Motorola C290
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Posted: 04 Apr 2006 Announced: 03 Apr 2006
Market Status: Released
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US carrier availability: Sprint - Discontinued
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Motorola C290 is an entry-level CDMA/AMPS phone in clamshell design with 65k color display, and the first Moto to support Vision for Sprint PCS. It features speakerphone and predictive text input

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Motorola C290 specifications

Pros

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Cons

It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (0.93 inches)
Low resolution display (128 x 160 pixels)
Lacks microSD slot for storage expansion
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Clamshell
Dimensions:
Dimensions - Phone's dimensions
- 3.43 x 1.91 x 0.93 (87 x 48.5 x 23.5 mm)
Weight:
Weight - Phone's weight
- 3.50 oz (99 g)
  the average is 4.4 oz (126 g)

Display

Resolution:
Resolution - Refers to the width and the height of the display
- 128 x 160 pixels
Technology:
Technology - Refers to the type of the color displays. There are five major types: LCD, TFT, TFD, STN and OLED
- STN
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 65 536

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 3.40 hours
  the average is 7 h (448 min)
Stand-by time:
- 7.0 days (168 hours)
  the average is 16 days (391 h)

Internet browsing

Browser:
Browser - Capability to access special Internet sites using the mobile phone
- - Yes
- Supports:
  - WAP 2.0

Technology

CDMA:
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access. A technique of multiplexing, also called spread spectrum, in which analog signals are converted into digital form for transmission. For each communication channel, the signals are encoded in a sequence known to the transmitter and the receiver for that channel. The foremost application is digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800MHz band and 1.9GHz PCS band. CDMA phones are noted for their excellent call quality and long battery life.
- 800, 1900 MHz
AMPS:
AMPS - Advanced mobile phone standard. Analogue standard used widely in North America.
- 800
Satellite system:
- GPS

Phone features

Phonebook:
- 100 entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, Calculator, World clock
Messaging:
- SMS, Predictive text input (T9, iTAP)

Connectivity

USB:
- - Yes

Other features

Notifications:
- Service lights, Polyphonic ringtones (32 voices), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
- Voice dialing, Voice recording, TTY/TDD

Availability

Officially announced:
- 03 Apr 2006

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