Aug 24 2009

Motorola ROKR ZN50-The ideal media companion!

motorola-rokr-zn50-3The Motorola ROKR ZN50 is one of the new slider phones to hit the market later this year. Being 3G capable, you will be able to access a wide range of data networks using the phone. Weighing in at 143g, it is one of the heavier phones to be released in the mid price range. This is quite a disadvantage as it is too heavy to be carried around comfortably in your pocket. Even if you manage to slip the phone in, the unsightly bulge will beg you to take the phone out again! The bulge is because of the thickness of the phone which stands at 14.3mm.

The Motorola ROKR ZN50 uses a TFT resistive touch screen which allows up to 262000 colors to be displayed at a 240 x 427 pixel resolution. This makes the screen decent enough to view your media on. You can expand the internal memory of the Motorola ROKR ZN50 up to 16 GB using the microSD memory card slot. This makes the Motorola ROKR ZN50 the ideal choice to store your media on. The 3.5 mm jack on the side of the phone allows you to use your favorite pair of earphones with the Motorola ROKR ZN50. The Motorola ROKR ZN50 also has a built in equalizer and well as SRS WOW HD technology. Viewing media on the screen is a feast for the eyes as the resolution of the screen is really good.

The connective options of the Motorola ROKR ZN50 are pretty good with HSDPA allowing data transfer speeds up to 7.2 Mbps, GPRS with data transfer speeds up to 48 kbps and class 10 EDGE. Short range data transfer is easy using the USB port on the side of the phone. You can even use the Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP to transfer data across a short distance.

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Jul 28 2009

Motorola ROKR ZN50. Be gone, evil blogging types!

The mobile phone world – particularly the sordid world of blogging and reviewing that we skulk around in – is an unforgiving place. And one things the denizens of said seedy world do very, very well indeed, is kick people when they’re down. This is most likely because bloggers and other online types are mostly feeble bodied things who grasp at every chance they have to act hard, rare as those chances are.

Which is why people have really been going to town on Motorola recently, ailing as the company is. With a full year of losses on the cards, the company hasn’t been doing itself any favours by releasing, for the most part, pretty shoddy phones of late. That’s not to say they’re all terrible though, as this line-up of Motorola phones shows. However, with the Motorola ROKR ZN50, they’ve done themselves proud and stuffed a sock in the mouths of all those grumbling violent nerds. It’s not a fantastic phone, by any stretch of the imagination – 3.2MP camera, slightly weak battery – but the Motorola ZN50 is a damn sight better than most of the handsets they’ve been releasing recently. And just look at it, it’s a bit of a stunner. Slightly chunky, perhaps (full specs can be found in this Motorola ZN50 review), but by and large a tasty little number. So keep your eyes peeled for any future news about a UK release (its Korea-only at the moment, but we’re sure that’ll change if it does well over there)

Don’t want to take our word for it? Then have a look at this hilariously shoddy video instead. Mmm, tasty tasty


Nov 25 2008

An Overview of the Motorola Krave ZN4

Motorola Krave ZN4The brand new Motorola Krave ZN4 is a new phone which offers flip and touch technology. The phone’s touch screen interface can be used with the flip closed or open and I think it works pretty well and seems responsive. However, it doesn’t appear as though Motorola have put any more effort into anything else – the touch screen works great but that’s about all that is great with this phone and unfortunately in today’s market just being a touch screen phone doesn’t cut it. I’ve read a lot of Motorola Krave ZN4 reviews and most seem to say that there are a few design flaws in this phone that make it very poor.

I think the design flaw they’re talking about is the flip itself which doesn’t quite work as well as it should. Its mechanism is fine and it appears to be responsive when using the touch screen but there is a huge Motorola logo on the flip which actually makes the screen resolution smaller when you close it. This means that in order to use the TV feature you’ll lose resolution unless you watch it with the flip open which is frustrating. I’ve seen a lot of Motorola Krave ZN4 deals available and I think you can pick up the Motorola Krave ZN4 contract phone for free on most networks.

Overall, the Motorola Krave is a great idea but it doesn’t quite work and I feel as though more testing should have been done before they released this phone. I’ve also seen a Motorola Krave ZN4 video review which also states some design problems with this phone with the flip open so as you can see the design flaws are centered around this flip mechanism. However, mobile phone deals in general are getting better as we get nearer Christmas and I think you’ll be able to get a good deal for this phone.


Nov 18 2008

The Brand New Motorola Aura at £1200

Motorola AuraThe recently launched Motorola Aura is a complete luxury mobile phone and was designed to cater to the rich and stylish and fashionable mobile phone users of today. The price tag of £1200 is a little excessive but at least the phone has reason to be this much. The design is simply breathtaking and I think a lot of Aura reviews agree that this phone has everything you could need as well as a high quality and superior exterior design to it. The phone may not have all the features of the latest smart phones but it doesn’t need to. The Motorola Aura orange phone is the best phone available in the luxury market and I think the best deals are available on Orange too.

If you are looking for the Motorola Aura on contract then you’ll be pleased to see this Motorola Aura video which shows the phone in action and allows you to see the phone for real performing amazing tasks. The phone does have a 2 mega pixel camera and 2 GB of internal memory so has a lot to offer – although the fact it has no 3G, WiFi or GPS has been criticized. In my opinion, you’re not buying the features of this phone; you’re buying the classy look and feel and the design of the phone. There are a lot of mobile phone contracts available right now and if you’re lucky you’ll be able to get a good deal on the Motorola Aura.

The phone is great device and is well worth the purchase – however, I wouldn’t consider buying this unless I only wanted a style phone. The features are limited and you should remember that if you plan on buying it at all. It’s not about the features with this phone – it’s about the looks, the design and the simply breathtaking precision which goes into every detail of this phone.