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First pictures of Motorola Z12 ZiNe with Symbian UIQ?

Staska — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:35:20 +0000

If all the info about the upcoming phones the Czech site Mobile.cz is bringing us, checks out next week, call me really impressed.

Just yesterday they’ve got us the goods on the first true Nokia N95 competitor – Samsung SGH-G810 phone.

Today they seem to have the pictures of the long rumored upcoming Motorola Z12 multimedia smartphone, that has been going under the Scarven nickname for a while now.

To tell the truth, the picture itself is not too clear.

But, while the phone on the left is clearly Z8 and the one in the middle is Moto Z10, the one to the right is different from them both. It also has the bigger display and touchscreen controls.

Earlier rumors already told us that Scarven Z12 will come in the same form factor as Z8 and Z10. So, I’m inclined to believe that this could really be Motorola ZiNe Z12 , running Symbian UIQ OS.

Previous rumors had it, that Z12 will have built-in GPS and Wi-Fi, 5 or 8 megapixel camera and 2.8″ 16M color VGA resolution touchscreen.

With yeasterdays Motorola PR teaser, that sounds about right.

Another N95 rival in the making?

Update: The picture above seems to have come from Mobile-Review forums. It appeared there shortly and was quickly removed.

From MRF and Dutch site GSM help desk (the guys who first brought us news about Scarven) I was able to piece some additional info on Motorola ZiNe Z12 :

MOTO Z12 ZiNE does not have a full touchscreen. Instead, the screen is divided into two parts, with the bottom part featuring a touch sensitive slip for phone controls. The kick-slider keypad is used for the other functions.
Yesterdays teaser was indeed about Z12, which will have a 16M color VGA resolution 2.8″ display, the quality of which goes well beyond anything we are used to in mobile handsets.
The phone will come with 5 megapixel camera and (maybe, but not likely) 3x optical zoom.
Motorola Z12 is not positioned as a camera phone, touting multimedia smarphone features instead.
There will be a stand alone camera phone presented as well. It’s a candybar with with 5 megapixel Kodak lenses, previously known under the codename X-Pixl.

That’s about it for now. I’ll keep you posted as the new info trickles in.

MotoKRZR K3 – a 3.5G HSDPA Upgrade to MOTOKRZR K1

Staska — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:47:26 +0000

Motorola also decided to add 3.5G HSDPA muscle to it’s RAZR successor – MOTOKRZR K1 thin clamshell phone. Named MOTOKRZR K3 (MOTOKRZR maxx K3 in Asia) was introduced during Barcelona 3GSM 2007 Trade Show and it’s got some impressive specs like:

MOTOKRZR form factor
Broadband connectivity via HSDPA and UMTS technologies
MPEG4 Video Capture and Playback
Audio/Video streaming (3GPP)
Dedicated browser key
Integrated Stereo Bluetooth Connectivity (Class 2)
2 megapixel digital camera with 8x zoom
50 MB end user memory +microSD slot
Rich, pre-loaded J2METM games, screen savers; downloadable themes, ringtones, images, animations
Enhanced, integrated music player supports multiple audio files: Midi, MP2, AAC, AAC +
Email: POP3, SMTP, IMAP4
Enhanced voice recognition
MOTOSYNC
SCREEN3 technology for zero click access to news, sports, entertainment and more.
Large 2 inch display, QVGA 320×240 pixels 260K color TFT
Messaging: MMS, SMS, EMS
GPRS Class 12
Enhanced mini-USB

Featuring impressive 3.5G specs, MOTOKZR K3 is made of premium metal and glass in Dark Pearl Gray and Stone Gray colors. So it’s got the durability and the looks too.

MOTOKRZR – next generation of RAZR cellphone

Staska — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:58:02 +0000

Feeling that the rule of RAZR is coming to an end with the onslaught of the new sleek and thin phones from Samsung or expansion of the LG Chocholate phone line throughout the world Motorola had to do something about it. And it did. With a phone called KRZR.

Having retained all great features that made RAZR such a hit, MOTOKRZR is 16mm thin X 42mm wide X 103mm long, weighs only 3.6 ounces and is packed with features any modern high end cellphone needs. And it looks even better then RAZR.

MOTOKRZR is a quaband GSM phone with Edge connectivity, Stereo Bluetooth, has 2 megapixel camera with 8x zoom is able to play mpeg4 video at 15 fps andmost common audio formats. It also has plenty of storage from optional microSD card for those files you’ll be recording and listening.

Motorola has also released a cheaper version of this clamshell, called MOTOKRZR Km1 K1m. It looks the same but lacks EDGE capability and comes with only 1.3 megapixel camera.

You can buy MOTOKRZR K1 here:

In United Kingdom:
For free with 18 month contract from O2, Orange, Virgin and Vodafone