Talk:Motorola Ming

I don't understand this:

MING is an appropriate name for this Linux-based smartphone...

Why is this? Could someone add some context? Tmorrisey 01:08, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, my guess is that it's a reference to the British slang usage of 'ming' -'Maebmij 03:17, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Motorola A1200 has been launched in other parts of the world. In Latin American countries, eg Brazil and Colombia, the A1200i (note the i) is known as MOTOTASK. --CesarCardoso 20:55, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think "MING is an appropriate name for this Linux-based smartphone" was a reference to the Chinese translation of it meaning "bright". It sounded spammy, or at the very least a subjective opinion that has no place in an encyclopedia, so I removed it. Ttrygve 15:24, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have a A1200,In chinese, MING mean “明” (bright),but no citation say that MING mean “Linux-based smartphone”.--ZH Evers 17:03, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ming series - not just a single device

I'm not sure how to integrate this - if at all, so I'll leave it here, perhaps someone can make it useful?

According to this page: http://developer.motorola.com/products/a1680/ ("The first in the Motorola Ming series with Android™...") the MING is a whole series of phones, all with a similar look (clamshell with transparent cover). Unfortunately the Motorola site has no listing of the involved models, but I am certain (without definite sources, through searching for a phone) that the Motorola Krave is a successor of the Ming phone/series. See also: xt806 and a1260 (replace a1680 in previous link with these). Surely there are more.

Perhaps this site should be converted or at least include a list of phones in that series - if it really is a series? --Cyberman TM (talk) 14:32, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]