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Motorola press conference: ROKR Z6, Q8 and Q9; Plus, “Media monster” is RIZR Z8?

By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 at 12:02 PM

Beside RAZR 2, American handset maker today announced a slew of new handsets at the Motorola’s Mobile Experience event with Ed Zander. Let’s start…

New Motorola announcements

ROKR Z6 is the first true Linux Java product. Apparently this device is “like Mercedes car door.” There’s a memory card expansion slot, Bluetooth A2DP support, album art, playlists and more. Closed it’s an MP3 player with only music-dedicated keys, opened it’s a phone.

MOTO ROKR Z8

The Q8 and Q9 are slim Windows Mobile 6 smartphones. Q9 is much faster, as it boasts an HSDPA radio. Plus, there’s a 2 MP camera. Isn’t this the already announced MOTO Q 9h?

MOTO Q8 and Q9

Now, the weird thing. Previously talked about “media monster” is actually the already announced MOTO RIZR Z8. I agree it’s a great phone. I’ve even spend some time with it at 3GSM in Barcelona. But, hey MOTO, we expected something better — something that will make Nokia N95 look ridiculous. Oh, well… I guess we’ll have to wait for another Motorola’s conference for such announcement.

MOTO RIZR Z8

(via: Engadget, Gizmodo, press release)

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • fran

    che…..el z8 esta re bueno pero cuando sale a la venta? :smile: :mrgreen:

  • Jumar Goodman

    Whats going to be the key difference between the new ROKR and the RIZR it looks like the same phone. has alot of the same characteristics.