Motorola RIZR Z3
Encyclopedia
Motorola RIZR is a series of slide mobile phone
s from Motorola
, and is one of the series in the 4LTR line. The first model was released in late 2006. It is a sliding phone (in the style of competing Samsung
and LG
phones), where the numeric keys are hidden beneath the screen of the phone when closed.
One of the primary uses of the device when closed is as a landscape still or video camera. When operating in landscape mode, the user holds the phone on its side (90 degrees counter-clockwise), such that the camera key is positioned near the right index finger. The screen text and icons are also rotated, so that they appear normally when held in this fashion. This gives the impression of the phone being more like a traditional camera.
The RIZR is available in three colors, Black, Blue, and Rose (as a T-Mobile Online Exclusive).
A chronic problem of the center select button cover falling off has been reported by many users, although the button cover is not necessary for the button to work. Other than that problem, the phone has received accolades for its good call quality and solid construction, despite reports of instability of the Motorola OS.
network capability in one device. It is offered in the United States
by the Verizon Wireless
network. It shares the same slider form factor
as the RIZR Z3 (see above).
Along with the BlackBerry
8830 World Edition, this is only one of two devices offered by Verizon Wireless that will work outside of North America. Unlike the BlackBerry, the device features no GSM data protocols, rendering it usable only as a cell phone with SMS
capability whilst on the GSM network.
When opened, the top portion slides upwards, revealing the standard keys (including numeric, star, and pound keys). These keys are covered when the phone is closed, but the remaining keys, including the side keys, can be used normally once the keypad is unlocked; such keys are automatically locked shortly after the device is closed to prevent accidental activation when in a purse or pocket.
One of the primary uses of the device when closed is as a landscape still or video camera. When operating in landscape mode, the user holds the phone on its side (90 degrees counter-clockwise), such that the camera key is positioned near the right index finger. The screen text and icons are also rotated, so that they appear normally when held in this fashion. This gives the impression of the phone being more like a traditional camera.
. The successor to the RIZR Z3
and ROKR Z6, it was released in the United Kingdom
on July 9, 2007. Although it was released throughout Europe
and Asia
shortly thereafter, the phone was not released in either the United States
, Canada
, or Australia
.
"kick-slider" 3G
phone based on Symbian OS. This means that it is a slider-type phone but with a hinge allowing it to bend so as to conform better to the user's face while in use as a handset.
The phone features a 2 megapixel camera
, a 16 million color QVGA display, Bluetooth
2.0 with A2DP, a 3.6 Mbit/s HSDPA
connection, an EDGE
class 10 connection, and 90 megabytes of internal memory. The internal memory is expandable to 32 gigabytes using High Capacity microSDHC (TransFlash) cards.
for the first few weeks of its launch; O2 began offering the phone later; Currently Orange UK
is testing the handset in preparation for the Christmas rush of new handsets, they claim if successful it will be available late November. Additionally, both Motorola direct and resellers offer a SIM
-free, unlocked version of the phone for use on other networks. All versions of the RIZR Z8 released in the United Kingdom come with a free microSD card containing a copy of the motion picture The Bourne Identity
.
, thereby approving it for use in the USA. As a result, many American specialty phone stores carry the phone, and Americans, Canadians, and Australians can order unlocked versions of the Z8 from a variety of websites, including both Motorola's UK website and eBay
. An unlocked Z8 purchased outside the USA, Canada, or Australia can be used on any GSM network in those countries simply by inserting the user's SIM card. Z8s with foreign SIM cards also are capable of roaming on any those countries' GSM networks.
mobile phone at the time. Motorola released the Z10 in June 2008 in Europe
and Asia
. Additionally, it has been widely rumored that in the United States
, carrier T-Mobile will release the phone sometime in 2008 to introduce its new 3G
UMTS/HSDPA network.
"Kick-Slider" 3G
phone based on Symbian OS. "Kick-Slider" means that it is a slider-type phone but with a hinge allowing it to bend so as to conform better to the user's face while in use as a handset. The Z10's revamped design changes the Z8's green lining to silver.
