Audio
Using Windows Media Player, the MPx is transformed into a MP3 player.
By using a headset, users can download and listen to hours of music. And
with the SD / MMC expansion slot, up to 1 GB of add-on memory can be used
to store extra songs.
With the natural progression from polyphonic ringtones to "true" tones,
MP3s have slowly been becoming the new standard. As opposed to the polyphonic
MIDI format, which reads musical notes and reproduces it through a local
synthesizer, MP3s are straight recordings from an audio input.
The result is an exact duplicate of the recorded source. With MP3s, music
with lyrics, recorded voice, or anything else users can play and record can
now be turned into a ringtone.
Messaging
Opened horizontally, the MPx's angular QWERTY keyboard is activated,
supporting SMS (Short Messaging Service), EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service),
and MMS (Multimedia Message Service).
 Formatting
text through EMS, users can adjusting style, size, alignment, and paragraphs
settings. But for further additions, MMS is needed to allows attached images,
sounds, videos, and time-based sequencing.
With the versatility to combine photos taken with the built-in camera
and creative text messaging, users can send more than a simple greeting,
instead creating unique vacation postcard messages or animated birthday cards.
Four other forms of text entry allow MPx users to choose the one that
best suits their needs. Aside from using the QWERTY keyboard, consumers can
activate an on-screen QWERTY keyboard application. By tapping keys displayed
on the screen, keystrokes can be entered. For consumers who are used to PalmOS
devices, a Graffiti-like application allows users to write text using
predefined strokes. Another variation utilizes three different writing areas
to differentiate between lowercase, uppercase, and numeric inputs for character
recognition. And Transcriber provides the most versatility by allowing basic
configurations to recognize the writer's unique handwriting based on stroke
combinations.
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