Motorola MPx200

{{Short description|Smartphone released in 2003}}

{{Infobox Mobile phone

| name = Motorola MPx200

| image = My Second Smartphone.jpg

| imagesize = 300

| caption = An MPx200 folded, shown here with a deliberately altered antenna

| storage = 16 MB (8 MB available to user)

| memory_card = MMC/SD card

| battery = BA520 standard Li-Ion, 850 mAh

| screen = 2.2 inch 176x220 pixel TFT LCD display, 65,536 colors (16-bit), 9 lines

| ext_display = 80 x 48 pixels monochrome

| colors = Liquorice Black

| networks = GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900

| released = {{start date and age|2003|12}}

| discontinued =

| size = 89 × 48 × 27 mm

| weight = {{convert|113|g|oz}}

| os = Microsoft Smartphone 2002

| cpu = 132 MHz Texas Instruments OMAP 710

| memory = 32 MB RAM

| connectivity = GPRS Class 8 (4+1 slots), 32–40 kbit/s speed, browser supports WAP 1.2.1 and HTML (PocketIE).
IrDA
mini-USB (with USB 1.1 protocol)

}}

Motorola MPx200 is a clamshell-style smartphone introduced on September 15, 2003{{Cite web |title=Motorola MPx200: a first look |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/motorola-mpx200-a-first-look/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=ZDNET |language=en}} as a joint venture between Motorola and Microsoft. It runs on the Windows Mobile Smartphone 2002 operating system and on the GSM/GPRS network (triband 900/1800/1900). The device was notably also the very first Microsoft Windows smartphone released in the United States,{{Cite web |last=Velasco |first=John |date=2018-03-28 |title=Old-school phones, modern reincarnations: Motorola MPx200 |url=https://www.phonearena.com/news/Old-school-phones-modern-reincarnations-Motorola-MPx200_id103567 |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=PhoneArena |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Pegoraro |first=Rob |date=2003-12-07 |title=MPx200 'Smartphone' Keeps Things Simple |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2003/12/07/mpx200-smartphone-keeps-things-simple/207bd06f-b4a9-4452-85ae-6f73ed8e1466/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} where it was carried by AT&T Wireless,{{Cite web |date=2003-09-15 |title=AT&TW to sell Motorola-made phone using Microsoft platform {{!}} RCR Wireless News |url=https://www.rcrwireless.com/20030915/archived-articles/at-tw-to-sell-motorola-made-phone-using-microsoft-platform |access-date=2025-05-22 |language=en-US}} although the Samsung SCH-i600 for the CDMA network was released at the same time, carried by Verizon Wireless.{{Cite web |title=Verizon, Samsung and Microsoft launch i600 Windows Mobile Smartphone |url=https://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=1779 |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=www.geekzone.co.nz |language=en}} In European territories the Motorola MPx200 was carried by Orange.

Motorola MPx200 combined the PDA features of Pocket PCs with the popular 'flip phone' form factor and cellular capabilities while remaining relatively small and light ({{Convert|113|g|oz}}). It integrates many of the known Windows Mobile features such as Microsoft Office, MSN Messenger, and other email and Internet services.{{Cite web |title=Motorola MPx200 - Mobile Gazette - Mobile Phone News |url=https://www.mobilegazette.com/motorola-mpx200.htm |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=www.mobilegazette.com}}{{Cite web |title=Motorola MPx200 |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/motorola-mpx200/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=ZDNET |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Motorola MPx200 (2003) |url=https://www.retromobe.com/2018/10/motorola-mpx200-2003.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |language=en-GB}} The MPx200 lacked Bluetooth connectivity, however.{{Cite web |title=MotoSummer 2004 |url=https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=22&p=1405 |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Phone Scoop |language=en-US}} It also had no camera, although an add-on camera called Viewtake CM35D is compatible through the device's SD card slot.{{Cite web |date=2004-01-07 |title=ViewTake CM35D SD pour Motorola MPx200 |url=https://www.clubic.com/actualite-58798-.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=clubic.com |language=fr}} A common complaint eventually was that it could not be upgraded to the newer Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphones version{{Cite web |last=Gizmodo |date=2004-01-06 |title=No Smartphone 2003 for Motorola's MPx200 |url=https://gizmodo.com/no-smartphone-2003-for-motorolas-mpx200-8315 |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Gizmodo |language=en-US}} whereas competing products like Samsung's at least offered an official upgrade path. Enthusastic users reportedly managed to unofficially upgrade the device software to WM 2003.{{Cite web |date=2004-07-09 |title=Unofficial Windows Mobile 2003 upgrade for Motorola's MPx200 Smartphone |url=https://www.engadget.com/2004-07-09-unofficial-windows-mobile-2003-upgrade-for-motorolas-mpx200.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Engadget |language=en-US}}

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The Motorola MPx200 was Motorola's first Windows based mobile device and it was launched not long after reports that Motorola would divest its share in Symbian Software.{{Cite web |date=16 September 2003 |title=Motorola: Microsoft Smartphone evolution |url=https://www.theregister.com/2003/09/16/motorola_microsoft_smartphone_evolution/ |website=The Register}} It was considered the next generation of Windows smartphones following the first generation Orange SPV that launched in Europe earlier in 2002. The Motorola MPx200 sold relatively well. It was succeeded by Motorola MPx220, released in late 2004, running Windows Mobile 2003 software and adding both a camera and Bluetooth.