website reviews from now on and I'll just take them as a guide. I've read many product buyers actually blamed some websites for putting up a good review on something they bought and they bought them based on these positive reviews. So for me, a 7.0, 8.0 or even 8.9 votes does not really matter, the voting result only showed that "generally" many are favorable towards a product. If you're really interested on this model, I suggest that you check it out at the phone shops, feel it, hold it, press some buttons, if they allow, put in your sim card (if applicable) to test the voice quality and volume. By then you should be able to make your own decision. I'm just trying to be fair and realistic about this issue even though I'm a Moto fan.

motofan.ir

are you fidgety for 8.9 vote for this phone ! this is first tuchscreen winmobile from moto after several years whit realy good design(the elegance design not VISIBILITY from picture in this site),features,performance and very good material like every moto phone , and every moto lover from all world waiting for thus pda phone and very soon come another model from moto that are even very beter than a3100

sammy

just cannot understand why is the rating of this stuff so high 8.8??? Please tell my why?

Stuart

From my experience with Windows Mobile version 2002, 2003 SE, WM 5, WM 6, they all have Cut, Copy & Paste features. Just like a PC running on Windows, you can type out a sentence, highlight the full sentence to perform cut, copy or paste. You can also cut, copy or paste a file or folder from your PDA phone unit to its memory card. To me, a phone with PDA function, handwriting recognition with stylus and running on Windows Mobile OS is a good combination.

100 Moto

I tried that with SMS, yes, you can copy & paste. Or did you mean files or something else? It should work like other Windows Mobile devices.

Jerry Numbi

Yes Moto ar going down but hope their will came back at the first range'cause still have best design and good prices.

Anonymous

c this!!! maybe motorola is a little quiet now.. prepare to lauch a powerful device

Anonymous

may i know does this phone has a 'copy/cut and paste' function like the E680i?

motofan.ir

motorola NOWADAYS work to new great phone whit realy best design and features and performance like past and were hopeful moto very soon announce OFFICIAL motorola always is best

Anonymous

motorola is going down.. say bye-bye to them..

100 Moto

Mind to share with us what Windows Mobile / PDA phone you would get for: US$420 US$250~$300 US$180~$200 as of Feb 2009?

Anonymous

I just checked the price on this.. almost $420 USD and A1600 for $270 USD.. I used to have A1200 before so I looked these phone over, but the price kills.. You can get so many other options for $400-$450 range phones.. This phone should be more like $250-$300 range, and A1600 for $180-$200..

motofan.ir

new motorola phone :

WOOLLENKEVYB

HAHAHAHAHAHA Kodak is not going to save the fact that motorola are going to hit this credit crunch harder than fat man falling off the empire state building!!! Really Motorola need to escape that crocked software there running and then bring a phone that does not look like a fossel or some kind shinney terd!! Kodak are not known for good len's, sony, cannon, carls zeiss, and even the SLR range of pixon. come on keep things up to date guys your miles behind.

Alexander, Bulgaria

I SUGGEST WE ALL REQUEST MOTO TO RELEASE THIS PHONE IN EUROPE&USA!!!. I have contacted them and they said it will be available in Europe "at the earliest" in Q3. I think that if it has 136000 hits here in gsmarena and they receive more than 10000 emails , they will gladly release it in Europe or Usa earlier.

100 Moto

In the past 20 years or so, I have noticed the Americans get more variety of cars (from Japan) than ever before, while the (Japanese) cars available in HK have shrinked.... Though the mobile phone market is another story, for such tiny place which requires additional software (to support 2 kinds of Chinese characters), different phone makers probably offer more than 90% of their (GSM) models in HK. Meanwhile, relatively speaking, US mobile phone market is rather boring with only a few (less than 10?) models from each company. Can someone help me to understand how it works?

mw

this phone has a ugly design,what is motorola doing?arnt thay gona make the z12 kick slider, with wifi 5mp cam fm radio.

Anonymous

Motorola still make the best phones for calls...but without gadget that kids love.

Anonymous

motorola used to be known as a phone industry leader, but because the razor could only do they some good there on a sinking ship, nokia, SE, and Samsung are dominating the market, But all said with that Apple's next Phone will probably revolutionize the way we use cell phones period

depmod

You are right. I've been posting things in the motorola's forum but everyone has used to ignore me. I AM HERE. Even though i am from greece and we don't have moto a3100,ve66,em35 yet(and that's not our fault) I have been giving many informations on this forum till a month ago when i understood that only 'few real members' read our posts. Everyone else just writes a bad comment that is usually wrong and leaves.

motofan.ir

hi dear 100 moto dont huffy for some guys word spoken maybe they are moto hater and enemy whit moto we will see you dont tired 100moto only moto

100 Moto

Several pages and about more than a month ago I already posted articles regarding the "official" price (or MSRP) for A3100 is US$400. Unfortunately seems like the culture of this forum some people simply don't scroll back and read the pages behind, and keep asking questions as to how much the phone costs, when the question was answered many times in the past. Then all of the sudden one guy came out and claimed the phone sells for US$510...and not even quoting the source being official or not, and some other people start saying "oh the phone is so expensive...." Maybe people don't appreciate my comments anymore, if so, maybe I shall retire from this forum as people don't seem to respect "real" users around here...

Anonymous

thancks guy i see this sait realy very grily for every rival only moto

hmm..

this phone also sucks.. c'mon motorola.. plz make better phone like samsung or LG..

depmod

You are definetely gonna like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cracker6

It's an average touchscreen phone. If the price will be reasonable; surely they will come back into North-American market.

motofan.ir

400 - 500$ for this mobile in this class at compare whit other brand realy is low price and good

Anonymous

Where was Moto in Barcelona?? This is where you have to be to get awards. C�mon Moto, shape up now!

Mega

I bought this phone in January, I love this phone so much.....price is around $400 US

Anonymous

It doesn't cost 500 US dollars

Anonymous

Only 3.2MP camera in Y2009? Motorola still going backwards. Will be at bottom of the pack or defunct by end of year. Goodbye Moto! So sad.

lisandro

_what???? uss 510!!! this is a good price for you??? for this equipment? for this price you can buy some much better!!! nevermind motorola is dead in the market of mobile phone world if not change your way to make the things!!!!

100 Moto

$510? US$? The guy is making at least $100 profit from his source...and whether or not if the WM version is in English...

Anonymous

Motorola had nothing to show at WMC? This is not so good

thierry

if the price is reasonable, i will for sure consider to own this phone. it juz too great! but when i get tis kind of phone, wat im afraif of is scratch. can get the protection layer easily? n window mobile, i nver tried before. I oni got experience in Linux. is there good software around? free or need to purchase? hope to see it in singapore soon.

twenttysix

already available: Price - 510 $ good luck!

Anonymous

i think motorola should create their own operating system and not use windows mobile. i don't like windows mobile. i reckon motorola needs to lift its game or the other brands will surpass motorola in no time.

Anonymous

I see a big score.People just want a simple on the view phone,with high end features and a low price.A3100 seems to be that.

Anonymous

A3100 will be available in European market for about 2 months, in some european regions sooner this is info from motorola stand at MWC

Anonymous

Is the Moto A3100 for European markets also

toam

Dear M"r motofan.ir i dont say that Motorola A3100 not good, however you hear about... ---"Gigabyte g-Smart MS820"--- this excellent phone this es 9 point Have a wonderful day

motofan.ir

toami do you realy think about infrared !!!ha ha its joke we are in 2009 year . a3100 is windows mobile not camera phone that have optical zoom !? however very very few camera phone today have optical zoom . a3100 have digital zoom and led flash

100 Moto

Just curious, how many phones released in 2009 still offer infrared, if not optical zoom?

cell addicted

Finally motorola released a phone to compete with all the newest releases on the market. They have been left behind for years. As far as i remember the V3 was the last revolution motorola made.

motofan.ir

this is a smart phone(compare it to the Iphone)..no needs for high mp(5mp or 8mp)...surely moto will comes with grand 8mp or maybe 10mp in a new model based on Camera features..Just look at the ZN5(the greatest 5mp compare to n82 and others)..Better late than never..

toami

o.k ... no "Infrared", "no Fax Data" , no "Digital zoom" ,no "Optical zoom" , no "Flash" , no "radio" , sooooo why?, 9 point

Aqua

im waiting for u !

Anonymous

great great great

allstars

MWC!!!! motorola a3100 one of de best phones but .... come on bring out a next best plz!!!!! a WM and LINUX i really like the linux os very fast and nice like zn5 and ve66

KHAN ASHIK

MOBLE FOR THE GODS TO USE------just in love with this phone.....just wish my GF was as loaded as this phone..lol

mrinal

wow ultimate one... not even a single disadvantage ... and look at the browsing speed (7.2 MBPS) which is more than enough.... I heard that this is having windows 6.1 OS with customisable home screen... and have a look at the design screen size is just perfect (unlike 5800 which is stretched vertically downwards) ...and its roller scroll key is so smart and trendy........ Moto Surf really rocks... breath taking phone ... I'll love to have this phone..

bob

no waht i meant is i now a guy who nows a guy who nows the owner and he gave it to me and not for 4 months like 2 weeks but it is a great phone

bob

dude you guys dont now what u are talkin about this is the best motorola phone ever i have it for 6 months i got connections with the owner of motorola

Anonymous

man you must be insane do you even know wat fone were talkin abt???? this is the worst SE and why are you sayin motosurf dude your in the wrong phone openions

Anonymous

no man, i like the keypad, specially for typing messeges, if we had a touch screen messeges will take ages to b written, but the keypad in this fone is better than the keypad in the MOTOSURF A3100,,,,,

Anonymous

i got this fone last christmass it looked good back then but the promblem with it that the key pad is not soo good and the you have to have musceles to squze a button i wish it was touch screen so dissapointing of SE

