Tired of using your mobile phone to take dark grainy pictures in anything but optimal lighting conditions? Motorola is releasing the new Motozine ZN5 dual-mode camera through T-Mobile that aims to help you shoot a little straighter.
The Motozine ZN5 transforms to reveal a 5 megapixel camera lens and xenon flash with a little help from technology created by Kodak. The best part is that this photo-phile’s dream will be available through T-Mobile for just $99 with a 2-year service contract.
Here are the rest of the Motozine ZN5′s features:
Camera
Display: 2.4” 240×320 262k TFT
Memory: 350MB available memory4, optional removable 4GB memory card
Imaging
- KODAK 5-megapixel Camera, auto-focus, low light optimized with Xenon flash
Multi-shot mode - Capture and edit modes: panorama, grayscale, sepia, negative, reddish, greenish, blueish
- Focal length: 5.86mm. Aperture: 2.8/5.6.
- Digital viewfinder
Phone
Dimensions: 50.5mm (W) x 118mm (L) x 12mm (T) (16mm at bump)
Talk Time: up to 349 to 574 minutes5
Standby Time: up to 310 to 579 hours5
Weight: 114g
Battery: 950 mAh
Bands/Modes: GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12
Phone Features
- Sliding the lens cover open transforms the device from phone to camera using ModeShift technology
- CrystalTalk technology for clear-sounding calls
- SMS, MMS, IM, personal e-mail
- Full HTML open source browser
- 3.5mm A/V jack, FM radio6,7, music player
- Wi-Fi1 enabled/ WLAN: 802.11 b/g/i
- Optional external memory supports up to 4GB capacity
- Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 support
- Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology (A2DP)
- Video –C/P 15fps, MPEG4, H263
- TV out
The only downside I can see is that it forces you into using Kodak’s EasyShare software. For me, the ability to just copy media off of a storage card onto my computer without using Sync software or Kodak Galleries would be ideal. However, this is still groundbreaking in that it’s the first quality dual-mode mobile phone and camera wrapped into one package.
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theregoesdave
Oooh! Sounds awesome. I need a new phone. My cell company – Unicel – is being sold, so I will probably switch companies as well. Verizon uses motorola phones. Would this phone only work with T-mobile?
Hi Dee!
Unfortunately Verizon and T-Mobile use different network protocols, so this isn’t likely to work anywhere but T-Mobile and potentially AT&T. I wouldn’t rule out a Verizon release of a CDMA version though!
I’m technically challenged so be patient but is CDMA Verizon’s version of Unicel’s GSM? I live in the woods so cell service is…Unicel is great in our area and I am not crazy about having to switch, especially to verizon as their customer service is…
(I’m trying to be nice!)
GSM and CDMA are different protocols altogether. AT&T and T-Mobile are the other major GSM providers.
This phone will probably only work on Verizon for the moment.
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