The new MOTOZINE ZN5 Mobile Phone from Motorola

Here's some good news for Motorola mobile phone fans. The company has just officially unveiled the MOTOZINE ZN5.

The newly announced Motorola Motozine ZN5 is a bar-style phone. When you look at it, you might notice that its similar in shape and appearance to the ROKR E8. The main seling point or the highlight of this new mobile phone is the Kodak-branded 5 megapixel camera.

But what makes this camera special? Well, the Motorola Motozine ZN5's has autofocus and can focus on images in less than a second. This capability will allow users to take pictures more quickly. This will come in handy when you take pictures of kids who can't stay put for a very long time.

The Kodak-branded 5 megapixel camera Motorola's Motozine ZN5 has a full flash, as well as Kodak-approved optics. And every one knows that Kodak is one of the est in the world when it comes to cameras. The ZN5 also carries Kodak's Easy Share software that supports a lot of editing features, panorama shooting mode, and easy sharing with social networking sites.

The 5 megapixel camera's user interface was jointly developed with Motorola and Kodak to make it easier to operate for mobile phone fans. As a result, all functions related to the camera are color-coded purple. This means that you can easily find them when you want to usse this special camera. Wen yopu shift the Motozin ZN5 into camera mode, it's keypad will morph to show camera-specific buttons.

Jeremy Dale, corporate vice president, mobile devices marketing, Motorola, Inc. made this comment on the launche of this new Motorola camera phone:

“Today’s creative consumers not only want to be the photographer, but also the retoucher, the exhibitor and the critic. The MOTOZINE ZN5 lets them be all the things they want to be.”

Here are the rest of the key features of the Motorola Motozine ZN5:

• MOTOMAGX platform
  

• quad-band GSM/EDGE radios
  

• stereo Bluetooth, FM radio
  

• 802.11b/g Wi-Fi.
  

• slot for a microSD card (supporting cards up to 4GB)
  

• 3.5mm headset jack (supporting TV out)
  

• a full HTML browser

The Motorola Motozine ZN5 will first be launched in China first (lucky for the Chinese) and will hit US stores be fore the year ends. The announcement from Motorola did not mention a carrier for the phone so tune in for more updates.

OMNIA: Samsung's Flagship Smartphone

Here's some good news for smartphone users and Samsung fans.

Samsung recently introduced the Omnia a high-end smartphone that combines Windows Mobile 6.1 with the mobile phone maker's TouchWiz finger-touch interface. Now, some sources say that this device may the smartphone that Samsung has ever built. Well, it certainly has the potential to be a good one. Let's go over the details of this device.

This device was first known as the SGH-i900 when it first appeared in leaked info and images on the web. It was named OMNIA which translate as ‘wish’ in Arabic and ‘everything’ in Latin. The name attempts to convince the consumers that this device offers everything that they can possibly wish for on a Windows Mobile 6.1 smart phone. Well, only time well tell.

The Samsung OMNIA is a phone that attempts to bring high performance business content, high-end design mixed and a full bag of dynamic multimedia rich experience to all smartphone users. Like the coveted high-end phones today, the OMNIA offers a touchscreen interface. However, users will find it easier to navigate the features of the device because it includes an optical mouse. The optical mouse for the Samsung OMNIA is similar to the device used on find on laptops.

The OMNIA is a touch-based that offers Samsung's patented TouchWiz user interface. In fact, it is the first ever Samsung Windows Mobile smart phone to feature TouchWiz. This impressive interface allows users to personalize their home window with unique widgets. With the use of intuitive tap, the high-resolution touch-sensitive screen allows users to sweep, drag and drop operations. Calling and texting becomes easy with a dedicated dome key for controlling communications.

This flagship smartphone also offers a 5-megapixel CMOS camera with auto-focus (AF), face and smile detection and auto-panorama shot. It's a powerful that will allow users to take the best quality pictures of their best moments. Customers can choose between the 8 and 16GB memory configuration depending on their needs. The Samsung OMNIA also offers an extendable slot for additional storage. GPS, including navigation and geo-tagging capabilities are also included in this great smartphone.

The Samsung OMNIA can also compete with today's fahion phones. It's ultra-slim measuring 12.5mm and has a platinum look finish. Samsung added details such as elegant hairline patterns on the back of the phone to bring the “perfection in style.” This smartphone can add style to any user.

Well that's about it. I'll leave it to you to do more research if you are interested on this device. Tune in to this blog for more mobile phone info and news.

Two Sleek and Gorgeous Nokia Phones for the Ladies

Here's some interesting mobile phone scoop. According to UnwiredView, Nokia may be preparing to release two new mobile phones that target women customers. These are S40 devices and the info on these device followed the official release of the Nokia 7310 Supernova, another cell phone for women.


The Story:

OK, here's how the handset spies form UnwiredView acquired the info on these new Nokia mobile phones. Apparently, the webmaster from Nokia's Polish site inadvertently released the information on this two mobile phones for women. The image above was taken from the site.

Perhaps it was a honest mistake from the Polish Nokia webmasters part. Maybe it was a planned info leak to gain more attention for the handsets (these aren't Nseries devices) and make the mobile phone atmosphere more exciting. The Polish Nokia site has already taken down the page devoted to this mobile phones.

These cell phones for women were names Nokia 7510 and 7610 Supernova. However, experts say that the second phone named 7610 may be another mistake because Nokia already has a discontinued device bearing that name. The mobile phone maker has been known to revamp the old models and release them as new. However, since this mobile phone is completely new phone, in a new form factor, it's highly unlikely that it will bear a the same serial number that was bestowed to another device.


The Specs:

Nokia 7510 Supernova

• Weight: 124 g
• Dimensions: 92 x 46 x 17 mm
• Display: QVGA 16m colors, external monochrome 128×160 display
• Network: Quad-band GSM / EDGE
• Memory: 27 MB internal, microSD support
• Operating System: S40 (with active themes)
• Camera: 2 megapixel with LED flash and 4x digital zoom; QCIF video recording at 15 FPS
• Talktime: 3 days standby and 300 hours of talktime
• Internet: OSS internet browser
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0
• FM radio with RDS
• 2.5 mm jack

Nokia 7610 Supernova?

• Weight: 99 g
• Dimensions: 98×48×15 mm
• Display: QVGA 16m color display
• Network: Quad-band GSM/EDGE
• Talktime: 5.4 days standby and 300 hours talktime
• Storage: 64 MB internal, microSD support
• Operating System: S40
• Camera: 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash and 8x digital zoom; VGA 30 FPS
• Bluetooth 2.0
• FM radio with RDS

Release dates and pricing on these devices are unavailable. Perhaps another Nokia webmaster will make another mistake. Tune in to this blog for more mobile phone scoop and info.