Updated 25 May, 2012, 6:23 pm IST

MOTOMING A1600 Launched in India

23 Oct, 2008, 10:48 am IST | by Shayne Rana |

After the very recent launch of the ROKR EM30, Motorola has now launched their next-gen, GPS-enabled, touch screen mobile phone, the MOTOMING A1600 in India. The MING A1600 provides consumers with lifetime free access to fully navigable maps and landmarks of 30 major cities in India, allowing voice-guided navigation across major national and state highways. For an additional 130 major cities in India, consumers can view major landmarks in the city. The handset features inbuilt GPS navigation and a full package of productivity, mobile music and multimedia functions.

"MOTOMING A1600, our first GPS-enabled mobile phone in India, is powered with next-generation features and applications in an extremely attractive design," said Lloyd Mathias, senior director and head of sales and distribution, India & South West Asia, Motorola Mobile Devices. "Our GPS navigation service is free with no activation charges, independent of mobile networks and can be used even without inserting the SIM card. We have ensured that all major cities in the country are a part of this unique service. This Diwali, we invite Indian consumers to experience the next-generation GPS-enabled navigation device, the MOTOMING A1600."

The latest in the MING series, the A1600 has the distinctive "MING" transparent flip cover with a slimmer, sleeker, stylish design. It supports turn-by-turn, voice-guided navigation and easy search of points-of-interest. It also provides coverage across national and state highways in India. Motorola’s MotoNav application offers unique features like route simulation and location based reminders. Consumers can set alerts and reminders when approaching chosen destinations and plan a route before starting a journey and view a suggested route summary or read a list of directions.

MotoNav offers three modes of navigation from which to choose - shortest, quickest or pedestrian path, along with points of interest that show up on the screen as the users approach the site. The MotoNav application allows users to mark favorite destinations for quick navigation guidance and to retrieve a history of previously traveled paths. It also allows users to send SMS location information to friends. Powered by MapmyIndia, India maps come preloaded on the memory card of MING A1600.

The MOTOMING A1600 comes with a 1GB MicroSD card and an expandable memory capacity of up to 4GB. The mobile phone also comes with an in-car charger that lets users utilize the GPS voice-guidance over long drives while keeping the phone powered.

The on board 3.2 megapixel camera comes with geotagging. All that the consumer needs to do is add location details on the captured images utilizing the GPS navigation feature and later use this data to map the images exact locations onto sites like Google Earth. A Panorama mode is also available in the camera’s features. Other features include mobile e-mail, a business card reader, document viewer and Motorola’s handwriting technology.

The MOTOMING A1600 comes with features for cricket fans. Consumers can learn cricketing strokes from former Indian captain Krish Srikkanth; download free video batting tips of more strokes; and keep track of live cricket matches with live text commentary, partnership charts, and wagon wheel. In addition, the MOTOMING A1600 comes with three full-fledged cricket games. It also has Motorola’s Music ID and provides users direct access to MOTOMUSIC. The MING A1600 also provides video capture and video playback at 30 fps. It supports Class 2 Bluetooth wireless technology.

MOTOMING A1600 is available at a best buy price of Rs. 14,599 (MRP: Rs 15,847) at MOTOSTORE. The MING A1600 includes a 1GB microSD card (preloaded with navigation maps), 27MB of user-available memory expandable up to 4GB through a microSD card, a wired stereo headset, a CD-ROM with Roxio PC software to transform videos to a format compatible to the MING A1600, and a MOTOMUSIC scratch card offering 50 free wallpapers and music video downloads.