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The Motorola Surf A3100 is a touch tablet cell phone designed to provide the ultimate work/life balance. The high-speed 3G device gives instant access to information you need to keep connected. It runs Window Mobile 6.1 Professional, which is an icon based operating system that is controlled by touching the screen with a finger or included stylus, or by using the omni-direction trackball. A built in GPS lets you easily search google maps and forward facing camera lets you partake in video conferences. There is also a higher quality 3 megapixel camera with auto focus. Windows Media Player lets you enjoy music, video and images from a PC with ease, and you can also easily enjoy video streaming anywhere from YouTube.
MSRP $499.00
Release date January, 2009
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Specifications
- Talk and Standby Time: GSM Talk Time – Up to 6.8 hours GSM Standby Time – Up to 12.4 days
- Bands/Modes - GSM: Quad-Band EDGE/GPRS: 12/12 WCDMA: HSDPA 7.2 850/1900/2100 Triband1
- Weight: 119gms
- Dimensions: 110x59.7x13.7mm
- Battery: 1170mAh
- OS: Window Mobile 6.1 Professional
- Connectivity: USB 2.0 HS, Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology with A2DP2
- Display: 2.8” QVGA with Touch Panel
- Messaging: MMS, SMS, Multi-Head IM, Email [Exchange]1
- Audio: AMR, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI
- Video: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 & WMV playback support, .3GP and .MP4 file playback support, H.263 capture support
- Camera: 3 megapixel auto focus, VGA secondary camera
- Memory: 256MB Flash, 128MB RAM, Micro-SD up to 32GB
- Chipset: Qualcomm MSM 7201A
- Software: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
- Form Factor: Touch tablet smartphone
- Navigation: aGPS
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Motorola Surf A3100 | unlocked - no warranty - black
• Motorola MOTOSURF A3100 Unlocked Phone with Quad band GSM 850/900/1800/1900; EDGE/GPRS 12/12; Triband HSDPA 7.2 Mbps 850/1900/2100 Mhz, 3 MP Camera with Digital Zoom, and Secondary VGA Camera--International Version with No Warranty (Black)
EAN: 5025322406977
MPN: MOTA3100
Competitors
Motorola Surf A3100 is ranked 7th among it's competitors.
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MSRP $199.00
Released July, 2008
Pros
- GPS Support
- High speed 3G
- Good selection of free apps available
Cons
- Can't replace the battery yourself, can't replace with a "spare"
- Crippled Bluetooth (only hands-free devices supported)
- Battery life is disappointing
when using 3G
Motorola Surf A3100
0%
vs.
Apple iPhone 3G
100%
MSRP $179.00
Released October, 2008
Pros
- Large touch-screen
- Integrated GPS including Google StreetView
- Dedicated full QWERTY keyboard
Cons
- No headphone jack
- weak battery life with use of 3G
- No camera flash
Motorola Surf A3100
0%
vs.
HTC Dream
100%
MSRP $199.99
Released April, 2009
Pros
- built in
WiFi
- runs Android
-
GPS functionality
Cons
- no 3.5mm headphone jack
- no hard keyboard
- custom modified firmware for Rogers; disables many of the goodies of the US Android phones
Motorola Surf A3100
0%
vs.
HTC Magic
100%
MSRP --
Released January, 2001
Pros
- 480 x 800 WVGA screen
- Bright Clear High Resolution Screen
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Cons
- no camera flash
- no physical keys
- accessing SD needs to open the battery cover
Motorola Surf A3100
vs.
HTC Touch HD
MSRP $600.00
Released November, 2008
Pros
- has the ability to cut & paste
- First touchscreen Blackberry
- built in GPS
Cons
- interface can be slow
- no WiFi connectability
- tactile touchscreen can take some getting used to
Motorola Surf A3100
vs.
RIM BlackBerry Storm
MSRP $129.99
Released June, 2008
Pros
- Standard headphone jack - no need for adapter
- Visual voicemail lets you choose the messages you want to listen to
- Comes with 2 batteries
Cons
- Slow web browser
- GPS maps don't go into landscape mode
- short talk time
Motorola Surf A3100
vs.
Samsung Instinct
MSRP --
Released February, 2009
Pros
- 8.1MP camera for large photos and full 720p/24 video
- beautiful 3.7" AMOLED screen with large 360 x 640 resolution
- huge AMOLED touchscreen
Cons
- will be extremely expensive and/or subsidized by long term contracts
- doesn't run a real customizable OS with downloadable applications
- glossy finish, fingerprint magnet
Motorola Surf A3100
vs.
Samsung Omnia HD i8910
Reviews
October 14, 2009
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Pros
- microSD expansion
- aGPS capabilities
- built in WiFi
- high speed 3G data connection capable
- trackball
- 2.8-inch touchscreen display
- 3.5mm headset jack
- compact size
- 3MP camera
- secondary forward facing camera for video conferencing
- customized, attractive UI
Cons
- no physical keyboard
- expensive
- memory card slot is behind the battery
- small end and talk buttons
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October 8, 2009
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Pros
- microSD expansion
- aGPS capabilities
- built in WiFi
- high speed 3G data connection capable
- trackball
- 2.8-inch touchscreen display
- 3.5mm headset jack
- seamless synching with MS Exchange server
- YouTube client is good
- customized, attractive UI
- Runs Google Maps well
- Skyfire browser can be downloaded
- Bing client is helpful
- runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system
Cons
- difficult to scroll through email messages with the email client
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October 7, 2009
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Pros
- microSD expansion
- aGPS capabilities
- built in WiFi
- high speed 3G data connection capable
- trackball
- 2.8-inch touchscreen display
- 3.5mm headset jack
- compact size
- seamless synching with MS Exchange server
- secondary forward facing camera for video conferencing
- customized, attractive UI
- runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system
Cons
- no physical keyboard
- expensive
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October 14, 2009
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Pros
- microSD expansion
- aGPS capabilities
- built in WiFi
- high speed 3G data connection capable
- trackball
- 2.8-inch touchscreen display
- 3.5mm headset jack
- compact size
- seamless synching with MS Exchange server
- YouTube client is good
- 3MP camera
- Runs Google Maps well
- Skyfire browser can be downloaded
Cons
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October 14, 2009
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Pros
- microSD expansion
- aGPS capabilities
- built in WiFi
- trackball
- YouTube client is good
Cons
- Windows Mobile 6.1 is now considered very obsolete.
- No support for open audio formats e.g. Ogg, FLAC
- No support for open video formats e.g. MKV, DivX
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