Booooooooooo

I love this fone i had it since i was 16 years old, and now i'm 22, i just cant get enough of it,,,,,,,,,

Anonymous

this is dangerous

Anonymous

dangerous moto

Anonymous

Best phone so far.fully loaded gadget ...with high end features (even better) Totally unbeatable ... can anyone tell me what's the price range (in Rs)of this phone in Indian Market...

jy~ moto

Talk and Standby Time3 GSM Talk Time � Up to 6.8 hours GSM Standby Time � Up to 12.4 days Bands/Modes GSM: Quad-Band EDGE/GPRS: 12/12 WCDMA: HSDPA 7.2 850/1900/2100 Triband1 Weight 119gms Dimensions 110x59.7x13.7mm Battery 1170mAh OS Window Mobile 6.1 Professional Connectivity USB 2.0 HS, Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology with A2DP2 Display 2.8� QVGA with Touch Panel Messaging MMS, SMS, Multi-Head IM, Email [Exchange]1 Audio AMR, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI Video MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 & WMV playback support, .3GP and .MP4 file playback support, H.263 capture support Camera 3 megapixel auto focus, VGA secondary camera Memory 256MB Flash, 128MB RAM, Micro-SD up to 32GB Chipset Qualcomm MSM 7201A Software Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Form Factor Touch tablet smartphone Navigation aGPS

4moto

On screen QWERTY and Handwriting.

hattaong

hi people I was wondering how is the SMS function like? Does it use handwriting or virtual QWERTY keyboard or a virtual number pad? Thanks

aboo

the motorola a1300 is a great phone it is not a shity phone it is great

venu

thank you

motofan.ir

motosurf = best windows moile zn5 = best camera phone e8,em35 = best music phone ve66,z10= best slider phone motorola = best in the world

Anonymous

Im one of motorola fanz Use it since V series, RAZR, n now still using SLVR L9 I've thinked to buy HTC diamond for WM n Wi-Fi, but decide to keep my money n wait for this MOTOSURF I'm glad motorola now has a WM PDA phone Hope it'll enter Indonesian market on March

Anonymous

htc toch diamond 340 eur nokia 5800 280 eur (5800 is not win mobil ) while a3100 have update features than htc

Ree

Does Motorola A3100 have a Crystal Talk?

nicksti

My guess is the phone will come in at the $300+ range. $400 will not be an acceptable price when you compare other phones in the same category: Nokia Tube (5800) - $400 mid on launch HTC Touch Diamond - $400 mid on launch Both phones have the same foundation of features (PDA, Full Touchscreen, Wifi, 3.2MP) plus a few more bells and whistles (accel, proxy sensor, tv out, fm radio). I wonder why Moto left out the accelerometer and proxy sensor. Those things seem to be all the rage now in PDA buttonless phones.

Stuart

For both Mustafa and nicksti, I'm glad both of you guys are really constructive in your comments. Your comments were fair and reasonable eventhough we all have our own perspectives but I really like how well the comments were laid out. I've been & read many comments in other phone model forums here that were ridiculously rude, unprofessional and bias. Really appreciate both your comments here with positive approaches and if others could just do the same, we all could save more time avoiding useless & pointless posts. For Mustafa, fully agrees with you on the price point on this model. Since A3100 is positioned to compete against more established brands like HTC, Asus, O2 and the latest Acer that bought over Eten recently, initial market penetration is important to mark its present. I really hope its price could be more affordable & reasonable for people to grab them so that Moto could have a successful debut in WM PDA phone market. Have a good day and looking forward for more from you guys here.

motofan.ir

best of west every thing are excellent :design , material , camera ,wifi, 3g,sound .volume , lcd , motorola

nicksti

Remember a stylus vs finger really is a market segment thing. I think the average consumer than wants a touchscreen phone will want a finger operated phone while the business exec that wants a touchscreen phone will want a stylus. Finger operated phones lack handwriting recognition which tend to be desirable for writing on touchscreen phones unless you are a texting teen (not including qwerty phones). Also Windows Mobile just is not well suited to finger operation. I currently own an HTC Touch Pro and there are certain things that are too small to easily "grab" using your finger. The iPhone was built from the ground up for finger operation.

Mustafa

That's definitely a valid point, but a 2.8 inch screen size was completely acceptable back in the day, when one could use a stylus without shame; it was common protocol for a smartphone. However, the stylus has become a thing of the past, something Apple has completely rendered "un-sexy" and no one wants to use a clumsy stylus. The trackball is a great solution, however, and the phone's user interface does look intuitive. However, Motorola needs a flaghship phone for consumers to look to. Not everyone will be the monster HTC touch HD, but when you see what HTC was able to accomplish with it, people became immediately impressed. I know I did, and with that impression they made I became interested in the other phones they are manufacturing. Motorola, I think, needs a phone that captures the eye. Trying to type, landscape even, on a phone that has less than a 3.0 inch screen is annoying for me, and I don't have overly large hands or fingers either. Also, the sexiness and consumer appeal of windows mobile isn't what it used to be either, Motorola's interface is gorgeous, and I, despite HATING past iterations of windows mobile (and it's standard and clunky interface today) was impressed when I saw the A3100 in action. However, if messaging becomes a problem or a nuisance due to a small screen, there's no way I can justify spending $400 on a device. I think other consumers will think the same. HOWEVER if the phone can be offered at a great contract price of $150 (in the states, again) after two year contract, Motorola will be kicking some serious butt.

Stuart

Personally I agrees with your comment on the screen size, I do hope many others would too but, I guess they will not, unfortunately. For me, I liked the screen size of the older models that I've used before which were 3.5" such as O2 XDA 1, XDA IIs and Dopod 900 with 3.6" (another version of XDA Exec). Ever since the XDA Mini came out sometime 2003 (I think), the sales shot up for the Mini so much that many other competitors started to produce Windows Mobile PDA phone with 2.8". If you can recalled, after O2 XDA Mini, companies like Dopod (like O2 at that time which was also manufactured by HTC) also launched the Dopod 818 & 838 Pro with 2.8" screen. In my country, both O2 & Dopod with 2.8" screen sold so many units that they created huge awareness and demand on Windows Mobile PDA phone at that time. I would say that was a golden time for WM PDA phones. My friend who was among the pioneer in distributing WM PDA phones at that time made his fortune then - unlike now. The 2.8" screen size was well liked due to its overall smaller size and was well accepted by the younger generations who were willing to spend to get the latest gadgets. For a number of years, almost all WM PDA phones were 2.8", O2 tried to come back with 3.5" when they launched the O2 Flame with 2GB internal memory on a 3.5" but faced with huge failure on the bigger screen. For those who have tried 3.5" screen like me, I didn't mind the size of the phone, viewing movies, reading texts, writing were all better in my opinion. Like I said earlier, many will disagree with me due to personal preference. Lately, there's an indication of bigger screens coming back from phones like IPhone & Samsung Omnia even though they were not exactly 3.5" but they were bigger than the normal 2.8" as a whole. Even HTC has a new 4" screen size now. I believe it boils down to the way manufacturers market them, the user's perception and many user's perception are easily swayed by advertisements. If the 3" screen size are slowly coming back in trend, then this what it's gonna be for the time being until the next trend.... (who knows what). So screen size is just a matter of personal preference, if I were a PDA phone manufacturer now, I'll produce a model that has 2.8" because this is what the majority of the people wanted, I wouldn't want to risk coming out with a 3.5" now (some people might call it Jurassic park era of WM PDA phones) and face with lower sales and profit in the end. In business, the ultimate goal are the sales & profit, so minority's preferences are rarely taken into account.

Anonymous

yeah 2.8inch on full touchscreen is to small & still use old colour technology Zz..Zz expensive OS with 65k colour LoL Zz..Zz

Mustafa

Oh and here's the phone for $389 USD, you have to create a free account with this site to check the price:

Mustafa

I love motorola's call quality on their phones and how many of them are solidly built (with the exception of the first RAZR) but a 2.8 inch display on a touch phone is laughable now. It's really pathetic, especially when you consider the thickness of the device. It should be at least 3 inches, that .2 makes a HUGE difference on a cell phone.

Prometeum

Hello, will it come with TV OUT? And, does anyone have any idea on the full price? Because I don't live in the USA

Anonymous

zn5 is best 5mp camera phone and motorola were waiting for first moto 8mp camera you will make best 8mp phone whit best features and conquer the market and a3100 ?? number one in world

Anonymous

legendary model

Anonymous

I cant wait for this phone to hit the USA market, and yes lets hope it is with Verizon.

Anonymous

PLease let this phone be with Verizon!!!

Anonymous

yes it has crystal talk

Ree

Does it have a Crystal Talk system? How much is it?

Anonymous

Ask this question to windows.. Windows o/s supports only 65k color, i think there aim is to provide better battery rather than good quality or properly constructed o/s lol.. :-)

Anonymous

capability/price ,it is good.

Anonymous

Hello Moto!! you are still sleeping!! a touchscreen phone with 65K colors.. what are you thinking????!

Anonymous

im very happy to see this phone whit motorola sign and waiting again for excellent job from moto at toward like: flash , inferno , calagray , rush2 , alexcander , z12 ,e10 , ve66 luxury ,niagara , ...

rush 2

win mobile 3.2mp cam , wifi ,3g , gps , touch screen ,528 Mhz processor ... excellent excellent excellent

boymacau

saw one in HK two days ago.

akbar

cant wait until it released !!!! im very excited about this motosurf thing hope it'll be released on indonesia in 1-2 months

simon

If in place of the 3.1 cam would have a 5.0 with Geo tagging, plus an RDS radio and maybe a dual SIM option... could be just it for the Smart-phone , but then i look at the new Toshiba that came on market with a 1 GHz processor who has only 1 handicap, WinCE ... well, guess will have to wait for someone to get all in one and stop playing around the fingers with the specs an set a higher bar on market for smart phones, and get the ball rolling

Anonymous

This phone also has: Smile and Face Detection. It would be logical for gsmarena to write those things in the specs even though they are "not" important.

