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Mot shows GSM/CDMA A840 at CTIA
Snapshot by Siddharth Raja on Wednesday March 24, 2004.
Motorola A840Motorola has just released the A840 dual-mode (CDMA and GSM) phone at CTIA 2004. It is one of the first handsets to support both types of networks, allowing users to roam to most countries with the single handset. The A840 is designed for the mobile professional and has advanced PIM and messaging functionality.
Also in the package is a 1.2 megapixel camera, MP3 player, removable Trans-flash memory, and a 2.2 inch 65K color display. The camera has 4x digital zoom, short range flash, as well as MPEG4 video capture and playback. One of the more interesting features is the speaker independent voice recognition system which allows you to dial by number or contact name.
Other features include Bluetooth, picture phonebook and calendar, BREW support, 64-voice polyphonic tones, MMS and instant messaging.
| Specifications for the Motorola A840 | |
| Band | Dualband GSM (900/1800), dualband CDMA (800/1900) |
| Data | GPRS/1xRTT |
| Size | 49mm × 94mm × 24.5mm, 90cc volume |
| Weight | 115g |
| Battery Life | 190 minutes talk time |
| 105 to 160 hours standby time | |
| Main Display | 65K color TFT, 176x220 resolution |
| Sub-Display | Color sub-display |
| Camera | 1.2 megapixel |
| Video | MPEG4 Video capture/playback |
| Text Messaging | MMS/EMS/SMS |
| POP/IMAP/SMTP | |
| Browser | WAP 2.0 |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Infrared | No |
| Java | Yes (MIDP v2.0,BREW) |
| Polyphonics | Yes (64 voice) |
| Radio | No |
| Memory | Trans-flash memory expansion |
| Other | Speaker independant voice recognition |
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