The Z10 has many of the same specifications as the Z8. These include a 16 million color QVGA display, Bluetooth
2.0 with A2DP, quad-band GSM, a dual-band 3.6 Mbit/s HSDPA
connection, an EDGE
class 10 connection, and 77 megabytes of internal memory. The internal memory is expandable to 32 gigabytes using High Capacity microSDHC cards, although currently only cards up to 16 gigabytes have been released by SanDisk.
Certain Z8 features, however, have been enhanced in the Z10, and new features have been added. The Z10 is 12 grams lighter. It features an upgraded camera module (3.2 megapixels with autofocus
). The phone is powered by Symbian OS 9.2 UIQ 3.2. The phone suffers from being slow and often has many errors which require the phone to reboot itself. As of yet there has been no software update designed to fix the errors.
Additionally, the Z10 has the ability to view Macromedia Flash in webpages (including videos). It comes with comprehensive video editing software which also allows the user automatically to upload videos to various online video servers such as YouTube
and Google Video
.
On December 1, 2006, the black version of the RIZR was released in the UK.
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
s from Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
, and is one of the series in the 4LTR line. The first model was released in late 2006. It is a sliding phone (in the style of competing Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
and LG
LG
LG may refer to:*LG Corp., a South Korean electronics and petrochemicals conglomerate*LG Electronics, an affiliate of the South Korean LG Group which produces electronic products* Lawrence Graham, a London headquartered firm of business lawyers...
phones), where the numeric keys are hidden beneath the screen of the phone when closed.
Design and appearance
The RIZR uses a technical form factor, where the user can push on a plastic push bar located under the screen in order to open the phone. When opened, the top portion slides upwards, revealing the standard keys (including numeric, star, and pound keys). These keys are covered when the phone is closed, but the remaining keys, including the side keys, can be used normally once the keypad is unlocked; such keys can be set to automatically lock shortly after the device is closed to prevent accidental activation when in a purse or pocket.One of the primary uses of the device when closed is as a landscape still or video camera. When operating in landscape mode, the user holds the phone on its side (90 degrees counter-clockwise), such that the camera key is positioned near the right index finger. The screen text and icons are also rotated, so that they appear normally when held in this fashion. This gives the impression of the phone being more like a traditional camera.
The RIZR is available in three colors, Black, Blue, and Rose (as a T-Mobile Online Exclusive).
A chronic problem of the center select button cover falling off has been reported by many users, although the button cover is not necessary for the button to work. Other than that problem, the phone has received accolades for its good call quality and solid construction, despite reports of instability of the Motorola OS.
Technical Specs
- Advanced Speech Recognition: yes
- Bands: GSM 850/900/1800/1900
- Music Player: MP3 and AAC files
- Downloadable: Themes, Wallpaper, Sounds, Ringtones, Java Games
- Instant Messaging: Yes
- Calculator and Currency Converter: Yes
- Calendar: Yes
- Talk Time: Up to 3.3 hours
- Standby Time: Up to 9.4 days
- Dimensions (H x W x D): 4.15 x 1.79 x 0.62 in
- Camera: 2.0 MP camera with LED Flash
- Removable Memory: MicroSD
- Speakerphone: Yes
- Weight: 3.92 oz
- Operating System: Motorola Synergy (platforms R452B, R452F1, R452H6)
- Bands : Quad Band Use In Abroad Also
Additional features
- Instant messaging (Wireless VillageWireless VillageWireless Village is a set of specifications for mobile instant messaging and presence services. It is intended to be a standard for cellphones and mobile devices to use these services across platforms....
, AIMAOL Instant MessengerAOL Instant Messenger is an instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time. It was released by AOL in May 1997...
, ICQICQICQ is an instant messaging computer program, which was first developed and popularized by the Israeli company Mirabilis, then bought by America Online, and since April 2010 owned by Mail.ru Group. The name ICQ is a homophone for the phrase "I seek you"...
, Windows Live MessengerWindows Live MessengerWindows Live Messenger is an instant messaging client created by Microsoft that is currently designed to work with Windows XP , Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Xbox 360, Blackberry OS, iOS, Java ME, S60 on Symbian OS 9.x and Zune HD...
, or Yahoo! MessengerYahoo! MessengerYahoo! Messenger is an advertisement-supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo!...
) - Bluetooth stereo A2DP support
- MMSMultimedia Messaging ServiceMultimedia Messaging Service, or MMS, is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile phones. It extends the core SMS capability that allowed exchange of text messages only up to 160 characters in length.The most popular use is to send photographs from...