Ericson Ranchez

At last a touch screen phone and Wi-Fi enabled from motorola. hope they could improve the camera

Anonymous

great phone from best company

Anonymous

best best best in design and performance exelent job motorola dont tired moto

100 Moto

Can't you just scroll down the page? The question was answered, actually many times, already.

Ree

Does it have a Crystal Talk system? How much is it?

100 Moto

None of my Moto phone would "default" and sync with my PC and automatically overrides all the bookmarks. And so my wife is not really brilliant in terms of hi-tech products, and I'm even worse that I can't figure out how iphone works, should we be blamed or should designers of the phone make more user friendly system? Why was I able to pickup using MacIntosh without any manual while I can't figure out anything on my Windows Mobile A3100? (even with the useless manual)

nicksti

I am a moto fan but 9.0 is a little high for a rating.

Mustafa

Beautiful phone. Displays a little small, but the trackball helps with that, especially if it's clickable. It's too bad that it runs windows-mobile. However, if this phone is cheap, it will RAPE the market, could be the boost that motorola needs.

f4tron

A3000(no 3G version) A3100 (3G version)

f4tron

Maybe first review for Motorola SURF A3100 :

Anonymous

iphone kiler is here ! a3100 best win mobil at world

Anonymous

i believe thats something we call "user error" as not one part of the iphone setup or syncing process involves anything to do with bookmarks

Ree

Does it have a Crystal Talk system? How much is it?

100 Moto

Different people have difference preferences, and all of them should be respected. Iphone users who don't mind not being able to accept file transfer via Bluetooth, not able to change a new battery, not able to pick a file to become a ringtone without itunes, may still be happy with their iphones. Though that doesn't mean all other phone users need to "live with" such "special features" as mentioned above, and don't they deserve other alternatives to their preference? Yes, I bought the iphone for my wife, who tried to simply connect the phone with PC and ended up erasing all the bookmarks on my computer. Can't understand why Apple made the process so complicated....unlike the good old days of MacIntosh which I loved to use over PC's...even with Windows.

Anonymous

Please knock off the iphone wanna be comments, so immature. Please people grow up.

Anonymous

Please knock off the iphone wanna be comments, so immature. Please people grow up.

100 Moto

Good question. I have checked Moto's websites in HK, Taiwan and China where the phone is "already available" (known as A3000 in China as a 2G version), none of them mentioned the phone features Crystal Talk. I've heard other "rumors" on the net regarding the phone does "have" Crystal Talk, which I can't confirm elsewhere. Nevertheless, comments from other existing users (through phone forum in HK) reveal the phone provides good voice quality, especially over other brands. My friend who I always call to test phones commented overall voice quality is clear, of course still can't match the best in the market...flip phones with Crystal Talk like K3/V8/V9

100 Moto

Except it still lacks a radio! Even as a die-hard Moto fan, I don't / can't understand why Moto can't make another 3G phone with radio after the good old A835 (with the special handsfree)...

100 Moto

I hope this would be the last time I answer the same question over and over again... A3100 is now available in Hong Kong and Taiwan for around US$400 unlock and no contract. Mainland China sells a 2G version called A3000 for about US$510...due to higher spending power for the mainland Chinese nowadays.

Anonymous

I wanna have this phone..but it hasn't saled in Mongolia.If i order this on online,would they send it to me?

Ree

Does it have a Crystal Talk system?

DarknessTM

good job motorola..finally..a phone from motorola that has most of which people need...3g..wifi..and a good camera...finally in one device.

Anonymous

iphone kiler is here nobody cant challenge whit a3100

Muscat

i think this will be an amazin and cheap winmo phone.....it will crash the touchscreen market and the windows mobile market....waitin for dis phone 2 realease

DJBS

iPhone wanna-be?

Iuve

Has anyone SMSed with this phone? How easy is it? Please let me know. Only possible to use virtual keypad to send SMSs? Thanks in advance.

Anonymous

I do not know witch one should i chose i guess the pink nek is much better???????????

Anonymous

I like the round adges it will fit in the A*S*S

moto

motorola is moving out of SG too.. haiis... YYY!!!

Anonymous

vow vow vow great job moto best in world a3100

Anonymous

A 100...where were you able to get this phone (A3100)? I'm looking to buy one as well.

simon

poor features boring design and the space above the keys could of fitted half inch of screen motorola have had their day the razr was the last good phone they made since then its been going down hill fast....

100 Moto

Got back to work last Thusday, and found out couldn't login to GSM Arena anymore. Hence... One thing I don't understand, why so many people kept saying the phone is not yet available, when I already "bought" mine for over 2 weeks? Some others also doubt the fact I own both A3100 & EM35, just because I'm able to answer "some" questions of various models, does that mean I can't (afford to?) own them?

Stuart

Hi 100 Moto, Hope you've been enjoying your CNY holidays. This CNY for me has been more hectic and meaningful than the last couple of years. I noticed that your encoded location (TCwR) has been different compared to your previous location (ER2m). Did you post your comments from different location or different computer? Just curious to find out. Hope no one is using your name to post here.

fire

greatest phone whit best design ,features,performance

nicksti

How on earth can you compare an X1 that is over $600 USD to a phone that should be around $400? It is like comparing a SE W595 to a C905. X1... greatest phone SE never made

garokwok

any info confirm that A3100 have any crystal talk?

f4tron

Sorry guys, my bad. So, SURF is already on Asian market, and comes with CrystalTalk tehnology... very good news.

Anonymous

u people crying about how the home screen look... ohh my good its so nice and new...well let me tell u something... who cares abour the home screen... this days u can have your own on any PPC with touchflo u can even have this one that motorola have...and u can have better pda if u pay $100 or $200 bucks more im not saying this phone is bad its nice... and it has a good futures the only thing i dont like about this phone is the GPS if some ppl care about there gps on the phone just to let u know get one that have GPS but with A-GPS FUNCION - not agps support u will know the differens betwene this too A-GPS FUNCTION is one of the best because u connect to wifi at home and u just update the gps in your phone for free and your gps connect way faster...but if u have a-gps support that means u have to be connectet to your network on your phone to find signal faster but u have to pay for it becase when u go on wifi it want do anything - why while u are in your car driving your gps will not be faster coz wifi will disconnect and ur stuck and u have to connect again on your phone network so make sure u just buy pda with A-GPS FUNCTION or one with sirfstar and u wont have any problems fr ppl that never use ppc an wana to try this is the best choice motorola a3100 fr more advance ppl dont think so a specialy for the ppl that use the ppc from 2002 till now u know what i mean for all the ppl here... pocket pc is the best in the world - samsung is garbage - nice on the outside but crap on the inside omnia 100% garbage sony ericsson - same everytime they make new phone blee nokia thats %200 garbage... me using symbian hahaha its beter to use linux on the phone then that crap its budleck thats it for now have a nice day and anjoy your ne moto a3100

zath

how much does it cost you???iam also wanting to have that kind of phone but im not xur if dats already available neither here in the phil or somewhere in U.A.E

100 Moto

How come I have flash on my A3100 unit?

100 Moto

So did you checkout Moto's website in Taiwan and HK before making such statement? Also the phone is known as A3000 in mainland China...minus the 3G connectivity.

100 Moto

How did you know the phone is not yet available? A3100 HAS BEEN AVAILABLE in Taiwan for 3 weeks, 2 weeks in HK. I got mine 2 weeks ago. I won't mind to bet you US$400 (how much I paid for mine) by showing you my receipt. Wanna bet on this? (I sure wouldn't mind to have another US$400 in my pocket for my next Moto phone) Suggest you go around the world before you make your statement.

100 Moto

Really? Moto has no experience with Windows Mobile? How about its Q9h for GSM? And didn't ir release Q9 CDMA about 3~6 months before the CDMA version? I don't know how you arrived your judgement, though in the most popular forum in HK, many actual users of A3100 already bought the phone and are quite satisfied with it, including myself. I only need to take several Windows Mobile classes from the shop I bought it from to get myself familiar with Windows Mobile.

100 Moto

A3100 HAS BEEN AVAILABLE in Taiwan for 3 weeks, 2 weeks in HK. I got mine 2 weeks ago. I won't mind to bet you US$400 (how much I paid for mine) by showing you my receipt.

Sioux

Guys good news, Motorola Taiwan website confirms that A3100 HAS the CrystalTalk Technology. MOTO Rocks! :)

aashish

i hv been using A1200 for last 2 years and have not found another mobile that's more userfriendly than it. Only request to Motorola - please have good volume for your speakers

MnM

i love Motorola .. i'm using the ROKR E6 and looking forward to getting this Moto A3100

BUGGY

this fone is reconmended by me it is better than nokia 5800 in the following ways; 1 faster 2 better operating system 3 better design 4 charging through USB THE ONLY DISAVANGE OF THIS FONE(A3100) IS THE LACK OF FLASH IN IT CAMERA.

Stuart

In my country, SE, Nokia & Motorola are pulling out too, I heard sometime end February. It's not to say they are not available anymore, just that their individual country branch will stop operation to cut costs due to the global economic crisis - for now. However, these manufacturers (SE, Nokia, Moto) have their usual local distributors & service centres (appointed ones, not their own outlets) so from now on which phone models to be made available in your country will be solely the decision of the local distributors. Don't be surprise to see some phones you like not available in your country in the future. I got to know this when I was asking my local Moto distributor recently as to when ZN5 is coming and that's when I got the info about SE, Nokia & Moto moving out. Product Warranty is not an issue, only phone model selection might present a bit of problem because I'm quite sure the local distributors will try to choose the models they think can sell easily, for sales & profit purposes and not because the phones are well featured. Another thing I really hope will not happen is the service render by the local representatives, let's hope they handle their own brand well in terms of better marketing and PR. If they fail to do a good job, people will condemn the brand instead of them. When the economy crisis ends and good times comes back, we'll definitely see these companies opening up branches again in various countries.

