Motorola RIZR Z8

skinnie

Can anyone share foxmod 3.4? Just bought a Z8!

Macbeth

Best looking phone, in terms of physical appearance, ever, period.

AnonD-531128

my motorizr z8 does not turning on its only flashing and showing blank pictures and no menu, how can i format this

Babe

My Z8 screen's gone bad help, I need the inner screen, the one that makes the characters show up. The repairers don't have the spec.

car

my motorizr z8 does not turning on its only flashing and showing blank pictures how can i format this

Anonymous

Still have it?

helper (AMS)

i had also this problem, my phone was not turning on, i did flash firmware using RSD lite 4.3 update foxmod v3.4 firmware now my phone is working fine and better as before.

razzor

my Motorola RIZR Z8 does not turn on help pls

AnonD-2379

do u stil hav d piece

erik razr

i want to buy this phone for collection....who can send it save to indonesia?

dako

I have a brand new one boxed...if someone has some interest just message me:)

Anonymous

hhhiii....guys...my...z8's...strip...is...gone..­.and....it...switches..off...when...i,,,open,,th­e...slide....can..it..get..repaired,...

Cornish

I would just like one of these phones working order but i cant find it anywhere and i do love to the look of it please help me :/!!

awofolajijolabidemi

i need z8 file

dj semas

my phone just went off it doesnt switch on when i take to repairers say they doesnt the components the phone please i need help!!!

Cokes242

its awesome and i like the way when you slide it up...it bends...and the graphics are awesome

areti370

we bought it for the 2nd time but its in emergancy mode. how do i get it of the emergancy mode???? plsssss help me

D Jack

I love this phone, its shape and style is really unique but i didn't know that its a really a bad experience to buy and use it. My cell phone is not synchronizing with windows, not a good battery backup even bluetooth is also not working. Do any body have solution for synchronizing? i would like to update its firmware.

fred93

how do i get the anti-virus software for this phone i really need it asap

Anonymous

the truth would never buy one of these, always get into trouble by the flex of the slider or cover the phones that have the same problem, so preferred to buy a Motorola ZN5, the best and with wifi!

Anonymous

z8 white

Anonymous

pls can som1 give diagram for sim ways?

Anonymous

How do i flash my phone?

Ann

How do i flash my phone? I tried to reboot it and it didnt want to go on again.

parvez

well i was proud using this phone but now its finished.i m very dissapointed with it but still this is the best phone i ever had

Anonymous

when it starts 2 rebooth n it's nt turning on u hav 2 flash d fone n it will wrk

sizzle

wats wrong with this phone?its like the worst thing ever made.i hate it more everyday.wheres my hammer!

Ralesk

Mine had a similar issue not long after I got it in 2008, I went to the Moto service and they replaced the connector cable between the display and the phone's body. Eventually, earlier this year, the phone decided to die on me, continuously rebooting, and displaying a cyan, magenta or yellow fill on the screen depending on its mood.

Acostic

When I slide my phone, it automatically goes off and even now has led to blank screen when I switch it on. What should I do now that I hear that its parts are difficult to come by?

gigisor

nice phone!

gumymoty

card slot microsdhc, up to 32gb. i tested microsdhc 4 gb & 8 gb

RONALD

my moto z8 was giving me a signal that the disk was full and i deleted some files.now the screen is now blank with no picture signal.what should i do?

shady

thank you. but the power strip an what not is not a problem?

s

hi shaddy , this is a manufacturing fault ... give it back to the company and tell them to refresh it's software and then sell it ...... it has this fault

shady

my z8 it fell an now i'm not getting no power to it.. when i put it to charge it is only coming on an off and when i pull out the charger it phone is jus going blank.. can any help me out here...

your_teacher

which school did you go to? did you go to one at all? if you think your abbreviations would make you look cool or would make it faster for readers to go through your posts then i am sorry to burst your bubble but it kind of makes you sound spastic. n0f3nCe ('no offense'... for the sane)

st aubyn

how do i record calls with my motorola rizr Z8

z8

hey.. i live in m'sia. anyone know that anyplace that can buy this battery?

cristian

to all phones with poor batery life, you must turn the light of the screen as lower as possiblbe, and gain about 2 days more of your phone this is tested on an z3 2yrs old and with full light at the screen it last just one day, with the light fully low it takes 3 days to discarge :P

Anonymous

How do you delete locked text messages from the inbox?? I had locked some messages to save them and I've tried to unlock and delete them as I don't need them anymore but I can't find how. I tried going into the simcard folder in the messages and deleting them from there and it says it does, but when I go back to the inbox they are still there.

Anonymous

I had the same problem. The phone was barely 2 months old and when I would switch it on it would re-start over and over again until the battery died. I have had it for about a year now and had to get it fixed 4 times under warranty. I bought it because I liked the design...but unfortunately have regretted purchasing it.

deadly_halo

I totally love this phone but the battery life is what totally breaks my heart completely, if I could just find my way around this problem then I'd totally be in love with this phone.

Paul

This is by far the worst mobile phone I ever owned. About two weeks after I bought it, I could not turn it on. It would restart and restart and so on until there was no more energy in the battery. I used the warranty to get it repaired. It was ok for a few days until it started switching off on its own. And finally, some days later the upper keypad stopped responding, except for the red telephone button (the one that also switches on and off the device). And now it is impossible to connect it to a computer in order to backup my contacts etc because I cannot use the directional keys to select the proper usb connection. I own it for some months and I have only used it for just one month maybe. After this experience, I am not buying another Motorola phone for sure.

dude

this is the most kak 4ne i eva had, and its volkak, dnt ever buy it coz if 4eva hangs freezes and fuxup, it makes me neva want 2 get a moto agen, and i never will. it didnt make it thru my 2yr contract. evry1 who has it has the same problems i do. motorola is kak big tym

del

what is wrong on my z8 when i put he battery always invalid battery but my battery was brand new

Emmanuel

is there anybody got an idea how to fix this problem from my moto z8, all i got right now is blink and turn off when i turn on the phone.i don't know what happen.please send in your idea to this email [email protected]. thanks.

Anonymous

I had high hopes for this phone but it disappointed me. I had for just a year and then it completely stopped working. I have no idea why, and the battery life is pure rubbish. I only bought it for the free headset.

temi

the movie on the phone does not play anymore, what can i do to get it back. also, caan i download movies on it if i get a bigger memory size. pls someone help

shan

i had this phone for about two years now since this year the phone dropped from me and from that it don't turn on i try charging it and its not taking any charge. I took out the battery and put it in back and all i am seeing is a blink and then gone dead can anyone help me please i really love this phone.I u can u can contact me at [email protected].

Anonymous

the phone is very complicated.i want to know how to find music on my memory card,besides all that i find it a very exciting device as no one can just fiddle with it.

shaneka

i am having the same problem with my z8 and the phone technician cant seem to find the solution to the problem.

Anonymous

I USE ferrari firmware now in my good z8 i want changed firmware is any good and stable firmware anyone know which is beter firmware ?

Anonymous

you can buy battery from ebay.com or other site and ebay post it for you

shady

hey thanks.. But i have a next problem, my phone fell down an now its not coming back on. i dont know what is the problem. because when i put it to charge it comes on but once i take out d charger the phone cut back off.. if u know wat is the problem u can reply back here or e-mail me @ [email protected]. thanks.

Osayomwanbor Sylvest

The battery is not yet avialable in Nigeria because mine developed battery problem and I have been looking forward to geting it but not available

kani

i had p990 before this phone... i must say motorola implemented Symbian better than Sony ericsson ... The phone design is awesome.. and performance is also good

PJ

I had it, modded it and played with it for a while but found that the keys are REALLY hard to press and find, it's slow and volume is really low. The Rokr Z6 was such a mean machine and then they release this? Disappointed and giving Moto one last chance if they release another awesome slider with 3G.

Alex

OK, so i've been using this phone for 5 whole months now, and i say, this is the BEST phone i ever had, there are no firmware problems, no lags, no nothing bad. This phone has everything you'd want in a phone in this price range, it is just perfect, it makes a great impression, specially on ladies, Perfect just perfect.

VindalooQueen

looks like a banana, cant text on it either

John

I`ve got this phone, but only the Ferrari edition.. And it`s pretty good, I like it :)

Pas

when i put battery in my Motorola RIZR Z8 it says invalid battery. Please send me the answer

motofan.ir

if u have this problem : always remain unread however u have red all the messages i have this problem like u but i untie this problem with restart my z8 and guys for help u wana say please open or close slider too slow cause the wire of slider is thin and is posible to torn with new firmware u can updait your phone very well

Billistic

I had this phone for about 2 months. Honestly... this phone is a piece of junk. Nothing worked properly. The firmware is all crap. Even the upgraded versions. Impossible to text message on because of how the phone slides up. I would not use this phone even if it was given to me for free. I would consider other phones. I would never consider this phone...ever.

Nrock

I read the whole opinion section ! I'm using my ROKR E2 (moded) . . . I'm curious about this phone , cause i found it on a shop at very cheap rate. Around 100 dollars. . If i can mod it , nothing gonna stop me to buy this one. I luv my MOTO ROKR !

Anonymous

how much is this z8 now

Arshad

i got that phone and i hate it ... not good ..please dont buy any more...

Anonymous

flush with rsd lite , go to moddmymoto.com for new software or motomodding

sls244

Unread means in the inbox of messages all envelops of the messages are remain unread or close..it is difficult to identify in the inbox that which one is read and which one is unread..please help me out of this..

sls244

Can anyone help me on this?I have rokr z8 and all my messages are always remain unread however I have red all the messages..please help me out of it.I have searched the solution all over the internet but not found.I will be very thankful to you..

Hayden

A brilliant phone with brilliant sound and picture. The only problem I have is that it crashes every so often. When it first crashed for me i didnt use it for about 2 weeks.

george

i have this phone and is very bad....i don;t like it. the sound is very bad. so i must sell it to buy another phone...yucks..

Anonymous

Depend on your style. I have one and like it. MK

Anonymous

Sound from Earphones quite good.

cassie X

tbh i was thinkin about buying this phone :), does anyone think i shouldnt?

Sudhir .S motorola

Dear sir can i get Z8 full housing . regads Sudhir.S

khan

Can anyone tell me how is sound quality in earphones

jk11

i've got this a year now and the middle part of the phone (circle, ok, arrows up,left,down,right) have fallen off, i tried to put glue on-- only to have fall off again. good phone, it's just that now im thnkin of touchscreen phones now..... i admit i used the circle part alot and now a year later, its worned out..

Tevin

Does anyone know what software i could use to flash this phone? i would be very grateful....

Anonymous

mine do this too

larry

i just want to know if it is possible to change the body of moto z8. Thanks.

Hassan

I am using z8 since last year in start i really i am very disappointed because restarting problem and shows pink screen but when i change its firmwareusing rsdlite 4 its doing great last 3 months my mobile isn't restart and running very smoothly thanks fox mod

Anonymous

hey @mir where is the motorola service center located in egypt ??? thanks alot

Anonymous

mine does this too. its really frustrating

MOYEED

can i use motorizr z8 as a webcam? is thier any application in it like same as motorokr e6 "usb mode use as a webcam plz reply"

dhimz fucker

since i handle it the Z8 unit. it is very nice. i love it than N95 or all nokia bramce. coz i handle all unit of nokia.

johndru

Z8 can only play mp4,3gp with resolution upto 240x320 only. when you play mp4 with VGA resolution (ex. videos coming from N82 coz it has VGA resolution) it WILL NOT play to your phone. This also applies to pictures with higher pixel count like 3.2mp,5mp resolution photos. It will say something like unable to open file. But you can see the thumbnails before opening it right. Anyway, coreplayer app will solve these problems. Those of you who can't install coreplayer due to protected id or whatever error should change your firmware to modified firmware. backread to see my post regarding that. It will give us better phone capabilities. Now, my icons are different due to the modded firmware.

Dude

then press option-delete button.

Steven Z

Euhm put them on your sd card -.-

@MiR

Enter www.onsmartphone.com,u ll find about 2000 theme for the z8 and z10.put it on ur phone and open the file with the file manager it will say install theme install it then u ll find it in themes.u can ask any question and ill try to answer

jerry

cannot axcess my contact least cause it say server closed. not what u want..

bongkiamn

how can i put themes in this phone? reply asap.

Anonymous

It says corrupted video file just after I finished recording, like after I pressed the button stop, and yh I know nothing about symbian :P but still..

Anonymous

go to menu and go to Control panel, there go down a bit and fin storage wizard, it tells the memory there

Anonymous

the only problem to me about this phone is that the installing CD is only for PC :( cmon Motorola mac is computer as well

@MiR

:p u need to download that with ur computer and u need to purche moto flash rds 4.3 and i warn u it might not work and u ll lose ur phone.just use ur software and download nice app like jukebox from www.wap.getjar.com if by mobile and www.getjar.com if by computer.feel free to ask for more info.@MiR

shady

sup.. ok.. i have a prob.. i dont have net on my phone.. but i want to instal the app u guys waz talkin about.. can u tell me how to go about doin that.. an how can i get my video player to work?

@MiR

hello never ever mood ur phone with elegance or any other shit i did all instructions and my phone died after it was working perfectly thank good moto center fixed it.can any one tell me how to format my phone to delete the z not to master reset

@MiR

the phone is slow cause u dont close applications and thats ur problem cause u dont know about symbian uiq.it says corr file cause u dont leave it to save it correctly for any question ask and ill try to answer

dadat

this phone sucks, it always freezes and i always have to restart it, it is also very slow in response and when i record a video almost everytime it says corrupt video file and it happens with no reason. so yah dont buy it if u want to save money

dude

it's bad phone. but can fix it. i have just one problem how i play songs next mode on automatic?

Luks

Yes, it's a good phone and you can do almost everything with it.

Anonymous

Mp4

@MiR

:p when installing the coreplayer it tells me it uses a protecting id what to do ty

@MiR

ty so much :p can u explain how to install it and whats flash 4.3

@MiR

guys u must be kiding me my z8 works so good without any mooding no reboot i install anything and it works i have 29 application and 19 game all works good just send it to moto center if egypt moto center fixed it i think all moto centers can do it

Steve

If you do not download the coreplayer for movies what file do they need to be converted to in order to work? I placed an Mpeg4 on it but looks like in properties it is really m4v which is a partial of Mpeg4. Either way it would not play. So what file format on standard unlocked Z8 phone will work?

Steve

If you do not download the coreplayer for movies what file do they need to be converted to in order to work? I placed an Mpeg4 on it but looks like in properties it is really m4v which is a partial of Mpeg4. Either way it would not play. So what file format on standard Z8 phone will work?

techie_girl

it just keeps on rebooting u know...diff colors flashing on the ph's screen n all i see is the motorola logo reboot,reboot,reboot....then that's it sometimes it tkes an hour just so i can see the home screen n be able to breathe again n say thank goodness it's still working!!!

techie_girl

r u hving the sme prob as mine??im hving a hard time with my ph..it started 3 days after i bought the ph..i was taking a pink then suddenly the whole screen turned pink and auto restarted???i thought at first i thought i shouldn't worry bout nything..then until months by months it soon began to hve probs..i cnt let my batt's ph low coz il be hving a hard time using it up,,when it's turned on,it'll only go to the welcome logo of motorola,then it'll turn pink,green,red,aqua blue..:-( sigh..i dont know what to do..guess hve to bring it to motorola shop where i bought it since it still hve the warranty..does nyone here know why my screen turns into diff colors upon starting up,,or just cnt open it,thnx so much!!

johndru

just search in google "elegance modmymoto" Im sure it will return the link coz we can't post it here. by changing the firmware to MODIFIED firmware, you can change icons, put different startup/shutdown animation and sounds and even install expired,cracked apps..... moto z8 is a symbian phone. use COREPLAYER app to play ALL VIDEO FORMATS. avi, FLV, mp4,3gp, mpg, etc... and also ALL AUDIO FORMATS. how come you're not aware of this stuff? u should read forums so you'll get more knowledge and make the most out of your phone.

Jun Manuel

I cant Send message

@MiR

open control panel device memory info it ll give u full details about every memory app

adnan

please can someone tell me how to display the memory stuff for this mobile??? plaese help me..

@MiR

and how is that dude?improving my z8 would be cool answer if u can plz :)

@MiR

:p i think system info or device info

sherif

can you tell @mir how to know the frimware of the phone

Dude

pls tell me pall what site can i find this software??

hassan

is there any firmware which enhances the multimedia capabilities of this phone like adding fast forward option to music player??

johndru

your rizr z8 will be a multimedia monster ONLY AFTER you change the stock firmware. There are a lot of available modded firmwares such as elegance, foxmod, etc. I updated mine with rizrvistaz8 firmware and now my z8 is definitely worth keeping. no more annoying bugs whatsoever.

hassan

can anyone please tell me how to watch video on full screen???

@MiR

hello guys,i have the z8 for a year and a couple of month its a wonderful phone,motorola center in egypt fixed all the problems about the z8 and upgraded the firmwall,my advice go for this phone if u like music net calling fashion.if u like camera go for the z10 its a very good phone too my bro has it.all what i can say well done moto just change the os and screen and it would have been a monster cheers!!dont buy if u like to instal games as u ll find problems with that.

Anonymous

is it good have this cellphone the rizr z8 or not or should i choose other one

kox

For everyone who has an moto z8 try the site modmymoto.com there are a lot of advices about flashing and resolving your problems with z8.I recommend to install "elegance" monsterpack because after i had done this i didn't have any more problems.Sorry if i wasn't allowed to say this.

Anonymous

You need to transfer songs to playlist in order to play it continiously one after the other

Les

i,ve tried to follow the instruction on sending the song on a bluetooth but i cant see where is the file manager, you know this phone is complicated it just freeze when you are taking video or just went blank and you cant do anything with it. somebody help me as well on how to download more songs. i just love this phone but it is sometimes irritating

100 Moto

After 9 months with my Z8, I might say goodbye to it afterall. Yesterday I called my wife, all of the sudden the phone shut itself down...obviously dropped the call, and wife was going "why did u hang up on me???" There is practically nothing on my Z8...no additional program (other than those straight from Moto itself), not even any playlist for music... Periodically the phone shut itself down while charging as well. I already gave up what all other functions it should perform...just to use it as a "phone" for dial out and receive calls. However, Z8 seems to fail even the most fundamental requirement as a phone. I still like its design, despite some may complain about its ergonomics. I really really wish somebody can simply install any other type of O/S into my Z8...even the basic P2K, which would make it work like my Z3...which still works as a phone. (with "ok" music player) Planning to sell my Z8 this weekend, though not sure how much I can get out of it...or if any electronic stores offers a good trade-in deal, I might get a VE66. (though under current economic situation, better get some cash instead of spending on another mobile, as eventually prices for VE66 may drop below US$120...) How about the 3G function? I'm planning to dig out my good old V3x or E770, either of which still works better as a "phone" than Z8.

100 Moto

Try Control Panel -> Network Setting -> Network Setting -> Band (and then select the appropriate 2G network you want)

mr E

How can I switch off 3g? i can't find :/

wise

Dude thats impossible. i have that problem too

Anonymous

jajja, good idea, good answer

Melissa

That's exactly what happened to my phone! there is nothing you can do my friend, you need to get your phone to a phone service centre - even if you don't have a motorolla centre, why not just find a repairshop that repairs mobile phones? They should be able to help! This phone is one piece of JUNK! It craps out and spoils so fast, even with tender loving care!

Melissa

This is the world's crappiest phone!!!!!! DO NOT BUY, RENT OR STEAL!!! Not worth it!!! IT freezes, and now it's gone dead on me - after 9 months! The screen turned fucshia and lime green and refused to boot up. Also, a MAJOR problem is the battery!!!! Without even using the phone at all, the mattery lasts only 15-18 hours, you can't even get a full day out of this crappy thing! Also, the function buttons are hard to use and to get to. The design is all wrong, the buttons are so hard that i need 2 hands to sms, when i can easily do it with one hand on other phones! It's bulky, and cos of the "curve" in the design, you can't get to any button with one hand! The design is way too flawed! Performance is bad, the battery life sucks and as you can see it doesn't last!

maxine

i really do love this phone but i find it keeps jumping network services and not been able to to find my digicel network service. please advise on what to do

JoeH

Hey, How do I delete the recent contacts that I have sent text messages to?

Dude

How i to play next song auto play mode?

Anonymous

This is a crap phone, i got mine in july of 08 and it freezes and restarts all the time, its slow and the sound is bad.... it wount even switch on now, so unfortunately im forced to use my old nokia 6630.... buying this phone was my biggest mistake ever....

Anonymous

try to change battery

Saran

I live in Nepal and there is no service centres for Motorola z8 phones here. My phone doesn't start up. when you switch it on, the motorola logo is displayed and then it shuts down. Somebody, please help. If you can instruct me on how I can solve this problem, it would be great.

ARyan

to forward a song using a bluetooth, go to the ff: *MENU *FILE MANAGER (phone / card memory) -locate your song in the list of folders you have. -most likely it is under AUDIO *AUDIO (music / ringtones) -if you found the list of your songs -click on OPTIONS *OPTIONS *SEND AS *BLUETOOTH -if you're bluetooth is off it will ask you if you want to enable it. click yes then it will find the device you are sending the song. CLICK on the PHONE device you're sending.

ARyan

Z8 internal memory is upto 70 MB and its external is microSD that supports upto 4GB. Im using this phone for almost a year now. playing song has no problem with it. what you need to do is to compile all the songs in the music folder, be it in the phone memory or external memory. i have like more than 500 songs with it. the sound is superb and watching with it is fantastic. the speaker is so good. it has a lot of functions and can read word, excel, and powerpoint documents.

bilal saleem

its such a slow phone.. its a symbian phone but it cant support sumbian application? someone help me? some time restart and also i dont know how to forward the song?

Hassan

my Motorola z8 is working quiet slowly and when i capture a photo it sometime restart pls help thankful

Amir

Huh,my z8 has 294 song

boby

I just got a motorola z8 and planing on buying new memory card so can someone tell me the max size memory card a z8 can hold

wise

Hello i got this phone 4 months ago! This phone always freezes and music's not going auto play mode always i need to press next button! what i need to do play next music auto! Sorry my grammer is bad in English

Cezar

Hello Shady, Follow this link :

shady

it can hold more than 100 sounds.. i brought my z8 an i have like 170 sounds on it.. an i have a 1g memory card..

shady

do u have the user manual in english?

100 Moto

I'm pretty sure Z8 handles more than 100 songs...(capacity of a 128mb card?) Here is my experience with the memory card of Z8. I bought my Z8 back in June (for about US$250), I checked and various sources indicated Z8 supports more than 8gb memory card (up to 32gb?). So I paid near US$50 for a 8gb card into my Z8. However, for some reason my Z8 couldn't read any content from the card. Something went wrong with my card? I doubt so as I put the exact same 8gb card into my U9 (which officially only supports 4gb!) and all the songs and files can be found / played. What went wrong with my Z8? I had no idea, so are the staff from my local Moto Service Center...who investigated but couldn't figure out the reason. So now my Z8 runs on a 4gb card and it works fine...only the phone is so complicated I'd rather play music from my simple EM35/Zn5.

Anonymous

Hi! I bought this phone a 3 days ago. I need help setting up/where to find applications lock for messages, folders, contacts, etc. as it used to be on motorola phones. I really need to put password/security code on my messages and folders. Previous models of motorola has this option; Application Lock. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you...

Anonymous

i saw a guy commented about the memory capacity of z8. He said that it can only handle 100 songs. For your information my z8 has 131 songs currently and it is still fast as new. Maybe you only have a very low capacity of memory card which explains why all of you guys are complaining. How poor of you, before you complain, try using it with a high memory micro sd

fadz

I got this phone today. Unfortunately, the user guide is written other than english. I need help where to download english user guide/manual of this model rizr z8. thanks..

Kryptonite

If you live in the eastern parts of the world like Europe i think that you should buy it (strictly on 3g speeds for this phone). But before you buy this phone please read my problems and good point review of this phone.

shady

yo.. i wana buy a z8. its it a good fone 2 buy??

shady

i wana buy a z8.. u think i should??

Kryptonite

I don't have to be an expert to know that. You just have to know what you are looking for.

privateweird

i havent use Z8 but i think its design s quite ridiculous although d features are ok,i definitely love d razr v8.with its flip top nd touch screen listening 2 music s an innovation. I also love nokia n85. It has great features like 5mp camera, slim,nd has wireles LAN.nd i post this comment on it.there s no argument on which s more innovative.i think choosing a phone wud mean coinciding with one's personality.

100 Moto

I was using Moto A835 as a 3G phone back in 2004...yes, I ain't any Moto 3G expert like you do...

Anonymous

There is no problem with the set that does not work in USA or Canada. Please note you need to change the softwear as according to region wise. Cell are manufactured as according the technology available in a country. All you need is to install sofwear and change setting in you cell phone. Please note I have a Motrolla set too and it worked though I bought from an Asian market.

Kryptonite

LOL!! You see when you watch to much T.V. this is what happens. You acting like the z8 was the only 3g enabled phone when it came out, for all you know they could've used the N95 or a Samsung u700.

Kryptonite

Look right, it was up for sale and me and another dude wanted it. He didn't have the money on him and I did and I thought that this phone had everything so i bought it. I had no time to go home and check out this phones features, I had the opportunity so I took it OK. That was one opportunity I really shouldn't have taken.

100 Moto

To answer your question: Next problem; 3G; here I was thinking that Motorola�s 3g enabled phones could�ve worked in the U.S.A. when I go there I can�t use it, and why is that, because the 3g�s band is 2100; why can�t Motorola, wait, all phone companies see that we people travel and need 3g that can work in more than one part of the world, well I see Motorola has 9 phones with 3g that can be used in America, at least! You need to thank the Americans who use special frequency away from the rest of the world...where the rest of the world using GSM 3G are running on WCDMA 2100, the "American 3G" runs on GSM850/1900. So most quad-band phones from Europe / Asia only works on the 2G network in US. I don't really know any (Moto) phone that suppports both US 3G and European / Asian 3G. If you do, please let me know. Phones like Z8 which support GSM850/900/1800/1900/WCDMA 2100 should work most parts of the world....where Japan runs on its own frequency but now also shares WCDMA2100, with US using GSM850/1900...but no 3G connection with the rest of the world. Maybe the Americans did that on purpose to "defend" themselves from the terrorists...so they cannot video call each other for details on how to take down more buildings / airplanes.

