MPX200 Smartphone 2003 Update?

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Hello, I'm new here so I'm just going to get straight to the point.

I am getting an unlocked MPX200 from eBay. I understand from checking on the
net that it is possible to upgrade the OS of the phone to smartphone 2003.
Does anyone know if this is true, where I can get it and how to install it?

Also, if anyone has one of these phones, how are they? Ny son threw my palm
pilot into the toilet so I am with out an organizer and could use a new
phone, so I figured... two birds, one stone.

Thanks in advance.

Jason

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Thanks so much for the info. I have a 20gb iPod so I won't need th
eentertainment functions so much as I need a replacement for the plam pilot
my little boy put in the toilet ;-)

How did you go about updating the OS? I'll need excel and word and my phone
is coming loaded with the original 2002 OS.

Thanks....

Jason

"ReDLiNe(OcTAiNe)" <redline135@usenet.com> wrote in message
news:4167290b$1_2@Usenet.com...
> "Jayrock" <jrock1144@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:gt2dnTWYbvQBs_vcRVn-iw@rogers.com:
>
> > Hello, I'm new here so I'm just going to get straight to the point.
> >
> > I am getting an unlocked MPX200 from eBay. I understand from checking
> > on the net that it is possible to upgrade the OS of the phone to
> > smartphone 2003. Does anyone know if this is true, where I can get it
> > and how to install it?
> >
> > Also, if anyone has one of these phones, how are they? Ny son threw my
> > palm pilot into the toilet so I am with out an organizer and could use
> > a new phone, so I figured... two birds, one stone.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> Well, I have a MPX200 and I have also updated it to 2003. Now I can say
> its a nice smartphone, but keep in mind that its a phone first and a pda
> second. I did like the fact that will sycn with outlook, and that it also
> sync's your contacts. But its poor on battery life, video play back is ..
> well not so good. and as a mp3 player its not that great ether. Now if
> your not going to use it as any of that then .... No worries go at it.
> But if you were using the functions I just said, dont expect them to work
> all that well on that phone. Now I have seen some of the newer
> smartphones and they are getting better. But this phone was made in the
> eary starting days of the smartphone. And as I said before it is a nice
> smartphone, Its my backup phone if somthing bad happens to my curent
> phone. But to each there own, and I dont want to discurage you from
> getting your phone, I just to give out as much info as i can.
>
> Good luck and have fun with you new phone.
> (P.S.) One other thing I didnt like about the smartphones was that there
> was no support for word or excel docs. Something that is standerd for
> Windows Mobile 2003.

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"ReDLiNe(OcTAiNe)" <redline135@usenet.com> wrote in message
news:416ab013_2@Usenet.com...
> "Jayrock" <jrock1144@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:26ednXBVVN3Qo_rcRVn-vQ@rogers.com:
>
> > Thanks so much for the info. I have a 20gb iPod so I won't need th
> > eentertainment functions so much as I need a replacement for the plam
> > pilot my little boy put in the toilet ;-)
> >
> > How did you go about updating the OS? I'll need excel and word and my
> > phone is coming loaded with the original 2002 OS.
> >
> > Thanks....
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > "ReDLiNe(OcTAiNe)" <redline135@usenet.com> wrote in message
> > news:4167290b$1_2@Usenet.com...
> >> "Jayrock" <jrock1144@hotmail.com> wrote in
> >> news:gt2dnTWYbvQBs_vcRVn-iw@rogers.com:
> >>
> >> > Hello, I'm new here so I'm just going to get straight to the point.
> >> >
> >> > I am getting an unlocked MPX200 from eBay. I understand from
> >> > checking on the net that it is possible to upgrade the OS of the
> >> > phone to smartphone 2003. Does anyone know if this is true, where I
> >> > can get it and how to install it?
> >> >
> >> > Also, if anyone has one of these phones, how are they? Ny son threw
> >> > my palm pilot into the toilet so I am with out an organizer and
> >> > could use a new phone, so I figured... two birds, one stone.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance.
> >> >
> >> > Jason
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Well, I have a MPX200 and I have also updated it to 2003. Now I can
> >> say its a nice smartphone, but keep in mind that its a phone first
> >> and a pda second. I did like the fact that will sycn with outlook,
> >> and that it also sync's your contacts. But its poor on battery life,
> >> video play back is .. well not so good. and as a mp3 player its not
> >> that great ether. Now if your not going to use it as any of that then
> >> .... No worries go at it. But if you were using the functions I just
> >> said, dont expect them to work all that well on that phone. Now I
> >> have seen some of the newer smartphones and they are getting better.
> >> But this phone was made in the eary starting days of the smartphone.
> >> And as I said before it is a nice smartphone, Its my backup phone if
> >> somthing bad happens to my curent phone. But to each there own, and I
> >> dont want to discurage you from getting your phone, I just to give
> >> out as much info as i can.
> >>
> >> Good luck and have fun with you new phone.
> >> (P.S.) One other thing I didnt like about the smartphones was that
> >> there was no support for word or excel docs. Something that is
> >> standerd for Windows Mobile 2003.
> >
> >
> >
>
> No Problem,... I think I still have that rom someplace.. If not I can
> direct you in the right direction.
>
> ReDLiNe135-------------------------->

Thanks, you can reach me at this email- jrock1144@rogers.com

-J