Motorola A1200 Smartphone Becomes MING

Surprisingly, Motorola has announced this week the availability of its eye-catching smartphone A1200, branded with a new name - MING.

"The name MING was chosen to resonate more deeply with people in Hong Kong than a traditional model name or number can," said Terence Ma, director of sales, Mobile Devices Business, Motorola Hong Kong. "Like the design and usability of the phone itself, MING will help bring our smart phones into entirely new market segments." The Chinese character "ming" is formed by combining the ideographs representing the sun and the moon. "Ming" means bright, clear, overt or open, clear-sighted, and to understand.

MING features a clear-crystal flip cover which allows users to view reminders and appointments without opening the phone, a 2.0 megapixel camera which incorporates a business card scanner and optical-character recognition software, Chinese handwriting recognition software now upgraded to recognize Pinyin input, hands-free speakerphone with voice dialing, a document viewer, POP3 e-mail, a calendar and task list, and a contact manager. In addition, for productivity breaks, MING incorporates a music player, an FM-Stereo radio receiver, Bluetooth wireless technology and Intel PXA270 application processor that enables its exceptional multimedia capabilities and application performance without compromising battery life requirements.

MING will soon be available at Motorola authorized retailers.