100 Moto

Just curious why didn't read all the comments about this phone BEFORE you made the purchase....and eventually regret what you did? I paid US$250 for my unit last June, which I thought the deal was "ok", given I've other "media monsters" to serve my other needs. My Z8 works as a "phone"....even less media than my Z3. (now in the shop again!)

anony

You know what lets all be honest about the z8..all of you including myself..the only cool thing was the kick slide feature,sound and colour of the phone..other than that. It is a piece of junk. I sold mine yesterday near to nothing to what i paid for it. I am now getting a SE f305..lets hope that is gona be better.

Kryptonite

You know what really disappointed me, this phone has a new, newer seen design and I thought that it would have everything, now when I got the phone I immediately went on gsmarena to check out the phones specs and I'll tell you the honest truth, my heart sank to my belly, it was a really a disappointment. I had this phone for exactly 4 days and then I sold it, I couldn't live with that disappointing phone. Well I have a samsung u700 and a Motorola w510 and I'm saving for either the Nokia 5310 or the 5610, i haven't decided which one yet.But that z8 was a real disappointment.

Kryptonite

The Good Good Point; The display is very good when playing videos (3gpp, mp4). Next Good Point; the speaker is loud, clear and clean. Next Good Point; video recording is extremely good, this phone records QVGA video in 3gpp format 29fps!! Most phones record video at 12 to 15fps so for this phone to record at 29fps is pretty good. Next Good Point; this phones design is amazing and is a certain sight. Motorola went all out with this phones design. Next Good Point; this phone has a good battery life and this phone can USB charge, some phones can�t do that, sad right, I know. Next Good Point; well, it�s a quad band 2g phone with 3g but as I said before, the 3g can only work in Europe and some of those eastern countries. It might have some more good things but I am not able to think of them now. This a continuation of the review I did yesterday (february 13th, 2009) THIS WAS DONE BY MARIO A.K.A. KRYPTONITE DATE: FEBRUARY 14TH 2009

Kryptonite

Don't be a dummy, of course is a 3g phone, what you think a 2g phone goin be doin with a video call camera.

SEVEN

this phone is slow when u try to open the files very very slow i dnt think ths phone is a 3g phone it is a 2g or 1g

Kryptonite

To tell you the honest truth, this phone is semi-complicated; it�s slow and is a great disappointment. This phone can�t even handle more than 100 songs on the media player; it sticks, moves extremely slow through the songs and even freezes. Now speaking about media, isn�t this phone suppose to be a �Media Monster�, now what media wise phone can�t play wma, well at least it file shows up in the file manager, this is the stupid thing, instead of this phone saying that the file format is not supported, do wish to delete this file so something like that it asks you if you want to save it on the phone memory, like saving it on the phone memory is going to make a difference, it�s still now going to play. I tell ya, Motorola employees don�t use their brains. Next problem; This phones flash does not turn on when recording video. Now although the video recording is great for a 2mp camera with its� QVGA size and 29 fps we would really like to see what we are recording in the night. Really, why have flash and in can�t be used when recording video. Next problem; 3G; here I was thinking that Motorola�s 3g enabled phones could�ve worked in the U.S.A. when I go there I can�t use it, and why is that, because the 3g�s band is 2100; why can�t Motorola, wait, all phone companies see that we people travel and need 3g that can work in more than one part of the world, well I see Motorola has 9 phones with 3g that can be used in America, at least! Next Problem; The screen scratches easily, why didn�t Motorola make this phone with a scratch resistant screen like its� big brother the Motorola z10 which has its� share of problems too; but I am not getting into that now. Next Problem; Navigating this phone was a hassle and still is, I really needed one of those navigating systems to get through the phone the first couple of times. I always thought that Motorola had a very user-friendly and easy to navigate layout but when I got my z8 all of that went out the window. If only Motorola could�ve make their smart phones more easy to navigate. Now I�m sure that there are many more problems with this phone but I just can�t think of them now. THIS WAS DONE BY MARIO A.K.A. KRYPTONITE Date: February 13th, 2009

100 Moto

Hardware wise I like this phone too...kick slider design is cool, good screen, "ok" buttons (not exactly good for heavy texters though). However, call me naive, I simply can't get anything else out of the phone, and even wish it's being "non-smart" like my good old Z3. For comparision, I also have both Moto V9 (along with 10 other Moto phones which I'm currently using), which I can easily change the softkeys, customize ringtone, create playlist, reorder the icons settings, set wallpapers (which supports most, if not all, the photos I downloaded / took through other devices) I still haven't figured out how to manage all of the above with my Z8, which I bought in June.

mustafa

can u please share the code as iam unable to open this z8, please can u help,this is useless for me as long as it is locked.

mustafa

My moto z8 is giving a lot of trouble. whenever I try to download something it shows no memory or out of memory,why is this so.please can somebody tell me about this,I cant save my videos!!!!!!!!!

JAVI

hi, somebody know if my motorola z8 is be able to installed navigator tomtom 6? javi:[email protected] tanhk you very much.

Anonymous

no bladdddddd

AK

has anybody tried to run fring on Z8

Nikko

I love this phone I even made a poem for it! Seriously. I have been a Motorola user ever since High School. The z8 is pretty awesome depending on the user. Just needs some getting used to or if you're smart you won't need to be bothered on how to use it or things about its interface. Its design rocks. Its screen rocks. Although, I wish the rubber thing that covered the memory card slot was the same with the one that covered the mini usb port.

@MiR

hello.i had my z8 for 1 year and 6 month and it never rebooted or restarted,there is a face cover u can buy at moto store.ray ur so cool and funny

Jaae

Is there a face plate for the phone. Mines fell and I would like to replace the face plate the original one has scratches on it

Ray

My moto z8 is so cool man,damn,it reboots by itself,freezez all the time,when connected to the internet it shuts down after 1 min and the slider is also messed up after 2 months of use.I love my moto. Can wait to c what happens tomoro,mayB it will turn into a nuclear atomic bomb lol,I love my moto !!!! Go get 1 NOW !

kerron

when i am in a call, i cannot receive another call nor make another call. Why is that. could you please help me with this.

kerron

when i went on tools, file manager, i tired 2 install the memory card, but it shows there is nothing to install when the memory card is filled with files.

kerron

how could do download a music player so your music files could play

100 Moto

Try Application -> Tools -> File Manager

100 Moto

Perhaps some countries may have different versions, though on my Z8, the network selections include: GSM 900/1800 GSM 850/1900 WCDMA So at least my version is NOT tri-band only.

kerron

how you do see the memory card files on the phone.

kyra

HEY i hv the same problem too! how did u get ur phone to come out of the reset loop?? (where it jus kips booting up again n again.)..HELP! email me.. [email protected]

salman

Just bought this phone.. i am not sure were to download its applications..and wanna know if another media player is out there because preinstalled sucks..

Goran

How to disable keypad lock????? Please help

Anonymous

People, before you buy this phone just understand that this phone is tri-band, and the speaker for playin music soft.

ea

good phone, however DON'T DOWNLOAD THOSE FREE APPLICATIONS AND GAMES.. it messed up my phone, it resets itself when i slide up and down... AND WHEN I MASTER RESET, i couldn't access my contacts (reading z:\unexpected end of file)

bru

go get it then

wanda

I want that phone..!

jabongx

i had here from germany and im here in th philippines i want to use here in my country so i buy imei codes to unlock this phone. i have the unlock codes my problem is cant enter this coodes it always appear on the screen "warning subsidy lock is enabled" how can i enter my codes?

Anonymous

why didnt dey make d phone to play wma????????????

S.v.R.s.

best looking phone ever.....really cool design

Anonymous

i just got this phone and its the best phone ive ever had the only bad thing its got a pretty weak signal all the time unless you turn it upside down (just like a razr)

100 Moto

I think is the OS that's causing the problem. As though I've never used (or seen a real unit, as Moto in my city suffered enough from the failure of Z8) Z10, I doubt its performance is significantly better than Z8. (Heard there are "slight improvements")

z8 Ferrari

How to update the software of my MOTO Z8 Ferrari?When I go to Device Management it tells me that I must set up an account.Can anyone tell me Profile name,Username, Password, Server ID, Server address, Server Password...

blah

wut about the z10??

100 Moto

As a die-hard Moto fan, I DO NOT recommend this phone to anyone... If you like Ferrari edition, try the Moto V9 Ferrari edition instead. I already try to use Z8 as a "phone" (no music, no other software application) and it still hangs / auto shutdown every once in a while. I think I might be happier with the non-smart Z3.

Whiz Tune

hi all m plannin to gift this cell, m in india n hav to gift d same to a friend there is a ferrari edition of this phone - is it true? do i go ahead n gift d phone as d reviews r mixed on the same. appreciate ur help

KELv

I have been using Z8 for almost a year now.....it is pathetic!!! twice i have given it 4 repair, fortunately its under warranty!!din cost me netin.... its amazin 4 calling, crystal clear.....no comparison to any other phone ive used b4.... but, the thing keeps switching off in de middle of a call!!!! its slow as hellll!!!! de slide, gets damaged after some time, n de phone will switch off wile slidin!!! de loud-speaker is OK, nt tht gr8..... but, dey shld've put a normal audio jack, insead of a USB 1.... overall, i dun c de pt of buyin this fone, unless u go 4 de looks.....feels good 2 slide it!! hehe :-D

johndru

yup. i agree. just get the z8 if you really like the looks and if everything else is unnecessary to you. i have this phone as back up for my n82. i just love the appearance. that's it. so disappointing. and yeah, i guess rokr z6 is better overall. you can even have it modded. :)

jv

Damn I'm confused!!! SE or Moto... Hmmm.. Maybe just the Z6... It's cheaper and better, I think, compared to the V6(except the 3G)

cheri

I bought a moto z8 and from day one it was giving me trouble. It switches on and off by itself and the speaker was not working properly either. 2 months after buying the phone, the sliding mechanism broke so my service provider gave me a replacement phone. now the replacement phone (also a z8) is also giving me problems. i have had motorolas all my life and this is by far their worst phone. i do not recomend this phone to anyone.

100 Moto

So other brands' phones running on Symbian UIQ are free from troubles?

George

I bought a 3 month old Z8 and it was shutting down by itself, I formatted the phone and it is now great. When the battery starts getting low it sometimes shutdown. As far as MP3's, music is great and easy to download. Sounds good too. The quality is top notch and yes Nokia is very good, but not perfect either.

George V

This is a pretty cool phone. It is a European version and overall I am happy with this phone. The battery gets low within 2-3 days, but that is because I can't leave it alone. So far it has been a few months and although it is not perfect, it has kept me interested. I can download whatever I want and customize the look and sound of this phone. Reception is great and the speaker is pretty good too. If you want a smartphone that looks cool, and don't want to pay a fortune, checkout the Z8.

@MiR

hi guys.z8 is a good phone i have it for more than 11 month its cool i faced only problems when it was broken in the accident but afTer fixing back as new and about the os download the new 1 at motorola customer center try it..trowa

Anonymous

Quit blaming the OS, blame MOTO for NOT implementing it PROPERLY!

jv

Maybe I'll just choose the UI that I am used to ryt now... SE... So bad.. I like the design of this fone so much!! T_T

100 Moto

Shamefully speaking, likely the O/S would break before the actual phone does. My Z8 encountered auto shutdown twice yesterday... Can Moto help me to take the stupid Symbian OS out of my Z8 and just install a basic (P2K?) OS, so my Z8 can work (as well!) like my Z3?

LIL J

its a cool phone but won`t it brake because it slides open.

jv

Maybe I'll be satisfied with the fone.. My current fon is the Sony Ericson T610 fone. Hehe

jv

Is the fone durable? I mean does the keypad and screen scratches easily?

Anonymous

thanks 4 d information

100 Moto

Texting in English should be "ok", though for other language, such as Chinese which I use, the "select" (from mutiple characters) and the "send" buttons are too close together where I often sent without completing the message. No, you cannot change the angle of the curved keypad, some users may find typing 123 or *0# a bit difficult. (not me)

jv

I need texting too. I'm used to a hard keypad. Can i adjust to the curved keypad of the z8?? I also want the phonebook capacity.. anyway thats it!! Thanks a million!!

100 Moto

Get the Z8 if you: 1)Absolutely fall in love with its outer design (though if so, you probably won't consider the V6) 2)You buy a phone for incoming / outgoing calls only. Nothing more, nothing less. Otherwise, in terms of functions (even for simple things like customizing the home screen / navigation keys, wallpaper setting, etc...), a Z8 cannot even match the good old Z3/Z6. V6 beats the x out of Z8 in all other areas except the "unique" design. Z8 is probably the most disappointing top-of-the-line device made by the company in recent years. The above comment comes from a Motofan who has used over 40 Moto phones in the past 14 years... Or else, suggest you read through all the comments regarding Z8 here, or elsewhere.

jv

I'm planning to buy a phone this christmas, but I am unsure what to choose: the Z8 or the RAZR maxx V6. Please help!! Thanks a million!!

bicBa

Dont buy this phone. Horrible, the worst phone I ever had...:(

smithy

does it have phone lock and security lock? if yes where do u find it?

ayn

this phone is nt good at all, i�ve had almost every problem listed on other comments. My advice is DON�T BUY THIS PHONE!!!!! try nokia MUCH BETTER

rodrigon121

Does it handles swf files like animated img or something like that?

David

sorry man u cant fast forward song only videos its a drag

ARANA

whenever im on a call and there is a call waiting...i am not able to access it...when i press the answer key an error message keep comin up saying "unable to answer, operation not allowed"...can someone please help me

100 Moto

I think most people would be happier if Moto takes out the "smart" OS (which as you mentioned, easily outsmart most of us), and simply make Z8 an upgraded version of Z3/Z6, this phone can sell more with less complaints. Where I live now Z8 is being sold for about USD$240 (no contract and unlocked), though I still do "not" recommend anyone to get this phone, unless they will use the phone for "dial in and out" only. I think my father-in-law can play MP3 on his W270 better than my Z8, especailly in terms of user friendliness.

hsn

can anyone please tell me how to fast forward a song in this phone???

Victor

It's can read word/pdf files? Thanks

johndru

could have been better if the symbian they used is s60 and not uiq. moto is still not eating their pride. still wants to be different. lolz. to change tracks, go to your playlist (default or if you created new) then press "options" and you'll find "play" there. it will change tracks. but very illogical and so complicated. i guess motorola outsmarted us in buying this deceiving phone! it's true that looks can be deceiving! lolz. i hate MOTO for FOOLING US die-hard fans! we're supporting you all the way and is this what we deserve? well i guess MOTO deserves to be the next Siemens! you're going down moto! it's gonna be a hard one! ouch!

moto dude

best fone on earth i have had it only for a week and i cant put it down its stylish and does just about everything its great

AT

Hi guys, just curious, how much ram does your Z8 have? To check, go to Control Panel->Device->Device information

100 Moto

Better to get something else rather than trying to fix it. This phone simply has too many problems! These are words from a die-hard Moto fan who has used over 40 Moto phones in the past 14 years, including a Z8!

Anonymous

Terrible phone. Navigation key scratches up easily, buttons are hard to press, camera freezes, slow reaction to commands... and now the phone randomly reboots every now and then without me doing anything.

infinity

i just bought this phone and when ppl callin me it says unknown but i have call display on my other phones i can c who is callin me but not on this it says unknown HELP ME....TO FIX

Anonymous

Well, I think it's great, but I've got a problem with installing a game. It starts to install but then it says "Program is closed" or something like this. I don't understand it...

peaches

does anyone know where or how i can download the firmware for my Z8, motorola website seem not to be working.

shay

Does anyone know how to find the zoom using the camera and not the camcorder. I could only find the zoom on the camcorder.

sunita

Hi my husband bought this phone it�s a Z8 Motorola and I am having a problem with it fall down a couple time the problem is that if I get a call on the phone and I try to slide it up the phone turn off just like that and if I don�t slide it up to answer the call it will not turn off what u think is wrong with the phone

moto man

u have 2 use the media player to be able to change track.

shay

Am having the same problem with my Z8 also, it doesn't go to the next song. The other problems am having with the phone is that the zoom only works with the camcorder and not with the actual camera. I think the Z8 it a waste of money and I wish I had never bought it, plus the interface is very slow.

pissed

How the heck do I play songs continuously on this darn z8. Everytime it plays a song it repeat that one song and does not change. Someone please help me b4 i throw my phone at the wall

Anonymous

Some of you are full of crap. How dare you blame Symbian for MOTOs terrible implementation of it in the Z8! Symbian is a fantastic OS with many Open Source apps, and the upcoming Symbian Foundation OS will be open source as well. The Z8 is just a reflection of what happens when you give a great OS to a company that has NO CLUE of what it's doing. On top of that MOTO chose Symbian UIQ which is lacking developers, they should have chosen NOKIA's Symbian S60 which is booming with thousands of apps,games and modds! Lets hope Moto have learnt their lesson. The Z8 is a failure, even in looks. I can comfortably say my N81 mid-range Smartphone is better than both Z8 and Z10 lol.

Anonymous

dont save them in a playlist if you have a memory card save it to that all my msic from bluetooth works fine you have to put the songs from the card or your harddrive into the playlist or it wot wor correctly also if you move files int different folders you will have re do the playlist cus the phone is lookin in the file it was put in the playlist from

Anonymous

nope...no FM on Z8 (though I certainly wish there is one)

Anonymous

Does this have a fm radio feature???

Anonymous

As mentioned b4, if Z8 doesn't get so "smart", or being an upgraded version of Z3/Z6 running on a bigger screen and memory card slot, this phone may rock better than now! Moto, pls forget about Symbian forever!

trowa

hello.i used to say that i had no problems with my z8 for about 8 month but when it fall from me and the screen was broken it started to mess up.it doesnt charge or play music cant instal games or applications.just i want to say the z8 now sucks but motorola make niceGadgets dont say moto is bad because they made these z8Nokia many times failedInTherePhones and no one said that they are bad

trowa

hello.i used to say that i had no problems with my z8 for about 8 month but when it fall from me and the screen was broken it started to mess up.it doesnt charge or play music cant instal games or applications.just i want to say the z8 now sucks but motorola make niceGadgets dont say moto is bad because they made these z8Nokia many times failedInTherePhones and no one said that they are bad

Anonymous

You're such a great guy! Bcoz to me, user friendliness should be -10 out of 10... Just wish there is a "non-Symbian" version of Z8...either Windows Mobile, or Linux...or "none"! (I don't mind phones don't get so "smart"!)

johndru

motorola is claiming that this phone can take upto 32gb micro sd card (we have brochures here for proof). anyway, the symbian is a total cr*p! i have this CORE PLAYER (can play almost any video and audio formats) BUT when you use it on this phone and play music, the songs will continue skipping so long as the battery signal is changing! what the f*** is that?! so stupid! the icons can't be rearranged! this phone has so many flaws!!! the physical appearance is 10 out of 10 but the user-friendliness and features is 1 out of 10. you can't even view pics higher than 2megapixel! try sending a picture from, let's say, an N95 or even just a k800. you can't view it (this is the problem of motorola in ALL THEIR PHONES!). if you don't have a 3rd party app, there's no possibility to view it!

Anonymous

You just bought one? Good luck! I'm probably one of the most die-hard Moto fan around, as I've owned "no other brand" phone except Moto, and I've used over 39 Moto phones in the past 16 years. Z8 is really one of the WORST Moto phones I've owned, especially given the fact it should be a top of the line model for the company. Unfortunately, for such "super smartphone", it simply outsmart the owner....as I can't even make basic customization of navigation keys, re-arranging the icons, wallpaper gets cut-off at the bottom, no screensaver, etc... And somehow I can't even play music on this phone! Not to mention I spent near US$60 for a 8GB card, only to find Z8 doesn't support it as well as my U9 (the latter "officially" only accepts 4GB), and I've to settle with a 4GB card in my Z8 now. Maybe I'm the stupid one here who has the phone "outsmart" me.

Anonymous

this phone is a waste of time and money.ive sent it bk with countless problems about the screen

Anonymous

No, MOTO is crap. Your z8 is going to give problems very soon i bet.

cellimaster

awsome design but a crack is almost useless waste of money =_=

turbilha0

I got mine in February 2008 by winning a contest. In therms of design and "touch and feel", is the best phone i ever had: liked very much its size, its shape and the way it fits in hand. The screen is amazing and bright. In terms of signal reception is good. But this phone wat the worse phone in my life in terms of reliability... Three months after using the phone, when i turn on the phone, it started to have a reeboot loop over periods from two to five minutes, whith several colour "screens of death". Today, i noticed that the phone turns off by itself. It�s very frustrating to have a phonelike this: beautiful but almost useless. Its a pity that Motorola is killing herself with such faliures. I was lucky by the fact that i didn't pay a thing by my Z8... I had to buy a more reliable phone to replace the Z8. And it isn't a Nokia... I've bought a Samsung I450.

MOTOsolid

Stop posting bad comments about z8 I just bought it today nd it's very good. Motorola rocks and nokia is a crap.

Milly.

does anyone know how you save media files? i'm having a problem with that! all the music i recieve through bluetooth goes to messages, then when i try to move it into my media playlists they don't work :S anyone help?

Chris

I've had this phone for a few days, after updating the firmware, i've had no problems as of yet. The internet on it is quite fast, camera is good as well.

johndru

help.. my moto z8 always crash when the batt is getting empty!! my phone's screen will turn white and it will blink continuously as long as you don't remove the battery. once you place the batt, it will automatically turn on and since the battery will get empty again, the same thing happens. HELP HELP!!! s2pd moto! that's why they didn't release this cr*p earlier because they know that it's full of BUGS!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous

I agree with you using the word "DISASTER!" to describe Z8. I'm a die-hard Moto fan and have never used any other brand...and currently I'm also using E6, U9, Q9h, V6, V3maxx, A1000, E770, K1, E2, V3x...none of which has ever given me the same kind of problems as Z8. Fortunately, my Z8 doesn't require any reboot at this moment. Though to keep my comments short: Z8 is a good phone for "dial in and out" with its 3.5 + quad-band connectivity and dual cam for video call....(and the phone is stylish to some, at least for me), and "do not" expect anything else...even basic customization of the navigation keys.

Anonymous

You little moto lovers need to get over the past. The Z8 was both a market and software DISASTER! Some network couriers have even put this phone on a contract where you get 2 Z8s for the price of one at a VERY LOW price due to its returns and overstocking. This z8 was simply destroyed by the NOKIA N81 AND N95. Even if the Nseries are "bricks" ATLEAST they are VERY stable ,worth buying and hold their prices extremely well, as well as being given constant FW support by NOKIA. Moto left the z8 users in the dark with a "multimedia" mess up, you moto lovers CAN NOT ignore that. MOTO may have been great in the olden days but we are in the 21st century now NOT 1985, GET OVER IT!

bagou

had this phone for 1 day and it already pisses me off. it's buggy you can't imagine: sometimes the screen won't turn off (it's happened to me 3 times since this morning), you have to reboot the phone for the screen to shut down. there's no way to get it only to vibrate,like other phones for example where you only have to keep # pressed, here you have to navigate through menu to get it to silence mode. then there's no way to update the firmware either, tryed it on 3 computers,2 with winXP and 1 with vista, the motorolla software alwayes crashed. this phone really isn't worth a penny

adrian

I don't think motorola phones look the same. Every handset has unicity and i like that. Plus motorola add's a lot of style to it's phones not like nokia does.The Nseries doesn't have any style at all there just bricks.Feature packed BRICKS!

Anonymous

Call me naive, for those who keep complaining about how many Moto phones look the same, doesn't that applicable to practically every other manufacturer? I'm not familiar with N-brand like you, so many BAR PHONES of N-brand look the same to me...the "new" 3120 (as the company somehow runs out of model number in about 10 years!) vs. 6220 vs. 6212 vs. "new" 3110 or whatever.... And why can N-brand release 6300 + 6301 + 6300i and people don't complain "they look the same"????

Anonymous

So where was SE, or S or E, in 1985 when Moto launched its first handheld mobile phone?

Zak

And Nokia is better? Give it up man,this phone is unique. And i REALLY like the RAZR's too.

Rizak

Motorola should stop manufacturing Handheld. Motorola Sucks, all their Product is the same V3x V3XX whatever.. my GF bought a latest Motorola and the menu looks like the old V3X and Texting Capabilities is not user friendly.. GIVE UP MOTOROLA

Doc

What i love about this phone is when the display start going all funny with the red,green and yellow lights then just cuts out. And when it takes 5 min to load the start menu. What a phone...Keep up the good work motorola..who needS a high tech phone when you can the Z8.

channa

2mp camera!! what can i say wot a phone, soo upto date wiv tec wot more do u want,(didnt sony ericsson have the K750 2mp out in 2005???) keep up the good wrk motorola rock on!!

kron

And how would you like this phone to be? It's gorgeous and with the Z10 hitting the shelves,what more do you want?

kron

How can you hate this phone?! It has the coolest sliding design i've ever seen.Rock on MOTO!

stevie-T

I just love that purple,green and yellow flashing screen saver,excellent phone!

grimcent

how can you like this phone look at it you could break it easily and its ugly i hate motorola.

Anonymous

The premium you pay goes to, as with most Ferrari related products, simply the LOGO, special "design" (red stripe), wallpaper, (ringtone?), etc...

MILO

What is the diference between this Moto Z8 and the Ferarri Z8 because i saw a major diference in the price.please tell me.

Rudedog

I had this phone for 11 month on Vodafone. Loved it from the start, started to have random crashes and screen freezing. Sent it away under manufactures warrenty but they refused to fix as they claimed there had been water damage. Then Vodafone insurance would not replace with the same...really pissed me off!

pblndrs

hi plz i need hep! ... how can i shut down an app .. i always get the msg of low memory close some apps, so i had to download a program called swissmanager and only from there i can close running apps.. there has to be a way that i can do without using this program! ... thanks!

ihatez8

i bought mine last march and it got defective last april, until now.. NO PARTS AVAILABLE... its more than 2 months.. and my money went to waste!!!! i hate Z8!!

trowa

hello?sorry for not answering.to n7$ to play videos in full scren u need some programs as z8 only play mp4 in full scren.to another person sorry for no name i have my z8 for 6month not a single complain and my bro bought also a z8 for a month he has no complains.ill be on every day for a week from now if any questions and sorry for slow response as i answer questions from my z8

Jane

I had this phone for a year but have now upgraded, my son is now using it and he LOVES it. I found it a bit bulky but mine never froze and the screen resolution was amazing. The battery life was adequate and the sound quality really good for playing music without headphones.