, Wireless VillageWireless VillageWireless Village is a set of specifications for mobile instant messaging and presence services. It is intended to be a standard for cellphones and mobile devices to use these services across platforms....
instant messaging and e-mail - Motorola SCREEN3SCREEN3SCREEN3 is a technology used and designed by Motorola to push news and information to mobile phones.-Functionality:The SCREEN3 feature functions by downloading headlines and displaying these to the user as part of the contents of the idle screen...
push technology for dynamic news and content - MPEG-4MPEG-4MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
video and JPEGJPEGIn computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
still image capture (with landscape viewfinder) - Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC) and Push to view (PTV) capable
- Ringlights (Phone lights Flash when certain events occur i.e. incoming call)
- Video Recorder
- 2.0 Megapixel Camera
Z6c
The RIZR Z6c, also known as the MOTO Z6c, was released in December 2007. It features CDMA and GSMGlobal System for Mobile Communications
GSM , is a standard set developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to describe technologies for second generation digital cellular networks...
network capability in one device. It is offered in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
by the Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless
Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....
network. It shares the same slider form factor
Mobile phone form factors
Mobile phones are designed with one of a variety of different form factors, depending on its functionality or aesthetic considerations.-Bar:A bar phone takes the shape of a cuboid. It is named because of its resemblance to a candy bar in size and shape...
as the RIZR Z3 (see above).
Along with the BlackBerry
BlackBerry
BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...
8830 World Edition, this is only one of two devices offered by Verizon Wireless that will work outside of North America. Unlike the BlackBerry, the device features no GSM data protocols, rendering it usable only as a cell phone with SMS
Short message service
Short Message Service is a text messaging service component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices...
capability whilst on the GSM network.
When opened, the top portion slides upwards, revealing the standard keys (including numeric, star, and pound keys). These keys are covered when the phone is closed, but the remaining keys, including the side keys, can be used normally once the keypad is unlocked; such keys are automatically locked shortly after the device is closed to prevent accidental activation when in a purse or pocket.
One of the primary uses of the device when closed is as a landscape still or video camera. When operating in landscape mode, the user holds the phone on its side (90 degrees counter-clockwise), such that the camera key is positioned near the right index finger. The screen text and icons are also rotated, so that they appear normally when held in this fashion. This gives the impression of the phone being more like a traditional camera.
Technical Specs
- Predictive Text: iTAP
- Downloadable: VCast/Mobile Web/Get it Now (Verizon Services)
- Messaging: SMS/MMS/Instant Messaging
- Calculator: Yes
- Calendar: Yes
- Navigation: LBSLocation-based serviceA Location-Based Service is an information or entertainment service, accessible with mobile devices through the mobile network and utilizing the ability to make use of the geographical position of the mobile device....
-powered - Usage Time: 295 minutes
- Standby Time: Up to 375 hours
- Speakerphone: Yes
Z8
The Z8 came in July 2007. Until the release of its successor, the Z10 (see below), it was Motorola's flagship mobile phoneMobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
. The successor to the RIZR Z3
Motorola RIZR Z3
Motorola RIZR is a series of slide mobile phones from Motorola, and is one of the series in the 4LTR line. The first model was released in late 2006...
and ROKR Z6, it was released in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on July 9, 2007. Although it was released throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
shortly thereafter, the phone was not released in either the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, or Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Basics
The RIZR Z8 is a UIQ 3UIQ
UIQ by UIQ Technology is a software platform based upon Symbian OS. Essentially this is a graphical user interface layer that provides additional components to the core OS, to enable the development of feature-rich mobile phones that are open to expanded capabilities through third-party...
"kick-slider" 3G
3G
3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
phone based on Symbian OS. This means that it is a slider-type phone but with a hinge allowing it to bend so as to conform better to the user's face while in use as a handset.
The phone features a 2 megapixel camera
Digital camera
A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...
, a 16 million color QVGA display, Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
2.0 with A2DP, a 3.6 Mbit/s HSDPA
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access is an enhanced 3G mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access family, also dubbed 3.5G, 3G+ or turbo 3G, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity...
connection, an EDGE
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution is a digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates as a backward-compatible extension of GSM...
class 10 connection, and 90 megabytes of internal memory. The internal memory is expandable to 32 gigabytes using High Capacity microSDHC (TransFlash) cards.
