Motorola coming up with three all new touch screen phones. The MOTOMING A1600 and A1800 both continue to share the touch screen of the earlier A1200 both for handwriting in Cantonese and Mandarin as well as for navigating the interface, but add enhanced media, navigation, and network support. Both have enthusiastic GPS with a data assist for mapping, a 1GB microSD card preloaded with mainland China maps, and upgraded cameras at either 3.0 mega pixels (A1800) or 3.2 (A1600) with digital auto focus.

The A1600 despite its better camera is considered the starter model and connects solely through GSM, but allows the phone to be used in North America with 850MHz band support and EDGE data; the A1800 operates either on CDMA or GSM for support with Sprint, Verizon, and other CDMA-only carriers and also adds a firewall for screening out calls or SMS text messages from certain senders.

Moreover of the Linux-based handsets comes with software to read business cards and Microsoft Office documents; they should both be obtainable today in China and should be obtainable somewhere else soon.

The A810, also available today, abandons the transparent flip cover of the MING line and is targeted at a more entry-level audience that still wants a touch screen but with fewer extras. It lacks GPS and scales back to a two-mega pixel camera while supporting the same handwriting features of the premium phones along with a native 3.5mm headphone jack for listening to MP3s. Motorola notes that the A810 supports GSM and EDGE but lacks full American support.