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Motorola who failed to keep the market share, maybe distracted by the success of the RAZR (first one), shows off its latest attempt, the Motozine ZN5.

Here are the specs:
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 118 x 50.5 x 12-16 mm
- Weighs 114 grams
- 2.4-inch TFT with 256K colors
- Touch-sensitive keypad
- MicroSD memory slot (up to 4 GB)
- 350 MB internal memory
- Freescale 500 MHz CPU
- GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
- EDGE Class 12
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/i
- Bluetooth and USB
- Linux operating system
- 5 Megapixel camera with autofocus, xenon flash, and video (15fps)
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player
- CrystalTalk Technology
- 3.5mm standard audio jack
- FM radio
- Up to 580 hours of standby time
- Up to 9 hours 30 minutes of talk time

Overall, it is an OK phone, but the ZN5 will not save Motorola, it is too common.

Tags: motorola, zn5, motozine

The recently leaked Sony Ericsson 8 megapixel phone is introduced officially today. The C905 is on the thick side and it is mostly due to the camera, other than that, it is pretty average.

Here are the specs:
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 2100 – C905
- 104.0 x 49.0 x 18.0-19.5 mm
- 2.4-inch TFT with 256K colors
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Memory Stick Micro (M2), 2 GB card included
- 160 MB internal memory
- GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
- EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth and USB
- 8 Megapixel camera with autofocus, image stabilizer, video, and xenon flash
- Secondary videocall camera
- Built-in GPS receiver
- A-GPS function
- Camera images geo-tagging
- Java MIDP 2.0
- FM radio with RDS
- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
- TrackID music recognition
- Picture editor/blogging
- TV out
- Up to 380 hours of standby time
- Up to 9 hours of talk time

Overall, this is an attractive and sleek cell phone that looks like a camera and is great for those picture-taking lovers. However, the rest of features on this cell phone are average and it is quite thick.

Tags: sony, ericsson, c905, 8 megapixel

Nokia finally made their E71 official after the leaked pictures and specs. Overall, the phone is packed full of features, yet managed to be squeezed into a really thin body.

Here are the specs:
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
- 114 x 57 x 10 mm
- Weighs 127 grams
- 2.36-inch TFT screen with 16M colors
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Five-way scroll key
- MicroSD memory slot (up to 8GB & hotswap)
- 110 MB internal memory
- GPRS Class 32, 100 kbps
- HSCSD, HSDPA, and EDGE
- WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth, Infrared, and USB
- Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI
- 3.15 Megapixel camera with autofocus, video(VGA 22fps), and flash
- Secondary videocall camera
- Built-in GPS receiver
- A-GPS function
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
- Office applications
- FM radio
- Up to 410 hours of standby time
- Up to 10 hours 30 minutes of talk time

Yes, all this are packed into the 10 mm thin E71. If this was a full touch-screen instead of a keyboard and screen, it would definitely be an iPhone contender. Listen up apple, while your gadgets are hot and easy to use, you much give users more features!

Tags: nokia, e71, smartphone

Just as everybody expected, Stevie gave the world what it wanted, the 2nd generation iPhone, the iPhone 3G. It wasn’t smooth sailing though; we had to wait about 1 hour and 30 minutes before it was introduced in the Keynote Steve made. We had to sit through many other services and products that support the iPhone, which is great and cool, but we could not pay attention because we were anxious to see the new iPhone.

Here are the specs:
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
- 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
- Weighs 133 grams
- 3.5-inch Touchscreen with 16M colors
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Ambient light sensor
- 8/16 GB shared memory
- GPRS, EDGE, and HSDPA
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- Bluetooth and USB
- Mac OS X v10.4.10
- 2 megapixel camera
- Built-in GPS receiver
- A-GPS function
- 300 hours of Stand-by time
- 10 hours of talk time

While the iPhone 3G was over hyped in terms of the different features it will get, this phone is a great upgrade for just $200.00 USD, with a 2 year contract of course. The only thing that I can really complain here is the camera. It seriously needs an upgrade and video capturing ability as well!

Tags: apple, iphone, iphone 3g, smartphone

Any touchscreen cell phone that was or will be released after the iPhone will be compared to it because Apple always raise the bar and set a high standard for any product it creates. But this time, Samsung made it clear that its i900 Omnia should be compared with the iPhone and show its superiority by official announcing it one day before the 2nd generation iPhone will be introduced.

Here are the specs:
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
- 112 x 56.9 x 12.5 mm
- 3.2 TFT touchscreen with 65K colors
- Handwriting recognition
- MicroSD memory slot (up to 16GB)
- 8 GB/16 GB internal memory
- Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
- EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
- 3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
- WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- Bluetooth and USB
- Microsoft Window Mobile 6.1 Professional
- 5 Megapixel camera with autofocus, image stabilizer, video, and flash
- Secondary videocall camera
- Built-in GPS receiver
- Java MIDP 2.0
- FM Radio with RDS
- MSOffice document viewer
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA/OGG/AMR player
- DivX/XviD/WMV/MP4 player
- TV Out

There are no doubts that the i900 will beat the iPhone in terms of how many features it packs into this slim body. The camera, memory size, data speed, and GPS chip are some examples of how this phone will be better than the yet-to-be-announced 3G iPhone. But there are at least two factors that will make the 3G iPhone win in term of sales: the user-friendliness of the iPhone’s OS versus Windows Mobile and the fact that there will be tons of software that will be made for it once manufacturer starts releasing it using the SDK. But if you are a business person, the i900 will definitely the “it” phone to have.

Tags: samsung, i900, omnia, gps phone, smartphone, apple, iphone, 3g iphone