I had the MPx200, loved it. Cingular bought AT&T and my wife needed a new phone so I was forced to move to the MPx220. I hate that Motorola pulled the usb connector and put in their stupid Moto connector! I loved using the mini-usb cable to charge from anywhere, car/wall/computer with a $5 adapter. The Moto interface has already puked and I can only charge through the data cable. The other thing is that they switched the SD slot to a Mini-SD, another pain in the butt. I had to invest in a MiniSD card. Oh, and the "normal" MPx220 is silver, I prefered the black.

That said, my screen has wear and I've dropped this thing countless times, so it doesn't look great but works great. I just bought a MPx220 Black on e-Bay to make the silver my backup.

For me there isn't anythin even close to the form factor of this phone that is the Windows SmartPhone. I've had the PDA phone thing - practically useless. It was a Siemens SX56, essentially MS slapped on the phone software and did some minor tweaks. But really it was a PDA first and a Phone 9th. Horrible reception, battery life, contact management connected to the phone. Cingular has a fliphone with more modern conveniences and might be worth looking at, but yesterday Apple introduced the iPhone.

All bets are off when Apple adds a flash slot. I've already got my $599 ready to go in June.

MicroSSG