Bubba

This phone is nice when it's brand new. However, the only major problem I see after one week of use is: there is a long delay in showing display from standby mode. it took 4 seconds to show screen. can anyone tell me why it is like that? it will be ok after i did a master reset, then after one week of usage, it starts to delay all over again.

Sam

I have had this phone for almost a year now. The first 2 months i had it, i thought it was the best phone ever as could watch films and football hightlights on it, but after that, it was a different story... Random reseting, reseting when saving a contact, freezing, unable to call some numbers..... The Z8 has proved to be the most frustrating i have ever bought, and would not recommend it to anyone! Not sure if it is Motorola or just this phone... But do not buy it!! Trust me.

fuzzy

hi there ,i would just like to no how i can watch my downloaded videos full screan on my z8 ,pls let me no

Anonymous

can someone pls tell me how do i watch my downloaded videos full screen on my z8

Phil

I've had my Z8 for less than 12 months and apart from the usual random turning off, blank momochrome screens it finally died after re-charging you can get txts in and call but NO SCREEN......funny Vodafone are not supporting this phone anymore!!!

James

I can't play music from my phone's playlist, i keep getting a bad request response when i try i get the following reposne. "bad request". Anybody who can help?

Grant

Ok right now I have the Motorola SLVR L9 its a really bad phone. But I was wondering on this the Z8 does it text as slow as the L9? And do I have to call T-Mobile to turn on my web setting or will this phone do it like the Z6?

David

Did you get the unexpected end file fix? If yes How?

haroon bokhari

i bought this phone a few years ago its very nice and i recomend it personaly its very close to me as it slides and bends towards me

kickback999

no it doesn

kickback999

Speak english then, its the language of success

Anonymous

I was going to buy this, until I read a whole heap of complaints. Since I just snapped my V3x in two, that phone was stupid too, until I got the keypad replaced and new firmware then it was the best phone ever, never turned off never got the white screen again. But I don't wanna risk it again, since it did take a while to fix it all. Stuff you moto sell your designs to sony or nokia, I like the looks they kick ass.

Wolfgang

I just returned this Handset , because there are common problems , ringtones availability not so great , the main Issue ....the Menue is ONLY available in English , that I think is very poor . NO THANK YOU ! I would LOVE to have a SIEMENS again .

Anonymous

i was very unsatisfied with this particular device. there are better phones by motorola out there, the razr series for instance.

Anonymous

hey i was wonderin if, like all previous motorola phones, the Z8 changes its ring style to loud when charging...???

trowa

any 1 wants movies on z8 motorola uk site download for 5.99 dollar

Anonymous

Just got one, being on "clearance" for about USD300 here in HK, where everywhere else is still selling for around USD$383. Yes, my phone is from a chain phone shop with official warranty as "brand new". Though I'm always too dump for any Smartphone, as I can't even make much customization on my Z8 at this moment.

pdp

hi,have u experienced any of the complaints listed?I'm thinking of getting this phone but dont want to buy a dud.

the7_keys

I just get this new gadget and need to explore more... any idea where should i look into... thanks

amri

the z8 is terible... it give me so much problems and i hav only had it for 3weeks if i dnt touch my phone the batt will maybe keep 8hours... yes u do get atention because it looks nc..but mine goes on and of... and go black etc...

trowa

hello.i have my z8 for 2 month and noproblems till now also the battery stayes for two days even i am a heavy user i think all ppl giving complains are the only ppl who give opinion its worthy.if u want to ask anything ill answer if i can

Ashley

HI i am also intersted in finding out wher i can purchase mobiclip movies for the Z8. Great phone.

James

Don't know if mobiclip movies are available but u can watch videos on landscape mode. Use "imtoo" video converter to convert into mpeg4

Rebecca

hey... im just adding on to the other two messages i sent....... what do yo mean when you say you dont like reading in black and white

rebecca

hey....umm... i just wanted to know wat colours these phones come in? and which colour you think is the best?

Rebecca

hey....i am ready for an upgrade on my LG chocolate, i was thinking of getting this motorola z8 it is such a weird looking phone. i really like it but reading all these complaints makes me not want to get it! is it really that bad? or is this phone ok? please help....

shane

hey just got motorola z8 i accidentally deleted the bourne identity movie that came with it so i was just wondering whether i can download new videos or movies thru mobiclip player i just want to download movies lol

andupustiu

memory ram?

Anonymous

btw, can sum1 help me how to download more movies on my z8? really bored with bourne identity.. wanna hve transformers on it.. LOL.. help pls..

Anonymous

no. not really.. honestly its not worth it..

CL

Hello there... I want to buy this phone, tell me is it worth the effort?

gayon

hey its a cool phone. but i dont like the fact that i cannot set a security code for each feature like i could on my l7.

Brenty

Well...this phone is good the tv feature is cool and the operating system ant bad to but the sticking part is a let down my bro has is but i will stay with my z6.

Anonymous

hey, i got the phone, and 2 days later the screen started jumping every once in a while, any1 else having this problem ?

wara wara

i do like the phone. i chat on mxit . can someone pleaze tell me where i can activate tHe settings so i can send pictures from my phone ! please! my email is [email protected]

Gerard

GSMARENA please change the price group... Thanks

sady

thanx for the info gona place an order i hope i m not gona face these kind of problems which z8 users a facing Gsmarena U r great

lonely guy

its available u can also find it on the webs whic r advertising oon gsmarena might b there too... but i bought mine shipping was free at that time, not sure abt now

lonely

i m using motorola Z8 ferrari limited edition luv that phone with my ferrari car and i m not facing any kind of problem but the ferrari edition is amazing with no problem

pleeeeaaase help

my phone keeps on restarting dose any one now how to fix this problem??other than restarting or suddenly shuting down this phone is cool?? do you now if we can update the software??

z8 user

a great phone... to all z8 users take care of your phone and you'll see that this is a good phone

Bboy Rocklee

Man I suggest whoever want to buy this phone don't buy it, because the sliding always crashes the phone I missed so much calls because of it. And it will restart suddenly with no reason, I am going to change my phone.

Ted De Baare

OMG! Not quite sure what to say after going through some of the reviews. Firstly i thought my phone was buggered but guess i'm not the only one. My phone freezes, none of the button works, so the only thing to do is to pull the battery out. then when you put the battery back, it fails to switch on! it just goes into a multi coloured screen mode - green, purple, torquoise. It does this until the battery completely drains, by this time the phone is already starting to overheat. The only way to get it working again is to "jump start" the phone like a banger car by plugging the charger in. Basically u have to carry the charger with you all the time and never turn the phone off without the charger with you. All my previous motorola were solid reliable phones. this phone is all about looks, in terms of reliability its pants.

DJ

Need some Help. Had the phone a month now and still can't get internet access. ATT told me the phone is picking up the towers and signal but the phone won't connect. I'm not good with phones so I guess its the set up. Any help or anyone who could set it up would be great! Thanxs

Anonymous

most negative comments are true, cept probably battery life, but theyre greatly exaggerated. Its not as bad as everyone says.

j.smitty

sucks motorola never fixed this phone. i hate reading black & white opinions everywhere, some people have it and say its fantastic, works great. but wayyyy more than that i read of some horror story about this phone with terrible battery life and freezing and screwing up. i believe the negative reviews of this phone over the positive ones, because there is just so many of them. i was hoping motorola would fix the problems and release newer firmware on future shipments, but it seems it's still the same old. really a shame, this is an amazing looking phone. really it is the best looking phone i have ever seen, and i keep an eye on everything that comes out. so it's pathetic it's such a piece of shit. and the z10? well it doesn't look as cool as this. nowhere near. good job motorola, most beautiful but unusable phone ever. what a tragedy.

spyro

its sleek and fun yow enjoy the video quality and sound its wicked

z8user

mtorolaz8 is cool im fund of knwing cellphones thats why my z8 is working very well and uploaded many things....so everyone this is a cool phone....like it buy it

Shane

My frend jst bought dis fone, its nt all dat! Der r a lot of fones dat hev beta features dan dis 1 nd dey cost da same price! Dnt buy dis fone u cn get a lot more 4 da same cost

jaimo

end of last year i bought 2 of these phones. worst lot of can i say it, CRAP iv ever had. we bought because of the big show they were doing, the shape was great, different. within 2 months they had both gone, list includes, no power, batt flat al the time. freezes 25% of the time.(i know the percentage rate by clculating time switched on & in use, so to speak.the little charger cover broke twice on 1 of them.the buttons wouldnt work not when frozen i mean.camera spot doesnt work, again both phones. there is so much more but im getting bored writing all this, so you must be getting bored to. shop said its not there problem see motorola. sent 1 back, 2 weeks later it came back. guess what, within a day it had gone again. where are we now ? well; i have to send both phones back 3 times, yes 3 times then they will think about new phones. so my son & i will have to be without our �375.00 phones for around 6 weeks, with no corteoussy fones to cover the period. what can we do ? JACK. im going to get myself another new fone, stop my payments put the z8 in a jiffy bag & knock 7 kinds of shit out of the fone. then send it back to motorola. i should never have gone away from NOKIA easy to use & very reliable. MOTOROLA AINT WORTH A W**K. THUMBS UP FOR NOKIA. BJ

Anonymous

pls dont buy this motorola model.. you'll regret it big time.. had this fon for 1 month and 1 wik.. ders this instance wen i cannot open the msgs, den i turned my phone off, and it cannot be turned on again! oh my god.. when i try to turn the fon on, purple, pink, green, blue screen shows up den turns off again.. oh my god! the price is too much for the quality of this stupid phone! i really hate the day i bought this phone.. i just keep it bcos i always have this attitude dat gets attached to my celfon, but aside from dat aspect, man! i dont know what to say.. i had to bring it to the moto store and have it repaired.. i dunno.. its up to u guys.. just sharing.. tnx..

Henry

I just got this phone and it's awesome! I really like the style and it's the best phone ever. Btw I am from Singapore.

tommy

To all users and owners of moto z8: may i know 1)the z8 plays any mp4 videos regardless of dimensions? 2)the z8 can install any .jar or .sis applications or both thanks

Leonbrio

i wanna know if this phone really has a p2 headphone output. i've heard about it.

junesec

Hi, Z8 users! I cannot access some of my contacts: "Z:\resource\apps\contactsSharedUI.mbm Unexpected end of file"........ popping-up whenever i try to open contacts. Is anyway to fixed this?

ryan

hey i have had this phone for about three months now. i only buy motorola phones and this phone out of all of the phones that i have had, has the worst battery life ever. the battery life is unfortunalty terrible. for me it only just lasts a day. the menu and that has changed which i am not fond of. however, the internet is the best on the phone. best internet so far. my phone does do weird things sometimes and will just show a purple screen. but so used to it. the profiles on this phone annoy me so much, they are not like old motorola profiles. u put the phones on silent, but it will stil make a noise from low battey or a miss call. another thing that i was really upset with is the settings of the phone. its nice having settings on phones that you can change to how you like it. there isnt much of this at all. very disapointed, i have gone back to my old phone-motorola v3x

Catalin

Can I install GPS on my Z8? pls help :)

bianca

guys help pls.. im really not good with celfones.. like you know with wlan, gprs, hspda and all that.. but i wanna get wi-fi for my z8 phone.. cause right now we dont have it.. can we do some kind of an upgrade on my phone that wil enable me to have wi-fi? wanna watch videos using my phone or just go on youtube.. help pls... will owe u big time.. tnx- bianca

Anonymous

i just had this phone for 4 days? at first i thought it was acool phone, from reviews .. but then again when i tried and used it as a modem, it gets connected but it dies everytime..in less than a minute of connection, i tried my old moto v3i and it works great.. ill be returning this unit tomorrow, and ill let them do the testing, or have my money refund...or else, it wont be worth for 18K...

mariel

hi i just had this phone last week...i have watched the bourne identity movie but after i have downloaded a few music (mp3) i cannot open the mobiclip???? it says program closed...can anyone help me.....and also where can you find movie downloads for this???

motorola fan

i was jus wondering when will motorola introduce a z3 or z6 upgrade with symbian ,wi-fi, and 3 megapixel camera

keleme

The only mid-range Moto with FM radio is the L9. Motorola do some really great machines and FM is just not for a phone. You can't enjoy some great reception with the antenna on the wired phones.

Anonymous

flourescent green and black is so 1980's.. still fetching though

Adliayob

For those seeking for compatible games/ softwares for this phone, please... please AWARE these 2 points: 1- Moto Z8 is powered by SYMBIAN UIQ3.1 2- ALL JAVA games/softwares (Z8= 240x320) are SUITABLE and run perfectly on ANY Symbian device. So... feel free to download ANY from GETJAR.com / symbian-freeware.com / UIQ.com or use google and search UIQ 3 games (ie frozen bubble UIQ3).

Alan

Luis- Yes, it's possible to watch videos in landscape mode, just make sure your video is in the correct resolution and ratio.

Anonymous

hey guys!!!!!!!!! nid help.. pls tell me wat website i can go to so i cud download games for my rizr z8 fon? available for all countries?? pls?? tnx..

Luis

I have 2 questions: 1. I can rotate my pics but I can't save them after rotate. 2. Is it possible to watch landscape mode in media player.

orange_cutie

just bought this fone abt two wiks ago.. love it! looks good. bright screen.. its just dat the cam is only 2 mp.. too bad.. but its ok.. worth 19,000! its rily a cool fon!

LinX

do any of u guys know how to update the z8 firmware i hv a prototype version of the cell & i need a firmware update...cud any of u help out....?

Alan

Just to add on, when converting, select resoultion 320 by 240 (vice versa), 4:3 aspect ratio, the Z8 phone uses this resolution and ratio. Also, for those with Windows Vista, try downloading the PcSync software from Motorola UK site(http://hellomoto.com/uk), many other countries motorola site dosen't have the Z8 software yet. I tried the download version and it works great with Vista.

Alan

Motorola software does not convert your vids to the *.mo format. To play videos at the highest quality, convert your video files to this format--> [H.234@ 30fps, extension *.mp4], this is the max quality vids that moto say this phone will support. Then use the Media Player in the phone to play it (NOT mobiclip player!!!) Hope this helps.

Anonymous

the price is pretty expensive considering that it only has 2 megapixel camera not to mention that its one of the top of the line phone of motorola.. why the hell they cant provide camera higher than 2mp???? whats wrong with them not putting some??????/ im an IT student and i would say.. i wont pay a 19,000 pesos for this kind of phone.... it lacks a lot of stuff (considering the price)..

Big C

I got the CD, but i have Vista, so didnt work, i just need software to converte videos to .mo files, the ones that get played on the mobiclip player, also some cool freeware or programs for the phone. thanx!

Anonymous

you didn't get no software cd with the phone?.. normally ... motorola has its own software, which will help convert files into moto format..... if u ddint get ne cd.. .check the moto website... they should have that for downloads...

johnny

hello i have a problem with my Z8 i can send my cell phone number to others!! anybody knows how to turn off the hidden number option? thx!!

Big C

Hey! Does anyone know where i can get some cool software for this phone? creensavers and any other cool aplications? thanx!

Big C

Hey guys! can anyone tell me how i can convert videos to mobiclip format, its an .MO extention, also does anyone know where i can get some cool software. thanx!

Laertis

I owned it for 2 days. Nice phone with many features and a black list.Some minuses are that when u use a 240x320 wallpaper it shows only the center of it like a 240x240.Take a look at the picture and note that where the network line is at the top of the screen covers you wallpaper also a similar line on the bottom area.Also speaker is very weak you can barely hear it in the higher volume level

talha

i saw video playback comparison between n95 and z8 in which n95 clearly beats z8 which i thinks can not be right, so i ask u people about whats ur review on z8's video playback quality or screen colours etc sorry for bad english

Leon

I m very pleased with the display and perormance of this phone. Its amazingly good. Previously I had Nokia 5610 Express, N73, E65 and Sony Ericsson K800, W850 and W880. But this phone rocks. Whenever I m with my friends in parties, my Motorola Z8 appears to be the most stylish phone. I m so happy. Plus it has following plus points: 1. Outstanding screen display. (best among others) 2. 2 MP camera flash. (But sometimes pictures are not good) 3. Video(QVGA) 4. Symbian UIQ. 5. Unlimited phone book. 6. 16 million colors. 7. HSPDA. 8. Seperate processor for multimedia. 9. Strong Battery time. 10. Kick-slide form. I agree that now we have to accept the qualities of any phone regardless of its brand. I self is a big fan of Nokia & Sony Ericsson phones. But this Motorola machine has changed my mind.

faraz

Its very nice & goodlooking mobile & looks easy to carry.But why it does not launched in Saudi Arabia.I request you to launch it in Saudia Arabia.

Anonymous

is this a good phone?

Dcelcius

Is there any motorola phone with a built in FM. Why are they unable to make such phones even on the latest, but why?

Anonymous

no doubt this is a very nice phone, and pretty full of function considering its a motorola. one tiny problem with design is that the back panel splits into two (look at the picture carefully and you'll see it) and that elevates the screen a few degrees forward. when closing it, you can get the skin of your finger stuck there, which probably wont hurt, but be very bloody annoying.

SIND

Not enough MP camera (good thing with the z8) in order to zoom a taken picture you have to push several buttons for about 20 times, can,t play WMA songs, fast menu uninspired(too much place on the display, if you put a picture as a screensaver you don,t see it becouse of the fast menu (n71 has only pitograms, and not the text! you can,t use the built in flash when using video mode etc.

Anonymous

Sunday, January 20, 2008 What's on Motorola's agenda? On Jan. 1, Ed Zander officially stepped down as Motorola's (MOT) chief executive, with former Chief Operating Officer Greg Brown taking the reins. According to Gartner (IT), in the third quarter of 2007, Motorola's market share in the handset sector dropped 7.6 percentage points compared with the same period in 2006, relegating the vendor to the No. 3 position, behind Nokia (NOK) and Samsung. The tech giant is clearly wobbling and the changing of the guard raises the question: What role will design play in the company's new era? Will Brown call on Motorola's designers and engineers to try to match the success of the Razr, the iconic product launched during the Zander reign? Clues as to where Motorola may be headed in the next three to five years can be found in an internal document, the Motorola Technology Outlook (MTO), which is initially available only to senior managers in the corporate technology office and business units (it will be posted later on the company's corporate intranet for all 66,000 employees to examine). Compiled annually since 2004, the MTO features trend analysis from the company's Research Visionary Board, an external group of 47 design and technology experts based around the world, and a spectrum of staff members, who identify key trends and concepts in mobile devices, the Internet, and other areas. BusinessWeek received exclusive access to a detailed summary of this year's 20-page document, which has never before been released externally. A jumping-off point The MTO outlines six directions that the company may focus on while planning its new long-term projects. They're meant to be macro-ideas, rather than direct recommendations, and, indeed, this year's trends seem both obvious and abstract. They are: "the immersive Internet," meaning that consumers will be online constantly, including on their handsets; "hosted applications," or standardized software that's available on a Wi-Fi or cell-phone network rather than vendor-specific applications available only on one device; "video rerouted," or TV seen not only on TV but on other platforms; "virtually there," or posting the physical world online in real time via sensors, GPS, and RFID tags; "securing the bits," or making mobile phones safer against hackers and identity thieves; and "stimulating the spectrum," or the emergence of entirely new networks beyond the traditional cellular ones. While some of these seem painfully simple, the report's overseer, Joe Dvorak, technology futurist in Motorola's corporate strategy office, argues that the ways in which trends are applied in research and development within Motorola is complex. And the report does also provide scenarios for theoretical products or potential usages. For instance, the document proposes "snowflake devices"�customized gadgets, such as smartphones or handheld computers, that display content specific to a consumer's taste and which feature speech and gesture recognition for a more human "feel." Or mobile handsets with fast-loading interfaces for quicker video downloads. While mere sketches of hypothetical handset applications, these proposals do seem to indicate the beginnings of Motorola's response to Apple's (AAPL) iPhone. Certainly they suggest Motorola is looking to enhance its user interfaces and software, two areas that critics have often pinpointed as needing radical improvement. Focusing on the user experience "It's not a surprise that Motorola is having the problems they're having now, because software and user experience are the real differentiators," says William Clark, an analyst with market researcher Gartner. Indeed, despite initial acclaim for the superslim design of the Razr, which became a must-have accessory soon after its debut in 2004, consumer complaints about the phone's usability soon bubbled to the surface. So did voluble criticism of the phone's user interface for texting and the audibility of calls. A prevailing conclusion? The Razr was a beautiful device housing mediocre software. Clark observes that Motorola's phone portfolio, while often sleek and even featuring unique features such as live TV, lacks a clearly defined "Motorola experience" in terms of brand identity. In addition, he says, by offering so many different styles for so many different market segments, Motorola's brand equity has become diluted to the point of being nearly generic. "The Razr 2, for example, has no soul," he says, adding, "Motorola has become the Acme of phones," a reference to the fictional maker of everything from anvils to birdseed. Motorola seems to be suffering a condition common to many of the old-school tech giants: how to couple their huge engineering or technological know-how with what a user really needs. "The tech part is easy [for Motorola]. The social and human parts are hard. That's the part Motorola has difficulty with, because it's an engineering company," says Don Norman, the author of numerous books on design and user experience (including The Design of Everyday Things) (BusinessWeek.com, 12/5/07), and a professor at Northwestern University, who has served on the Research Visionary Board since its inception five years ago. Clark, meanwhile, points to the company's recently released Crystal Talk technology, featuring two microphones that distinguish between the talker's voice and surrounding noise. It's bleeding-edge tech, and a potential selling point if only Motorola executives can work out how to market it to consumers effectively. And the company has added innovative design elements that might offer a more appealing user experience than even the iPhone: For example, the forthcoming Rokr E8 (an update of the disappointing Rokr MP3 phone that syncs with iTunes) features a flat, iPhone-esque touch screen along with software that offers a sensation of touch when using the digital keypad. And it has FM radio, which the iPhone lacks. Exchange of ideas Another Research Visionary Board member and former Motorola employee, Andy Seybold, who heads a Santa Barbara (Calif.)-based consulting firm, the Andrew Seybold Group, believes the MTO initiative might suggest the company is at last paying attention to its consumers' experiences�and also working on its internal communication. That's also been a big problem for Motorola, which observers say has led to competing mobile products and a lack of overall brand cohesion. "Motorola has always had a problem sharing thoughts and technology across groups," Seybold says. "It's full of fiefdoms, and in the past they didn't cross-pollinate technologies. But the [MTO] document is so full of so many different ideas, it can be seen as one way of cross-group pollination." Motorola's Dvorak emphasizes that the company is working toward synergizing its various departments. "We have a group that looks at consumer intelligence with the goal of analyzing consumer trends [vs. technology trends] in a similar time frame of three to five years, and we are now looking to collaborate more closely," he says. And although the consumer research group doesn't publish a report similar to MTO, an exchange of ideas is occurring, Dvorak concedes, "in an ad hoc way." In other words, the synergy isn't systemized, at least for now. Whether this year's MTO, which seems to address problems that analysts and Motorola insiders are quick to identify with Zander, will spark the design of must-have phones with a distinctive Motorola user experience is yet to be seen. New CEO Brown may decide to ditch the MTO strategy altogether�it's a relic from the previous era, after all. His challenge is to capitalize on the design and technology advances already in place while waiting.

Anonymous

Motorola CEO takes charge of troubled handset unit Mon Feb 4, 2008 12:14am EST NEW YORK, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Motorola Inc (MOT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said its Chief Executive Greg Brown was taking direct control of the company's loss-making handset business, replacing Stu Reed, in a move aimed at helping speed up the unit's recovery. Motorola announced the decision to employees in an internal memo sent on Friday, a day after it announced that it was considering options including a split-off of its mobile unit, which has been losing market share to rivals such as Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research) and Samsung Electronics (005930.KS: Quote, Profile, Research). Reed, who took over as head of the mobile phone unit last Summer, will stay at Motorola and work closely with Brown, spokeswoman Jennifer Erickson said on Sunday. Motorola has been criticized for a weak phone line-up and failing to come up with a strong successor to its Razr phone. The company also faces pressure from activist investor Carl Icahn, who has said he would nominate four directors for Motorola's board this year. Icahn said in a television interview on Friday that he wanted new management for the mobile division. Greg Brown took over as CEO in January, replacing Ed Zander. Motorola on Jan. 23 warned it may lose more market share and post an operating loss this quarter as its cellphone business is taking longer than expected to turn around. It also backed off its forecast for its mobile devices division to return to profitability in 2008. Motorola forecast a first-quarter loss per share from continuing operations of 5-7 cents, before restructuring costs. Analysts had expected a profit of 9 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates. (Reporting by Sinead Carew; Editing by Jan Dahinten) � Reuters 2008 All rights reserved

Anonymous

im just wondering why people put just the bad side of every phone dont they know theres no perfect mobile phone its just a matter of your needs on whatever phone would fit your lifestyle...now post a phone who is perfect and doesnt have any problem?

Anonymous

Its useless guys, too many problems. Thumbs down.

Paramjit

Hi Guys....I have always had high regard for Motorola, especially for thier unbeatable quality Walkie-Talkies, which are world famous. I want to buy a SMARTPHONE in near future... - how does Motorola-SmartPhone compare with BlackBerry and Nokia... - Which're the other Symbian phones from Moto - How dz Moto'la address grieviences of it's clients, and/or fix the software glitches.. - Which are other Symbian phones from Moto - How is the experience using GPS in these - A friend recently bought Razer-2, he is not happy with battery life Thanks for your input if you can....paramjit.

