OS of new A1000, E1000 and V1000 phones

[hfern]

A year ago, Motorola has said it plans to eventually use Linux in most of its handsets, including the less-expensive models.

See also http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5067129.html, the announcement of the A760.

Now Motorola's new A1000 UMTS phones appears to be based on UIQ Symbian (same as P800/P900). Is this a change of plan?

Anybody any idea what the OS is of the V1000 and the E1000?

[VGM]

Originally posted by hfern
A year ago, Motorola has said it plans to eventually use Linux in most of its handsets, including the less-expensive models.

See also http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5067129.html, the announcement of the A760.

Now Motorola's new A1000 UMTS phones appears to be based on UIQ Symbian (same as P800/P900). Is this a change of plan?

Anybody any idea what the OS is of the V1000 and the E1000?

Well,
I think Motorola already developed one - A760 I think. But the phone looks pretty big - more like a PDA. I guess they decided that Linux is at the end not that good of an idea and switched back to Symbian. I think the E1000 is symbian. Not sure about the V1000. PhoneArena does not say anything about it.

The picture below is the first Linux Motorola phone - A760

[hfern]

Originally posted by VGM
Well,
I think Motorola already developed one - A760 I think. But the phone looks pretty big - more like a PDA. I guess they decided that Linux is at the end not that good of an idea and switched back to Symbian.

I did not find any measurements yet of the new A1000 / E1000 / V1000 phones yet.

Just for the fun of it, I've checked the size of the A760 and some Symbian phones:
Motorola A760: 100 x 53 x 21 mm (=113300 mm3)
Sony Ericsson P800: 106 x 45 x 17.5 mm (=83475 mm3)
Nokia 6600: 108.6 x 58.2 x 23.7 mm (=149796 mm3)
Nokia 3650: 130 x 57 x 26 mm (=192660 mm3)

So, not sure if size matters, but the Nokia Symbian phones are quite bulkier than the A760..

[VGM]

E1000 should be Symbian also. The V1000 is really questionable from I've seen.

[hfern]

Interesting, Motorola now also announces a (very interesting) phone, based on Microsoft Mobile.
So far, Motorola has phones based on Linux (eg A760), Symbian/UIQ (eg A1000) and now Microsoft Mobile (MPx). It makes you wonder what Motorola is focussing on.

See below a pic of the MPx:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hfern/mpx.jpg

[Shtruki]

I heard that Motorola has committed to support new T-Flash memory cards in new A1000, E1000 and the upcoming V710.