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Motorola MOTOZINE 5 MP Camera Phone, Black (T-Mobile)
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| List Price: | $349.99 |
| Price: | $99.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details |
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #18072 in Cell Phone Accessories
- Color: Black
- Brand: Motorola
- Model: MotoZine
- Released on: 2008-11-03
Features
- Innovative quad-band GSM phone with 5-megapixel Kodak auto-focus imager, Xenon flash, and easy uploading to online sharing via Wi-Fi
- T-Mobile's MyFaves service provides unlimited calling to your five most called contacts
- Bluetooth for handfree devices and stereo music; MicroSD expansion (to 4 GB); digital audio player and FM radio; video capture; TV output
- Up to 5 hours of talk time, up to 192 hours (8 days) of standby time
- What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, USB cable, wired stere handsfree headset, user manual, Kodak Easyshare software
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Product Description
The Motorola MotoZine ZN5 combines world-class innovation from two industry leaders, Motorola and Kodak. The MotoZine is the first phone to incoporate Motorola ModeShift and Kodak imaging technologies, resulting in an easy and immersive mobile imaging experience that will help you seize inspiration and share images from wherever you roam to friends and family around the globe. Putting image capture first and foremost, the MotoZine features a 5-megapixel auto-focus imager, high-resolution landscape screen, a Xenon flash, and one of the fastest click-to-click times available. Photos can also be uploaded via a Kodak Gallery Link and instantly shared to an online Kodak Gallery in one simple click.
 The MotoZine mobile phone becomes a full featured camera with ultra-fast 5 megapixel auto focus lens, low-light optimization, and a bright Xenon flash. |
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T-Mobile Service
The Zine operates on GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz networks and can handle high-speed data connectivity via T-Mobile's EDGE network (which stands for "Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution"). This high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.
It's compatible with T-Mobile's myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts--on any network, even landlines--without using any of your minutes. Learn more about myFaves from T-Mobile.
Download cool new games, HiFi Ringers (real songs by today's hottest artists), MegaTones (instrumental versions of songs), and wallpapers quickly, as well as stay connected via the Web, instant messaging, and email.
Phone Features
Using breakthrough ModeShift technology from Motorola, the Motorola Zine ZN5 presents you with only the controls you need, at the time you need them--instantly transforming from phone to imaging device and back with the touch of a button. Simply slide the lens cover open to illuminate ModeShift Technology, transforming the full-featured mobile phone into an ultra-fast 5-megapixel camera, complete with auto-focus, low-light optimization, and a bright Xenon flash. When you're done, just slide across the lens cover and ModeShift instantly transforms your camera back to a phone.
The MotoZine is the only mobile phone to have Kodak Imaging Technology that can be instantly combined with Kodak Perfect Touch Technology for brighter, more vivid pictures on the spot which look noticeably better than pictures created without the technology. Auto-focus locks in less than one second and there are no delays when taking one photo to the next. With one touch, you can view all your photos right from the home screen--no menus, no searching. You can take advantage of multiple capture modes, including panorama, which automatically stitches together continuous shots taken on the horizon line into a single, extended image.
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- Send your photos while on the go via MMS, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth wireless technology.
- Photos can be uploaded via Kodak Gallery Link and instantly shared to the Kodak Gallery online in one simple click. You can also send images to your favorite photo site via ShoZu.
- Use Kodak EasyShare Software to quickly transfer pictures from your phone to your PC via USB. With Kodak EasyShare Software you can organize, edit, print, and share your photos.
- Display instant slideshows on your TV with just one cable, or print directly to your Kodak All-in-One inkjet printers using Bluetooth.
This Motorola phone includes the innovative CrystalTalk technology, which automatically accounts for background noise during a call and adjusts the audio quality based on ambient noise conditions to provide the optimal conversational experience. CrystalTalk also reduces the volume of the background noise picked up by the microphone during a call, making it possible to be more easily heard over the phone while in a noisy environment.
Handsfree communication is easy thanks to the Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), which includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and printing to Bluetooth-enabled printers. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server.
Other features include:
- 2.4-inch display with 240 x 320-pixel resolution and 262K color depth
- Capture and edit modes: panorama, grayscale, sepia, negative, reddish, greenish, blueish
- Focal length: 5.86mm. Aperture: 2.8/5.6
- Video capture with length determined by amount of available memory; up to 15 fps (frames per second) in MPEG4 and H.263
- Up to 350 MB user-accessible internal memory with expansion via optional MicroSD memory cards up to 4 GB in size
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, IM, personal email (POP3, IMAP)
- Digital audio player compatible with MP3, WMA, and AAC
- Full HTML open source browser
- Organizer tools: Calendar, alarm, to-do, voice memo, calculator
- 3.5mm AV jack (for stereo headphones and connecting to a TV)
- Voice dialing: Call someone with simple voice commands to keep your hands free for activities like driving.