YOUAMMEEE

This phone re-discovers annoying, dont dare set your fingers on it! oh, da guy who burned his.. i dun blame you, i know how you feel! very very irritating phone, if you think you have a good patience...try this!! mu ha ha ha ha! .... seriously now, don't get it

Anonymous

Did you know MOTOROLA is attempting to sell out the mobile phone division? One more good ol' American Company going down the tubes, or bought out by the Chinese. Motorola, SHAME ON YOU!!! You are a giant, keeping the mobile phone division alive, financially means nothing to you. On the other hand, maintaining integrity of the Motorola brand as we all know Motorola to be is extremely valuable. You can absolutely bounce back into the market. Here is your opening statement when one enters motorola.com "We�re scientists. We�re artists. Most of all, we are a global communications leader, powered by, and driving, seamless mobility. Motorola is revolutionizing broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks � bringing cutting-edge technologies into your everyday life, with style" So why are you giving up? why allow another Company to use the prestigious name MOTOROLA. Paul Galvin the founder would be mighty upset at your decision. And for what? just to enhance the already FAT pockets of shareholders. MOTOROLA, GET UP AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN!! What other American cell phone brand is available in the market for us? Do you want to see 100% of cell phone revenues go to foreign manufacturers? If you sell out MOTOROLA mobiles there is nothing else in the US. Rethink your strategy. Take a poll from your customer base and find out how many will remain true to a genuine American Company like MOTOROLA. Inspire yourselves!! Remember the EXPLOSION of the V600 and most recently the CRAZE of the V3!!! I'm sure consumers will remain loyal to you and new business will prevail if you maitain the integrity of the brand. A merger or aquisition move like the one you're thinking would be the beginning of the end of MOTOROLA!! For example, Daimler/Chrylser, Ford/Jaguar versus BMW. Although MEGA MERGER OFFERS have been suggested, BMW remains ahead of the game because of integrity of the brand. Don't make the mistake!! Readers and Motorola users support this comment, we can all make a difference. RMB/NYC

ntl

I've had for the phone for 3 weeks and so far i'm pretty happy with it. only problem i found was that the music player lacked equalizer settings or spatial audio. also i couldn't get a slideshow with my pictures in full screen. i guess 3rd party applications can rectify this. good phone though

jjsoviet

If you guys hate this one so much then send it to me! :) I might mod it until it can outperform any smartphone out there.

rock

i had this phone almost 3weeks... i dont really like it... 1st of all....systems laggy like crap...i dont know y..moto is saying the system is fast 2nd...when u connect your the z8 to your computer with bluetooth...connetion will shut down if u havent touch any buttons of your phone for like 10 sec..even thou ur browsing it on your computer

clarky

I don't like the phone either, very annoying to use in comparison to other smart phones. It was a complete annoyance when I had it unfortunately, and no way worth what I paid for it, I think it was a major mistake by moto to release this phone.... sorry guys but it's true.

sky

i was kinda looking forward to the launchof the z10..but from these comments it leaves me tuh wonder...are the motorola desingers looking at these opinions and changing for the better or...worste...who knows??

James bondage

My friend bought this phone and hated it so much he burned it ! Lol it was so funny cos it cost a bit and was all melted but at least he kept da memory card :-)

Anonymous

launch here in india

Anonymous

u should buy this one not nokia n81

Krayze

I cant use this phone . Can some one tell me best way how to browse the photos, without getting stuck with all those options when u try to exit photo viewer. I am finding this phone much too difficult to use. Do i need to update it or something?

kirt

Is the bourne video dvd quality, cause i have a viewty and the video quality of movies is nothing short of the best dvd movie u can find. thx alot.

Bas

Hi All I have the Z8 for some days now, and it looks quite ok. I was wondering if anyone could tell me: if someone has skype/fring running? where themes are available (preferably freeware) thanks!

Anonymous

whats problem with motorola still not in india ?? what r u doing moto launch it india

D99

Does any one knows how can i lock the phone and not only the SIM ? i don't wont that anyone can see my photo my messages etc ...

czar

Modes GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 Weight 3.95 oz (112 g) Dimensions 109 x 50 x 15 mm Form Factor "Kick-slider" (sometimes known as "banana phone"): sliding phone with extra hinge so as to conform to user's face Battery Life Talk: 5 hours; Standby: 380 hours Battery Type LiIon 1030 mAh Display Type: LCD (Color TFT/TFD); Colors: 16 million (32-bit); Size: 240 x 320 pixels Processor ARM11[6] Platform / OS UIQ 3.1 based on Symbian OS v9.2 Memory 90 MB (built-in, flash shared memory), expandable to 32GB with microSDHC card (although SanDisk only has invented cards of up to 8GB and yet released those up to 6GB) Phone Book Capacity Unlimited (limited only by memory capacity) the expandable memory is up to 32 GB !!!!

Ertan

Actually a little disappointed with Z8, keypad buttons should have been raised slightly rather than small ridges inbetween, navigation not what it used to be, not as user freindly as previous models, computer software far too complicated and also not user freindly, not impressed with the camera

jismarena

very nice. im looking forward to seeing this in action. motorolla really have really have stepped it up a notch over the last couple of years. good style. im liking the design of motorolas lately. some intersting things happening. now its out of moto and lg to keep the great designs coming. i dig this model. very nice indeed.

moto admirer

does anyone know how much this phone sell in singapore? to those who like this phone just buy it and don't hear a lot of craps at here.sometimes hear too much wont do u any good. to me i m just concern the price not the functions. this phone is the coolest model ever that moto produce. keep it on moto!!

Shohag Bhuiyan

durrr.... Motorola E680i is the best...

Anonymous

nice fone

Anonymous

perfect !!

dj

come on nokia are far better than motorola motorola cant even realease a better camera yet still with the basic 2 and 3.2 mp when they realase a nice 5mp camera with high memory capacity than motorola can compete with the top brands style looks alright cant complain about that

JPD

Ok I got excited about this phone back in september when it was released, even went as far to pay 700 for it. It's super nice looking but again, yes texting is difficult especially with the 1 2 and 3 buttons so close to the bottom of the slide, your nails catch the slide. Also you are unable to technically exit a program, they all run in the background cause major ram depletion and often crashes and restarts. Mp3 ringtones... not loud at all even on max volume on my hip case I couldnt hear it in a low noise atmosphere. The battery would also conk out early for some reason... probably the open programs in the background, but even off a start and idle the battery doesnt last longer than 24 hours and would be at full then down to red blinking in a mere hour. I speak of experience with this phone, it looks super nice I like moto but don't get this one... just pass.

Anonymous

this is one of the best fone in my life i ever have .....all the other comments r only a fake from nokia

jjsoviet

Ok, the phone's software sucked, but this isn't the last of the RIZR's. There's the upgraded Z10 phone with 3.2 mp camera with flash and on-the-go video editing features. It uses UIQ 3.2 like the ones in SE.

conorsulli

this phone is the least user friendly phone i have ever used. its thick stupid if u ask me, like talking to a brick wall. horrible, i'm a phone freak but this takes complicated to a whole new dumb level. I swear u will be disapointed with this crappy, finicky annoying beyond belief phone. STAY AWAY! U HAVE BEEN WARNED!!

The Phone Genius

Any phone, whether a measly V3 to a sophisticated N95, is susceptible to errors due to: 1. Location of manufacture - better know where your phone came from. If it's straight out of the original manufacturer, it's good. If not, be prepared for some glitches. 2. Production Mishaps - your phone may suffer from software problems like this Z8 where the other guy has none. If you ain't lucky to get a good quality phone, you're in for some complaints. 3. The user, you - so what if you have access to a high tech phone when you can't even take care of it properly? You will surely be angry with your phone's problems without thinking about your abuses to it.

teh_man

Of course, Nokia fared way better because it has more experience with Symbian...Moto's still dumb with it. Bear with it for some time. Did Nokia actually did a great job the first time it used Symbian?

liang

lessssssss software, nokia better

Tsepz_N81

@ The person defending Moto Look even if this is their first Symbian phone this should have made them test the phone extensively!!! When you are bringing out new phone with a new OS you should make sure the debut device is near perfect,remember 1st impression is lasting one, so please quit da excuses.

Anonymous

i was reading a posting from someone earlier about compairin this phone to a nokia, that's funny, nokia would whipe this phone off the market!!! this phone has one to many problems for anyone to handle, specially for the price, it will never do good, great design yes, quality is awfull!, softwear is awfull, buzzing in the speakers while on the phone, ringing is on hight sounds like the speakers are crackling, phone is not a good choice for users that are interested

Anonymous

Remember guys, the Z8 is Moto's first ever Symbian phone! It is sure prone to problems because of it is like the company's "prototype" Symbian phone. Don't be too angry please. If we can modify the phone's system files, then the os ain't no pushover anymore.

Bry-O

The Z8 is a nice phone, but has a few flaws such as :blanks out and keeps re-booting,no security features (e.g.Security and Unlock Code Application),does not recognise or reads memory cards properly from other Motorola phones.How does a phone becomes available to the public,but yet has not been officially released on the market? Where is the software update?

Anonymous

The "problems" regarding the Z8 are software-related, right? It only means that Motorola is not yet used to Symbian, the Z8 is Moto's first ever phone to use that operations system. Everyone makes mistakes in his first try. Give it a couple years to refine it more and you will get a monster phone in the future. The Z8 is not a sloppy phone. In fact, it was the phone used by the man who made the highest phone call in the world on top of Mt. Everest, look at Google or Yahoo.

Tsepz_N81

I doubt this Z8 is any good.

Anonymous

i like this one

Anonymous

good phone

zzzzBESTphone!!

very good phone! much much faster then nokia! the best phone!

Twan

Hi, how is the quality of the pictures? Could someone post a link ,or mail me some pictures ,made with the rizr z8? Thnx Twan

Anonymous

Which is a better phone? The Z8 or V9?

Anonymous

i wanna say this is good phone battery is also good i like the phone

Anonymous

nice phone and nice user interface

Anonymous

i m using this from lst three months and i m totally satisfied if u have any doubt plz contact me

Anonymous

I'm so disappointed with the Z8. The features are really good but this phone freezes A LOT. It also freezes and restarts it self A LOT. The phone would have been perfect if only it didn't have to restart itself and freeze all the time.

Anonymous

ya i m using battery is good

Anonymous

nice and good fone .battery back up is good

Anonymous

i love the phone becuz its from motorola

Anonymous

phone screen colours is 0wesome

Anonymous

i like the z8 becuz of it user friendly inter face

Anonymous

if u have 4g.b memory card then why u need a f.m.radio .i don need the rubbish radio

Anonymous

yes i m satisfied this is one of the best from motorola

Anonymous

result of the video recording is good i m using it and still no problem

mike

the 16m colours is ultimate one of the best in colour resolution i really love my phone

nash

good camera i like to listen the music wireless in it

Anonymous

its the worth buying nice phone good camera and video quality

ali

its like a multimedia monster i wanna buy this one plz tell the expandable memory in it

Anonymous

it will be my next mobile sure

rock

i m using and i m totoelly satisfeid with this handset i like the design

Anonymous

i dont know y u r complaining abt this handset .this is one of the best

jacky

i like the slider form factor

chris

hey camera is good screen is good memory is ultimate it has nice processor of multimedia u should but it

maddy

my girl friend is using she loves this phone

Anonymous

good phone overall i like it

nicky

resolution of clours in this phone is best i thing

chris

only thing i can say one of the best in my life !!!!!!!

harry

colour resolution is one the best u can compare with any nokia phone

hemant

ya phone is good battery back up is ultimate and camera and video is outstanding u should buy this is one

Anonymous

yes this is one of the best fone from motorola user interface is good it has good feature i recommand this one

Anonymous

camera and music quality is ultimate i really love this phone

Anonymous

its one of the multimedia monster video is world class

Anonymous

plz tell does it has animated wallpapers ? what abt its 16 m colours ?

Anonymous

one of the best phone

terrence

its one of the powerful handset i ever had, but the problem is that they say it comes with a preloaded matt dermon's movie but mine doesnt have one or maybe i dont know how top access it. perhaps let me know how to play it

Anonymous

=============================================== @louis camera problem no zooming z8 =============================================== Not Camera Problem. That's because you got "Un-Lucky Product" from 10 units produce 1 or 2 units "Un-Lucky Product".

louis

camera problem no zooming z8

Anonymous

@Mrs FB Only intellegence people can use Motorola because Motorola Motto is Intellegence Everywhere. Sony Ericsson can't compare with Motorola because Motorola is much better than Sony Ericsson.

Anonymous

Motorola and Sanyo Ranked Highest in Customer Satisfaction Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:05 am Motorola and Sanyo tied in highest overall customer satisfaction with cell phones, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 U.S. Wireless Mobile Phone Evaluation Study. The study found that Motorola performed particularly well in the physical design, operation and features factors, while Sanyo received high ratings in operation and battery functionality. Following Motorola and Sanyo in the rankings and performing above the industry average are Samsung and LG, respectively. Other findings include customers keeping their mobile handsets for an average of 17.5 months - an increase from 16.6 months since the last reporting period (November 2006). This marks the first increase in the reported ownership cycle since 2002, when the average was 18.4 months. The increase in ownership tenure is roughly equal across major handset brands. Additionally the price a customer pays for their mobile phone has dropped from an average of $103 in 2002 to $93 in 2007. The decline is primarily due to discounts given by handset providers and wireless service carriers to incentivize sales. Currently, 36 percent of customers report receiving a free mobile phone when subscribing to a wireless service - up considerably from 28 percent in the 2002 study. The study also finds several key wireless handset usage patterns: - Sixty-nine percent of all cell phones owned are a clamshell design - an increase of 19 percent from 2006. This compares to 29 percent for the candy-bar style, and 2 percent for the slide-cover design. - Handset features that are used most frequently include: speakerphone (51 percent); camera capabilities (35 percent); services to send/receive short messages (22 percent); and gaming (16 percent). - More than one-half of all current wireless users compared other handset brands before selecting their current wireless phone. Those customers who compare phones during the selection process are more likely to be satisfied overall with their current handset than those who do not. Volume 1 of the 2007 U.S. Wireless Mobile Phone Evaluation Study is based on experiences reported by 21,520 wireless users who have owned their current mobile phone for less than two years. The results are from the two most recent study reporting waves, which were conducted in October 2006 and February 2007.

Anonymous

Nokia & Motorola Lead $100 Billion Cameraphone Market Boston, MA - 21 June 2007 -Strategy Analytics today released its latest camera phone market evaluation, "CMOS Beats CCD in Half-Billion Global Camera Phone Market," which concludes that the installed base of camera phones will exceed One Billion in 2007, as mature market replacement sales above one megapixel and emerging market first digital camera phone purchases (typically VGA) continue to drive sales. Neil Mawston, Associate Director and Chief Mobile Imaging Analyst, commented, "Camera phones have been a huge success, with unit sales rising from three million in 2001 to 500 million last year. As CCD continues to lose the sensor wars in the mobile space, Micron, Omnivision and other CMOS vendors have been the prime beneficiaries." David Kerr, Vice President of the Global Wireless Practice, added, "The camera phone market is now entering its third phase where the focus will move from Megapixel and basic image enablement to the quality of the imaging experience. In North America, and Western Europe, One Megapixel devices are now table stakes, while niche devices with five Megapixels or more will rise to over 2 percent of sales this year. Features such as zoom, flash and autofocus will become critical differentiators in 2008 and beyond." Other key findings: * Global camera phone handset revenues will grow to over $120 Billion by 2011 when one- third of the world population will own a camera phone. * Nokia, although not first to market in this class, is the clear market leader at 28 percent global share, while Motorola also shipped over 100 million units in the last 12 months. * Honorable mention must also go to SEMC, which has raised the user experience bar for camera phones with their Cybershot range, and has outperformed in this category as well as in the music domain. * VGA camera phones' share of the market will fall from 38 percent to under 7 percent over the forecast period. Source: strategyanalytics.net/default.aspx?mod=PressRele­�aseViewer&a0=3469

Anonymous

does it has moving or animated wallpapers plz tell me

gka3000

hello moto u have improved a lot in ur cell phone design and functions u got some latest breath taking designs im not a motorola fan but im impressed well done moto ... two thumbs up ...

Brendan

Well I don't know much about this phone, I just had a look at the specs now, and handled a demo model today and thus far I'm impressed

Anonymous

it supports animated wall paper or not ?

Mrs FB

I brought this phone on Ebay cos i thought it looked a cool phone but i hate it! Ive always had Sony Ericssons before and boy how i miss them!! Fancied a change but what a mistake!! My Husband is going to put my Z8 back on Ebay and i am going back to sony where i will always stay

Anonymous

I cant use call forward, how can ı use it, are there anybody knows?

Anonymous

dont support security codes. i got no privacy on tis ph

kaka

keren..........cool

Anonymous

how can i deleete the list of people ive recently sent txst to its starting to anoy my

Mick

i have owned this phone since july and i am so disappointed with it. i am on my 3rd handset already and this one has now stopped working properly. the first couldnt hold battery charge a full charge lasted 6 hrs and that is just being turned on with no usage what so ever. the second one had a problem with the bluetooth it would just cut out in the middle of a call or sending stuff. the 3rd has now been used for 2 weeks and the phone doesnt know when it is shut so never starts the screensaver which means the screen doesnt turn off so its eating battery like a fat man at a buffet. all in all very disappointed but looks very good though that is the only real plus to come out of the thing

karazenkara

hi.just wanna ask does diz fon support standard 3.5 mm headset jack?just like the rokr e2...?thanx

Beverley Flaxman-Bin

Thinking about getting this phone can you send animations with your txts?

Anonymous

just checkin out the phone absouloutley dynamite. really chuffed its a 2 mp camera but due to the hd screen it comes out like 5... top quality movie quality is a gift and the music player is great to nice and loud as well as clear. thnx guys kepp the quality cumin

Brendan

To McCourt - are you downstairs mate... Don't be posting random messages on the board mate. ***Read before you post. Search before you post. There is a big chance that your question is already answered***

conor mc court

goin to get this phone today from wat ive seen and what ive heard im making a good decision but im not sure, ill be on for a while today so does anyone know if the MP3 IS GOOD QUALITY OR LOUD BASICALLY?!?!?!?

Anonymous

the Z8 is a awesome phone! i've had it for about a week now an the only thing i am dissapointed in is the lame 2mp camera! it sucks! u'd expect that with such a high quality screen u'd at least get a equally good camera! but u dont! does anyone know of any kind of software or sumtin to improve the photo quality?

PIKL

This phone has it all, Im in love with it. Stereo Bluetooth, MP3 ringtones, great MP3 player. The sound is awesome, MP4 plays at 30 fps, have two movies on this phone and plays great, the S9 headset makes it so much better listening and watching movies. A great step for Moto. Keep the Symbian phones comming MOTO!!!! It dosent have WIFI but you can set up the phone to use Bluetooth to connect your PCs internet connection to the phone. Now thats a great option. Thanks MOTO!

Usman

is it true that MP3 tones cannot be made ringtone in it????????

Usman

Hey everyone.... JUST wanted to tell that may Moto RIZR Z10 have 3.2 mp cam buh no flash light:(. Whereas Z8 has.... n i think there's no stereo bluetooth with it too.

AJ

It does have an MP3 player. Plays Mp4 as well. A few video formats and photos

aadil

itz obviusly gnna av a mp3 playa dnt b stupid

Anonymous

dude, read the specs..

Anonymous

Does anyone knows if it haves a mp3 player? Pliiiiiiiiz Answer

amit

where is the sim card slot..... very complicated phone i hate it with all passion

this phone

rizr or moto z8? read this review

veinay

Bad looking cell phone!!! worst battery life as well!!

Carl-Magnus

If you look on the Specs on the brittish and swedish site it says it's max memory capability is 4GB SD but I read on several places that it should manage up to 32GB. Can anyone confirm that it can handle more than 4GB. Anyone tried with 6GB or 8Gb that I think is the largest out there today?

Anonymous

looks great, but phone stinks.

brynn

you lot are having trouble wiyh z8,,well the n95 is just as bad locking up,, battery life is most likely worst in in mobile history,,slow,,loose slider is really really loose..I think symbian needs looking at OR the proccesors and other components want checking or something and as for my p990i well that is worst symbian of all..The best symbian smartfone out of the 10 or more ive had is the 6630 but thats dated and poor specs.Hve now bought samsung g600 and alltho not a smartfone it does a heck of a lot with good battery vga video widescreen video and browser so hope this does not start with any probs ,,had it 2 weeks

Sagar

I take back my query. it does play fullscreen for custom loaded videos. Excellent phone still the phone kept getting hanged for 10 times in 1 st day of use. This needs to be solved by software update. does anyone know wehre to find it?

Sagar

Having used Motorola c380, v3i and a1200 in past, just bought this today. It's with a lot of features that you can use for day-to-day activity. Just 1 lapse, video is not playing fullscreen!! does anyone know how to fix this? Also, have heard about phone getting dead/hanged repeatedly, is this true? have motorola yet not come with the soulution? please update.

Mark

Seriously.... Don't bother. This phone is terrible. Like a blond bombshell, looks great but useless when it comes to brains!!

Anonymous

this phone does not have voice dial please update your info .I purcased this phone because you said it did!!!!! Regards Chris

Sonic

just brought z8 but there is no keypad backlight any one else has it bcoz its imposssiblr to tx at night rest the fone is fine bluetooth headsets rock ! please let me know about the keypad light

Jaco

I used to have a Moto L7 and I got the Z8 Yesterday. I'm SO impressed with it!!! Graphics are amazing, the UIQ OS is brilliant. There's not a lot of downloadable software (symbian) yet, but I'm sure they'll come soon. All the JAVA midlets that i've downloaded work fine. I noticed that when I had my phone outside and the sun was shining on it full-on, the screen is still viewable. They've put something really cool into the display! It's has to be the best display on any phone ever... The browser is AMAZING - it even works with AJAX websites and the built-in email app is good too. The loudspeaker isn't the best of the Moto's I've had, but then again - who wants to listen to music on it if you can use the stereo bluetooth headset? If you like symbian, this is the phone to get! Also - battery life is great.

danIel

something with these features: - GPRS - Data Cable - Memory Card - Video Calling ...well..i suggest my phone:sony-ericsson V630i.it has it all

reigngt

Hey if you want movies on your phone, rent a dvd from yr nearest video store and rip it onto your phone using an mp4 convertor. Its cheap and ultra clear.

Anonymous

does this phone got a loud speaker like the rokr z8? pls answer i really like this phone... yeah...

reservedrebel

vodafone pulled this because of software problems

brev

how and where can u get movies onto this phone can any1 tell me?

Momo'sMom

I'm in South Africa. This phone was a problem from day 1. It freezed, didnt recognise my SIM card, had to reboot everytime I wanted to access GPRS. Dropped video calls. Navigation-wise, it was really unfriendly. I'm replacing it with something else - not sure what!Still thinking. Looking at something with these features / sales package: - GPRS - Data Cable - Memory Card - Video Calling Can someon help?

gt

This phone should be recalled completely as the z10 has already replaced it. The z8 has never been fully released so question is "When is the z10 going to be available?"

santa

I read too much negative opinions about the Z8 that if freezes a lot...which make me freeze too after i wanted it badly..and i think the price is still too high for a 2mpx phone..design is nice,might wait a little longer to see what motorola will upgrate..we want nice menu interface but no freeze pls!

blah

well its always better to wait a couple (or more) of months before buying cellphones or other electronics for obvious reasons.

Anonymous

where is the review of this phone GSMArena ? and why are other brands of mobiles like Nokia , S.E. and Samsung gets more review that Motorola.

lincman44

just read the post about the z8 in the uk being recalled,is there any proof of this so i can have a go at getting one over vodafone

Anonymous

the fone is loud enough and sound quality is superb

Anonymous

COOOOOOOOOOOL this fone sales are good in asia , america and CHINA

Simon B

If you look on the O2 UK coming soon page you can see the bottom of a 3.2mp phone the call the Z10, it looks like its a kick slider too.

Anonymous

motorola have just launched a new version and recalled ALL of tghe old 1's, at least the ones launched in the UK. Piece of crap

Anonymous

Stokie17 Don't waste your money. Yes it looks nice but that is as far as it goes. I had 2 handsets, both faulty. I was very disappointed as I thought it was going to fantastic but it definitely wasn't. It crashes & re-sets itself alot. It also freezes. It is not a very good phone at all. Try looking at something else.

Gogogaga

Yeah i'd like to know too... does the Rizr have the LOCK APPLICATION feature like the other motorola's that use the Synergy UI i.e. Razr V6 Maxx. You know that app where u can choose to lock one or more features like messages or multimedia or phonebook or recent calls etc.... Not the keypad lock or auto phone lock that locks whole phone. Respond guy's... or don't ya'll actually have the phone?

Waddafcuk

Yeah i'd like to know too... does the Rizr have the LOCK APPLICATION feature like the other motorola's that use the Synergy UI i.e. Razr V6 Maxx. You know that app where u can choose to lock one or more features like messages or multimedia or phonebook or recent calls etc.... Not the keypad lock or auto phone lock that locks whole phone. Respond guy's... or don't ya'll actually have the phone?

___

How would you get 32gb of memory? "ROKR-like music capabilities and up to 32GB of expandable memory; enough storage for 12 full-length movies or 70 hours of music on today�s 4GB microSD memory cards." I know that there's 4gb and 8gb (and all the smaller ones), 32gb?

Anonymous

Still hoping someone can help inform me about the lock application feature. Does the Z8 have it?

JeffS

Too bad to hear some bad news about Z8 problems. I was looking forward to see it soon. I guess Motorola must of have some problem with his phone so they keeping quit.

Anonymous

Just returned mine, handset re-sets alot. Look at forums theres lots of people with this problem.

Yellowy Discharge

Hey, This phone was just launched over here (Ireland) I read in a carphonewarehouse magazine it has a hd screen & comes with a 2gb memory card? Can anyone confirm this?

Anonymous

this is the only phone that has 16m color screen from Moto?!!?!?!? so pathetic

Anonymous

i wonder how good this is ?!?

Anonymous

this would look ace in glossy white wiv the lime green....

Anonymous

Is this phone dead or what? No news about it other than problems Vodafone had/has with it, and it's still not released in some markets. What's happening with Motorola?

JeffS

Does anyone know when RIZR Z8 come to south Asia??? It look like a great phone.

motoman

i5bk, could u give some infos pls?

Anonymous

just talked to my mate that works for moto in the dept that deals with the design of new phones... they are upgrading the z8 as we speak with loads of new memory and other fetures... dont buy it yet!!!

Anonymous

Vodafone have stopped selling this phone due to the many faults on it... was gutted as i love the look of it but think it will be worth waiting til its re realsed

ben

worst fone ever. i no two ppl who are on there 3rd one.

ae

had two of these and all i will say is beware - it is a great looking phone BUT - lucky if battey lasts two days before recharge ( and i send approx 20 texs a day ( no calls) also overheats and screen blanks - i advise that you wait untit a few months till glitches sorted

m

Any word on the lock application feature?

