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Motorola A1000

Manufacturer Motorola

Compatible 3G: UMTS
networks 2G: GSM (900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
with GPRS

Predecessor Motorola A920

Dimensions 117 x 59.5 x 21.5 mm

Mass 168 g

Operating Symbian OS 7.0 + UIQ 2.1

system

CPU ARM processor at 168 MHz

Memory 32 MB RAM, 32 MB ROM

Storage 24 MB

Removable microSD memory card, also known

storage as Transflash. 1 GB tested, OK. 2 GB
tested, not working.
 Battery Talk time
2G: 280 minutes
3G: 120 minutes
Stand-by time: 200 hours
Video calling: 80 minutes

Display Transmissive reflective TFT LCD 65,536

colors, 16-bit color depth, 208x320 pixels

Rear camera 1.2-megapixel and 640x480 video camera

Front camera 300,000 pixels

Connectivity Bluetooth 1.1
USB 2.0

Data inputs Touchscreen

Handwriting recognition

Other A-GPS
Opera 7.5 web browser
Document viewer
etc.

The Motorola A1000 is a 3G smartphone from Motorola. It uses

the Symbian 7.0 operating system, enhanced with the UIQ 2.1 platform.
One of the phone's most notable features is its built-in A-GPS. The A1000
is the successor to the A925 and A920.
A variant device, named the M1000, appeared in 2005 for the Japanese
market, distributed by NTT DoCoMo. The M1000 has a similar spec to the
A1000 but supports Wi-Fi instead of GPS/A-GPS.

Contents

 1History
 2Features
 3Reported software issues
 4Reported hardware issues
 5Limitations
 6External links
History[edit]
The A1000 was released in Q4 2004, but was available only on contract
through the 3 network, in just a few countries (mostly Australia, Austria,
Denmark, Italy, Singapore[SingTel], Sweden and the UK). Although two
colour schemes were available for the device at the time of release, 3 only
offered it in the matte dark & light grey combination. Also, the phone was
locked and its firmware contained 3 branding.
The phone raised interest of enthusiasts due to its advanced capabilities,
and a few dedicated internet forums appeared. An unbranded firmware
became available in these forums, but presented multiple problems and
many considered it a leaked beta version. Also, software was developed to
overcome limitations of the branded firmware, including an 'application
picker' [1], a 'GPRS account editor' [2] , and the ability to install software on
external storage [3]).
When, after a whole year, the unlocked and unbranded A1000 appeared,
its new firmware version made most of these applications obsolete, as it
included their functions. This version of the A1000 was available in a glossy
black finish.
The A1000 was among the first phones to use the TransFlash memory
format as external storage. The device on its own only supports the smaller
capacities of these cards, however it supports the use of adapters to use
larger-capacity micro SD cards.

Features[edit]
 Java
o Java ME MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.0
o PersonalJava
 Opera 7.5 Internet browser (735 for English
version, 744 for Chinese version and 817J
for Japanese version)
 Cameras:
o Outer: CMOS camera
 Effective resolution: 1.31
megapixels
 Recorded resolution:
1.22 megapixels
o Inner: CMOS camera
 Effective resolution:
310,000 pixels
  Recorded resolution:
300,000 pixels
 Built in Picsel Viewer to open Microsoft
Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft
PowerPoint, PDF, etc. files
 Works with multiple e-mail accounts
 Bluetooth compatible for hands-free
telephone calls (using wireless headset)
and wireless connection to PCs
 Preinstalled with personal information
management (PIM) software
 Free software development kit (only beta
version available)

Reported software issues[edit]

 Autoformat - Early firmware releases (e.g.
51.14.15) have a bug which cause the
formatting of phone filesystem as soon as
free memory falls under around 4-5 MB;
user is not asked for confirmation, so any
data in the phone memory is lost in this
case. Further firmware releases fixed the
problem (maybe starting from 51.92
 Outbox bug - If an SMS sending fails, SMS
get stuck in the outbox and no more
attempts are made by the System to send it
again. No fixes are available for this bug.
 Memory card size limitation - Although
a1000 is compatible with microsd, which
should allow size up to 2 GB, no users
report to be able to go over 1 GB limit
 AT commands incompatibility - most of
standard mandatory AT commands are
actually not supported, implemented or
working (SMS access, phonebook
access,...)

Reported hardware issues[edit]

 Charge connector - charge connector does
not always connect to the phone, so it does
not charge properly.
Limitations[edit]
 Memory card lock - Early releases of
firmware do not allow installing applications
to memory card, and stops memory cards
from going over 1 GB, but "NOPEX" 3rd
party application fixes this issue.
 Missing autoconnection - Unlike other UIQ
phones, a1000 is not able to auto-connect
to PC when USB cable is connected: user
intervention is required to tap the screen to
activate connection; this makes it
impossible to recover data from phone in
case of screen damages/crash.

External links[edit]
 Motorola A1000 - Full phone specifications
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