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Motorola DEXT MB220 Overview

Expected UK Release Date: Available

Key Features
MOTOBLUR™ User Interface with Live Widgets & Customised Home Screen
Slide Out Full QWERTY Keyboard
3.1 Inch HVGA 262k Colour Touch Screen (320 x 480 Pixels)
Android 1.5 Operating System
3G HSDPA Technology
Email (POP3 & IMAP)
HTML Browser with YouTube Compatibility
Supports MicroSD™ Memory Card up to 32 Gbytes
Music Player with Shazam ID Music Recognition Feature
5 Megapixel Camera with Auto Focus & Picture Geo Tagging
Instant Messaging
WiFi® Technology
Google™ Map with Street View

Design

83%

Usability

62%

Features

93%

The above ratings are average figures, which have been generated from submitted mobile phone reviews.

Our Motorola DEXT MB220 Review

The Motorola DEXT MB220 is a gorgeous looking touch screen Smartphone which comes with a stunning user interface & a user friendly operating system. It supports an Android operating system version 1.5 also know a Cupcake which offers an outstanding mobile operating system for the user to enjoy with their Smartphone. The user can enjoy the MOTOBLUR™ user interface which comes complete with a live widget option & the user can customise their home screen to suit their needs. The DEXT MB220 has a slightly curved shaped casing which is black in colour with a silver coloured edging which gives the handset the elegant look it truly deserves. The user can use either the touch screen to make onscreen selections or the user can slide out the full QWERTY keyboard when inputting text including letters & numbers. This 3G Smartphone has a good sized touch screen which provides a 320 pixel by 480 pixel resolution display & the user can view up to 262 thousand colours on this 3.1 Inch size touch screen. Its size is compact enough for the user to carry their Smartphone in their pocket & it is a neat shape handset due to its slide opening design. The Motorola DEXT MB220 measures 1.56cm deep, 5.8cm wide by 11.4cm tall when in its slide closed position & it weighs 163 grams with its fitted battery. This touch screen phone comes with a memory card slot which supports a MicroSD™ type memory card & can hold up to thirty two gigabytes of memory.

A selection of built in call features & messaging services allow the user of the Motorola DEXT MB220 to communicate with their family, friends & business contacts using the best possible communication feature or service to suit the user's needs. The DEXT MB220 supports an instant messaging service which allows the user to communicate with others during an online conversation using text & symbols to communicate with compatible instant messaging contacts. This handset supports a text message service allowing its user to share a quick text message with other compatible mobile phones users. A text message can contain text & symbols & is an easy messaging service to use. A multimedia messaging service allows the user to share more than just text & symbols with their compatible MMS contacts as a MMS message can contain a picture or video complete with sound & text. The user can access all the messaging services from the phones main menu using the stunning MOTOBLUR™ user interface & an email service allows the user to create, send & receive an email to & from the Motorola DEXT MB220. When the user wishes to surf the Web then the HTML Web browser allows the user to enjoy a YouTube compatible Web experience on this Android based Smartphone. Its call features include a conference call feature allowing the user to have one call complete with a small group of contacts for a meeting style call experience. The user can access a call list which provides the user with a list of recent calls & a list of frequent calls. The user can enjoy a voice mail service on their phone.

Motorola DEXT MB220 3G Smartphone front view

Motorola DEXT MB220 3G Smartphone angle view

Motorola DEXT MB220 3G Smartphone open view

The built in Wi-Fi® technology provides a user friendly Internet connectivity for the user to enjoy when on the move as the user can enjoy a Wi-Fi® connection to nearby wireless LAN's or hotspots. The Motorola DEXT MB220 supports high speed EDGE technology allowing the user to experience fast data transfers rates when the user is transferring files between two compatible devices. When connecting the DEXT MB220 to compatible devices the user can use either a micro USB connection or a Bluetooth® wireless connection between the DEXT MB220 & other devices. This Smartphone supports 3G HSDPA technology which means the use can enjoy fast connectivity on their handset. An A GPS navigation feature complete with a Google™ map feature allows the user to gain direction & view maps on their touch screen phone. The Google™ maps feature comes complete with a street view allowing the user gain accurate directions to unknown locations. The Motorola DEXT MB220 has an Accuweather application which allows the user to find out weather reports for the users desired areas & locations which is a useful feature on this Smartphone. It works over GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900 networks, as well as HSDPA 900, HSDPA 1700 & HSDPA 2100 3G networks. A fitted battery is a rechargeable battery which when fully charged can provide up to six hours of talk time or up to three hundred & twenty five hours of battery standby time.