United Kingdom
In the UK, the RIZR Z8 was available exclusively on VodafoneVodafone
Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
for the first few weeks of its launch; O2 began offering the phone later; Currently Orange UK
Orange UK
Orange is a mobile network operator and internet service provider in the United Kingdom, which launched in 1994. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was purchased by France Télécom in 2000, which then adopted the Orange brand for all its other mobile communications activities...
is testing the handset in preparation for the Christmas rush of new handsets, they claim if successful it will be available late November. Additionally, both Motorola direct and resellers offer a SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
A subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module is an integrated circuit that securely stores the International Mobile Subscriber Identity and the related key used to identify and authenticate subscriber on mobile telephony devices .A SIM is held on a removable SIM card, which...
-free, unlocked version of the phone for use on other networks. All versions of the RIZR Z8 released in the United Kingdom come with a free microSD card containing a copy of the motion picture The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity (2002 film)
The Bourne Identity is a 2002 American spy film loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name. It stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, an amnesiac attempting to discover his true identity amidst a clandestine conspiracy within the Central Intelligence Agency . The film also stars Franka...
.
United States, Canada, and Australia
Motorola did not release the phone in the USA, Canada, or Australia, but it did register the phone with the US FCCFederal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
, thereby approving it for use in the USA. As a result, many American specialty phone stores carry the phone, and Americans, Canadians, and Australians can order unlocked versions of the Z8 from a variety of websites, including both Motorola's UK website and eBay
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
. An unlocked Z8 purchased outside the USA, Canada, or Australia can be used on any GSM network in those countries simply by inserting the user's SIM card. Z8s with foreign SIM cards also are capable of roaming on any those countries' GSM networks.
Specifications
The complete Motorola RIZR Z8 list of specifications are:| Type | Specification |
|---|---|
| Form Factor | "Kick-slider" (sometimes known as "banana phone"): sliding phone with extra hinge so as to conform to user's face |
| CPU | 330 MHz Texas Instruments OMAP 2420 (includes PowerVR MBX 3D accelerator) |
| Battery Life | Talk: 5 hours; Standby: 380 hours |
| Phone Book Capacity | Unlimited (limited only by memory capacity) |
| FCC ID | IHDT56HP1 |
| Video Capture | QVGA 320*240 @30 frame/s |
| Email Client | Protocols Supported: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| EMS / Picture Messaging | EMS 5.0 |
| Java ME | Version: MIDP 2.0 |
| Predictive Text Entry | Technology: iTAP |
| Text Messaging | 2-Way |
| Voice Dialing | speaker-independent |
| Wireless Internet | WAP 2.0, xHTML |
| Alarm | Yes |
| Calculator | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Custom Graphics | Yes |
| Data-Capable | Yes |
| Digital TTY/TDD | Yes |
| Games | Yes |
| MMS | Yes |
| Multiple Languages | Yes |
| Multiple Numbers per Name | Yes |
| PC Sync | Yes |
| Picture ID | Yes |
| Polyphonic Ringtones | Yes |
| Ringer ID | Yes |
| Side Keys | Yes |
| Speaker Phone | Yes |
| Text Messaging Templates | Yes |
| Vibrate | Yes |
| Voice Memo | Yes |
Z10
The Z10 was the successor to the Z8 (see above) and was Motorola's flagshipFlagship
A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, reflecting the custom of its commander, characteristically a flag officer, flying a distinguishing flag...
mobile phone at the time. Motorola released the Z10 in June 2008 in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. Additionally, it has been widely rumored that in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, carrier T-Mobile will release the phone sometime in 2008 to introduce its new 3G
3G
3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
UMTS/HSDPA network.
Basics
Like the Z8, the Z10 is a UIQ 3UIQ
UIQ by UIQ Technology is a software platform based upon Symbian OS. Essentially this is a graphical user interface layer that provides additional components to the core OS, to enable the development of feature-rich mobile phones that are open to expanded capabilities through third-party...
"Kick-Slider" 3G
3G
3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
phone based on Symbian OS. "Kick-Slider" means that it is a slider-type phone but with a hinge allowing it to bend so as to conform better to the user's face while in use as a handset. The Z10's revamped design changes the Z8's green lining to silver.