Lucas

amanda

oh boy never compare samsung whit motorola motorola is best in world and moto fan are hi class and singular a3100 is best windows mobile

Anonymous

oh boy veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery good

jjsoviet

Really? Hell no; Motorola should never pull out of our country. There are still people interested in buying their phones like us. They should not be bothered by others having better sales.

lkq

Motorola has always the best sounding built-in speakers. I've tried comparing it with other brands. Even the owners of those other phones are asking what's my unit (A780+) Now, they came up with a 16Gb, that rules! Only thing I noticed is that there's no "flash" for camera. Also, i've heard Motorola is pulling out of our country (Philippines)...why???

f4tron

SURF A3100 is not available officially yet.

meeeee?

Where can you buy this phone? Can you allready buy him in Belgium?

f4tron

LOL! RAZR2 design is awesome, but the features need some tweaks .

OrangPizza

I hope Motorola will make a newer RAZR. The RAZR2 series suck. (the design sucks)

Anonymous

its amazing

sonami

guys this is motorola and best from all brand a3100 is best windows mobil super phone

Artanis

Why waiting for this unit, while you can buy the extreme and near-high end PDA phone (i.e. the Omnia)? It is such a wasted time following the tradition being a Moto or iPhone fanatics that the units you expect to perform the best are already been in the store. At least this unit will greatly perform, the word-of-the-mouth sometimes is useful in questioning the expert-point-of-view. Be wise and reasonable.

sara j

i never any phone except motorola moto is singular

john

X1 is nothing... very slow, always hang up... i will wait for this A3100 when they release it an i will buy one... i have aura already and i like it... i love moto.. sorry guys...

hadi

a3100 is motorola flagship 2009 and will moto release this super phone very soon . were waiting for see it in shop and buy it .

its me

actually x1 is better than a3100 compare them !!! blind moto lovers...

piki

Motorola to Offer LTE Solution by 2009 The roadmap to LTE is beginning to take shape. Motorola announced today in a press release that it plans on its first commercial release of LTE solutions next year, and the release will include products for both the 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum. While LTE is not expected to be available from AT&T or Verizon until 2010/2011, Motorola plans to help get the infrastructure set up to make the transition to 4G as smooth as possible. According to the press release, �We believe deploying LTE in the 700 MHz band is mandatory to meet the needs of wireless carriers in the U.S. market as well as a number of other countries globally,� said Darren McQueen, Motorola vice president, Wireless Broadband Access Technologies. �In addition, there is a clear demand for LTE in 2.6GHz spectrum band to meet the needs of GSM carriers that have already secured the spectrum in the global market.� Motorola�s solution is a base station that will share both WiMax and LTE, as well as other radios for specific customers.

Anonymous

great phone

moto fan

a3100 is best windows mobil in world its inestimable

anis....

im one of Motorola user... i luv used it! even though my friends said Motorola is not the best phone but for me Motorola is the best phone in d world... i noe, the latest product of Motorola can compile wit other company! go Motorola go!

Ivory Y

HI all, Im a fan of motorola hands down they do things better in evrything! i've had my motoming a1200 and its the best phone i've ever had! its small and elegant, it plays anything and evrything in it widescreen, unlike other mobiles, like samsung (im using the armani now) or nokia sometimes they wont play if its not compatible, they wont even read the photos that i get from the net. moto reads evrything, lectures, power points, p*orn lol, as in evrything! Im gonna get this one, i hope they have it in white or pink? ^_^ This phone is gonna be AWesomeeeeeee! i cant wait to have it!

Mehran

HI i am one of moto's fan . i was looking for a moto cell phone having windows mobile & finger-touch both!& i think it's time to have this dream...

Anonymous

a3100 / e71 65k color / 16m color 119g / 127g touchscreen 2.8inch / 2.36 inch Handwriting recognition / 256MB flash memory / 110 MB internal memory 128MB DDR SDRAM / 128 MB SDRAM Memory Qualcomm MSM7201A 528Mhz / ARM11 369MHz processor 3.15 MP, secondary cam / 3.15 MP, secondary cam Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional / Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI Built-in GPS with A-GPS / Built-in GPS with A-GPS GPRS class 12 / class 32 3G hsdpa 7.2 mbps / 3G hsdpa 3.6 mbps wifi802.11 b/g / wifi802.11 b/g a3100 is very powerful than e71 even is beter performance than e90 , x1 , omnia ,...

caesar

I dont know if its first time, a moto has a windows mobile os, but being serious, i dont think this is gonna hit the market that well... a better chose, is a company experienced with windos mobile like htc, etc, if thats what your looking for, cause all moto users just take pics, make calls and send sms... so theres no reason (in my point of view) of buying this phone, i dont think moto users are gonna be "satisfied" as they are used to simple os as symbian... im just being honest.

candy

very very very good

Jim

It's MOTO time. I was a moto user, now i stick on N95. From my experience, i believe MOTO is the best in material, construction and voice clarity. I'm waiting another nice product from MOTO and the time is come. I think i will replace my N95 with this one.

Alok

Where is the FM in it.... oops

hadi

hey hey hey 3mp is outdate ?! x1 has 3mp / iphone has 2mp and how many win mobil have 3mp or upper cam . win mo 6.1 is last version practical for phone like x1 too and win mo 6.5 is yet trial version display is 2.8" and big enough and if you want biger display will buy a laptop a3100 have 119 g weight and very easy to transport and in your pocket (x1 145 g , n97 150 g , very heavy in your hand ) memory up to 16gb and qualcomm msm7201a 528 mhz is very powerful

james

hey can you read specification about this phone or your unread !! many other brand like n97 that dont release have good vote and a3100 whit this good design and features and performance too think then write

Anonymous

To the 1293 people (at time of posting) who have voted for this phone. How can you rate it as it is not yet released??? Mindless..

Anonymous

Just a phone? :) Then you do not need: 1: camera 2: screen larger than 2˝ 3: win Mo OS 6: WiFi etc. Just making a call? you can do that with a V3. Be realistic! You pay for features and it is reasonable that you get current ones not outdated technology - 3MP camera is outdated! Win Mo 6.1 is a joke!

f4tron

The price will be lower for what A3100 offer, and this will be a strong reason to buy this phone. Overall , this is just a phone not a Home Cinema Sistem so the movie specification is nothing for me.

maral

its iphone kiler and nobody cant rival whit a3100 a3100 use last performance in this super phone bravo moto we are waiting for this nice

frozen

beter design and performance than x1 and innov8 good good good

YouMe

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Anonymous

This phone is not released yet - we don not know the reliability. as far as specs? very disappointing: 1: too thick 2: small screen for the size of the phone (unused areas) 3: less than 1 GB memory! (16-32GB available already) 4: 3MP camera? outdated! 5: movie specs???? 6: low specs on battery 7: Win Mobile 6.1 - buggy!!!! 6.5 is already out! that is also su..xs I think there is no reason to be so excited :))) Motorola made a fortune with V3 years ago - but done nothing since. They were ahead of others about 2 years. Now they lost 40-50% of business!!!! Shame!

f4tron

This phone will be the bomb ! over 9 users rating !!! Many people waiting to buy A3100. Hurry up Moto and realese this baby. Very sad there is no CrystalTalk tehnology on it :( .

Jorge1201

WTF@!!!! with windows mobilee??!!!!!!! i wanted this but.....i dont like windows!!

bbq

can't wait to touch this phone ...

Anonymous

Fakuryu it is indeed a rumor! :{

MOJTABA

Thanks to Motorola for releasing such cool and different phones ! very good

Z8

i cant waiting more for a3100 realy love this phone thancks MOTO ()

Asad

Awesom mobile man this com[ppnay is really rocking throughtout the world by launcing new and enhanced cell phones as compare to Nokia n other compnaies n i really like the option of call restriction

mehdi

hellooooooo /\/\.O.T.O ;;) how does moto know this is my favorite?! touch screen,Wi-Fi,microsoft windows,nice designing... LOVELY cellphone:x im waiting for you A3100!

MOTORoKR

Wow......Motorola gr8 job Done it again,

Fakuryu

As far as my ROKR Z6 and E8 goes, sadly the lack of CrystalTalk is a deal breaker for me. Still waiting for the 3g VE66! Hopefully it is not a rumour!

Anonymous

thancks moto excellent

Anonymous

Memory card is up to 32 GB not 16gb , out in asia next month and europe with in 6 months

100 Moto

Believe no Crystal Talk is available, as none of Moto's site mentions about the availability. Through my own experience with A3100 and my friend, who is always the first I call to test the (voice quality) of a phone, his comment was "ok". So if Moto's (flip) phones with Crystal Talk gets A+ for voice quality, A3100 probably gets a B+ or a B, which is still "ok". No Moto phone can be worse than my friend's SE bar phone and the almighty brand's 6300 (not sure about other of the same brand), where I can hardly hear what the other party is saying.

J.K

Yes!, The Sony X1 is way better than this phone!

hasim

its daimon

Anonymous

vow vow vow excellent job moto do you want kill iphone .x1 ... . yaaaa

mohamad

best phone in design features performance i love u moto

Sioux

Does This device has CrystalTalk technologhy?? anyone knows?? There is no info about that feature !!!

depmod

Yes! Thats why they postponed its oficcial day that was supposed to come out? X1 was found to have problems with its OS and they returned back the first time. After a while they fixed that problem though. Is SE really trustful?

