High-end business SmartPhone with good interface capability, enhanced calling functionality, rich multimedia and entertainment options and advanced service functions aimed at a wider consumer group and particularly appealing to business and techie and gadget fans user segments. The A780 is priced within the average for this class.

Release Date: Q3 2004, July 27th, Rosemont
Class: Elite

Operating Frequency:
Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Case:
Formfactor: PDA, internal aerial
Size: 107×53×24 mm
Weight: 130 g
Case Colours: Silver
Input: touchscreen, handwriting recognition

Data Transfer:
GPRS: Class 10 (3+2, 4+1)
HSCSD: No
EDGE: Yes
Data Speed: 32 - 48 kbps

Mobile Messaging:
SMS, EMS, MMS, Nokia SmartMessaging
Input: T9

Internet Access:
e-mail support, WAP v. 2.0 browser, xHTML browser

Interface:
Cable Connection: RS232, USB
Wireless Connection: Infrared (IrDa), Bluetoothtm
Notes: SyncML

Software:
Javatm: MIDP v. 2.0
OS: Linux

Memory:
Internal: 48 Mb
External: TransFlashtm (T-Flash) memory card slot

Screen:
65536 (65K, 16 bit) colours TFT
Resolution: 240 x 320 (76800) pixels
Notes: touchscreen

Camera:
Resolution: 1.2 Megapixel (1280×960, 1228800 pixels)
Features: video recording

Call Features:
Auto Dial, Voice Dialing, Handsfree Loudspeaker, in-phone Vibration Call Alert
VoiceMemo: 120 sec

Ringtones:
24 chords (voice) polyphonic MIDI ringtones, truetones
MP3 ringtones

Multimedia:
Multimedia Player (audio and video)
MP3 audio
Entertainment: Wallpaper, Screensaver, Animated Pictures
Games: Javatm games support

Features:
Calculator, Currency Convertor, Clock, Alarm, Calendar, ToDo Application, Organizer Functionality, full PDA functionality
MS Office document viewer (.pdf,.doc,.xls,.ppt formats)

SAR (Specific Absorbtion Rate)
0.74 W/kg

Battery:
Li-Ion 850 mAh
Talk Time: up to 5 hrs
Standby Time: up to 180 hrs

Notes:
improved version of Motorola A760 with 1.3 megapixel camera, EDGE and T-Flash support
Competes with Sony Ericsson P900, Sony Ericsson P910
Follows Motorola A760 in Motorola product line

Highlights:
Touchscreen, very good talk time, Quad-band - will work worldwide, Bluetoothtm support, large screen size, TFT screen, video recording, large internal memory, external memory support, rich polyphonic ringtones and Multimedia Player (audio and video)

Negatives:
relatively large (but this is normal for a SmartPhone), relatively short standby time and rather moderate LCD colour depth