Motorola MPx200 is a clamshell-style smartphone introduced on September 15, 2003 as a joint venture between Motorola and Microsoft. It runs on the Windows Mobile Smartphone 2002 operating system and on the GSM/GPRS network (triband 900/1800/1900). The device was notably also the very first Microsoft Windows smartphone released in the United States, where it was carried by AT&T Wireless, although the Samsung SCH-i600 for the CDMA network was released at the same time, carried by Verizon Wireless. In European territories the Motorola MPx200 was carried by Orange. The MPx200 lacked Bluetooth connectivity, however, but did have IrDA. It also had no camera, although an add-on camera called Viewtake CM35D is compatible through the device's SD card slot. A common complaint eventually was that it could not be upgraded to the newer Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphones version whereas competing products like Samsung's at least offered an official upgrade path. Enthusiastic users reportedly managed to unofficially upgrade the device software to WM 2003.
thumb|Motorola MPx220, the successor to Motorola MPx200
The Motorola MPx200 was Motorola's first Windows based mobile device and it was launched not long after reports that Motorola would divest its share in Symbian Software. It was considered the next generation of Windows smartphones following the first generation Orange SPV that launched in Europe earlier in 2002.