- Predictive text input anticipates what you're typing to make sending messages faster and easier.
- Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BIP (for sending images to another device), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures)
Vital Statistics
The Motorola Zine ZN% weighs 3.9 ounces and measures 2.0 x 4.6 x 0.5 inches. Its 950 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours of talk time, and up to 192 hours (8 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.
Customer Reviews
Superb hardware, responsive software, great price, clunky configuration
I have had this phone for about a week, and have been able to put it through its paces.
Pros: The call voice quality and the picture quality are excellent. The MP3 player is also very good, and pauses when you receive a call. It can hold a 4Gig memory card, which will capture lots of full resolutions photos. The phone has bluetooth and wifi connectivity, and you can browse the web using a wifi connection. The handset itself is very ergonomic, and the test that I found on it shows it to have impressive durability.
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The computer switches "modes" quickly, so that if you take the phone out of your pocket and flip open the lens cover, it behaves just like a regular digital camera and you can take a photo right away. Then, when you close the lens cover, it goes back to behaving like a phone.
Cons: The adjusting some of the settings takes a while to figure out, and it took me a while to figure out how to get the browser to use wifi, etc. The video recording mode is essentially useless. I have also found some problems with taking close up photos in low light, since the flash is too bright.
Great phone, great camera
I've owned this phone for several weeks, and am highly impressed. The call quality is excellent, and the picture quality is impressive. The other day a buddy was looking at the pics, and his comment was simply, "these are real pictures." That's pretty much the whole reason to own the phone right there. A couple of complaints. First, texting is a pain. Perhaps it's my Paul Bunyan-like fingers, but my initial texts were little better than half sentences before they were inadvertently sent. Not a big deal for me since I don't text much, but something to keep in mind. Second, the software has proven to be a bit buggy. I've had a few instances where, after turning the phone on, I couldn't access my music because the phone wasn't able to refresh the media list (thus the 4 stars). I've contacted customer support, but to no avail. I assume there will be some sort of firmware update soon, or hope there will be anyway. It's only happened twice, so again, not a big deal. I purchased this phone primarily for the camera, and have not been disappointed. I do hope I don't sprout an extra ear due to the high radiation, as mentioned in a previous review.
Great REAL CAMERA phone + VIDEOs!
This phone has taken some pictures that I have posted onto Facebook, and people can't believe I took them with my phone. I have even printed a few of the best, and they look great!
One of the strongest camera features is how intuitive, and how QUICKLY READY TO CAPTURE A SHOT - as soon as you slide the lens cover open, the camera mode is activated, and I can capture pics almost as fast as I can get the thing out of my pocket. Try THAT with other camera phones. It takes mulitiple pics very quickly in succession also. You can even do basic edits, with KODAK software, right in the phone. The panorama auto-stitch function is cool, and really works.
The call quality is very good. I have only had issues when I stood in a couple dead zones in my house. Otherwise, great, no problems.
I have the 4GB micro SD chip in it, and I once took an over 10 minute long video of a drive into work... I was seeing how long it would record for! (I ran out of time, not the phone!) My friend commented on the video that it looked better in quality than the old super-8 movies he used to make decades ago... sure grainy, but AMAZING that this little device can actually jam that much into a tiny-pinky-nail sized chip! Not to mention, no film-developing fees or special projectors, etc. It comes with a special cord that lets you show your pics and videos on most TVs, right from the phone.
The USB cable that comes WITH the phone works great to get the pics onto my PC. I don't use the feature, but the phone has WiFi so you are supposed to be able to upload that way also.
My top two phone criteria was: 1. A good phone 2. A good camera. This phone fits both very well.
I only give 4 stars because I have to charge the battery every day, and also there is a bit of a lag sometimes when switching between menus, editing contacts, etc.
This phone synced flawlessly with my Outlook contacts, and this is the first time ever since owning cell phones that I didn't have to manually input a bunch of numbers or use some iffy web service to transfer all that junk. Just a trusty USB cable on my trusty computer.
The alarm clock function is easy to access, program, and use. This phone IS my alarm clock now. You can even record a phrase and set it as an one of 3 alarms. "Don't forget to pick up the milk", set to go off on your drive home, and never forget again! You can also awake to your favorite MP3 file, or set any MP3 file as a ringtone.
FM radio and MP3 player function works great, also! I still love my iPod, but sometimes it is nice to carry just one device, and I leave the iPod at home (gasp!)