Ktulu

Attention: Don't buy from e-buy-global.com ! It's strange that they got mobile phones 70% cheaper, e.g. 8600 Luna - $150. It's that odd, that it doesn't even cover production expenses... So, my advice: don't even write to them. They aren't really from Italy! Their host is somewhere in Israel! It might aswell be some kid playing around behind his PC, and getting his money off our backs. When I asked for their company's registration number, business rate, or something like that, the director replied to me they haven't got it for anybody. 'Cause that's something that has to be made public, so anyone may verify it. Thanks! Bye! P.S.: Please tell others, on other forums, too!

Shano

Does anyone knows where I can download a software for PC for my RIZR Z8. I searched the hellomoto.com website incl. support section but no luck. Pls. if someone can help, please do so. Thank you in advance!

FAIEZA

hi im a big motorola fan i like all moto phones it's not that problemmatic as the other models.but u guys have shocked me i love the z8 i love my z3 also but the z8 has way more cool features then my z3 and the camera and video recording is way cool thanks love what u guys are doing

stokie17

i am due an upgrade and i was looking at phones on offer and this one realy caught my eye can anyone give me any feed back to the pros and cons of this phone

Anonymous

I just want to know since this phone is using a different OS to older Motorola models does it have the lock application feature that other Motorolas have. That was the only reason I appreciated my Motorola. I can stop people from reading my messages and so on. Please if anyone knows please reply, thank you.

swordfish

and i have one question... can n95 play full length videos as z8? and, try to excuse my english as my native language is romanian. thanks

swordfish

damn this i don't know what the hell to think anymore just 10 minutes ago I wanted so so so much to buy this phone. an hour ago i called my agent and told him to purchase the phone. it will be delivered to me in 4 days. i have read all the commentaries here :} yep, all. i wanted to be sure i will make the right decision. but now... as a saw that many said nokia is the best bla bla.. i was curios to watch the nokia n95 video here in gsm arena. and now i don't know what to do. i'm so fu*ked up. i like the design of z8 so much and the specs are good too. but n95... i don't know... he can do so much more. don't start attacking me, i'm not a nokia fan/ in fact i believe that nokia makes so ugly phones... but as curiozity... those of you who want to buy rizr z8, look at the n95 video in gsm arena, and tell me what do you think. i just don't know what to do :p

Dawson1981

I have ejust tried to get this phone from Vodafone and they have discontinued it due to all the faults, anybody else had any problems.

Anonymous

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ryz

this phone looks the goods out of most motorola phones i have been researching, i the z6 has just been released here in australia and i was wondering of anyone knew when this fun looking unit will be released in aus?? cheers

mikk

well not impressed,5 days and it wont charge or turn on.the menu is impossible and the keypad is useless,wont have another motorola

daniel vickers

good phone.

mikey b

By the way, think this is the best phone I've every had, bit complicated, but once sussed, the bee's knees.

mikey b

Has anyone discovered how to get and download movies??

Kaushal Gokani

Man i just cant wait for this phone to come here in the UAE... its got rocking features except if they could do a little more with the camera... i know moto has amazing music quality,good screen and picture quality... and they also have used symbian software... so the phone seems to be a good 1...

Anonymous

what is the avarage charge u have got out of this phone mine lasts for three days max.

Nick W

Where can I get more movies to play on my Z8?

Steve

Thanks for your comment on my trouble with my Z8 in the media player. You mention that it has to be added to a playlist,this was already done and still no joy.Thanks

Anonymous

Moto Z8 is indeed a much better phone from other brands, altho its up to the user if he nor she is capable of the functions. some may say its a pain, thats because they are most probably use to the simplier made by nokia perhaps. Regaring the comment as to the music played manually... there is an option called playlist. enter all the songs or music you wish into that category and when done, play it so the songs can contineously play from one to another etc. click multi media, then music , then new playlist. follow instructions and woohoooo enjoy the music. moto Z8 is great, yet lets see when W910 comes out.

bob

watching bourne identity now. It is a bunch of poop to use. Free bluetooth headphones. ITS FOR ME AND MY DOG!

Anonymous

one a the greatest phone ever motorola rocks i like to get it but in latin american isn�t avaliable right now but is better than any other brands

steve

I am very pleased with the phone but I do have a problem with the media player and i am hopeing someone can help me as I thought there was a software problem so it went back to the shop as they they thought there was a fault aswell.But how wrong we were as the replacement handset is the same.The problem I have when playing a track it will not go to the next track it will keep playing the same one over and over again and it does not matter what playing mode you are in.If you press the navigation button left or right it still has no effect.the only way is keep going back and playing them manually.

mr_devine

this phone is availiable on o2. free on tariffs above �35 a mth

Anonymous

pain in the ar*e to use

GaryP

Got this from Vodfone UK with Bourne Identity + Blue Tooth Headphones. Only good feature is the screen quality truly epic. We had two of these phones. The phone defo has software probs as it kept on switching itself off and on, losing contacts etc, etc. Blue tooth does not work with Parrot 3200 LS blue tooth car kit . Tried on several car kits. Software supplied does not work on MS Vista which seems a massive mistake given most new PC's since early this year come with Vista as standard. Returned the phones today ! We have always had Motorola's however not now!

Anonymous

Hi all its a really good fone for HD Quality & watching Sky TV on it & its available on O2 which having shopping aroung O2 was the cheapest & best deal I could get!!!!!

Anonymous

I like this phone, but the problem is that I'm in Central America :(

Litto Miss

Mate has one of these - bit of an odd looking phone - but the screen quality is fantastic :-)

tom

Is this only available on vodafone in the UK at the moment

pipher

i love it ,think its awesome cant wait to get one this is my favourite motorola

Big Nick

I Love it, wasn't sure when they tried to sell it to me, but so glad I got it. Doesn't handle like a motorola (AT LAST!!!)

Fred

This is one heck of a cellphone!

UAEonline

Hi all, Im waitting for this mobile from the lunch date i saw it in a Telecom Expo once put i can't try it because the battery was out of charge as the the employee sayed and I asked him twice to charge it to let me have alook into the system but it seems he didn't understand !! anyway along way from hy sad story ^_^ I really want to know about the SMS capacity as my RAZR V3i and SonyEricsson W900i have a limit for thier SMS's capacity otherwise their are a fantastic mobiles (Beside my w900i which start to restart bu it self and fezzing with blank screen somtimes when someone calls without any reason !!) . So again please anyone knows if it has a SMS limitaion and can the SMS be saved into the Memory Card as some nokia mobiles or no. Thanks & Regards: UAEonline

Alex

FAO Steve The buzzing on handset is probably the same as my girlfriends Razer - manufacturer default. When she took it back to store, display model did the same.

//

The concept is nice, but annoying as hell. Also this is the biggest rubbish made in the last 10 years. There's just too much wrong with this phone to sum it all up briefly.

CHRIS

got the phone on the 24th ,screen freezes when charging,when trying to format my memory card that ive had for ages in all my other motorlas it announced that the card had been removed halfway thru formatting,then kept saying "no memory card" it corrupted two memory cards,it then started to flash thru various menu screens on its own,also i think the ringtones are very quiet,had to take it back and swap it for another one and fingers crossed this ones ok.apart from that i just love it lol,if your a gadget freak and like ya phones to have lots of stuff in it then this is the one.the film quality is amazing

Anonymous

hmmms i thought the max memory was up to 32gb via high capacity cards but as of today it can take 4gb max

Anonymous

supposedly it is meant to have an equalizer but as of now with these early production Z8's doesn't look like their is one =/

indi

the max for the mirco sd is a 2gb ive got a 1gb in my z8 dents to take a few seconds to get into ur pics

bren

Does anyone know if the Music player has an equalizer?

Anonymous

im just waiting that hopefully motorola release a software update soon because there is many bugs and its very annoying having to master reset the phone all the time to get it running normal but other than that love the phone pleased to have got it

steve

had the z8 a couple of days now on o2. just one thing i have a buzzing noise on mine when making calls only lasts a few seconds but its annoying any suggestions

TALHA

power+funtionality+design+speed+beauty+unique+cr­ystal clear display+os power =moto z8 what else u want

Anonymous

hsdpa / gsm 900 / gsm 1800 / gsm 1900

bills

well,what can i say about this product,this is the first handset that runs on a microprocessor that ran a laptop 300mhz, forget the n95 nokia, this is the one, they should of called it Matrix infinity,this is going to knock all them out,if you love sony and ericcson forget them,guess whos back motorola inventors of mobile communications dont forget if there wasnt motorola you wouldnt be holding a mobile phone,bills p4u

Anonymous

just got mine today in the U.K on contract with O2 and i must say it isnt your normal motorola it hard getting used to and found few things buggy with it already... other than that the screen is great, bourne identity was enjoyable and the video capture is in nice qvga resolution but werent so impressed as i'd hoped

Shmeeegz

Total toothbrush! As big as the N95,but the HD screen sells it!

bal

great 10/10

Andy

What is the Max Memmoery Size.for the Micro SD

Anonymous

nice screen, not so keen on the design of the phone though and the buttons are annoying

Graeme

I've now had a play around with it... what a disappointment! The phone totally fails to live up to the hype. Great marketting campaign for a disappointing phone. Sure, the screen is nice, but the keypad feels so very cheap. Camera is a disappointing 2MP when everyone else is managing 3 without any problems. It's not a terrible phone and Motorola have done worse, but if you're expecting something special then this is going to be a definite let down.

TALHA

y y y not any one talking about the camera and music on this phone,just watching movie is the only topic u people have.

$harza

normaly i absaloutly hate motorlas but i have 2 admit this is the best motorola ever made

cody

hi can someone tell me if this phone has 850 cause some are for sale that are qband i work at a cell phone shop and would like to sale it thanks

Vic

Well, My friend works in Phones4U, and I finally tried out the Z8 yesterday... the verdict? Nasty! Dont get me wrong - the screen is fantastic, and the kickslide is novel, but the over-riding rubbish factor was the keypad. For a phone which has had so much hype for so long, I was amazed to feel how cheap and tacky the keyboard was, with a flimsy plastic coating over the keys.. totally ruined the phone for me, so I cancelled my order, and have opted for a Z610i instead. you're right - it's not as flashy, and the display isn't as great (nothing is!), but at least it's a quality feeling phone. If you have a Z8 and love it, then I'm really pleased :) If, like me, you're fussy when it comes to phones, my advice would be to go and have a play with a working Z8, and you'll soon find the 'I HAVE TO HAVE IT NOW!' feeling disappears within seconds ;)

big ian

motorola should give up in the mobile market and stop trying to reinvent the same design over and over, the razr series has had its day, theres not much money you can milk out of the public anymore! leave it to the big boys like samsung, nokia and sony ericsson.

AMG

Hi, i want someone who had bought z8 to tell me more about itmore and more plz e-mail me

stevie

this fone with out a doubt is the best ever fone motorola has ever made.i can access the internet free easy and also recieve msg from my msn account.brilliant.well done motorola.

Junk

outstanding design, the phone just doesnot last long. maybe that's the motorola fashion to keep updating the phone.

ahmed kamal

Well, I am here to know about the RIZR Z8 before I am going to buy it. I found a little comparison between Nokia and the most perfect communication company in the world Motorola. I want to say some thing for all of you I was a user of Motorola since StarTac 1998 Then I used Nokia 3310 with the new interface and games and all youth stuff But my witnesses is Motorola is the best for coming reasons 1- Ability to take and full signal where ever you are (comparing with Nokia) 2- Long life of battery and long talking hours. 3- The stability of the software and never need to reinstall the cell phone software. 4-security + facility to connect via Bluetooth that what I am care about beside the new look and cute shape. I am a MotoLover because Motorola satisfy all my needs. I am using motoL7 now and searching for 3G phone, so I am waiting for a fair opinion before buy this phone. Thank you

Dave

My God what a crap phone. The phone is huge as well as the menus are impossible to navagate. i got it on a upgrade with vodafone and i have sent it back. the movies are amazing but everything esle is crap. The phone is just not user freindly. and the bluetooth earphones dig into your ears (very uncomfortable). DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS PHONE

Nic

does any on eknow how / where we can download or buy fother films for use on the Z8? Not too sure about the phone itself but the film quality was out of this world and I would love to be able to watch more thsi way.

02

02 have this fone today free �35 ttariff

Graeme

You haven't got to play with it in Carphone Warehouse. Carphone Warehouse don't have the phone yet - I work there! By the looks of things we won't have it until August. Maybe you got to play with a dummy handset on dispklay, but we don't have the working model yet.

Anonymous

does any body know how to go from track to track when using s9 headset and nav key on music player

lucas1

This phone is the best ,got to play with it and Carphone warehouse and loved it the kickslide is brilliant this is deffentily my next phone just one question - How is the battery ? how long does it last

Nick

vere best!best do best

TALHA

review on mobile-review.com is not right for me bcz z8 does not like or feel like what they r trying to say,people u should better use Z8 by ur self then have ur own review,it is my request thanks

Dipster

Thats right because we can all read Russian!

Graeme

It looks like Vodafone have the phone in the UK, but other networks won't have it until August. Orange doesn't have it as part of their portfolio, and it looks like T-Mobile will have a delayed launch of it. O2 should have it in August, but by the looks of things you'll need to go on a �50 tariff in order to get the phone free.

Anonymous

I thought they already released the phone in the UK?? can anyone in the UK confirm that?

Seb

What a cool phone. keep on going and Motorola will be a good make one day. if thier phones will have a enjoyable twist to themselve. Change the Menu too.

Anonymous

they keep pushing this phone back in the UK. its now not due for release until mid august. getting so annoying now, i really want one

fundo81

you all will change your opinions, just read this review

J

Can the 2mp camera on this phone take pictures of text from magazines and books? I want this phone but i use the text photo feature on my SE k800i a lot.

kay

hi does anyone know were or how to get themes for this phone.is there a web site yet. brill phone.brill video

Keiki

Great alternative phone, beside lousy crap nokia n95

Anonymous

to adam orange always mess up their fones

Ben Vodafone

wwhat a piece of crud phone. its a gimmick. horrible to text with, menu is stupid, there arnt even any tools in the tool section.. screen size is poor for HD phone. (30fps) on a tiny screen. any point ? N95 is 30 fps too and a much better phone. i thought motorola hit the spot with this one. but they totally messed up. only decent thin about this phone is it comes with a free movie and bluetooth head set worth �80 i give it 3/10

fundo81

one thing i noticed that this phone has a 16M color screen which, i m sure, very few moto handsets has. this is brilliant step because nokia already captured the market in this segment. i am just worried about the small screen size, crapy symbian OS (it should be either windows or Linux), and its video recording quality, at least it should be recording QVGA quality with 30 FPS. Now m eagerly waiting for the GSMArena's review. till then let's keep our fingers crossed ;-)

xtrm

does the video good and if the flash can use when capturing video as a night mode???????

Graeme

Not keen on the keypad - it feels a bit too cheap and plastic-y for a high end handset. I've also found that the sliding mechanism is a bit hit and miss - it's easy to get a bit of skin caught in the back of the handset at the joint of the bend, and that can hurt! Apart from that, not too imp[ressed with just the 2MP camera, surely 3MP would give a chance to show off the screen more.

Anonymous

Is there a spring that assists the sliding mechanism? Is the sliding firm and smooth? thanks :)

Anonymous

I have had mine for about 3 days now,and stability wise it seems totally fine,no crashes, or restarts. It's quick and easy to navigate, and I really like the interface.

kay knight

hi got motarola z8 on saturday.took a bit of working out but fantastic phone i love it.would like to know if you can download themes like the nokia n phones, as this is a symbion phone i belive. well recomended phone love mine x

SeF

Z8 users didn't mention anything about the UIQ 3.1 stability hows that mates?

Anonymous

rocksssssssssssssssssssss sexiest model ever made i love it

Anonymous

Excellent phone, cant wait to buy it soon, already available in the UK from for FREE :D

Crusty

I got mine on Friday. Awesome phone. The video quality is incredible, and it has a real quality feel in the hand. Very well built. I love it!

King_Dan

Gimmicky slide design but excellent video playback quality and very good audio via Bluetooth. U also get free from Voda the S9 BT streaming headset and The Bourne Identity film which is really good quality!

Mik

Can anybody tell me if the alarm works when phone is switched off - thanx

Adam (CPW0

The phone wont be coming out on orange as they always put there own software in thephone whcih always messes up the phones, E.G. nok n73/ n80 I can not see it not being brought out on tmob but will prop be later than all other networks. Looks like a very good phone, fingers crossed it will see the start of a new beginning for motorola.

Tony Pham

when is this coming out for USA? Will T-Mobile be one of the GMS Providers for this phone? If So, will it support myFaves? I only know how myFaves can work on Sidekicks and nothing else. Email me if you have answers to my questions. Thanks!

employee

Will not launch on T-mobile or orange in the uk, failed handset checks.

Anonymous

can't find a website that sells it at a reasonable price, as in under $600

Anonymous

cooooolest fone ever i love it love it its best motorola z-series are actually the best

Anonymous

Paul, please fill us in on the details of where and how much and how well it works.

paul

getting one tommorow

Anonymous

Vodafone has been postponing the release date to mid July, apparently the initial batch didnt pass the quality check.

Cain

Well... I guess if you need something to battle the mice in your cellar than N95 is really the best. You can lure them with the squeaking, and then beat the hell out of them thanx to the brick-shape design.

shaun

anyone got one yet .cant get one on o2 yet vosdaphone not got any and orange no joy too. n95 still best phone ever?????

Gaurav Vadehra

Do you think this supports blackberry connect as its symbian. similar to a Series 60 phone.

nohea

resolution ain't better...just the physical size of the display is smaller...besides, the s60 platform still has many advantages.

moomineo

Come on the N95, nothing better PLEASE tell me ur kidding, this has a better resolution, battery, and doesn'y freeze because it can't cope with everything in it, adn you say you work for vodafone,

Cain

N95 ? Really ? So the fatso plastic brick is the ultimate thingy... I bet you get all the girls with N95 in your pocket.

jacjk

NOTHING IS AS GOOD AS THE N95/!!!!!! NOTHINGGGGGGG. ive seen this new z8 it looks ok and as i work for vodafone im pretty shocked about the hype this phone has had and how disapointing it looks the key pad is horrible

Anonymous

gr8 handset just as good as n95 with better battry life even wen using to full use!!!!!and the extras too,,,

Anonymous

I've been enthusiastic about this phone since I first read about it, but am surprised the muted response it seems to get in the trades and so I haven't seen anything about how much it costs. Does anyone know?

Anonymous

iv been working on this phone for quite a while now in a mobile testing facility in the USA. This phone does NOT have a spring slide but it is an incredible phone either way. The video playback quality is incredible and the camera is very good. The video recording however isn't the greatest. I do think this phone is overpriced though.

Louie

Guys can u tell me if this phone has a spring to assist it's slide mechanism. Thanks :D

gasgasman

..nice lookin handset but I agree, the cameras have never been all that on Motorolas you'd be better of with a shoebox with a pinhole....

o2 select customer

I just phoned o2, as I am a SELECT customer, and asked them. It is due for release on 02 on 16th July but they told me that they do not have early stock for SELECT customers and I will have to wait until after 16th for the phone.

M1LL3R @ o2 uk

The Motorola RIZR Z8 is due in stock on the 16.07.07......Althogh we already have it instock for SELECT customers......it could well be instore before this date.......ANSWER!

tom

this phone is greta but its hugggeeeee

Ian

This phone is amazing, it has a better movie quality tahn a DVD player, (the RIZR runs at 30 frames per second,) the sound and screen quality is unbelievable, and the design looks great as well. I WILL be buying this handset, here at Vodafone we have the release date as the 6th July

Radonsheep

@Shagyyy - i work for a big mobile company, we had a preview prensented by Motorola where we got to use the handset and its features

Teraclips

Well first of all good phone but come on just 2mp camera?? When Motorola is going to stop making phones with a poor pixl cameras? And they should include a wifi on this phones now Motorola is fallin behind in the race of phones, and for the guy the said that motorola phones are hard to use, well u must be retarded cause even my little cousin can u use it and hes just like 8 years old, to the guy that wanted to know if this phone beats the resolution of the N95 not in a million years.

shagyyy

look around look around this phone will rock your world..see the headset..linux..will see

Anonymous

ermm how have u had a play on it because its not out ill the start/middle of july??

Louie

Hello, I'm fun of phone having a slide-up form. I have N80 and N95, i'm planning to have this phone. but can anyone tell me if this phone is big?? it seems to be bulky.. :D

Radonsheep

This handset is very good, i have played with this handset and its features. The H.264 res screen is awesome, runs @ 30fps and looks real nice. You can also control your Sky+ box from the mobile and watch Sky direct to your Handset. The operating system is easy to use and is far more stable than the Nokia version. Comes with Stereo bluetooth handset with awesome sound and also Bourne Identity on a memcard in the box..

Anonymous

Infact one more feature WiFi will make this a complete 'MediaMonster' as was told. And a good competitive price will make a market leader.

Pum weasly

Anyone know if the video quality of this phone is better than the Nokia N95?

me

wel ive had a play on thsi phone and i dont like it at all

yehia

it looks good but it needs four things to be the best: 1- FM radio with RDS 2- IR 3- DVB-H TV broadcast receiver like (nokia N77) 4-Push to Talk

Anonymous

This phone uses the most recent Symbian UiQ 3.1, the same operating system of Sony Ericsson P1i and W960. UiQ is the best, S60 is a real crap only for nokia bricks

Neophyte

I was under the impression this phone used Nokia's Series 60 UI and not Sony Ericsson's UIQ. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Officer Mooney

Looks like a cross between an X Box and cancer of the eyes.

Anonymous

what a good phone, only wish it wasnt a motorola.

Abhinay Rohatgi

its gud to have a first mobile phone ever which comes with a feature that its memory can be expanded to 32mb..

cheekymonkey

another useless fone form the moto camp, the fone looks amazeing that i will admit but motos opperating system is hard 2 navigate and not a patch on nokia or samsung, moto fnes are just to hard to wrk

Anonymous

seen the demo of this fone the video quality is unbeliveable moto will later be working with Sky tv so if you have subcription will be able to recive programming from it again the video playplack is cool o2 when releasewill have the bourne idenity on micro sd the video on that was execellent!!!!!!!

moominneo

This had a large memory, comes with a memory card and is expandable to 4gb. answer too an earlier question.

g son

this is a link to a seriously good in depth review of this fone.It has brought some home truths about the video record/playback and the fone is not as great as id hoped,but i would advise people to read all this review to understand about its low ram and poor qualitys

Muazzim

This is a Very Smooth Mobile and its speed is unbelieve!!!! I like this obile very much and advise you all to take this mobile........... Bye

Poly07

Will this phone operate on the telstra Next G network - 850 I think??

Annam

This Fone is Wiked it lookz really nice !!!!

Anonymous

people i have a question ,when will motorola start to use kodak technology for their cameras in their mobiles thanks

Anonymous

this phone is way too expensive for a motorola!!!

Anonymous

i think that this phone looks the part but i am not to sure on what its performance will be like. i have herd that motorola's are not that good to have because they dont have enough moemory and so on but i do have to say that this phone is the best looking motorola that i have ever seen!

andy

This fone is amazing i work for vodafone and cant wait till i upgrade to it, due date due to dealys on vodafone is 26th june, delayed again "GUTTED"

Aks

Hi, I am a motofan, I have always felt Motorola phones are great value for money and they look damn good. I recently compared this phone with the Nokia 5700, I agree the Z8 looks great, to say the least 5700 looks different. But, features wise the 5700 is the same or better in every single area compared to the Z8 and the phone only costs Rs.15000/- at launch, where as the Z8 is expected to launch at around Rs.25000/-. Any thoughts on this guys?

kenjie

great sliding phone.. with great special features......hope it will come with some diff' collors as well....

Anonymous

which motorola phone can carry out other processes like typing messages, take photos while sending data through bluetooth?

ste unit

I fully agree with moomineo about this phone i work with him and to had the training session with this handset and it truly is the best phone that is coming out on the market. It makes the N95 look more like a sagem its that good.

moominneo

Motorola RIZR Z8 Contract 19th June �282 Value of the phone �350 PAYG price This is from the stock report. No too sure around the PAYG price though.

Lucie

this phone looks great i love Motorola,thanks. on my way for un upgrade now.

Anonymous

Sorry its the 19th

moominneo

The phone is due out 18th according to our stock report. This is far a better phone than N95, better resolution and doesn't freeze. Plus you get the bluetooth stereo ear phones and a very groovy box.

daddy

which one has got the loudest speaker, n95 or rizer z8? which one has got the best picture video qulaity, n95 or rizer z8? thank u

Anonymous

Could you do me the great favour of letting us know the date of you have it? Some at Voda have said 19th, some 22nd?

moominneo

Is actuallt due out soon, i work for Vodafone and can confirm this. May i add how awesome this phone is, i recently had the plaesure of having a training session with it. WOW!!!!!

Monkey

Y is it so ugly

Anonymous

Was meant to have been available on Vodafone from the 12th of June (originally the 24th May), but have been delayed AGAIN until 22nd June at EARLIEST, and may be never released due to ongoing software issues! Damn,

Anonymous

Can you use mp3 as ringtones?

humza

which one has got the loudest speaker, n95 or rizer z8? which one has got the best picture video qulaity, n95 or rizer z8? thank u

shinn

this phone good or not???

Tommy

Can anyone please tell me if there's a full screen video watching capability and if it's bigger than the viewing screen of the v3x. please. please.

wee!

to: m9{T because you get a free bluetooth headset with the phone ;) i think its called s9 or somthing..

james

i love the phone i will get one when it comes out i did not like the phone but i seen the book 4 it and i fell inlove with it

Anonymous

its got everything on this phone and a lot more than the k1. Its a smartphone!!!!!

Anonymous

Looks pretty ugly, and the features compare to that of the k1, dont think i'll be getting this moto!

Anonymous

i want it mmmmmm

Anonymous

no 3.5mm headphone jack?? why the hell they continue to make "music" phones without this is beyond me..... no joke... makes my blood boil

Anonymous

10/10 hottest fone of the year

Anonymous

this is most beautiful fone of the world really display is best and design is best rizr rocksssss nokia u r far behind moto in music department

Anonymous

sorry im getting a RIZR Z8 over N95 , because N95 is made out of low quality plastic and if you want a good camera best get a Digital Camera with CCD sensor,Nokia N95 "5 megapixel" cmos cam is slow so it takes 6seconds to power it up and 8 seconds to save a shot. its just a toy for most users and little take them seriously.