The Z10 has many of the same specifications as the Z8. These include a 16 million color QVGA display, Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
2.0 with A2DP, quad-band GSM, a dual-band 3.6 Mbit/s HSDPA
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access is an enhanced 3G mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access family, also dubbed 3.5G, 3G+ or turbo 3G, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity...
connection, an EDGE
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution is a digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates as a backward-compatible extension of GSM...
class 10 connection, and 77 megabytes of internal memory. The internal memory is expandable to 32 gigabytes using High Capacity microSDHC cards, although currently only cards up to 16 gigabytes have been released by SanDisk.
Certain Z8 features, however, have been enhanced in the Z10, and new features have been added. The Z10 is 12 grams lighter. It features an upgraded camera module (3.2 megapixels with autofocus
Autofocus
An autofocus optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus fully automatic or on a manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system has to be done manually until indication...
). The phone is powered by Symbian OS 9.2 UIQ 3.2. The phone suffers from being slow and often has many errors which require the phone to reboot itself. As of yet there has been no software update designed to fix the errors.
Additionally, the Z10 has the ability to view Macromedia Flash in webpages (including videos). It comes with comprehensive video editing software which also allows the user automatically to upload videos to various online video servers such as YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
and Google Video
Google Video
Google Videos is a video search engine, and formerly a free video sharing website, from Google Inc. Before removing user-uploaded content, the service allowed selected videos to be remotely embedded on other websites and provided the necessary HTML code alongside the media, similar to YouTube...
.
Specifications
The complete Motorola RIZR Z10 list of specifications are:| Type | Specification |
|---|---|
| Battery Life | Talk: 5 hours; Video playback: 5 hours; Music playback: 12 hours; Standby: 380 hours |
| Phone Book Capacity | Unlimited (limited only by memory capacity) |
| Video Capture | .mov 320*240 @ 30 frame/s |
| Email Client | Protocols Supported: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| EMS / Picture Messaging | EMS 5.0 |
| Java ME | Version: MIDP 2.0 |
| Predictive Text Entry | Technology: iTAP |
| Text Messaging | 2-Way |
| Voice Dialing | speaker-independent |
| Wireless Internet | WAP 2.0, xHTML |
| Alarm | Yes |
| Calculator | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Custom Graphics | Yes |
| Data-Capable | Yes |
| Digital TTY/TDD | Yes |
| Games | Yes |
| MMS | Yes |
| Multiple Languages | Yes |
| Multiple Numbers per Name | Yes |
| PC Sync | Yes |
| Picture ID | Yes |
| Polyphonic Ringtones | Yes |
| Ringer ID | Yes |
| Side Keys | Yes |
| Speaker Phone | Yes |
| Text Messaging Templates | Yes |
| Vibrate | Yes |
| Voice Memo | Yes |
Worldwide Availability
Although Motorola has not issued an official press release, the MOTORIZR has been appearing unbranded on auction websites and import cellular phone companies around the world.European Release
On November 11, 2006, the MOTORIZR began appearing on several German carrier websites.On December 1, 2006, the black version of the RIZR was released in the UK.
Asian Release
- On December 1, 2006, the black MOTORIZR was released in Singapore on carrier Singtel.
- Just before the end of the year 2006, all colors of the MOTORIZR phone were released in Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. - On January 1, 2007 it was released in IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
U.S. Release
- T-MobileT-MobileT-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
officially made the phone available in U.S. stores on March 21, 2007.
See also
- Motorola RAZRMotorola RAZR V3Motorola RAZR is a series of clamshell mobile phones by Motorola, and is one of the series in the 4LTR line. They were first developed in July 2003 and were released in the market in the third quarter of 2004....
- Motorola KRZRMotorola KRZR K1Motorola KRZR , known as the "Canary" before its release, is a series of clamshell/flip mobile phones by Motorola, and is one of the series in the 4LTR line. The first phone was released in September 2006....
- Motorola ROKR
- Motorola PEBL
- Motorola MINGMotorola MINGThe Motorola MING is a series of smartphone mobile phones from Motorola, sold in Hong Kong only. It is one of the series in the 4LTR line.-A1200i:The A1200 came in December 2005...