My friend recently got a Motorola A1200 a.k.a MING . I have read and seen lots of Motorola's models like RAZR, SLVR more known for their ' svelte ' looks than for it ' brainy features '. But people who are on a tight budget and looking for a PDA cum mobile phone , MING might be a answer to all your prayers.

Lookwise its good, not as sexy as a RAZR you might say. For a Smartphone its compact in size with a flip to cover the front screen. With a solid build quality and fairly lightweight for a 'smartphone' i should say its a good start for a smartphone. I will try to tackle this "JACK of ALL TRADES" in various departments from the brief meeting with it I had.

• PHONE : As some people tend to forget, first & foremost its a Mobile phone...Reception is good, call quality is little on the softer side otherwise its ok. Speakerphone does its work. Phonebook is standard for a phone with multiple no's, address and email id's.
  
  
• PDA : The touchscreen is OK. The User Interface with its 240 x 320 screen is good but the icons could have been drawn better. The phone is slow especially while going through long lists, file management tasks etc. The calendar is standard stuff , with inbuilt readers for office & pdf documents. E-Mail & Web browser are quite good but slow. Since its a linux powered device you could download 3rd party softwares from the internet and install it in your phone.
  
  GPRS is provided for internet connectivity and Bluetooth is also present for connecting to other phones, headsets, printers. You could also use bluetooth stereo headphones to stream wireless music.
  
  
• MULTIMEDIA : The screen is very good for viewing pictures and videos. Sound through the speaker is soft whereas using headphones you could enjoy all the beats. Real player is used for viewing videos and hearing music. A FM tuner is present for Radio too.Full screen video is possible with ways to skip forward / backward through the videos. But as I said scanning the memory card for files takes time.
  
  Camera is quite OK for taking pictures and videos. The 2 megapixel camera is mediocre in terms of other 2 Megapixels camera phones out there, but it does the business in well lighted situations. One cool feature is the " Biz Card Scanner ", whereby you can take the photo of a biz card and it will store all the details in your address book. Tried it and it worked alright.
  

As you can see its just a glancing encounter with the MING, but as I said its a JACK OF ALL TRADES but KING of none. But for a price of 340$ its a Value Buy for people who are looking for a "Smartphone" in a tight budget.