Anonymous

well official motorola site said it is �334 sim free but subject to change when stock arrives

Pash

449.99???? You joshin? This one of only Moto's handsets i like, very disappointed not getting this now!

yoyoo

btw this phone is 449.99 when released in the uk. it's a joke

yoyoo

no wifi haah why even release this phone? when theres n95 for the same price and better video playback and 3 more megapixels?!?

rfsx

is the speaker surround? i mean is the speaker loud enuff? look like its got big speaker (in front as in the pic...)

Neki

For all of you who want motorola to have better camera phones, read this: it is about the 10 year partnership between Motorola and Kodak. So i guess, Motorola's camera phones will be the best!!!!

mmd

UIQ and not touchscreen?

crusty

Why the big fuss about the camera? If you want to take good pictures, buy a camera!

MrD

According to O2, Z8 will be available on the 25th June in the UK, no word on price yet.

Aman

Beautiful design compared to Z6 n Z3...those 2 were flat slide. Im actually demand for 3.2 MP camera. They should come up one, not wth just 2.0

maverick

im a motorola freak i really dig the handsets use are coming out with but really use need to get more handsets that is 3G compatible and most definetly use have to up the camera on motorola because all of the competion is up to 3.2mega pixels so i would've liked if the RIZR Z8 was a 3.2mega pixel camera Thanks.

kenny

motorola fans look at the voting section of this phone: Design 8.0? Features 7.7? Peformance 7.7? this is a VERY UNRELIABLE voting imho.

Jay84Virgo "Jeremy"

TO: kNAL DONT BELIEVE GSMARENA! It's not a credible source for accurate information. Look: If Motorola says this phone is Quadband...ITS QUADBAND, regardless of what any other site says!!! And when u think about it, most Symbian handsets operate on global support Quadband anyways.

Anonymous

according to gsmarena this phone only works on gsm900 1900 and 1800, but according to the motorola website it says quadband. so which is it. please email me answer?

ChrisUK

Vodafone confirmed a couple of days ago that this phone will be released on the 11th June. I noticed a post below that said this phone will be delayed until Aug. Whether or not this is true I can't confirm but normally a network would advertise a phone of this callibre a lot more around this time, if it is indeed going to be released for 11th June.

kenny

an elf outperforms the giant: Motorola RIZR Z8 vs Nokia N95 video comparison test. conclusion: N95 shows more contrast within the video review, but Motorola RIZR shows more "fine" and something more "DVD-like" quality than N95. with N95's price it only PARs at the low-class RIZR which proves how UIQ is great!

zakiwashi

to Bad Carma, flightmode has been available on all decent motorola handsets since the v3x i believe, however use of the phone on board of on aircraft is stil forbidden. when i flew from england to holland, the announcement stipulated not to use the phone EVEN if it has aeroplane mode!! its even more useless if you have bluetooth headphones, as aeroplane mode wont let you establish a bluetooth link. so why not just ban the damn things off the aerolane and be done with it?

muturola

this hp can support up to 32GB external memory card???

SeF

with the SE and Motorola collaboration with UIQ. i think this RIZR Z8 will/should be available in Q3 this year. for those who worry about the software's backward compatibility with UIQ 3 phones. it is backward compatible. imagine the P990 flip closed mode where UIQ 3 applications run with the use of TS. so the UIQ software is especialized for both touchscreen and non-touchscreen use. and it means compatibility

Anonymous

I heard the biggest capacity SDHC cards right now is 8Gb!!!...And this device supports it!!! That much much more than iphone alredi...when is it coming out???

Anonymous

it was Siemens S10 not full colors...

crusty

Just to add, the email was sent directly from a Vodafone service desk administrator who I have been dealing with in, not from the Vodafone website where you enter your email address for updates.

crusty

To the person below who said I've got it wrong about recieving an email from Vodafone, here is is; "Good afternoon, We have had information sent directly from Motorola to the release of the rizr. Unfortunately they have delayed the release of the rizr until august. No reason has been given to why this is but there is the possibility of 2 more handsets to be released at the same time. Sorry for any inconvenience if there is any other handset you are interested please email me back and ill be happy to discuss further options." Now, either the sender of the email is lying to me, or he has his facts wrong. Regardless, I want this phone!

Anonymous

Does that mean SDHC card can be upto 32G in the future???? wow...that would be super!!!

Anonymous

I think the unique thing about Z8 is that it accepts SDHC memory cards. The biggest capacity memory cards available right now is 4G. Heck thats the same as iphone man!!! Read phonescoop here:

Charlie

moto-labor, dude, 38 GIGABYTES is more than a playstation 3!!!!!! this link shows that the z8 has 90mb, MEGABYTES of internal memory... the speifications also says it has 90mb.

Charlie

here's the vodafone address for the z8, i want one really bad...

stuy

I have my email registered with Vodaphone, Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4 u. none of them have infored me yet!! so anyone saying they'e had an email from vodaphone have got it wrong!! i was in a store today and they are expecting it b4 next friday

moto-labor

it has 38Gb internal memory.

speni

This phone is feature packed for the gadget freaks, reliable (unlike the nokia n range, they are full of problems, trust me on that I work ina returns department for a mobile company), stylish and different. You've gotta check out the video quality it is mint!!! Plus the sky plus feature is mint and the download speed is awesome.

crusty

I had an email from Vodafone UK yesterday stating that the UK release has been delayed until August. Not happy!

Bad Carma

The intresting about this phone is the screen, processor and the symbian 9.2 UIQ 3.1 and support for HDSPA. The downside on the other hand is the batterylife and the size so mostly it depends on what kind of phone you like. I have a Sony Ericsson K750 (I'm Swedish) and it's a very good phone but I'm thinking on going over to a 3g-phone so it's either this or the SE k810 but this seems like more fun! Those anyone know if it has flightmode?

thatsme

what the... That thing costst 520 euros=O That is way to expensive for me=S

honda

this is a dam good phone but how much isit

K

this phone is alraed outt~

MOTOZ8 Media Monster

It will be on sale in selected markets within this week. Some bundled items are--MOKR S9 Bluetooth stereo headsets and 512MB MicroSD with full-length Bourne Identity movie pre-loaded. Snowboard game form EA for MOTOZ8 will be available later...within August.

doomlord_uk

This is my next phone, very soon now! If it had wifi, it would be perfect, but I love everything else about it. I just wish we had fair data contract options in the UK. �2+/MB is a joke :( I don't see any signs of 32GB transflash cards though, just 1 and 2 gig models. Still, I can wait for those :) I'm a happy V3x owner, btw. Now, hopefully, this will not be a Vodafone exclusive...

rehana

i work at vodacare and the most phones coming in for software problems are NOKIA. SO please dont tell me anything about that brand.so please NOKIA USERS keep your comments to yourself.even if motorola doesnt come out with a new phone every 2nd week they do their home work.and this phone is gonna rock

Anonymous

I think this phone is supposed to be Motorola's Turning point. This is what is supposed to make the company profitable again and bring them back from mediocrity. I hope it does and I hope that they deliver on the promise of a multimedia-filled 2008.

Someone

yes it will suport 32gb! and you get bourn identety or how it is spelled? with it, on a 512mb sd micro card plus an rokr s9 bluetooth stereo headset. im gonna buy this shit! damn its nice :P

nag

thiz iz the gr8 achievement of motorola ... u knou this fone capable of accessin 32gb memory....gr8 2 c...vl b handled soon... for details...

bobo and popo

why i dislike MOTO phone... poor battery life,slow while typing sms....is this moto still have this big problem???(for me) i really interested to this phone...

Anonymous

OMG i think its true that it can support 32GB here view this ­

Anonymous

is that true that theirs a micro sd that has a capacity of 32GB

Phone_Freeq

Per mobilemag.com, this baby will handle 32 GB of expandable memory and a playback speed of 32 frames-a-second. It has mobile TV as well as one-click media sharing to online social networking sites like Flickr and YouTube.

aditya

the site tech2.com says it will support a 32gb micro sd... is this true!!! is it actually going to support the new micro sd cards.. and are they going to come in that much capacity????

Anonymous

you can sitck with your sony or Nokia but I will stick with high class devices ok? sorry nothing like the design from moto

Dilbert

Confirmed as Quadband

Cerox

Seems like the rumurs bout this beeing motorola's new "Media Monster" Looks like it will hit the shelf in asia and Europe somtimes in june.

ando

ugh!?? how about decent battery life for a start! moto exec's should be lined up n shot for there ideas i mean fair play for the v3 but they havnt come up with nething else since!!! it was like 5 YEARS AGO!!!!! yawn!!!2mega pixel dont make me laugh. stick with sony e or nokia if ur smart

Anonymous

i love this phone...2 MP camera, symbian OS, 16M colours what more can you wish for ur phone?? P.S> it looks good too!!

S

most people send texts with only one hand anywayz so i dont think itll make a difference, this phone is the only unique slider on the market it looks like an easy phone to use and altough i use to be a nokia phones my last few phones have been motorolas and even with all the reviews on this company i still say it makes complicated functions easy to use for normal people

Anonymous

@jack you can bend it yourself. dont need to bend it to send a text.

Urbitune

I've seen this phone at 3GMS and the movie they played was like watching HDTV. Texting was no issue, you dont even notice the bend when typing. Really functional phone, have been looking for something to replace my Nokia. This is one Motorola I wont pass up! And with HSDPA 3.6 and flate rate internet goodbye DSL. :)

Anon

I work in a mobile testing facility and have been working on this mobile phone for a few days now. The mobile phone is rather good and the earlier software builds for this mobile are really stable. The games have EXCELLENT graphics (playstation/ps2) and (Dont quote me) but the mobile comes with a huge memory card (+1Gb). Excellent phone! can't wait for it to be released.

Bo

Texting shouldn't be that hard. I think it will be just as easy as texting with clamshell phone. It only bend a little.

ardith

can this phone play videos?? what format?? mp4,avi?? or only 3gp?? thx

Jack

altho the banana design suits the call function, anyone thought wht it'll b like when sending text messages, how hard would that b??

MotoFAN

Just wanted to say that Nokia wasnt the first to come up with the banana idea. Yet another first from Moto a long time ago. :)

Erick

is very cool i like very much

Anonymous

Damn it looks nice, and great for us here in good olde Australia, HSDPA, faster downloading and looks alot better than the V6maxx

prenesh

this phone looks like a bannana

Cerox

in a few days Motorola is releasing the new media phone. which is gonna compete with iPhone

Anonymous

Is this the phone they are going to roll out the downloadable movies services with??? This phone seems to fit the bill. But seriously, who would want to want movies on a phone??? i'll rather get youtube or google video on a phone...most of it are low res videos anyway on youtube...motorola movie service, i think is gonna fall on its face flat...

PETER

wat the ffff this phone ,, r u crazy or wat .. it for baby

Jay84Virgo "Jeremy"

To: Jeff Now when was the last time Motorola made a plastic phone??? Lol. Thats Samsungs landmark.

Jeff

does anyone know what the casing of this phone is made of? Is it plastic or metal?

Anonymous

this phone is awesome but you should put the price in with the info

kalis

i like this phone and i want it real bad!!!!!!!!!

Jay84Virgo "Jeremy"

To: Token Actually, out out of honesty QVGA is NOT better the CIF. CIF has a more crisper video experience; VHS Quality at (352x288) as opposed to the QVGA's (320x240). I would have been most satisfied if Motorola would have embedded, at minimal, CIF quality video at 30fps, buy hey, we can't can't always get what we want, right?

Token

To Jeremy: Thanks for the info, i was worried that was gonna be the answer :( I believe the Z8 is packing the same graphics hardware as our friend the N95, yet doesn't provide the same performance i.e. VGA at 30fps. Its a real shame cos SE W900 conquered QVGA @ 30fps over 2 years ago, so I can't understand why Motorola would be so proud of such an accomplishment! Nice screen though, 16M proper true-colour TV like output bad-ass :) As for it being better than CIF, thats debatable: CIF is 352x240 normally in Mp4 format, whereas QVGA is 320x240 in 3gp format. Mp4 is more refined but is normally recorded at 15fps. 3gp is more blocky but you get a better framerate! So, you're correct, QVGA is better. I guess its just "One man's trophy wife, is another man's trailer trash!" haha ;) Cheers again for the info, mate!

moi

does this phone have fm radio?

Jay84Virgo "Jeremy"

Thats was me who sent that last comment to: Token by the way.

Anonymous

To: Token Just QVGA. But, hey....QVGA is whole lot better than QCIF on the Maxx V6. Big improvement.

Token

Hi all, The Z8 states it can record video at 30fps, can anyone tell me what size (QVGA, CIF, VGA, etc) and what format (3GP, MP4, etc) it does this in? Also, Motorola have had links with nVidia and their GoForce graphics chipsets, is this new TI graphics accelorator any better? Cheers.

Bo

GSMarena...... Review Please........

Anonymous

Howardchui.com says it will be quadband: Phonescoop says it will be quadband: Mobileburn says it will be released in the U.S., which doesn't mean it will be quadband, but certainly would mean that there would be a version that supports 850Mhz: Video here by Italian reporter says it might be quadband, but hasn't been decided yet:

SeF

as for the processor in this phone its written up as TI 2420, but it is called OMAP2420 now this contains a 3300mhz ARM1136 cpu which according to Texas Instruments can operate from 330Mhz and up to 1GHz 3300Mhz? that's cool.. better than core duo i think... LOL!

Someone_dk

i belive the green colour is cool, cause the menu is also mostly dark, but with some of the same green in it, an awsome mach! but that's of course my opinion to it ;)

Ex Nokia fan

I would buy this phone if it had not that horrible "kind-of-green" color on it. If Motorola could offer us a "all-black" model, I would buy it. It would be the most beautiful model on the market!

Someone_dk

hey guys! i thougt about if its going to be possible to use the phone as a hsdpa modem for a computer?

Anonymous

as for the processor in this phone its written up as TI 2420, but it is called OMAP2420 now this contains a 3300mhz ARM1136 cpu which according to Texas Instruments can operate from 330Mhz and up to 1GHz Data sheet: the thing is we wont know until we actually see the phone on the market and if Motorola will release the full phone specs.

Anonymous

quote by Krlo$ "The mobile is Quad Band, check the bands @ UIQ: And this mobile works at 330Mhz, no 866, neither 620Mhz. It has a 220Mhz Graphic, Video and Audio Accelerator which isn't counted on processor speed since it works only for Media." Not acroding to Motorolas own webshop! no I cant explain it but the UIQ site is the only i'v seen who states it beeing quad-band. but for my sake I realy dont care as long as it suports the 900mhz band. But i guess we just have to wait til we see the phone!

Krlo$

The mobile is Quad Band, check the bands @ UIQ: And this mobile works at 330Mhz, no 866, neither 620Mhz. It has a 220Mhz Graphic, Video and Audio Accelerator which isn't counted on processor speed since it works only for Media.

Charlie

woah, i just found pictures of the back and i didnt expect the camera to be on the bottom half...

john

i like the feature of the phone and i hope it will be released soon in india too.I have seen the phone in march itself and i am imprest by the feature as well as the looks.I would be more imprest if i got to know the price range of this phone.That too in my mail.

Anonymous

628 mhz i mean >_>

Anonymous

Z6 works at 620...

haider

hey check out reeview of RIZR Z6 on mobile-review.com it claims that z6 works at 680 mhz and z8 at 866mhz

Jay84Virgo "Jeremy"

Source please? For the guy who claims it has an 866mhz processor!!!

Anonymous

coooooooooooooooooooool works at 866 MHZ peocessor

Cerox

From motorola shop uk where the phone is put up for pre order: The Motorola Z8 is the latest edition to the RIZR family of mobile phones. It's essentially a 3.5G, tri-band, slider handset with 2 megapixel camera, integrated media player and bluetooth wireless capabilities. But its a slider with a difference! Open this beauty and it bends in the center allowing the top section to slide in a circular motion making it fit perfectly around the ear and face. The phone also runs on Symbian software and boasts a reworked user interface allowing the user to access most features in a single click. This clearly states the phone is a tri-band. not quad.

Anonymous

its better increase photo quality in only 2 or 3 megapixels and not increase megapixels.

Anonymous

Why do you want 5 or more megapixels i a phone??? If you want take great pictures, buy a digital camera.

Anonymous

can anyone confirm if it's really triband or quad???

Anonymous

It looks like a camera from behind with the signature "M". and with regards to the keypad being hard to type on the bend is above the keypad not on it. its no different to any phone to type on. And its awesome to use.

Anonymous

Anyone seen how the phone looks from behind? Its weird but I cant find any pictures of the back of it. I just wanna see how it looks from every side :)

Anonymous

this phone is great it with the symbian os

Anonymous

looks so totally gangster:)

yanne

this phone rocks but i hate the resolution of the camera because it's only 2 mp i hope they will make another editon of this with a 5 or more megapixel camera

allEn

i think it wil take a hell of a tym 2 get used 2 dis unusual sliding desyn...especially while typin numbers or text....though it realy looks cool!

SeF

UIQ 3.1 has the capability of one hand usage just like the UIQ 3.0 in P990 flip closed mode but the 3.1 has further improvements over the multitasking capabilities and softkey shortcuts with more animations in the menu(known as Transition effects and layouts) SE and motorola are currently working for the further improvements of their future UIQ versions soon. lets see how UIQ 3.1 will make it along with it's best competitor S60 featurepacked 2 which sport similar functions

lianne

i really like the design on this look really unique, the like bendiness of the handset is soo cool,, am not a fan of motorola but if i was i'd go for this as it looks so cool and the specifiocations seem really good...

Anonymous

this phone are with linux-java platform, reason to have it: best video streaming 30 fps, new banana design, better display resolution, brand new os - fast speed + user friendly.

Anonymous

hey, the review of V9 LAZR is out, chk out www.bengalboy.com, WOW, incredible

Roger

I've seen the Z8 on another website showing specs confirming that it will be a quadband phone GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900. Can anyone confirm?

chrabbit

I just saw the video comparison for this against the Nokia - all I can saw is wow! 16M colors at 30fps. Is Motorola the only one doing this? It's the first one I've been actually looking foward to! Any chance it will be able to use iPod movies? The best would be to play my iPod TV shows on it...

DaveTheTekkie

Just when you thought Motos couldn't be any less stable... they go and put Symbian on one. I await the the angry groans when they start doing unusual and stupid things...

Anonymous

The sweetest phone ever. Haven't seen anything like it before. Can't wait to buy it.

Pash

OMG! Awful just awful.

sagatsu

did any one know about the price?thankz

RiZr

this is a hotttt fone i think ampd mobile should come out with this !! instead of the moto Q!! this fone would sell !!! i know i would buy it the day it comes out !!!!!!!!!1

iron giant

I love this phone.

kenny

people have you forgotten the siemens SL55 slider?

krazy_owl

No GSM 850! Won't be good for the North American Market... It's weird how they have 4Band for the Z3 and not this version. I would buy this phone the minute it comes out if it had all the bands. But given that I got dead zones already in the area where I live (Montreal) from my current triband... I guess I gotta look for another stylish sleek phone! =( I wonder if it is because of the HSDPA... does that make up for the 4th band? I don't think so but if anyone knows, please explain!

jdc

Looks a great phone to me! Ik like the looks and his applications! But here in Belgium is said that motorola has many probs with their phones! What do you People think: Should I buy this one or the iphone when it comes out in Europe? And where can I find downloadable applications for symbian OS?

gally

I Think the Z8 is going to be a big seller , it has great looks good functions and hope fully the price will be with in our reach. however i have compared the Z8 with the Z6 IN TERMS OF SPECS and it seem to me that the z6 is the better phone , with the longer talk time and so forth,i am i right about that or what

haider

ITS a GREAT fone with best display

Bo

I wish they change the lime-ish green framings into red or something more.... austere...??

Cerox

k im suck of this lakes make somthing clear. Yhe nokia hade the first "banana" phone, aka the Matrix phone, big deal. but that could hardly be called a slider! The Nokia had a plastic cover over the keypad on the phone wich u could slide down. Instead of flipping up. now a slider phone is splitt in two, and when u wanna type a sms, or make a call the phone "slides apart". Now the Z8 aint the first Slider and frankly i dont care. Whats make this phone stand apart is the fact that it "snaps" when it slides and no other phone producers have deared to do that yet. To those of u who argues over whos copying who, Get a life. To those who say this phone sucks... get real and try the phone first. oh it aint on the market yet:P I gonna get this phone, Why. It got all the cool stuff i need and want in a phone. UIQ, 3G HDSPA, Bluetooth, memory cpacity, music player. A usable camerea. so forth. Yhea a lots of other phones have this, but this phone have it with style. And btw, to you who complains 'bout the 2 MP cam being to small..... Go get yourself a Digital camara. It's way better.

Sebastian

I think the oldest banana slider phone is nokia 8110. This phone became famous when apeared in matrix.

jhar_churanga

Z8 is not the first Banana, Nokia 7650 first Banana with Symbian but I Love MOTO... When it launch???

Kal

Nice link. I just wonder where did maxx v6 get the touch sensitive outer buttons from????? any comments moto 2 little?

Josh

Who is copying? the answer, even if the RAZR is not longer a good phone it made history, and LG and other brands copied the design so I don�t doubt that LG is doing the same sorry no more comments and I don�t care about anything related to this subjet for now im waisting my time on this!

Josh

Sorry, If i wasn�t clear I was talking about the link below my comments!

Josh

As usual from LG or Samsung specially from Lg there is not originality for their design,no comments or questions! that�s an affirmation. always the same stuff I�m not impressed LG does it all the time rember after the RAZR! ja ja they don�t have imagination

moto 2 little

lol, LG sux... Look at what they did =.= copycat koreans..

Bo

Suddenly i found out that this fone is somewhat cool.... I'm losing faith for Z6...

Anonymous

Why is this only tri-band? Is motorola kidding?

Anonymous

nice powerful features but imo this is one heller chunky and ugly looking phone. I think i'd stick to buying the ROKR Z6 looks soo much sexier

Anonymous

@britni Kick Slide =) New form factor, basicall a side with a tilt

Annette

Alan - you should be able to pick one of these up on eBay for around $US400 when they're available

Annette

I can't wait to get my hands on one of these. It looks incredible. Stylish, functional and 'solid'. As for the brand war of previous post to this section. IMHO, MOTOROLA are less reliable. I'm the only person I know who hasn't had to return a Motorola brand phone at least once. I've had the E398, V360 (loved that phone) and V3i (looks great but too wide for a flip - when you have dainty hands that is). But their Camera's are far superior to the ones Nokia put in their phones. The sound quality is miles better than Nokia, and they put a couple of actual 'ring tones' in amongst their pithy musical tones. Dear old Nokia have woeful ring tones (I find myself in some very noisy environments in the couse of the day and need a good solid ring tone, something that can't be confused by music in supermarkets and stores or other phones ringing). Motorola also has easily attached peripherals (miniUSB) for when you're on the fly. Nokia's 2 pin jobbies are very difficult when you're driving at 100k+ and trying to get the headset connected so you can take a handsfree call or listen to the radio. I would prefer if they allowed speakerphone without the insertion of a headset first. What Nokia does have that's superior tho is the menu. You can select, delete (or whatever) and confirm with the one button (without looking) unlike most other phone menu's, Motorola included, that makes you switch buttons for different functions. I've got a Nokia 6111 I love, but between inferior sound and camera quality and crappy ring tone I rarely use it, instead favouring my V3i. I could go on, but I think I've covered my main gripes and bouquets.

Anonymous

WHAT the HACK is this? uglier than ever...

alan

please tell me when it comes out so i can get one! price is not an option(unless it's above $450.00 then i got a problem!).

britni

ok im like totally confused. is this phone like a slider AND a flip phone? i totally looks like it!!! and does ANYONE know when its coming out? because i really want the z3 but if this is slider and flip i might wait to get this one! PLEASE answer my questions!! SOMEONE! email me and let me kno plz!!!

cody

I think that motorola are the best manufactures out there they have the most output of phones, unlike nokia or like lg. they have the easiest to use bluetooth and also they have the best fashion phones too.

Anonymous

=============================================== To: kenny -E680 better? no more comments but the n91 and W950 are the hottest and the best music solutions and even rokr e2 can't make the way they made it to the market. =============================================== Have you already compare face to face between "Motorola E680g" with "Sony Ericsson W950" with same songs and with same bitrate? My friend expert for "Audio Quality", He already compare face to face between "Motorola E680g" with "Sony Ericsson W950" with same songs and with same bitrate. The results is "Motorola E680g" is the winner because has "best audio quality" than "Sony Ericsson W950". "Sony Ericsson W950" not has good "audio quality". like you said.

kenny

Josh: have you heard of samsung c100? PDlx: i see that you are really a motorola fan and somewhere biased to them and i saw you having the similar attitude with Tarantula. one more thing, motorola smartphones never freezes not because they have better os and engineering of the units they make, but the users didn't install so much applications as the nokia users do. sometimes people don't even know that the phone they are using is a smartphone open for 3rd party apps. and if you bet on linux phone better than symbian and windows then where can do the people find the applications for that OS as the way people finds it in nokias and SEs? -E680 better? no more comments but the n91 and W950 are the hottest and the best music solutions and even rokr e2 can't make the way they made it to the market.

ChrisUK

WoW. I really like this phone, even if it is just for the pure look and style of the thing. I really don't care if this has qwerks and a couple of bugs when it is released, after all nearly every phone does. The pure style with the "bend to the shape of your face" feature is really nice and again shows Motorola being the first to bring something new to the industry yet again with innovative styles.