SEX1

You are wrong. X1 is better than A3100.

Alexander

Motorola has decided to release it in Europe somewhere in Q3 or Q4 2009, so don't expect it soon. It's mostly targeted to China and Australia so we must hope Motorola release some other nice smartphones for the European marked, hopefully the Motorola Flash but i doubt it...

jojo

a3100 is realy beter than x1 & iphone3g & n97 ...

Anonymous

gooooood guy moto,i like it.

Anonymous

goooooood guy moto.i like it.

100 Moto

So if I give you a phone which you're not familiar with, let's say something like Moto E2 or EM35 or Z8, and "without reading the specs", you can tell me if the mon has 65K or 262K or 16 mil color? To me, I can't tell the difference between my Z8 and Q9 and EM35...

pol

have good time with a3100

dad

best in world

Stuart

I just thought of sharing with you guys on my experience with Windows Mobile PDA phone. Way back in year 2001, my first PDA was Palm V, switched to Compaq 3850 about 6 months later as Windows Mobile 2002 came into the market. I was very much impressed with Windows at that time, the display graphics, the calendar / reminder function, Notes, To do list, handwriting recognitions was much better than Palm's (eventhough I was already used to Palm's style). Switched to O2 XDA 1 in 2002, the first Windows based PDA that comes with built in phone. It was cool, turning heads whenever I was using it with the stylus. At that time, it was rumored to be better than the Nokia 9210i Communicator. Fast forward a bit, since then I have used HP 6365, O2 Xda IIs, Nokia 9210i Communicator, Dopod 818 pro, Dopod 900 and now Asus P735, considered not many by some people�s standard. Everytime I switched, I realized I fell into retailers� pitch, new Windows Mobile version (WM 2002 to WM 2003 SE, WM 5, WM 6.0), additional RAM, better camera and so on. Today, with my Asus P735, which was launched in 2007, the 500 Mhz �Turbo� processor, 256 ROM, Mini SD card storage, Wifi, 3G (again, NEVER used), GPS, Bluetooth and WM 6.0 � the specs aren�t too far from today�s high end WM PDA Phones in the market, in fact, it�s better than some of today�s PDA phones which are running on 200 Mhz or 400 Mhz processors. I�m sure many readers here have experienced Windows Mobile before so for those who are just coming to it now, I would say you are either going to love it or hate it. There�s no right or wrong here, just personal preferences. For me, if given a choice to choose only one phone between a WM PDA phone or a �normal� non-PDA phone, I�ll go for a WM PDA phone anytime. The features are complete as stated above, only thing is you�ll need an additional charger, USB PC cable charger, car charger or travel charger. Eventhough most of this thing has over 1000Mah battery in it, it�ll drain fast if you�ve many features running at once. For example, I�ll have my Bluetooth on while connected to a wifi spot surfing and at times I�ll update my worldwide news channels like International Herald Tribune, CNET news, PC World, AFP World news for reading pleasure. Incredible feature without having to pay a single cent!!. I can sync Words doc. And Excel xls files, client�s quotations, correspondences into this pocket PC for reference or editing anytime, even include them as attachment in emails using this device too. I also loved the calendar / reminder as it has various snoozing options and very organized viewing options. Screen�s bigger so viewing videos is clearer and software availability � so many there�re unaccountable. On the other hand, many dislike PDA phones for their size especially the earlier models where the bigger ones have 3.6 inches screen but believe me, the text size, graphics and icons were all well displayed. I always tell my friends that having this device is like having a secretary with you 24/7 without having the headache of annual raise, bonuses and listening to their complaints. Lastly, I still love my ROKR E8 and previous V8 with Linux but for me these phones are dedicated specifically for calling and answering calls because of their impressive Crystaltalk feature, other than that my current WM PDA phone is doing all the other tasks that have contributed or enhanced my work productivity all this while. So for Motorola�s A3100, I�d say good work from Moto, might need to reduce it�s selling price in order to compete with other established brands for now.

depmod

OK. Friends , it's been 5 days since i last visited this site and i still didn't catch it. Why are you making such a deal about the colors of this phone. I didn't even undertand who supports it and who doesn't. I hardly recomment you to see any of the videos about this phone in youtube. They may not be so so satisfying but you can see that this phone rocks!!! I don't care about the colors or the resolution because the fact that it has new moded windows mobile skin makes it special for me. One inovation per time!!!!

jjsoviet

Oops, 65 K.

jjsoviet

Have you forgotten about the possibility that the phone's "poor" 65 K display can be compensated by a large screen resolution? A 16 M display on a 240x320 resolution can be defeated with a 565 K display on 640x480 pixel resolution.

james k

There are only 3 phones that claim to have 265k colors and run Windows Mobile PocketPC (touchscreen). The Mitac MIO A502 and the Samsung i740 were apparently never released. The LG Incite was the only one released but it claims to have 256K colors (65K effective), whatever that means.

Anonymous

actually the color difference is quite noticeable for me. I've had the K850i (256k) then it broke and i bought Nokia 5610 (16M) and the very first thing i notice about the phone is the screen is GORGEOUS!! the color depth is much much better. I didnt compare the 2 phones side by side since my K850i broke so bad i couldnt. But i can totally tell the color difference.

m_bluefin

I heard the 65K is restricted by Windowns Mobile OS.

100 Moto

Call me naive, can you tell me how many Windows Mobile based phones have more than 65K color screen?

100 Moto

Will try to save a word doc and let you know later...

BNB

Can i upgrade from Windows Mobile 6.1 to Windows Mobile 6.5 on A3100 or any Windows Mobile device??

jackedpot

awsome..i think world needs Moto to rock. The Koreans are just copycats and Rim and apple are only into smart phones, Htc seems to be a one hit wonder with Touch the only successful model. Nokia needs SE and Moto to fire to keep them on their toes. If these two companies go under we will be left with very limited options either Nokia or chinese knock offs

jjsoviet

Can you even tell the difference between a 65 K, 256 K, and 16 M color display from a first look? No, the color depth difference is not that noticeable by the naked eye. Remember that bigger is not better.

Anonymous

65K colors ?!! do thy still make this type pf screen's!! :(

jou

Relax, this phone not for Europe... Only for Asia market.

ANDY

MOTO ROCKS finally new Moto whith whirless internet

Cain

Thanks mate :) As you might (or not) remember I use my smartphone for work (translating) when I'm on the road. So I would like to know something more about the Word editor. A3100 should come with one, right ? Also, if you have ever used Word editor from doc2go on A1000, it would be nice to compare those two.

Pax Nominus

This phone looks promising. The thing is, I still can't get over how great my E8 is. I think I'll stay loyal to my E8 and just have this phone "next in line" some other time (maybe about 5 years from now).

100 Moto

The only forum I'm active in right now is indeed GSM Arena. Also to Cain, what do you want to know about this A3100? The only thing is I'm too naive to navigate with Windows Mobile, and I'll probably need to wait for some "classes" available from the shop I purchased from (next month) to learn more how to better utilize the phone. Though for other features, I can find out and tell you more...with my own unit. Maybe I can learn a few tricks from you guys by "discovering" my phone as well.

Anonymous

finally, Motorola u r alive, on track & hope u on schedule.

jusip

Hi try to visit www(dot)modmymoto(dot)com for other usefull motorola softwares, upgrades and flashes. Im active in forum. Motorola Rock my World

Cain

And finaly a solution to replace my trusty, but aging A1000 :) Please 100 Moto, share some more A3100 experience with us...

jjsoviet

This would be officially my next phone!!!!!!!!! This thing may not win against other touchscreen phones, but it wins my heart. The design, the features, the price, all perfectly planned by the Motorola R&D department.

Anonymous

wow 100 moto!!! keep it !! can you tell me on which moto forums you are active?? we need a review of ur phones like a1300 and em35 etc. im active on mmus(dot)us

Anonymous

the answers for all I wanted from motorola (^_^)

100 Moto

Sorry, I don't have any "first hand" info on those unreleased phones. I did bought an A3100 yesterday. Voice quality is "ok" at somewhere between B+/A- (vs. A+ for V9/K3). Reception isn't as good as others like Moto MaxxV3/V9 (again, V8/V9 are "kings" in terms of reception and voice quality) Still testing other features as I'm blind in terms of Windows Mobile.

Stuart

I've been using many PDA phones since the first O2 XDA 1 in 2002, many applications or softwares installed can stored in your memory card instead of in board memory. As long as you don't removed the card, the programs will function without problem. I even have SPB pocket plus installed inside my memory card and it runs without problem.

Anonymous

On board mem sucks not on level as bold new curve or the iphone sd mem only good for video photos or music. Nah the device mem determines what all apps u install

Ahtisham

it`s cool to have such set. i love to buy it. it has what i needed.

MACEDONIA

the world`s first cell phone was made from motorola in 1983 not from nokia.

Anonymous

hi class

sara

a3100 is best phone at world MOTOROLA is MAGNATE

microbliss

Superb smart phone from a superb engineering from a superb phone manufacturer.weldone moto..get back your 'motos greatness'

hulkforall

I have read the reviews. Looks like this is a very good phone from motorola. And when it become a real, hopefully they didnt screw this. I just a little bit dissapointed with the color screen and pixel screen which is only 65000 & 240x320. But beside that, this is very promising.

michel

bravo motorola this is best phone in world complete and perfect 9.1 rate whit 758 vote ???!!! this is unprecedented and unrivaled

moto fan

100moto do you know any information about new product motorola exampel : attila .alexcander . calagry . rush . flash . .... ? say to moto fan please

pepe

i hope motorola continue this vanguardy this year is motorola year with : a3100 attila , alexcander , rush2 , inferno , flash ,calgary ,niagara ,, and maybe e10 ,z12 zn8 ?!

