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The Motorola A780 is a Linux-based phone sold in Europe and Asia. Motorola upgraded it with higher data rates and GPS navigation (dubbed A780+.)

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Design

The Motorola A780 is a Linux-based flip phone. When the flip is closed, the phone appears like a traditional candybar phone, with a keypad matrix and small display, actually a window to the larger display below the flip. When the flip is open, a quarter VGA touch screen is revealed that can be used with fingers or a supplied stylus.

Features

  1. Messaging: POP E-Mail, Multi-media, and text messaging
  2. PIM Sync options
  3. # Over-the-Air Microsoft Exchange (AUTD) for Contacts, Calendar and E-mail
  4. #* No tasks
  5. # Over-the-air SyncML for Contacts, Calendar, Tasks
  6. # Proprietary Bluetooth or USB to desktop computer
  7. Web browser Opera 7.50 (very slow performance)
    Five windows, XHTML, JavaScript, full-screen, zoom 20% to 300%
  8. * No page overview, or facsimile history like Nokia E61 using Web Browser for S60
  9. Call recording
  10. GPS navigation

Data connections

Box Contents Interface and Connectors
  1. Motorola A780, battery cover
  2. 3.6 V Li-Ion battery
  3. 2 styli
  4. Stereo headset with inline answer key and microphone
  5. mini-USB extension cord
  6. Car charger
  7. Car mount
  8. USB cable
  9. Motorola CD
  10. 3 navigation CDs
  11. User's Manual
  12. Getting Started
  13. Warranty
  14. Navigation software pamphlet
  15. suction mount for car use
  1. Left side
  2. # up-down-select rocker
  3. # voice record button
  4. # release for battery cover
  5. Right side: camera button
  6. Back
  7. # Camera lense
  8. # vanity mirror
  9. # stylus compartment
  10. Top: cover for micro-SD slot
  11. Bottom
  12. # cover for mini-USB (charge and communications)
  13. # 2.5 mm 4-pole headphone jack
  14. On flip
  15. # send button
  16. # clear button
  17. # end button
  18. # 12-key matrix
  19. # earpiece
  20. Front
  21. # microphone
  22. # Power button
  23. # five-way joystick
  24. # home button
  25. # illumination
  26. Additional: vibrate, ringer
  27. Battery compartment
  28. # 4-pole 3.6 V Li-Ion
  29. # SIM
  1. WAN EGPRS (4 time slots down, 2 up, unknown coding scheme) EDGE maybe 3 down
    measured Cingular 158.4 kb/s, T-Mobile USA 168 kb/s
  2. Full Speed USB 12 Mb/s (typical throughput 6.8 Mb/s)
  3. Bluetooth (723.1 kb/s)
FCC ID: IHDT56ED1

A780 does not come with

  1. Qwerty keyboard
  2. * Awkward on-screen stylus keyboard
  3. Wi-Fi
  4. Infrared
  5. US navigation
  6. Unstable operating system
  7. Hi-Speed USB (480 Mb/s)
  8. Hi-Fi stereo bluetooth (AD2P profile)

Difficult design for J2ME

A780 runs downloadable applications (J2ME) just fine though the hardware design is a challenge:
  1. With the flip open, the keypad is not available
  2. There are no left and right selection keys below the screen that Java applications expect
  3. * Selection keys are drawn on the screen itself, preventing full screen view
  4. J2ME applications generally do not support a touch screen

See also

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