T-Mobile and Motorola MPX line
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For my next phone I was thinking of getting a phone with Bluetooth (also
small clamshell model), so that I could connect my IPAQ 2210 Pocket PC to
the Internet via the phone using Bluetooth, rather than having to connect
with a cable, as I do now.
Now there is such a phone available for T-Mobile, the Motorola V600.
However, in looking at the features of the upcoming Motorola models MPX220
(smartphone), and MPX (Pocket PC Phone), they sound a lot better to me than
the V600. (They would duplicate a lot of the functionality of my IPAQ,
perhaps I would use the IPAQ less.) (I'd still use the IPAQ some, however,
due to the larger screen.) (Please, do not recommend the new T-Mobile IPAQ
6315 to me. Not interested in that at all. Too big and bulky to be my main
phone. It has had bad reviews in any case.) (Ditto for most "Pocket PC
Phones". Of no interest to me, other than the new MPX, which will fold up
like a regular clamshell phone.)
The original reports of the MPX220 and the MPX said that they would first
become available on T-Mobile. Now I've read recent reports that said
T-Mobile backed out of the deal, and that they would first become available
on ATT Wireless. Is that true? Are they not expected to come out via
T-Mobile at all, or just later?
I'm unhappy with T-Mobile about this? Why do they have less choice of phones
than other carriers, and backed out of deals to carry what seem to be
excellent innovations in the MpX line?
ATTW also got the MPX200 first, and T-Mo never carried it. IN fact, the
V600, which just now became available on T-Mobile, had been available for
months on ATTW and Cingular. Why so much later for T-Mo?
Anyone know which department at T-Mo decides on which phone to carry, and is
there a way to contact them to submit feedback? I did write a note to
customer service on the T-Mobile web site, but I doubt it will ever get to
the decision-makers.
Yes, I know, when the mpx220 and mpx come out, I could buy it unlocked on
Ebay or through an online retailer, but there are definite disadvantages to
going that route. One, since my T-Mobile contract has expired, in exchange
for contract renewal I could get the same discount buying the phone in a
T-Mobile store as a new customer, which would cost significantly less than
buying the phone unlocked online. (It is apt to be very expensive unlocked
online at the beginning.) Buying a phone through Ebay could be risky. And
of course, buying a phone that way, it would not be covered by T-Mobile's
replacement warranty, which is good. (If you buy a phone from.through T-Mo,
and anything goes wrong with it during the first year, you call them, and
they will immediately send you a new (refurbished probably) one, with a fast
shipping method, plus a postpaid box to return the old one in. Obviously
they will not do that with a phone that hasn't even been approved for their
network.
So, I might just buy the v600 soon.
Or--do people think that T-Mobile will eventually carry the mpx 220 and mpx,
even if a few months later than ATTW?
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