Anonymous

vow vow vow

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I love this set open this link to see rates of this mobile

depmod

I see you all liked this phone. You ought to. It's awsome. Get ready for more smartphones after february 2. I'll explain you why. I copied from Motorola.com the following statment: �Additionally, we are making good progress in developing important new smartphones for 2009 and are pleased with the positive response from our customers to these new devices� added Jha.

meisam

a3100 have best design in world

Anonymous

it seems like u haven't watched any video of this ;)

Anonymous

us430 price ??!! its realy well

100 Moto

Rumor about A3100 will be available in HK for around US$430 (no contract & unlock) in a few weeks. Also found a "2G" version called A3000 through Moto's mainland China's website, which doesn't mention the availability of Crystal Talk

ryan

finally!!! motorola has just now come out with a decent smart phone!!!! It's about time motorola.

ronald

excellent job from motorola

Anonymous

Wow look at the rating, i haven't seen any mobiles rated so high as equal to this.. moto rocks

Ole

You are kidding, right? You don�t actually believe what you wrote, do you? This phone is light years behind any similar device...lol

Anonymous

this is a premium phone. it's obviously better than iphone (don't like), xperia and omnia (both have a not very friendly interface).

Alexander

It doesn't have accelerometer not FM radio, which is a bit dissapointing bu we've seen that All-In-One devices can be quite buggy.The interface has some neat functions like drag and drop and nice weather application. They have made the interface quite thumb-friendly i think.With the right pricing it could be a deal.

Anonymous

Hope this phone comes with accelerometer and crystal talk....Love moto...glad to see them coming back....E680 was the best phone I had so far....

amit bhojani

nice looking fone with decent specs...hope gsmarena guys gives a review on this....

Anonymous

It cannot be an iphone killer, it has winmo! :(

henry

this is cretain and vivid that a3100 is very beter from iphone ! this is realy iphone killer

Anonymous

a3100 is excellent job from motorola like zn5 ,ve66 ,e8 ,zn4 , w233 , em35 , aura , z10...

JO JO

iphone or other ohone realy cant challenge whit a3100 this phone is realy beter from those in design features and performance and premier that: THIS IS MOTOROLA

Anonymous

This A3100 could be a momentum for Motorola to raise up. And it could be an iPhone killer.

100 Moto

Different markets have different strategies, while mainland China received EM35 in December, HK didn't get it until last week.

chen

im sure that all other brand copy from a3100 and other motorola phone soon because motorola is mastermind like: z10 - aura - e8 - a1800 - zn4 - w233renew - ve66 - a3100 ..

Anonymous

a3100 is versatility

Chandra

Will this moto come 2 indonesia i call operator of moto it said not sell at indonesia so sad

Chandra

EM 35 just new hear ? R u sure there was ?

fatima

gsm review this super phone

Anonymous

this is mutation for phone idustry in world

piter

best of best is this

mohamad

bravo bravo bravo a3100 is like mini laptop design is r r realy beautiful and beter from aplle3g, xperya,omina, ... this is best design year

100 Moto

I often work in a communist country though I use the radio to listen to "democratic freedom news" across the border. Don't think the traffic cams through my 3G network service provider can provide as "wide" coverage as traffic news through radio. Still not sure about radio on A3100, though I just got my EM35, with radio works without headphone antenna. Reception gets even better with headphone antenna, of course.

MACEDONIA

MOTOROLA in MACEDONIA is #1 !!!!!!!!!! A3100 is #1 from motorola

Anonymous

Oh My GOD! lol cant believe the spec of the GIANT phone!!! i am a True Nokia fan but now i am motorola fan! great!

hadi

hi gsmarena we are moto fan we love you and motorola together dont hate moto please your cosmopolitan and best site in world and motorola is best mobile phone in world

Anonymous

motorola is best we are waiting for first 8mp camera phone of moto that like zn5 is best 5mp

Anonymous

stronger

Leland R

i heard the retail price for this phone unlocked is $800 USD. Ouch. sure you can find it cheaper, but still.

Anonymous

NO Mater how many phone they come out with, good or bad, people would hardly go for Motorola, they would be first time moto user or the fanboys. i have a z6 and its a beautiful device, but i guess motorola realy messed up with OS, p2k and Linux is messed up, uninteresting looks, seriously. only WinMO is good! Modding is fun, but not all people mod their phone, and not all motos are modded :( what do you guys say???

Anonymous

motorola i realy say you thank u will make best phone like a3100 exampell im vaiting for your 8mp moto camera phone maybe zn8 !!!

Anonymous

its my love

Anonymous

zn5 is best 5mp camera phone even beter from samsung innov 8mp .,!! and soud quality speaker and 3.5mm jack very good like ipod !!!i love zn5 and e8 keypad modshift is realy artifice lcd is best clarity and sharpness like all moto phone . wifi work very well and fast and ... and a3100 is weird

Stuart

Umm, you're right, didn't really look at the radio feature from your angle. I'm using E8 now with radio feature and I've only used the radio occasionally. I would say with my previous V8 ( without radio), I was not interested in the radio at all. So now with E8, I can still do without it even though I'd said it is useful "sometimes".

saha

vow is it camputer from moto or phone realy well i never see design like a3100

jack

i never see in my age a phone similar a3100 complete / main / mighty its masterwork i will say to moto company : not tired moto not tired

Marky

Luxurious High end Phones, won't need any Low End feature Like FM Radio.I haven't seen Executives using High End Phones for FM Radio...Honestly

Anonymous

...badly!

Anonymous

I want one

msme

oh my god!!!!!!!!!! oh m god!!!!!! oh my god!! its awful...

Anonymous

I'm using E2,E8 and E680.All have FM Radio but I even haven't used it until now. GSMArena is such a Motohater.There's no review for the best music phone in the world (E8) and the best 5 megapixel camera phone in the world (ZN5).What a shame!

fire

i have moto rocker e8 for 1.5 year its realy good and hi class whit realy best sound quality and stereo fm radio but i never use radio

Anonymous

radio ? how much of mobile user , use radio in the year!!!???

bigbell

a3100 isn't good phone without fm and flash for camera

mr.lol

a3100= atilla i like it :)

Anonymous

i love u

hadi

a3100 is super phone motorola we are your fan and waiting for: alexcander/atila /rush2 /inferno /niagara/z12/e10/... u must exist first in world

hadi

motorola is best a3100 absolutely is the best design features performance im sure Nokia sony ericsson samsung and... will follow and copy soon...! like every time

Anonymous

a3100 is atila ?

Anonymous

Where did you buy this phone? What country are you in? Thank You

Anonymous

it s a really nice phone.i like it so much and thanks moto.motoooooooo is the best for ever

Anonymous

Good!!

moto fan

its best windows mobile phone design and performance is very very good thanks moto

Scope

Motorola Surf and Palm Pre are the best devices at CES this year :)

roya

its realy fighter

andy

bravo bravo bravo

co2

its realy come to fight whit xperya.omnia.n97... and at last a3100 is winner moto is ever first

Anonymous

vow vow vow whats this ya moto

jack

i never see in my age a phone similar a3100 complete / main / mighty its masterwork i will say to moto company : not tired moto not tired

hadi

gsm dont review motorola phone . why ??!! i say you friends motorola is best in the world whit best phone for exampell : zn5 is best 5mp camera phone roker e8 & em35 are best music phone ve66 is best slider phone aura & a1800 gold are best luxury phone . . . and today a3100 is one mesterpiece whit best design features and performance ... gsm we dont need your review , we know moto have best phone than all brand

Anonymous

it has 3.5mm jack AND led flash. lovely (:

mohamad

glorious & terrific hurrah motorola

kkaty

why gsm dont review the motorola phone we are moto fan from all around the world motorola is first and best in world a3100 is UNPRECEDENTED

depmod

If you search in you tube you'll find in one of the 4(not sure) videos the girl who is browsing the phone goes to a program where you can edit pictures and i found it really nice.

Mehrzad

MOTOROLA is the best company. i love a3100,because this is the best packet pc and mobile. but is not perfect.because dont have radio,qwerty keyboard,office edit,camera flash,tv out,dvb-h. if a3100 have these things is PERFECT.

Anonymous

goodbye moto

Anonymous

can ne1 jus mention d cost...?

Robert

Coming soon. Exp. release on next San Francisco Gay parade.

fire

its realy best a3100 is mini camputer i wish buy it soon in my country iran moto is number one in world

hadi-moto fan

a3100 is best phone today around whit uper PROMINENCE than other phone product but its not in gsmarena ranking ???????????????? and ve66 - zn5 too i dont like you gsm

OrangPizza

Ooh, touchscreen. Is that scrool thingy like the one on BlackBerrys???

Alexander

Wow this phone surely has risen some emotions! Nice. I hope it's as good as it looks on the pictures and videos.

jjsoviet

I would expect someone here to again blatantly exploit this phone's weaknesses and then is pitted against an obviously uneven fight with a high-end phone.

nalimen

i think it's better to maximize in one focused oriented, than you put all features on your handset, but all the feature won't work perfectly, like Nokia did, they put all feature in every their high end phone, but lets check how they works, are they works as good as specialized phone (office phones, camera phones, or music phones for example). So I think, it would be no problem if there is no radio on A3100.

tuberong_tagalog

how can people post comments here about something that is due for release yet? i wonder why? please enlighten me... thanks

Stuart

Thanks for the info. I would really appreciate your input on Crystaltalk Version 2. Didn't know the EM35 has the 2nd version. If the version two has better background noise reduction feature, I'll be very interested to look into as my next upgrade. Yes I do celebrate CNY, will have more time then to teach the other little "kid" here on growing up and put English to good use. (LOL)

100 Moto

I had some good experience with OEM Moto phones like E365, V878. (only wish I didn't lose my V878! Still a decent phone in today's standard) Even the A732 I had was "ok". Unfortunately recent comments on low end phones like VE538, or perhaps even Zn200 (not sure if this being OEM), isn't exactly positive. To cope with the possible lost of my US$10 betting on the availability of Crystal Talk on A3100, I'll bet another US$20 on GSM Arena "not" to review A3100...that actually means I wouldn't mind to pay US$20 if GSM Arena would ever review any Moto phone again! Thanks for your greeting, and same to you...if you do celebrate CNY. I shall be able to share some experience with my EM35 next week (Crystal Talk 2)...as I plan to put a 16GB card in the phone. A good friend of mine, who I influcence to become a Moto user. I often call him to "test" the phone before I make the purchase, and he often gives me feedback in terms of voice quality of different Moto form factors with Crystal Talk. Of course, based on the design, any flip phone with Crystal Talk offers the best. Will have him to help test the quality of EM35.