Anonymous

============================================= To: michael I have worked in the phone industry for 9 years and i have to say Motorola are the worst manufacturer out there ,they have the highest return rate for malfunctions and problems in general , the software on most of their phones is full of bugs,eg: slowdown when you put a memory card ,White screen on the v3 series, i have seen the word INNOVATION thrown around a lot but the v3 v3x v3xx K1 K3 are pretty much the same phone just rehashed into different shells, Manufacturers like LG and Nokia Innovate motorola rehash ============================================= Money buy quality. LG? Hahaha... LG more slowdown than Motorola. Nokia Innovate? Tell me what "Nokia Innovate"? "Nokia N76" copy from "Motorola V3 Razr"; "Nokia 6300" copy from "Motorola L Series"; "A2DP Bluetooth" is the Motorola first and then Nokia. "WLAN" and "WiFi" is the Motorola first since 2004 "Motorola MPX" and then Nokia.

michael

I have worked in the phone industry for 9 years and i have to say Motorola are the worst manufacturer out there ,they have the highest return rate for malfunctions and problems in general , the software on most of their phones is full of bugs,eg: slowdown when you put a memory card ,White screen on the v3 series, i have seen the word INNOVATION thrown around a lot but the v3 v3x v3xx K1 K3 are pretty much the same phone just rehashed into different shells, Manufacturers like LG and Nokia Innovate motorola rehash

Anonymous

============================================= To: Jay84Virgo "Jeremy" Ok.....wow. I didn't we were writing full reviews on "sound" quality..I mean. C'mon guys, it's a phone. Use A2DP for sound clarity. THIS IS WHY IT'S HOT! IT'S HOT CUZ ITS FLY. YOU AINT CUZ YOU NOT. THIS IS WHY, THIS IS WHY, THIS IS WHY ITS HOT! .... This phone is sick. Finally, running on a Symbian operating system, this phone is probably gonna be running for about $500 upon first release. ============================================= "Motorola" has more experience in "A2DP Bluetooth Technology" than Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and LG. "Sound Quality" is great than Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and LG. This is maybe 4th "Motorola Mobile" use OS "Symbian". "Motorola M1000" use OS "Symbian" too but never freeze like "Nokia Symbian Phone".

Jay84Virgo "Jeremy"

Ok.....wow. I didn't we were writing full reviews on "sound" quality..I mean. C'mon guys, it's a phone. Use A2DP for sound clarity. THIS IS WHY IT'S HOT! IT'S HOT CUZ ITS FLY. YOU AINT CUZ YOU NOT. THIS IS WHY, THIS IS WHY, THIS IS WHY ITS HOT! .... This phone is sick. Finally, running on a Symbian operating system, this phone is probably gonna be running for about $500 upon first release.

Anonymous

============================================= To: kenny sorry but you are only comparing the speakers of the two phones. 3D sorround is not that good if we talk about the loudspeaker. and i have seen,tested and used so many stereo sorround phones even the S853 from alcatel. from my point of view the sound from the speaker isn't so much to be bragged. all you can hear is the loudness and the treble but the bass is really poor. that's the issue with all the loudspeakers in any phones of any brand. never mind the single speaker of the W950, though if you look very well it has native accessories and onw of which is the MPS-60 portable speaker in which produces better bassy sounds and with elements better heard than any other loudspeakers out there because the speaker dimensions is actually larger than the embeeded loudspeaker on any phones. and if the megabass eq. is activated then you can really hear the bass better. now back to the point the megabass eq. is only better if the earphones and the portable speaker accessories are plugged in. so the E680 is better for being louder. though if you really know stereo sorround sounding you can poorly do that with mobile phones even they have the features like stereo widening, 3d sorround and etc. and even they have 3 speakers or mini subwoofers simply because the sorround sound gives better sounds when the two speakers are in distance farther than the distance of 2 speakers in any regular phone(which is very near). so the only advantage of 3D sorround sound in a phone is to make louder sounds but not enhance it. IMHO sony knows that so we can bearly see stereo walkmans from them but only W550. simply becasue Sony has a logic in sound trends as one of their expertise was the sound rendering. i have also heard e398 and N73's sound renderng in speakers also but i can really see the advantage of having more than 1 loudspeakers but only to louden then sound. i see W950 better than N91 because it's not the sound quality that makes a music phone better. but what is important is that it has number of music functions and accessories to enhance it better. that how W950 can beat N91 and maybe E680. ============================================= Finally i find the answer from "Audio Quality Expert". "Sony Ericsson W950" (Mega Bass) compare "Motorola E680i" (3D Surround) and the winner is "Motorola E680i" because has clear audio quality, clear bass quality and firmware is stable.

Josh

Amen! You got it right motorola innovates, the other brands copy, specially those brands like samsung with the ultra edition, they are slim i know is impressive, but who started with the slim factor fever, moto, moto, ja ja, no words motorola is great. Even being a huge moto fan, I recognize that at least Nokia, and SE,they kept their form factor of candy bar, specially Nokia they are original they don�t need to copy any one else, even when I hate those candy bar phones from Nokia, but at least they are going in a different way than motorola no like Samsung, LG, well the list goes on and on. i recognize that. one should be honest and I don�t have anything against Nokia or S.E, the other brands shame on you!

Josh

MOTo rocks, the design is great, their phones look fantastic, and some of them are equiped with great features some of them are not good, motorola got it all, and I always say the design and materials used by motorola are the best I got a Krzr k1, a v3i, Rizr Z3, and I will get these one, moto the king, sorry for the others guys, but i know Nokia, Sony ericsson are great too, but their desig is not good, they always look cheap even when they are not because I know that they have grat phones too, but the design counts a lot, so sorry!

Anonymous

I'm a complete NOOB but -Looks nice. Not too crazy abou the color scheme, but black/neon green sort of works. A little concerned with the bend/joint/break thingee. Probably makes it more ergonomic, but worried about durability. If GSM Arena could post more pics of it closed, that would be great. I hope it never comes out in pink. :)

omer

Stylish

kenny

does the UIQ 3.0 applications compatible with this one? or developers must make another one?

Anonymous

==================================== To: Kal I know moto doesnt just make phones, they are into communication. 95% of those news releases are related to wireless technology-netwrok-services. and I do appretiate their contribution towards the mobile market. ==================================== So don't ask "WHAT MOTO IS DOING?" and that's why i told you "You blind about Motorola".

Anonymous

==================================== To: moto 2 little Actually the MOTOFONE F3 isnt the real SCPL, the real SCpl has yet to announced its the rumoured LAZR which can be found at bengalboy.com ==================================== Yup... "Motorola F3 / F3C" is not the real "Motorola Scapel". But... "Motorola F3 / F3C" use "Motorola Scapel Platform" like "Motorola Q q9". I know "Motorola LAZR / RAZR 2", until now we don't know that's "Motorola Scapel" or not because "Motorola" doesn't confirm yet. ==================================== That's the real SCPL, the MOTOFONE F3 is like a appetizer to the real SCPL series. CTIA wireless?? maybe thats when the new SCPL gonna announce.. 2mrw!! ==================================== "Motorola F3 / F3C / Fone" is the result of project "Connected to Unconnected" and that's why so cheap. We are "Motorola Fan's" hope "Motorola Scapel" will show in "CTIA Wireless". Motorola has target for "Motorola Scapel" will got 400 million / 500 million unit sold.

moto 2 little

LOL, MR me too, nice poem u have.... thumbs up for u instead os moto me too i change it to moto little 2!!

Mr Me Too

Just 4 a laff nerds so bump your head to the beat ya'll... Moto say's it's got the Razr, Nokia say's we too.. we got that N76 just like you Motoheads do... BenQ aint havin it cos they wanna be cool too, so hooked up the EF81 just like a razr phone too... Moto says it started the slim craze with the razr line...true, Samsung say's we got our U and E series phones like you do... Moto says it started swivels(V80), Nokia says F U! u know we got that 7373 just like you do too... Everyone cries the Razr style is so overused, But they neva say SE or Nokia's candybar is overused too... They moan it's all Razr, Krazr and Rizr names comin thru, But forget that others always do the same thing too... Nokia3310, 5110, 6110, 7110, 7373, 6150, N80, N70, N90, N95, Ngage...SamsungU700, U600, U300, U100..., LGKU970, KE970, KU800, KE800... SE810, SE800, SE850, SE610, SE601, SE900, SE910i... etc ... phew... too! Yep Yep... yeah you too... c'mon, everybody say Moto Me Too.

moto 2 little

@PLDX Actually the MOTOFONE F3 isnt the real SCPL, the real SCpl has yet to announced its the rumoured LAZR which can be found at bengalboy.com Thats the real SCPL, the MOTOFONE F3 is like a appetizer to the real SCPL series. CTIA wireless?? maybe thats when the new SCPL gonna announce.. 2mrw!!

Kal

I know moto doesnt just make phones, they are into communication. 95% of those news releases are related to wireless technology-netwrok-services. and I do appretiate their contribution towards the mobile market.

Anonymous

To: Kal Look this link, much "Motorola Project" => RISE UP MOTOROLA!!!

Kal

Oh boy! dont you know samsung doesnt cater to the low end market...they have just started..where as Nokia and Moto are strong players in that segment.They are all over China and India..2 huge market. Why you think Motophone got the award in that segment. When you read a report, it does say why the market share going down. Hope you know why motos market share going down as well. Over expectation killed it. Like Moto..Nokia is the same way assembled device..I'm not fond of Nokia but the fact is they are way better in putting together things when it comes to multimedia, just that their design doesnt attract me.

Anonymous

============================================= To: Kal By that time moto releases 5mm SCPL, samsung will have 3-4mm phone...but well still thats a copy right? As if moto own the patent for thin phone. ============================================= Hahaha... You still doesn't know about Motorola. You don't see "GSM Arena" Report about "Motorola Scapel". A part of "Motorola Scapel" in the photo already give to public see. "Why only a part of "Motorola Scapel" Photo?" Because "Motorola" know "Samsung" and other brand really like copy cat from "Motorola" and that's why "Motorola" always give "innovations". "Motorola Scapel" will launch "Q4,2007). "Samsung" always copy cat from "Motorola" ============================================= Yeh moto is still tight lipped about how they have created RAZR. Too much hush-hush from a compnay that makes communication device not a multimedia phone. No wonder they are working with kodak for a camera phone. thats one of the worst camera on the market if you ask.lol. To me, moto is a true ASSEMBLED phone. ============================================= "Motorola V3 Razr" is not multimedia phone but "Motorola" got record retail sold 50 million units, how about "Samsung"?. Every type has speciality. Same like "Samsung"; not all "Samsung" Mobile is "Multimedia Phone". All the company mobile has background. Same like Nokia, Nokia working together with other company for camera phone. Motorola background as pioneer, innovator and visionary in mobile communications is well-known, is that pretty good with that background can make "multimedia phone" and got success like "Motorola E680/E680i", "Motorola E398" and more. Sony Ericsson working together with Sony for camera phone. Nothing wrong with working together. The battle 2007 is still start and we don't know who the winner until "Q4,2007". If you said "Samsung" is the best, why not to be ranking 2 or 1? Why "Samsung Share Market" going down? More than 3 year until 2010 like "Samsung" said want to be no.1? That's mean every years "Samsung" must grow up share market 5% with the situation all the brand doesn't grow up. Hehehe...

Kal

PDLx By that time moto releases 5mm SCPL, samsung will have 3-4mm phone...but well still thats a copy right? As if moto own the patent for thin phone. Yeh moto is still tight lipped about how they have created RAZR. Too much hush-hush from a compnay that makes communication device not a multimedia phone. No wonder they are working with kodak for a camera phone. thats one of the worst camera on the market if you ask.lol. To me, moto is a true ASSEMBLED phone.

Kal

moto 2 little If taking a concept and buliding upon on it does constitute for COPY-CAT. Then why moto doesnt take legal action.LOL. There is no patent for deign form factor. When you guys will stop moaning. Why cant moto develop those models farther then?. As if they just ceated it and let others copy it, so that peps like you can scream later on. Oh please Give us a break. Now whice one is a iPhone copy??? F700??? How long you think it takes to develop a phone? Motorola is taking 2-3 years to do 5mm scapel and when it releases we cant say that its a copy of samung right?..ok, and when samsung released F300 on pretty much same time with iPhone..it becomes a copy? Dont make fun of yourself dude. And yeh I know samsung pretty much caught up moto few years back...moto did well with razr.Kudos to their marketing strategy. and they went ahead...they tried to do the same magic with karz or rizr..FAILED. will try again wiht SCPL. miracel doesnt happen too often. Yeh SE is behind samsung's butt...but do you realise with motos profit going down..they are BOTH behind Moto's butt. They are this years winner afterall. LOL.

Anonymous

motorola has gone down hill never was good but has just gotten worse phone freezes turns off DONT BUY IT GUYS

Anonymous

To: Kal You ask "WHAT MOTO IS DOING?". I can said "You blind about Motorola". Now Motorola more clever. Motorola doesn't want tell to the world what Motorola want doing because Motorola know many brand want watch what "Motorola" make it and then copy cat. This is some big secret of Motorola Planning. - Motorola SideKick Next Generation - Motorola Scapel (not Motorola F3 / F3C or "Scapel Platform"), that's mobile will be super nice phone and thin only 5 mm. Don't said "Motorola" copy from "Samsung" because that planning since 2 or 3 years ago. - Motorola X Project - Motorola Kodak Phone And much... With basic feature like "Motorola V3 Razr", Motorola got the record sold 50 million units? Is that amazing. Don't Underestimate Motorola. In China "Motorola" got more than 19% Market Share. "Nokia" got more than 9% Market Share. "Sony Ericsson" got nearly no Market Share. "Samsung" never hear got Market Share. People know which brands copy cat from other brand.

Anonymous

I want continue "moto 2 little" answers. Motorola Profit going down but Motorola Share Market Grow faster. In The Global Market Share: Motorola Q1-Q4,2005=17.9% Q1-Q4,2006=21.3% Grow=3.4% Q4,2005=18.2% Q4,2006=21.9% Grow=3.7% Samsung Q1-Q4,2005=12.6% Q1-Q4,2006=11.6% Drop=1.0% Q4,2005=11.1% Q4,2006=10.7% Drop=0.4% "Samsung Ultra Thin Edition" start from last year. Yes, Samsung has "Profit" but the fact doesn't help "Samsung Global Share Market".

moto 2 little

WOw kal, dont get offended, just chill and relax... Of course Samsung had put in maybe 10% of their effort but their idea is from MOTO. If u know a fact, the sales of Samsung had dropped for this few years. If u can remember, Samsung almost caught up Moto few yrs back. Maybe lack of ideas and innovations, it slipped to 12% market share. I think Samsung is really a copycat Kal, u know L fleur?? it copied l'armor right?? And the uhm messaging phone that copied iPhone?? Dont deny it Kal, and maybe the calculator phone from CASIO lol... Lack of innovations, so thats why Samsung is number 3 in the world, and SE is chasing behind its butttt. Peace kal, no offence

kenny

Hi PDlx. sorry but you are only comparing the speakers of the two phones. 3D sorround is not that good if we talk about the loudspeaker. and i have seen,tested and used so many stereo sorround phones even the S853 from alcatel. from my point of view the sound from the speaker isn't so much to be bragged. all you can hear is the loudness and the treble but the bass is really poor. that's the issue with all the loudspeakers in any phones of any brand. never mind the single speaker of the W950, though if you look very well it has native accessories and onw of which is the MPS-60 portable speaker in which produces better bassy sounds and with elements better heard than any other loudspeakers out there because the speaker dimensions is actually larger than the embeeded loudspeaker on any phones. and if the megabass eq. is activated then you can really hear the bass better. now back to the point the megabass eq. is only better if the earphones and the portable speaker accessories are plugged in. so the E680 is better for being louder. though if you really know stereo sorround sounding you can poorly do that with mobile phones even they have the features like stereo widening, 3d sorround and etc. and even they have 3 speakers or mini subwoofers simply because the sorround sound gives better sounds when the two speakers are in distance farther than the distance of 2 speakers in any regular phone(which is very near). so the only advantage of 3D sorround sound in a phone is to make louder sounds but not enhance it. IMHO sony knows that so we can bearly see stereo walkmans from them but only W550. simply becasue Sony has a logic in sound trends as one of their expertise was the sound rendering. i have also heard e398 and N73's sound renderng in speakers also but i can really see the advantage of having more than 1 loudspeakers but only to louden then sound. i see W950 better than N91 because it's not the sound quality that makes a music phone better. but what is important is that it has number of music functions and accessories to enhance it better. that how W950 can beat N91 and maybe E680.

mijo

I am from croatia and we are small place but all of us know well who is "r" and who copied "r" to built the phone.

Manuel

This mobile phone does not accept GSM 850 network?

Kal

PDLx and moto 2 littile I'm well aware of that review from mobile-review.com. And it seems you guys dont read beyond the very first line.....READ..READ the whole thing and you would know that samsung is going with the thin trend and yes Motorola has set that trend,...enough credit has been given to that...HOW MUCH YOU NEED and HOW LONG. Samsung didnt just copy it, they put a lot of effort and research work to come up with even thiner thiner models... When everyone is taking the concept and develping it..WHAT MOTO IS DOING?? Stop screaming and Let Moto do something..and we will appreciate...like this z8 slider model..I've appretiated its form factor its unique...some of you diehard fans are so much into it that Moto doesnt really need to improve anything..coz you guys will be always happy.

Anonymous

"Motorola Rizr Z8" has unique, more attractive, and innovation design. I believe Samsung, Nokia, Sony Ericsson will copy this design. Every OS Fan's can choose which one OS Fan's like it. If you like OS "Java", buy "Motorola Rizr Z3". If you like OS "Linux", buy "Motorola Rizr Z6". If you like OS "Symbian", buy "Motorola Rizr Z8".

Anonymous

Nick, the bend in the Z8 is what makes it unique and more attractive. It's a new type of "curved slider". It's more ergonomic since it curves to fit the side of your face better. Notice that all flip phones open up into an angle. You don't see flippers open straight out, Why? Because it's more ergonomic. The reason why sliders have always been straight is the fact nobody was able to come up with a curved slider until now.

Anonymous

=============================================== To: Nick i forgot to say earlier that i have a question for anyone to answer. I want to know if the keys on the FRONT of the Z3,Z6 and Z8 are heat sensitive? for example the bottons on the FRONT of the LG Chocolate are heat sensitive ============================================= I use "Motorola Rizr Z3". "Motorola Rizr Z3" doesn't use sensitive pad. I watch from "You Tube" and i think "Motorola Rizr Z8" use sensitive pad (maybe touch pad, like public secret in Motorola Fan's area know that's LG raped "Motorola Touch Pad Concept") but i can't answer heat sensitive or not because not in the market yet and i don't buy yet. "Motorola Rizr Z6" is not in the market yet and i don't buy yet so i can't answer heat sensitive or not. ============================================= To: Nick i just want to say that i think that the z6 is the best out of the:Z3,Z6 and Z8 because i compared the Z3,Z6 and Z8 side by side and i noticed that the Z6 has the longest battery-life over all and the Z6 looks better than the Z8 and the Z3 in my point-of-view. I just dont like the little bend that starts at about the middle of the Z8 and the key boards on the Z3 and the Z8 are too original compared to the Z6's keyboard. The Z6's numbers on the keyboard are zig-zagged while the numbers on th Z3 and Z8 are just side-by-side. I think the the Z6 is just overall better and more unique. ============================================= Motorola more experience using OS "Linux". I think OS "Linux" more stable than OS "Symbian". But i never use "Motorola" with OS "Symbian". Let's we see "Motorola Rizr Z8" using OS "Symbian". I just many "Nokia" with OS "Symbian" has many problem. Example: Freeze, Crash and more. Like Nokia 9110, Nokia 9210, Nokia 9300, Nokia 9300i, Nokia 9500, Nokia N70, Nokia N73, Nokia N80 and more "Nokia" with OS "Symbian" has same problem. My friend has "Nokia N73" has problem freeze, some people said take out the battery and put again battery but never work and still freeze until one day.

Nick

i forgot to say earlier that i have a question for anyone to answer. I want to know if the keys on the FRONT of the Z3,Z6 and Z8 are heat sensitive? for example the bottons on the FRONT of the LG Chocolate are heat sensitive

Nick

i just want to say that i think that the z6 is the best out of the:Z3,Z6 and Z8 because i compared the Z3,Z6 and Z8 side by side and i noticed that the Z6 has the longest battery-life over all and the Z6 looks better than the Z8 and the Z3 in my point-of-view. I just dont like the little bend that starts at about the middle of the Z8 and the key boards on the Z3 and the Z8 are too original compared to the Z6's keyboard. The Z6's numbers on the keyboard are zig-zagged while the numbers on th Z3 and Z8 are just side-by-side. I think the the Z6 is just overall better and more unique.

Anonymous

That's fact will answer Nokia (Nokia N76 and more), Samsung (Samsung X820, and more), Sony Ericsson (SE W880 and more), LG (Too much copy), and VK (exactly copy cat) copy from "Motorola Slim Concept".

Anonymous

To: Kal This one of much fact about "Samsung Ultra Thin Edition" copy from "Motorola Thin Concept". This is one of much "Samsung Ultra Thin Edition" for sample "Samsung X820": =============================================== Review of GSM-handset Samsung X820 lim phone fashion was started by Motorola, RAZR�s design was copied numerous times and some of those products were from Samsung as well. It�s hard to create something unique and not similar to other products when you have an example of successful product in front of you. It�s like in case with a child, when you tell him not to do something, he does that on purpose. Initially �slim� line from Samsung was not unique in terms of design, there wasn�t any success in making thinnest phone possible either, this was a symmetric answer to RAZR�s success. Such answers were made by all other companies except for Nokia. But Samsung decided to go even further by selecting slim products as one of main ways of developing in 2006, it also managed to create several products before Motorola did. A sort of hide and seek game between manufacturers. Someone in Motorola could not control his flow and said that Motorola is planning to release a 5-6mm thick phone, which means that BLADE family is not that thin. This idea has been caught by journalists and successfully disproved by Motorola�s representatives. However at same time CeBIT�s booth had decoration elements that contained information about future product, there was a surgeon, who has been saying something about scalpel, and corresponding abbreviator been placed. Such contradicting information was caused by fact that company realized the need not to announce its products before their commercial launch, or prior release date. Design copying problem became very actual for Motorola, since no one is using same materials, everyone creates simplified copies, that require less developing time. But if we talk about slim series, all information was available at market in 2005, and Samsung began building its plans. Fight for �slimmest� phone on the market started in two directions at once: one was hinted by Motorola � usage of metallic case, which allows keeping case proof; second � attempt to use traditional materials in order to achieve case�s slimness. As a result of first direction we had Samsung P300 � a small handset that reminds of calculator, similar in size with a credit card, but pretty thick. Model was interesting due to several solutions including external battery built into phone�s leather case. Sticking point for Samsung with usage of metallic parts was lack of experience of creating such products. A lot of processes have to be carried together, antennas should be placed correctly, so that network reception would be good, and so on. It was hard to do in a small product that was supposed to become mass solution, all these operations were hard to perform. This is why Samsung P300�s format became independent, there will be 2-3 models released in nearest future, they will be different in terms of functionality (better camera, updated interface, memory card), but there will be no further miniaturization of these models. These models are grouped by �Card� tag, this leads to their similarity with creadit card. Such phones became a tradition of production for NEC. Metallic case points on fashion segment, sort of exclusiveness from Samsung, which was proven by Samsung�s P300 sales. This is not a mass model, but it has pretty good demand for its price, due to design uniqueness, it attracts consumer�s attention. Second direction of evolution was usage of traditional plastic, which was considered impossible for slim handsets. The only natural limitation is plastic itself, its proof, the thinner it is, the lesser its bend proof, steadiness against deformations and mechanic damages. Taking the fact that there had to be a handset chip, display besides plastic in the case, such mission seemed unreal. However in Samsung it was considered possible for them, and so two projects were set up for development � Illusion and Spear. Difference between these two products is in 2 mm thickness, plus second product is an UMTS phone and will be released on the market only in autumn. Meanwhile Illusion model was named Samsung X820. Company had started giving code names at Russian market in 2006 for commercial products, for example you can see Samsung E900 posters with Phantom codename on Tverskaya street in Moscow, as well as P300 with Platinum. As for X820, code name and internal name collide, model will be called Illusion. Company is not using code names for any other country in the world. As for Russia, will of using such code names was motivated only by aggressive promotion of such solutions by Motorola (RAZR, SLVR), it seems that Samsung sees a strong competitor in Motorola. During development process R&D center of Samsung encountered numerous problems, including the above mentioned fragility when small thickness is used. Solution was simple and elegant: plastic was reinforced with glass fiber, which allowed getting 0.7mm thickness of battery section cover. This means that thickness of plastic is not more than 1mm, it�s even less. Each user of Samsung X820 can easily see how easily battery section cover can be bend into every direction when held in one�s hands. Engineers of several companies did not believe into possibility of creating such phone from plastic, but once they saw Samsung X820 sample, they had great respect for the work done in R&D center of company. Samsung came a long way to create such plastic. In case someone is not considering this being worth attention, than this person is not understanding deepness of goals that manufacturer had to face. Plastic thickness is not the only way to make case thinner, we can also mention element placement on handset chip, their protection. Display is traditionally most unprotected place in the handset, that�s why we can see protective edging made of metal, improved by plastic covers and solutions of same kind. In case with this model, manufacturer decided to limit protection by installing protective glass made of hard plastic and strengthening frame.... Source: =============================================

Anonymous

============================================= To: kSax From looking at past history, Samsung COPIES THE MOST and from everone! One example is their P3xx "credit card" series which is a shameless ripoff of the NEC N900 which came out in 2004!! Then there is the Samsung Z5xx series which is a shameless ripoff of the Motorola V3!! Then there is the Samsung A790 which looks like a rip of the NEC N910! ============================================= I agree. "Samsung X820" is a shameless ripoff of the "Motorola L6". Samsung copy "Slim Mobie Concept" from "Motorola", this is fact. From first time "Samsung Mobile" in the market; we know "Samsung" created "Slider Phone and Thick". Never produce "Thin Slider" , "Thin Candybar", "Thin Flip" until "Motorola" created "Thin Flip" and "Thin Candybar". This Fact!!!

Anonymous

From looking at past history, Samsung COPIES THE MOST and from everone! One example is their P3xx "credit card" series which is a shameless ripoff of the NEC N900 which came out in 2004!! Then there is the Samsung Z5xx series which is a shameless ripoff of the Motorola V3!! Then there is the Samsung A790 which looks like a rip of the NEC N910!

