The MPx200 has the potential to be as influential to the industry as was Motorola's StarTAC. Small at 3.4 by 1.8 by 1.0 inches (HWD) and lightweight (4.2 ounces), the clamshell-style MPx200 has two LCD screens: a color display on the flip-up panel and a monochrome on the case top to show the time, date, signal strength, battery power, and caller ID.

An SD/IO slot supports up to 1GB SD cards, and the phone itself has 32MB of ROM and 32MB of RAM (10MB of RAM is available for user data). There's a jog dial on the left side of the phone, and the bundle includes an earpiece (for phone use) and a stereo headset (for listening to music).

The MPx200 beats other conventional phones hands down in using Outlook contact data, because you aren't limited to just a few hundred contacts. Compared with PDA/phone combinations such as the admirable Treo 600, the MPx200 is more phone-centric and doesn't have the huge installed base of Palm OS applications. But the integration with Outlook is far superior, and the e-mail client is simple to set up and use.