Anonymous

A3100 is extraordinary Phones Capabilities! i thought it's better than it's competitor....

Stuart

I'm sharing the same concern like yours in Motorola products availability in my country too. I've found out just recently that after February this year, Sony Ericcson, Nokia and Motorola will be moving out of my country, I mean their local country branch offices, leaving only importing distributors and service centres here which were appointed and does not belong to them. So there'll still be support after sales, just that without their branch office, the models coming in will be reduced depending on the models selected now from their distributors' decision, not from the respective manufacturer this time. The way I see it, this is a cost cutting step taken by these manufacturers (SE, Nokia, Moto) to reduce global expenditures when facing the on coming hard times. As for your country, I'm not completely sure on the scenario, maybe it's different so you might need to check out further. During this economic crisis, I believe the market for "cheaper" phones are more attractive to buyers in general so more people will be looking for value buy, lower price for higher specs phone. So my concern is, some bogus "companies" might come out with imitations to attract people and make some quick bucks. I've actually seen some imitated models in my country selling for very attractive prices. Just a thought from me, be careful guys.

Stuart

To me, the most important feature in Motorola phones today is Crystaltalk so if Moto decides to leave it out for A3100, there must for a reason. Well, without Crystaltalk, the competition level is the same with others, with Crystaltalk, Moto is actually one level up from others. If it's true that A3100 is an OEM product then it's not surprising that it'll come without Crystaltalk and if it's OEM from Taiwan, there's a possibility this model is "made" by one of the giant PDA phone manufacturer there, just like O2 Zinc model, which was made by ASUS in Taiwan and the earlier O2 models were from HTC those day. I'm not surprised if Moto chose this direction for cost cutting measure as many well branded US products are manufactured either in Taiwan or China nowadays, in fact many of the US products that my company are importing from, we shipped them out from China or Taiwan. Contrary to many believe, Quality can be good or even extremely good depending on the product grade vs. price that we are willing to pay or can be also poor quality if price agreed is low. Let's hope A3100 is the higher grade. Based on current global situation, many companies are merging and OEM products should be more common for cost reduction, avoiding high inventory and tooling costs. Once you've got your A3100, hope you could share with all of us on the performance. Thanks and Happy New Year (CNY) to you and your family.

Anonymous

looks like the tarded off spring of a n97 and a blackberry bold

Anonymous

Hey people! why does motorola germany not bring phones like the em30,and now i read the em35 probably also not,to germany,when they bring phones like the aura?!?i mean who will buy these super expensive phones in times of a economical crisis and to a country where "greed is cool"is an important saying?they should instead bring phones for the masses!be more competitive in segments where they could sell more phones,like the music centric segment! everybody says how bad motorola is doing,but they are doing one big mistake after the other!i thnk that motorola germany is incompetent in their job by bringing the wrong phones to their country!and why are there no motorola phones in the big electronic stores(saturn,media markt) where everybody is buying electronical devices?!? if somebody from motorola could read this,and do something against it...

100 Moto

I mostly like black / silver color phones over others, even though I actually like blue color myself, somehow if I can choose between black and blue on a phone (like Moto V3x/Z3), I still take the black one. Anyway, went to my favorite chain last nite and put a deposit on EM35, which does have one copy (but I would like a new-new one!). Just hope Moto will "not" come out another color for EM35 for me to "swtich". Back to A3100, the bad news is my US$10 with Crystal Talk "might" be in vain....because other sources indicated A3100 is an OEM product from a Taiwanese company. The Crystal Talk feature is still not confirmed yet. The other bad news is, after reading a review in Chinese (as Moto Taiwan held a press conference for A3100 yesterday), no word was mentioned about the availability of radio. So I still keep my figures crossed on 2 of my favorite features on A3100: Crystal Talk and radio. Though I'll still likely buy this phone afterall. The suggested retail price is NT$15900, and under the current exchange rate, that means around US$500! Hope by the time A3100 reaches HK, price will be around US$400, which is my bottom line for any phone. Around the same time last year, I paid around US$400 for my Q9h (after some US$120 rebate from operator). As my contract will end soon, I might get another good deal from the operator. The good news is A3100 shall be available in Taiwan in about a week or 2.

Phonejacker

F@G!

GG

BArt if it has a wifi and speed connections u can log on every internet radio u need. But yeah i guess ther's no FM on it

Alex

By the way ... GSMarena - dont forget that this handset has a LED flashlight at the top and 3,2Mpx camera also with LED flash - and its really important!!!

BArt

can some one tell me does this phone has FM RADIO , it will be biiiiig downfall if there is no fm receiver , thank you and sorry for bad english :)

Anonymous

neat,....

Anonymous

Good to see Moto get back in the game. Way better looking than other smart phones. Just have to wait & see the actual specification & hands on experience.

Anonymous

Finally Moto! This device looks great, and has great features.. I can't wait to buy one...

Stuart

I always accept the fact that with billions of people in this world, there will be some with different education backgrounds and levels BUT they should not be discouraged from posting their comments here. Right people? Inaccurate spellings or grammar are not as bad as compared to some with perfect English but manipulated people's thinking with it. "We don't need to be offensive in order to reach our objective". I'm sure Motorola, like Sony Ericcson, Nokia or Samsung is trying to produce a competitive product. For some people, A3100 is not good enough but for others, they'll buy it. There's no need to condemn people's choice or their educational background here.

Anonymous

at last! some goodlooking phone from motorola.. and with wifi!hahahaha

Loser

awesome phone...not!

Mark

Powerful Features with absolutely best design. Looks like i'll cancel to buy X'peria, and wait for MOTO A3100

enrique

this phone is realy perfect and complete and very beter frome xperya,apple,omnia,... yaaaa

jack

vow vow vow its realy well moto must stand first

Anonymous

motorola a3100 come to kill apple 3g & xperia & omnia &... its realy powerfull whit best design features and performance

Mbot

Will look at the price first before buying this phone. If the price lower than Xperia, Omnia and TouchPro, then it will be a must buy.... =D No Radio? No problem, I have my ROKR E6 and W362 for such feature.

satya

Look awesome, will surely get one when it releases. Hope moto doesn't drag the release date too long...

Dro

My only disappointment is that the screen should at least be 3", and why isn't there an FM radio? I mean, it's not a big deal but as a fan of Motorola from day one I would like to see them bring a phone with everything. Don't come with extra features and omit the little ones which some people find as necessities. Nice design though. If its one thing Motorola always had going for it was good build quality and design. Ok!! they played out the razr design, but Motorola is an innovator. They set the trend, and others follow. I know some of you are going to say the student becomes better than the teacher, but in this case its all about bad management on moto's behalf. Can't wait to see the Android phone. Hoping it's the flash or calgary. Again spectacular designs.

Stuart

Yeah, red color is not for me too. For me, my phone is a tool for business so perception is important therefore I guess color for me is mostly black, dark blue & greyish. Ha, ha, sometimes I wonder what kind of non-PDA phone I can select to buy when my preferences are narrowed down to such specs - Crystaltalk, Linux OS, bar or slide design, must be the abovementioned color. I'm probably getting more fussy as I got older (LOL). Someone mentioned that this phone is meant for 2007 and I won't disagree AND agrees with him either. I believe it's all how we all perceive the design, the specs and the performance. Looking at the specs alone, they certainly look like my ASUS when launched in 2007 BUT the track pad, the fingerprint recognition and the 10x optical zoom are all NEVER available in 2007. (based on another earlier post's info). Maybe some people's expectations are way too high, if that's the case, many other PDA phones like HTCs, Toshiba, even HP are still embracing 2007's technology in their devices. Many years ago, I was very impressed with Motorola's MPx 300, the first Windows based phone I've seen with multiple flip angles and I thought that was innovative. Actually I still like the design until today. I was using O2 XDA IIs at that time with bigger screen which I preferred. I was wondering what if A3100's specs were to fit into a MPx300's improved body? To me, it'll be awesome. I really hope this one comes with Crystaltalk and it'll be the first again in PDA phone industry. Again, let's hope gsmarena conduct a review on this model.

100 Moto

So disappointed with Moto's marketing team, who is "hiding" about the availability of Crystal Talk on many of its phones. As you asked whether or not A3100 would have Crystal Talk, I tried to search for Moto's websites (HK & US) regarding my own Q9h, call me naive, I can't find anything about the availability of Crystal Talk. Though I do recall about having Crystal Talk in my own manual, plus for Q11 & Q8, the Moto China's website stated they both have Crystal Talk. So I'd bet US$10 A3100 should have Crystal Talk. The only 3G Moto phone being released after K3 without Crystal Talk should be the shameful VE538, which isn't made by Moto anyway. (heard being OEM by BenQ) Out of the topic, EM35 just released in HK last nite, one chain is selling for US$241 with Bluetooth H375 free of charge. Only concern I've is I don't like red...

