Motorola A1800 live on Motorola's Chinese site

One-half of Motorola's refreshed MING line over in China, the A1800, has made its official entrance. Like the A1600 and the original A1200, the A1800's main claims to fame are a Linux-based operating system, full touchscreen, and a trick translucent flip that doubles as an earpiece. Where the phone does one better than its siblings, though, is with support for both CDMA and GSM networks -- albeit with nothing more than 1xRTT and GPRS data, respectively. Other goodies include a 3 megapixel autofocus cam, GPS, and big, heapin' scoops of envy from the rest of the world's citizenry.

[Via Boy Genius Report]

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 4th 2008 5:53PM]

GPRS??? They couldn't even splurge for EDGE.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 5th 2008 11:32AM]

I think GPRS for data is only a guess by Chris - I'm sure they'll put EDGE at the very least like its predecessor.

Why can't we have cool phones like this for the US? Where's the love?

I'll be checking eBay to purchase when it comes out.

Wasn't the 1800 suppose to have WiFi as well?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 10th 2008 9:44AM]

No, the A1800 does not have Edge, nor is it 3G Technology. I am a huge fan of the Moto Ming but I can't see spending $350-600 for only 3 real upgrades from the A1200. I've done a lot of research. The CDMA that they refer to is actually one of the networks in China (which uses a card similar to the sim card). So don't expect to get this phone, call up Verizon and get it hooked up. So that leaves the 3 megapixel and the bluetooth upgrade. Not worth the money. I am really disappointed in the creators. There are not enought bells and whistles to give up the A1200 yet. I hope they figure that out soon.