A music playing feature allows the user to download or transfer their favourite tracks onto their handset for listening to when the mood takes them. This player supports a high quality music playback in many formats including MP3, WAV, MIDI, AAC, AAC+, AAC+ Enhanced & AMR NB formats. The user can store their music which is easy to locate & allows the user to access their music quickly. A Shazam ID music recognition feature allows the user to find out the name of a song by just recording a few seconds worth of a song they like the sound of & the music recognition feature will provide the user with the name of the song & the name of the artist who performs the song. An integrated five megapixel digital camera feature provides the user with a feature to capture still pictures as well as a video recording feature. The user can use the automatic focus function to ensure a well focused image is captured when the user is capturing a still picture. The user can edit their pictures & store them for a later viewing experience as well as the user sharing their pictures via the multimedia messaging service with other MMS compatible contacts. The Motorola DEXT MB220 supports a picture geo tagging feature which means the user can store a location with each picture taken using the built in five megapixel camera. When using the video capture mode the user can record video using the five megapixel camera which can be recorded in MPEG4 video format.

Motorola DEXT MB220 Specifications & Features

Screen
3.1 Inch HVGA 262k Colour Touch Screen (320 x 480 Pixels)

Imaging
5 Megapixel Camera
Auto Focus
Picture Editing
Picture Geo Tagging
Camera Settings
Camera Modes
Video Record (MPEG4)
Video Player (MPEG4, H264, H263 & YouTube)
Video Streaming
Picture Screensaver
Wallpaper

Messaging
SMS (Text Messaging)
MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
Email (POP3 & IMAP)
Instant Messaging
Voice Mail

Sound
Music Player (MP3, WAV, MIDI, AAC, AAC+, AAC+ Enhanced & AMR NB)
Shazam ID Music Recognition
Music Storage
Music Lock
Downloadable Ringtones

Entertainment
Preloaded Games
Downloadable Games

Organiser
Phonebook
Calendar
Calculator
Clock
Alarm
Accuweather
Google™ Map with Street View
E Compass
A GPS Navigation
Call Waiting & Call Transfer
Call List (Recent & Frequent Calls)
Conference Call
Customised Home Screen
Android 1.5 OS (Cupcake)
MOTOBLUR™ User Interface with Live Widgets
Slide Out QWERTY Keyboard

Connectivity
3G HSDPA
WiFi®
Micro USB
Bluetooth® with A2DP
EDGE

Network
Quad Band Technology (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)
HSDPA 900, 1700 & 2100

Internet
HTML Browser
Android Webkit
YouTube Compatible

Memory & Talk Time
Supports MicroSD™ Memory Card up to 32 Gbytes
6 Hours Talk Time
325 Hours Standby

Weight & Size
163 g
114 x 58 x 15.6 mm

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Reviewer: C Collins - UK
Date: 18th May 2010

A brilliant android platform with a useless phone attached. Don't buy this if you want to make calls whilst 'roaming', expect a missed call text alert to inform you less than 6 hours after the call was missed, or expect to be able to make calls as you did with your previous phone (Nokia N958mb) on the Orange network. Oh, & if you want to use the 'touch screen' facility to enter text just make sure that none of your text has letters that appear on the right of the qwerty keyboard, sensitivity is just not that great (can't recall how many times the letter 'p' has proved a hiccu* in trying to text someone). Good job it has a slide out keyboard, which actually does work. Pity it's so advanced that you notice when it tells you it couldn't send (yet another) text message.

Great for games, cupcake platform?
Useless phone, unless you prefer people not to be able to contact you.

Design

90%

Usability

40%

Features

90%

Reviewer: Simon - Birmingham, UK
Date: 8th Feb 2010

A really good phone that's let down by the poor quality control. I am on my 4th unit now & still experiencing hardware problems. I advise you not to buy this until the next batch come out or the mark 2. Orange will only give you replacement new units within the first 28 days of purchase. After that if it goes wrong (it will) they will give you a used one that will probably go wrong too. Should have waited for the other Android phones but it was the only Android with a QWERTY at the time.

Don't GET THIS PHONE!

Design

60%

Usability

30%

Features

95%

Reviewer: Simon - Crewe, UK
Date: 6th Dec 2009

This is finally a good Motorola phone, this has real good features, which are easy to use. Motorola is back with a bang. Had it for nearly four weeks no complaints at all.

Kind regards Simon.

Design

90%

Usability

90%

Features

95%

Reviewer: Jason - Northants, UK
Date: 10th Nov 2009

All round pretty sweet phone, Touch screen is good, the live updates via FaceBook & such are top notch nothing like I have seen before & also some good modes & apps.

QWERTY keypad is good in size as someone like myself with bigger fingers can still use it without using the backspace every 2 seconds!

It's visually attractive & Easy to use. Could be a bit louder on the speaker side of it but that's not a major as I have a iPod.

Never really like any other Motorola but they have actually made a good one this time, so congrats to them.

9 out of 10 from me. Jason.

Design

95%

Usability

90%

Features

95%

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