CellEnGros

man Linux not work in Canada because Advance Call ID Windows Mobile is top ... because you can install any GPS software .. like Tomtom .. Igo 8 or Garmin XT will be iphone killer this machin

yasir

i have used motorola e6 rokr and it was really awsome and i m still having it as a secondary mobile . now i m having nokia 5320 and really motorokr e6's sound quality is a bit low volumed and 5320 is having loud but noisy . i think motorola is the best company but not known by many people but still i love motorokr and i dont want to sell it and have it till my last breath coz i have done alot of experiments on it and i started windows 3.1 on it really i promise . now my next phone will be this

Anonymous

it's simply WONDERFUL to see that ppl realize that this phone is GREAT!

Stuart

I'm surprised but happy that Motorola managed to come up with another Windows Mobile OS PDA phone. I like PDA phone, I'm using ASUS P735 PDA phone now running with Windows Mobile 6.0 Pro, specs - 520Mhz turbo processor, 256 ROM, 65K 240x320 screen, 3G (not important to me, never used it), GPS and Wifi. Because I'm a heavy phone user, I make & receive calls with my ROKR E8, keeping my ASUS for organizing work, email, GPS, reminders, taking notes and to do list. I might not change to this model as the specs between my ASUS and this model are very close but I would say this is a good effort from Moto, the only thing to observe now is the price of this model. Since all the latest Moto models come with Crystaltalk technology, I wonder whether this model has it as I didn't see it stated in the specification section. If Crystaltalk is available, this will be the ONLY Windows mobile PDA phone in the world that has background noise reduction and automatic voice amplification capabilities just like Moto's V8, V9, U9, E8 and other latest Motorola models but built in a PDA phone. About Windows Mobile OS phones with touchscreen (PDA phone), if a person is used to its OS and knows how to make full use of its true capabilities, it is very hard to go back to normal conventional phone. If I'm given only one choice to choose between a normal phone like say Motorola V9, SE 902 or Nokia N78 and a Windows Mobile PDA phone, I'll go for the PDA phone for sure. I'm practically using my PDA phone now for business purpose only, its phone usage is approx. less than 1% as I use my E8 strictly for communication, I like the Crystaltalk in my Moto E8 - for the listening comfort of my clients, family members & friends. For my PDA phone, I'm using it to read worldwide news between breaks(Avantgo channels free daily update via Wifi), emails, taking notes (paperless), even storing manual drawing illustrations with its touchscreen free hand drawing, free GPS for life unlike Nokia's and editing Powerpoint presentation on the go for fine tuning before actual presentation without my notebook. I also like the hand writing recognition, for me it is faster to write than pressing key buttons on a phone. (Maybe I'm so used to it) So I would fully recommend this model for those who wants to enhance their daily productivity & improve overall performance in their career, it is a fantastic tool.

SARA

unique phone

jack

thanks moto we was wistful for a3100

Anonymous

motorola a3100 come to kill apple 3g & xperia & omnia &... its realy powerfull whit best design features and performance

hadi

vow vow its realy extraordinary

Anonymous

excelent cheer up i love you moto

Anonymous

WinMob 6.1 ? I wonder if it will include the IE6 browser upgrade, and if it will get that intermediate Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade later. Don't want to get this one to find out next month there's another model with updates this one won't get.

nalimen

Hey...... It's very cheerful to see this phone, i think all the specs are fabulous,for me, only one think that disappoint me, it use Windows mobile, not Linux, sadly.... I hope it'll enter Indonesia market ASAP, that would be great seeing this phone on my pocket....ha ha ha ha... --Indonesia Motolovers--

riverdale

i have used this phone at the zeus mobile expo.The tracl pad is simply awesome it navigates on the basis on a complex rendering algorithm.which enables it render pages quite exactly.The track pad also has finger print reognizition module which works like a charm.The camera was a bit nosiy howver the stand alone feature is that it has a 10x optical zoom interpolated with a ephrical zooms lens which make sures that the pictures dont come out hazy.*769877# renders the gps module so that you can lock in the satelite and would send you the exact date as to when you would get a high tide if you are sailing(i found this feature very helpful cause i go out in my yatch frequently).The sound quality is way better than a ipod.the harmoic distortion and the frequency response are very good.

lee meng tat

little bit too late Motorola.......

noypiz20

are you sure that this phone is available in the philippines? what if i ask my couz in the phil? do u hava any prof? POST SOME WEBSITE. i will appreciate your respond. thanks.

Chandra

1st i saw so wau.... I want have that. But pity on me. it On come 2 indonesia. Pls come la 2 indonesia i want havd that

Nishant

Nothing very special about this phone. Looks like any other win mo phone. A 5mp camera would have been great!

-_-

i see..

Aniki316

Is this already available on the Phil. really looking forward on purchasing this phone and how much would this cost? Someone if you have any idea please reply on this post.

kevin

hi ppl!! i am much surprised that this is the first time motorola have produce such a good looking and durable phone. And all i have to say is keep up the good work motorolla!!! horay

Eduardo

Great phone! Good features and designe. For sure I'll have one.

100 Moto

I certainly will get one as long as my local Moto distributor carries it. (don't see any reason why not) Meanwhile, likely I'll get VE66 before this, and I already bought my first Moto phone this year...the low-end EM(3)25 slide. May also get L72 and Z6 due to bankruptcy sale of certain electronic chain. And I ended up with buying 14 Moto phones last year! (some for my wife/mom/in-laws)

roberts

looking sleek im defin. gettin this phone

seVen_doLpHins

it's about time motorola have a flagship "storm - iphone kinda phone" yet the ROM and RAM size doesnt quite impressive to my liking :(

Juanin

WOW, I like it, but I will prefer the Nokia tube for 2 reasons: 1- Have Windows Mobile should be fine Android or Symbian 2- The Camera only 3.2 MPX but is a standar for these Kind of phones like Xperia, Tube, HTC, etc. I have to recognize that Motorola made a great improvement with this phone, We know Samsung and Nokia lead the market, and with this phone now is on the way... Don't forget the Ming's series From Motorola, he was making this phone so much before that the iphone or other maker.. and nobody sees that. but the revolution was made it by apple with his iphone. Good Job Moto, keep in that way and release more phones like this.

Everlasting moto

oooooooh fabulous cellphone it's extremely much better than iphone. this handset can beat any touch phone, cause motorola has awesome experience in touch phone from along time. GOOOOO ahead moto.

valkeria

For this year I think that Motorola must change the settings. Estoy cansada de ver que cada vez la pantalla no se cambia porque? Motorola es tel�fono sin progreso sobre los par�metros.

ReZ

cool phone ..(yeyeyeye me ..!! me is da 1st one to post ..:) ..)

abc

It supports up to 32GB micro SD memory cards

Taxeen

Really dissapointing only 65 k color?Otherwise its quite nice featured phone.

rakeb

ya motorola designers good no like nokia ..... all nokia now made in chinese all tradition

nuhtym

nice looking phone with good set of features, being motorola am assured of good qulaity. hope pricing is competitive enough,...

mobile lover

i have this mobile phone i just bought it on 5th january 09 ... it is a great phone :)

Anonymous

Your eye connot see more than 65k and windows mobile doesnt support more than 65k

moto91

wow!!!! lauch it in singapore ... let ppl in singapore shock that motorola rocks.... with ur designs and feature.... great job moto!

Anonymous

hell, yeah, this is GREAT! it'll be a lot better than xperia because it has similar features with a such lower price ;)

Johan

Surprise, I thought Motorola was about dead, no new models coming out for some time, and specifications of Stone Age. Much much better now, very goodlooking, nice shape (if this is the final one...), HSDPA 7.2 and WiFi both there, litte doubt on WM6.1Pro (Android would be nicer), and screen 240x320 is just Middle Ages. If price is OK (!) I could possibly prefer it over BB Bold. Same style and dimensions. This one is touch, the RIM device has full querty and marvellous screen, and a very good processor and O.S. If it comes under 350� it will be mine soon.

donpapa

Hey, are you guys workers of Motorola or what??? why are you praising this phone? What is unique about this???? This phone is meant for 2007. Come to think of it, we are in 2009. This can never be a response from motorola, rather is to help those people who cannot afford high-end touch screen windows mobile devices to have a feel of the experience. In short this is a budget windows mobile for mid-entry level users.!

DeJust

A good wake-up answer from Motorola. I'll definately buy that one as soon as it comes out here in South Africa. The screen resolution should have been at least 360*480, 5MP camera and 3.5mm audio/Tv jack then it would be a perfect WinMo phone for me, maybe they'll come up with a perfect one on Android. Welldone Moto!

discovery

powerrr !

jajaja

The Best of Motorola......

Anonymous

Seems quite professional....Lets wait and see

JIM

Dear rajiv , You should know that one's eyes can't recognize 65k and 16m screen !! So it's not that much important . :-}

Alex

Finally ... i was waiting a phone like this!!! With 7,2 3,5G and wifi. and gps and also normal camera :) if its come out it will be really my favourite phone

depmod

Only a fool wouldn't vote this phone with 10/10. Its Motorola's answer to Samsung's touchsceen phones and to be honest that is the BEST answer EVER!! So i hope 100Moto will be ready to help me support this phone with his knowlege. Well done MOTO

Greg

OMG! I will definitely buy ths one! It looks cool. Good going motorola

rajiv

66K screen is too bad, atleast 256k should be there.

Anonymous

wow.. moto u are rocking, i wish the price goes cheaper.

Tarik Aziz

Nice phone!!!

Zobi

Oh no it's windows mobilz. Not so good then...

Zobi

Is niice! Maybe finally Motorolla is back after RAZOR V3 (King of Phones)

motocraprola

hum i'm confuse it's that an egg ?????

Ling

First post...^_^ Not bad..this phone look nice

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