Anonymous

To: kenny We haven't know yet the winner of comparison with "SE W950" with "Motorola Music Phone". For "Sound Quality", "Nokia N91" is the winner. Read this : =============================================== Sound quality Another very subjective parameter, so the presence of a focus-group was very essential here. Personally, I find the sonic experience I get with the N91 far ahead of that of the W950i in just about every way � from volume to reproduction of high and low frequencies, solid basses and so on. On the other hand, the soft sounding of the W950i will perfectly fit some genres (classical music, for example). We tested the sound quality in the following way: offered the member of the focus group to listen to a handful of tracks (electronic, jazz, rock, pop) in identical headphones, Sony MDR-EX71, with the device hidden in a drawer. Before revealing the outcome of the test, we are ought to mention some delicate aspects. Nokia N91 can deal with these formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, Real, WAV, WMA, M4A, AMR-WB, True Tones, AMR-NB. While SE W950i supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, E-AAC+, WAV, m4a. As you see the number of formats available with the W950i is smaller, yet in real-world situations it is not vital, for many users prefer keeping their music in MP3 or WMA (and sometimes WAV). A few words about the sound settings in these two handsets. In Nokia N91 the user can take advantage of the equalizer coming included with six presets (Acoustic, Bass Booster, Hip Hop, Pop, R&B, Rock) and default mode, also nothing prevents you from playing around with the equalizer to make up your own mode. The focus-group members noted that the equalizers don�t have any significant impact upon the sounding, thus the default settings are still the best choice. But in return the Stereo Widening, as well as the Loudness effect bring something new to the way the N91 sounds, however to me it�s more of a psychological factor, since I doubt they would have noticed it if I hadn�t said them about it. Balance adjustment was not appreciated by the focus-group member, or, better to day, they rated it as a useless feature. The W950i works pretty much in the same manner: ten presets (including Mega Bass) and the default mode, the user is cut off manual equalizer management, but this isn�t something most would crave for. The members of the focus group appreciated the �Loudness� equalizer � as they say, it is the only way to go, since other settings aren�t that interesting. For example Mega Bass improves the basses, but at full blast the player can�t cope with such powerful basses and starts creaking etc. A remarkable aspect: the items stored in the N91 outside the equalizer menu (stereo widening, and Loudness) could have been moved to the same place where Sony Ericsson W950i has them. Really, the W950i doesn�t sport stand-alone menu items such as �Loudness� or �Mega Bass� In the sense of subtle settings these models are evenly matched � the available sound settings will never leave you bored with default sounding, at that either of the handsets can brag about some exclusive add-ons to the traditional equalizers. The same goes for the supported formats � you will have everything you need with either of the phones (though I would really love .ogg support), including any-bitrate-enabled mp3�s So, who came out on top in our test? Make a note that the tests were carried out at full volume for the W950i and at 80-85% for the N91, otherwise facing these two handsets off would have been really hard. From my perspective, in terms of their music departments the two phones are like apples and oranges with Nokia N91 coming out on top in just about every way. And it is more likely that for now this handset in second to none on the market. So, a �+� to Nokia N91 and a �-� to SE W950i. ============================================= I don't know "SE W950" has 1 or 2 built in speaker. "SE W950" has "Mega Bass". "Motorola E680i" has "3D Surround" and 2 speakers. Is anyone know about speakers? Which one the best? "Mega Bass" or "3D Surround"?

kenny

sorry PDlx but the phone involved in the comparison test was the W800,W900,W810 only. the two SE's best music solutions W950 and W850 were'nt involved there and even ROKR E6 so you can't be sure that motorola is be the winner. even N91 beats W950s soundwise. but i am not a nokia fan. i am after the UIQ platform which this one uses. in which i believe have more capability than S60 in nokia. and also if you do read the review comparison between N91 and W950 all in all W950 wins. if someone got bored of the weak speaker sound the walkman renders then they an always dress it up with 3 portable speaker sets from SE. i don't know if motorola have that accessory. neither the biggest nokia is handsdown outperformed by the hardware features of SE plus it's native accessories. and let me tell you that speakers produced by any phone models's loudspeaker isn't worth mentioning if you really want very good sound quality. usually those lack good bass and treble as because it is relatively small as compared to portable speakers. peace man

Anonymous

To: nhizzingerz Each series has category. You must compare with same category. "Music Phone" with "Music Phone". "Camera Phone" with "Camera Phone". And... If you want compare between music phone without headset. I just can smile and laugh because 100% "Sony Ericsson Walkman" can't win. Compare between "Motorola Rokr Series" or "Motorola Music Phone" with "Sony Ericsson Walkman". Read this result of "Music handsets comparison � which one to choose?" (http://www.mobile-review.com/review/music-phone­s-en.shtml) In review is comparison between Motorola ROKR E2, Nokia 3250, Sony Ericsson W800i, Sony Ericsson W810i, Sony Ericsson W900i, Sony Ericsson W300i. The result is "Motorola Rokr E2" is the winner. This is some statement: ============================================= The fact that ROKR E2 is the leader is not so suprirising, the phone turned out very successful in all directions (other functions are great as well). But manufacturer is not in a rush to release this model as quickly as possible, it will hit the shelves only in Autumn. At that moment the positions can change, but I still think that the model will remain impressive, it�s jus the competition between already available music phones that will grow, and it is very interesting to say the least (remember that the design will not suit everyone, it�s a mobile phone for young people). Sony Ericsson�s products W800i and W810i are rather interesting as well.As for W900i, this model does not look so appealing when compared to the competitiros, it has low price/quality ratio. The situation is same for Nokia 3250, there is almost 2x gap between the leader and this model. We can always say �hey, it�s a smartphone, it means�� and what just this means exactly? We were comparing only �musical� part of the handset, and this part has been inferior when compared to others. This is why it takes last place in our rankings, this position is well-deserved. ============================================= "Sony Ericsson Walkman" too poor speakers sound if you compare with "Motorola Music Phone" like "Motorola E680i" (3D Stereo Speakers Sound, has 2 speakers, the music out to speakers to be "3D Surround Sound"); "Motorola E398". "Motorola MS550" is "Camera Phone" who has "Auto Focus" and "3.2 Mega Pixel Camera". That's phone available in the second half of 2005. I think before "Sony Ericsson" make "Auto Focus Camera". Hahaha... Hahaha... You blind about "Motorola", my friend.

nhizzingerz

to motorola people can u please upgrade the features of the motorazr maxx v6 model, maybe you can call it MOTORAZR MAXX V8 or something, overall i love the slim design of the phone but it lacks some features maybe you can add autofocus and digital zoom on camera, maybe the quality sound like that of the sony ericsson walkman phones and if possible a speaker phone that we can hear the music without the headset, a WLAN, a documeng viewer (word,excel etc) and maybe you can adjust the screen to a much larger viewing screen inside and out, if you can build one of these RIRZ Z8 will be obsolete in a month... well just a suggestion maybe you can build this by year 2020 hahaha!!!

kenny

Guys please stop this nonsense argument! it is nonsense that both motorola and samsung fanatics/suipporters are arguing with that simple copycating design. both companies do good in mobiles and this razr is unique in it's way too. same with samsung that's why one of them have become the best mobile handset of the year. i can't see any point to argue the design copying as every companies have both similarities and differences in looks outside and inside. i don't think there's a law regarding the design concept copying else there's no giants like Nokia, SE, Motorola, and Samsung at all because their concept is actually copied from the small brands which were not even exposed widely to the public. why can't you appreciate that a company is not only copying the design but rather also putting more functions so that they won't be called copycats. samsung copycated the slim soncept from Razr but they have come up to beat the slimness of the razr, nokia copied razr also but they put symbian, SE also copied maybe Slvr in their W880 but the UI, Platform and music features are better. so the motorola also attempted to counter all of them by introducing Rizr Z8 with symbian and in slim unique slider form. all companies have their own strength in design, features, function and communication, why won't we distribute this strength for the benefit of the consumers?

Kal

moto 2 little I WILL NEVER..hear again NEVER aggree that ULTRA edition is copy of razr...ULTRA is a series ..not just one model....are you blind or what...how come a slider bocomes copy of a flip???????? I got the poit, you are actually MOTO-BLIND. Cant really see anything else. BLACK was.. is and will ALWAYS be the color for gedgets...dont talk crap...here even the z8 is black, why>??? ..and if you think that flurocent green is looking cool and funky..yes it is but I cant carry it in office..its got more of a sporty look and its seems for teenagers. why nokia makes different color model and then release a black version as well.!! Black is always in demand.

Anonymous

i saw this phone selling in poland. im trying to check out in google where to purchase online.

Anonymous

New Flagship Phone of Motorola! yay !

moto 2 little

LOL, the korean brands, Samsung and LG makes me sick... Especially the ultra edition.. COPIED Severely!! At least SE make some really nice phones for example W850i, that walkman phone is nice. Samsung?? Nth good about it, all phone looked the same, black!! Their only color is black and maybe silver for some cheaper phones.. Lack of creativity.. KAL, u agree Ultra edition copied Razr series?? Dont deny it Kal. Nth shame to admit

Anonymous

============================================= To: N9xF For that guy over there motorola is unique about design, this phone is great, nothing better than motorola, sorry for the people that seems to be blind, because when it comes to design motorola is the king. ============================================= I agree with your statement. Motorola is a leader of innovations and designs.

Anonymous

For that guy over there motorola is unique about design, this phone is great, nothing better than motorola, sorry for the people that seems to be blind, because when it comes to design motorola is the king.

Anonymous

What is the point mobile manufacture make the phone? Business, Profit, Share Market and Customer Satisfaction.

Anonymous

Motorola Earns Top Ranking for Customer Satisfaction VDC Recognition Marks Motorola�s Fourth Accolade Since Award�s Inception TEMPE, Ariz. � 19 March 2007 � Venture Development Corporation (VDC) has recognized Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) as a Platinum Embedded Board Vendor, the highest level category that VDC presents for demonstrating excellence in customer satisfaction. The 2006 ranking marks the fourth time that Motorola has earned top honors in this category. �This achievement highlights Motorola�s customer-centric focus and rich heritage in the embedded board industry,� said Paul Zorfass, director of the Embedded Hardware and Systems practice at VDC. �In addition to this recent honor, Motorola also has consistently received the Platinum Vendor Award from award inception in 2002.� Conducted as part of VDC�s annual Global Market Analysis of Merchant, Computer Boards for Embedded/Real-time Applications research report, data for the ranking was gathered through an online survey of embedded board users. Users identified their most important non-product criteria in evaluating a vendor including elements such as availability/delivery, price, reliable/long product life, experience/relationship with vendor, cutting edge technology, technical support, and a variety of other service and support factors. User rankings revealed Motorola as one of the top five percent of companies for the Platinum Vendor Award, and also recognized the next 10 percent with the Gold Vendor Award. Both the Platinum and Gold ratings were generated entirely by user feedback entered into an impartial model created by VDC. �Motorola is very proud to be recognized by our customers with VDC�s Platinum status for the fourth year, as this recognition validates our long-term commitment to deliver unparalleled products and customer service,� said Jorge Magalhaes, director of marketing, Embedded Communications Computing, Motorola, Inc. �Our ability to offer one of the industry�s broadest product portfolios spanning AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, AdvancedMC, CompactPCI and VMEbus technologies as well as comprehensive software and services offerings is once again being recognized for making a significant contribution to the embedded industry. Motorola will continue to lead in the embedded arena by offering a combination of next-generation blades, modules, shelves, application-ready platforms and communications servers to address the industry�s ever-changing communications needs.� The full VDC press release can be downloaded here: About VDC Venture Development Corporation (VDC) is an independent technology market research and strategy consulting firm that specializes in a number of embedded, component, industrial, retail automation, RFID, AIDC, datacom/telecom, and defense markets. VDC has been operating since 1971, when the firm was founded by graduates of the Harvard Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Today, it employs a talented collection of analysts and consultants who offer a rare combination of expertise in the market research process; experience in technology product and program management; and formal training in engineering and marketing. VDC�s clients include thousands of the largest and fastest-growing technology suppliers in the world and the most successful investors participating in the markets it covers. About Motorola Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of seamless mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you connect simply and seamlessly to the people, information and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by designing and delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences and powerful networks -- along with a full complement of support services. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $42.9 billion in 2006. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit . # # # Media Contacts Lee Ann Kuster Embedded Communications Computing Motorola +1 602 438 3623 [email protected] Shreek Raivadera Embedded Communications Computing Motorola +44 (0) 116 267 7396 [email protected] MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. AdvancedTCA is a registered trademark of the PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group. � Motorola, Inc. 2007. All rights reserved. Source:

Anonymous

Before Nokia make mobile with "Digital Camera 3.2 Mega Pixel". Motorola already make it, Motorola MS550 since around nearly 2 year ago (Read here => If Motorola want, Motorola can make how mega pixel camera people want. Motorola looking to "Customer Satisfaction" with cheap price. Look Motorola mobile price. Good features not so important. Look "Motorola V3 Razr" who has basic featerus than other brands but "Motorola V3 Razr" has successor and to be legend because "Motorola V3 Razr" already sold more than 50 million units for 2 years. Best mobile doesn't mean success for sold and make "Customer Satisfaction". People know which brands copy cat from Motorola. When first time "Samsung Ultra Thin Flip Mobile" in market; people will said "that's copy cat from "Motorola V3 Razr"". When first time "Samsung Ultra Thin Candybar Mobile" in market; people will said "that's copy cat from "Motorola L Series"". Is public secret in "Motorola Fan's" already know "LG Chocolate" already raped from "Motorola Touch Pad Concept". Look this other concept from Motorola; which LG copy cat: "Motorola MS 400" in the market since January, 2005 (Source: and this is copy cat "LG M6100" announced January, 2006 (Source: Copy cat doesn't mean copy 100% same; we talk the concept. Motorola can't sue because many brands smart to copy cat. Example: Mini iPOD from Apple sue similar Mini iPOD from other brand but the result "Apple" can't win the sue because different in place sticker brand, and has LCD. For other people will said that's brand copy cat from "Mini iPOD" (Apple).

kenny

this phone is what will make motorola back in the mobile multimedia entertainment once again given that SE and nokia dominates most(sad because UIQ phones isn't as widespread as s60 now). i am very eager to see the review of motorola z8 in this site. but hoping that the problems in UIQ 3.0 has been fixed in the 3.1 version... and hope for more UIQ devices to be launched by motorola and SE...

Anonymous

may i ask what makes this different from other motorola phone, what are the similarities of this phone to other brand?

owen

cool style

Kal

If you are feeling sick..then be sick, just to remind you moto 2 little, that one of those Ultra edition is the best mobile handset for 2007.

real

ATG please stfu if motorola start to sue nokia and other brands by copying their design concepts, they will need to sue sony ericsson, samsung, Lg and etc. ArrayComm build the first bar phone ever, so they can sue every brand!!! if everyone start to sue others for something, in a few weeks we will see p.e.n.i.s shapped phones because there is no more basic shapes without copyrights to build phones!!!

moto 2 little

hey guys, motorola's slim mobile profile indeed has caused a huge trendm that resulted in COPYCATS!!!! FOr exp, SAMSUNG the big copier with the ultra edition.. Nokia, N75 izit?? SE w880i.. LG shine... Motorola is a pioneer in design, other manufacutres just copy off moto's design.. lol, ultra edition, thinking of it makes me sick lol, cheeeers for MOTO!!!!! HEllomoto

Anonymous

You know what the great thing is about the RIZR Z8? It will come down in price really fast just like the RAZR V3s. Carriers will be giving big discounts on them with 2 yr contracts. Also I don't know why some people are getting all bent out of shape because the phone "only" has a 2MP camera. Sure they could've added a higher MP camera but it would've probably made it more expensive. I'm pretty sure they'll come out with Z8i, Z8r, Z8x etc. with higher MP cameras in the future like the V3s. If high MP camera is your thing then buy a different phone. PLENTY of people will be buying the Z8. It will probably be as popular as the V3 when it came out. I really like what Motorola has offered in terms of style and functionlity in their phones. I would buy a Motorola over a Nokia 9 out of 10 times and I'm not even a Motorola "fan". In fact I like NEC phones myself and will be getting the NEC N908. I will also be getting a LG CU500 because it's only $50 now with Cingular.

ATG

if nokia is a copycat, so what, their phones are usable by every1. to use a SE / MOTO / Siemens / O2 / Palm, you need to think, 'coz their menu structures are intuitive, to say the least... improvement, and this is not copied... if they copy something, why does not moto or other company file cases for patent infringement? ask yourself... ...atg...

Anonymous

=============================================== To: joe hobo i want a rizr z8 review please =============================================== You can watch "You Tube" =>

joe hobo

i want a rizr z8 review please

Anonymous

Motorola Z8 Hands On February 12 John Biggs Got some quality time with the Z8. It�s quite similar to the RIZR but it has this little kink in it that folds it over when you open it. The OS, which is Symbian, is much improved over the standard RAZR garbage. Is this the phone to bring Moto out of their doldrums? Potentially. It�s interesting and improved enough to be contender. Source: Video of The Motorola Z8 In Action: Weird Curved Design Sometimes all the pictures in the world just don't do a phone justice. Case in point, the Motorola Z8. Motorola's demoing it over at 3GSM and letting ethically challenged journalists feel it up. Of note is the curved design and the fact that the interface doesn't completely suck, quite possibly a first for a Motorola cellphone. � Nicholas Deleon Source: Motorola Z8 slices in Picked by Caspar Field on February 13th, 2007 in News Another of the funkier handsets announced at 3GSM is Motorola�s new MOTORIZR Z8, complete with �kick-slider� mechanism. The sharp-edged handset�s face-friendly lines bend around to match the shape of your head. (Personally, I prefer my phone to match the shape of my knee; makes for more interesting calls.) The Z8�s sharp style isn�t just skin-deep, however, as the phone runs the Symbian OS; supports up to 4GB microSD cards; has a 2.2″ QVGA screen; a 2MP camera; and boasts high-speed connectivity via HSDPA. Stereo Bluetooth is also supported for music playback over compatible headsets. Expect to see the Z8 hit stores sometime around April. Source: MOTORIZR Z8: MOTORIZR(TM) Z8 also features Motorola's first ever "kick slider," a graceful mechanism that achieves a "fit-to-face" profile by gliding open in a curve to match the contour of your face. With high-speed connectivity via HSDPA, and a multimedia feature set that includes a brilliant 16 million colour 35x50mm QVGA full screen display, MOTORIZR Z8 boasts video playback speeds of up to 30 frames per second. In addition to its 90MB of internal memory, the device also supports expandable memory up to 4GB using MicroSD, enough space for full length movies, hours of music or tons of pictures. The unprecedented entertainment experience is brought to life via a partnership with BSkyB which will users to access Sky's mobile content services. As well as offering access to an on-demand library of updating news, entertainment and sports, Sky's 'Anytime' application also provides an access point to Sky's range of live mobile TV services. Anytime also allows customers to use their mobile phone to programme their Sky+ boxes remotely. The handset also features Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology as well as a built-in music player and a 2MP digital camera with dedicated side camera key, while the onboard video and audio system records in mpeg 4 and 3gp (for MMS) completing the handset's imaging package. Availability MOTORIZR Z8 will be available from April 2007. Source:

Anonymous

MOTORIZR� Z8 Kick start your day with the new MOTORIZR Z8. Reinventing the slider phone, the MOTORIZR Z8 brings multimedia, speed, pleasure and mobile broadband1 to your fingertips. Providing you with the ultimate in entertainment, the MOTORIZR Z8 allows you to watch crystal clear video at 30 frames per second through a large QVGA 16m TFT display. The device also supports optional expandable memory up to 4GB using microSD, which is enough space for full length movies or hours of music. Music can be enjoyed wirelessly utilising Bluetooth� wireless technology that when combined with an optional Bluetooth enabled stereo headset such as the Motorola Bluetooth Active Headphones S9, providing complete wireless control and freedom.1 Feature packed, at 15.3 millimeters, the MOTORIZR Z8 is not much larger than the classic MOTORAZR� waist band. Providing an innovative and exciting mobile experience the MOTORIZR Z8 allows you to enjoy your multimedia content while on the go with crystal clear video and high fidelity sound. Whether you're watching or streaming video2, to having a lengthy conversation, the MOTORIZR Z8 is much more than your typical slider � it's a revolution in mobile multimedia. Goodbye image. Hello reality. LIGHTNING FAST SPEED For instant gratification when you need the right content, the MOTORIZR Z8 is HSDPA with Symbian software and 3.5G enablers will come through for you. The MOTORIZR Z8 not only delivers quick access to content, it delivers smooth services and experiences directly to your phone. Staying entertained has never been easier � watch pin sharp videos on the 2.2 inch screen or access on-demand content directly on your handset.2 Harnessing the power of mobile broadband, download content over-the-air (OTA) - getting your music, video files, games or even accessing the Internet has never been easier.2 From sharing photos to rocking out to your own personal soundtrack, saying you'll be satisified is an understatement. INSTANT ACCESS From fashion gurus to multimedia junkies, the new MOTORIZR Z8 has something to offer all consumers. Bursting with multimedia capabilities, this do-it-all handset includes a powerful 2.0 megapixel camera with dedicated shutter button for one-click photo and video capture, integrated lumi LED light and even red-eye reduction. With a hot swappable microSD card with up to 4GB of optional memory, you can quickly access files. Equipped with an integrated music player, the MOTORIZR Z8 allows you to create playlists, add creativity to your music with on-screen visualizations and easily skip to the next groove with shuffle capability. The MOTORIZR phone's redesigned user interface allows simple one-click access to all this and more. EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS Enabling you to expand your music experience wirelessly, the MOTORIZR lets you set your music collection free ... from wires. The MOTORIZR Z8 effortlessly syncs with your compatible Bluetooth enabled music center using compatible Bluetooth enabled stereo accessories. With Bluetooth stereo profile support you can enjoy your favorite tunes without ever missing a call � at home, on the move, while on the go!1 SUMMARY OF FEATURES * Unique ergonomic slider design * Up to approximately five hours 3G talk time, up to approximately 16 days standby time3 * 3.6Mbps HSDPA providing mobile broadband1 * 2 megapixel camera with 8x zoom and lumi LED light, video record and playback capabilities * Approximately 90 MB free internal user memory, optional expandable to 4GB with microSD * Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS 1.21 * Integrated media player * Redesigned user interface with one-click access to phone functions * A2DP AVRCP Bluetooth stereo profiles1 Source:

ronald

ABOUT BLUETOOTH Essar Telecom Retail Limited� FAQ�s BLUE TOOTH Related: 1. What is Blue tooth and how to use it? Answer: Bluetooth is an open specification for wireless data transmission which operates on the globally available 2.4GHz radio frequency. It is a wireless device used for data transfer. The mobile should be blue tooth enabled. One needs to go to the option on the handset � �Connectivity� and switch on the blue tooth. Once it is on - you can transfer data from another blue tooth enabled phone, Computer, Laptop, PDA. 2. What do you mean by Blue tooth Dongle and how do you use it? Answer: Blue tooth Dongle is a external Wireless device similar to a pen drive where it has to be connected to the USB port and data can be transferred either from a mobile to PC or a PC to mobile. Bluetooth dongle enables short range wireless data-connectivity between Bluetooth enabled devices & computers. 3. If a customer purchases a product do they get any guarantee or warranty and by whom? Answer: Guarantee or warranty will be given by the manufacturer of the product. ACCESSORIES Related: 1. How to transfer data using data cable? Answer: One end of the cable should be connected to the mobile and the other end should be connected to the USB port in the computer. Once it is connected we can transfer data from each other. 2. If a customer purchases a product do they get any guarantee or warranty and by whom? Answer: Guarantee or warranty will be given by the manufacturer of the product.

wqw

wow!.It"s cooooooool.But toooooooo expensive.

Anonymous

Mr PDLx, it is as if you did not read what I wrote in my previous posting. I said your VIEWS cannot be trusted because of your obsessive bias towards Moto. One of your views is that Nokia's mobiles are junk. You have stated this time without number. To continuously condemn all the phones of a company especially one that has given satisfaction to many is simply malicious propaganda. The list of achievements of Moto, I am not disputing. In fact I am pleased. They have made a valuable contribution. However, they have not made the only contribution. Other companies worked hard to make modern mobile communication a progressive reality. PDLx, Moto's Z8 does not exist in isolation. It is right that it should be compared and contrasted with other phones. You cannot bully or hunt down people who disagree with certain aspects of the phone. For instance it is a fact that Moto have underpowered the camera. There are plenty of phones in Moto's product range. They could have put the lousy 2MP in them. The Z8 was expected to be state-of-the-art and consequently should have a better camera. What is wrong with a customer wanting pictures to look sharper on a multimedia device??? PDLx, Moto were not the original inventors of the phone. They built on someone else's invention. PDLx you do not understand the concept of critical appraisal. To continuously praise Moto without pointing out the flaws is mischievous and misleading. By illucidating the flaws, Moto will correct them and get better and better. You are an enemy of progress and a hinderance, not a help to Moto. If I was Moto, I would drop you like a bad habit.

Kal

MOTOROLA is definitely not the First HSDPA phone. MOTOROLA is Neither the first SLIM candybar phone. Im not a nokia fan, but please dont get over hyper. cheers

Anonymous

mJZx This other statement from "Official Motorola Website": "Motorola�s role as pioneer, innovator and visionary in mobile communications is well-known." "For more than 75 years, Motorola has proven itself a global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies and embedded electronic products, and has become a company recognized for its dedication to ethical business practices and pioneering role in important innovations." World's First FM Portable Two-Way Radio World's First Commercial Portable Cellular Phone Source: You can complain their statement to Don't hiding. Don't to be coward. After you complain and then posting here your e-mail complain and posting what "Motorola" answer about your complain. I am and "Motorola Fan's" waiting your posting.

Anonymous

mJZx I give e-mail and contact number for you to "complain". "Motorola Earns Top Ranking for Customer Satisfaction" (Source: If you want complain about that's topic; just contact to: Media Contacts Lee Ann Kuster Embedded Communications Computing Motorola +1 602 438 3623 [email protected] Shreek Raivadera Embedded Communications Computing Motorola +44 (0) 116 267 7396 [email protected] "Motorola Launches the First Tattooed Mobile Phone". If you want complain about that's topic; just contact to: [email protected] Source: Don't to be coward. If you dare, complain to them.

Anonymous

mJZx "Motorola Fan's" will agree with me about what i type here. Some of "Motorola Innovations": - Motorola the First Tattooed Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) - Motorola the First Dual hinge Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) - Motorola the First Swivel Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) - Motorola the First Slim Flip Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) - Motorola the First Slim Candybar Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) - Motorola the First HSDPA Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) - Motorola the First Bluetooth A2DP Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) ============================================= After discussions with reasonable people on this forum it is clear that different people will like different phones from different companies. ============================================= Which Fan's? Look and open your eyes. "Nokia Fan's" doesn't agree with that following their posting. Read carefully all the posting. What "Nokia Fan's" said un-fact "Motorola Rizr Z8" copy from "Nokia Banana". "Motorola" slow because "Micro SD" or bla... bla... Is "Nokia Fan's" doesn't look mirror about "Nokia Product"? "Nokia E90" use "Micro SD" too. Yes, phone companies copy from each other and this has speed up technical development because they can all make contributions into a general pool. In this case i talk "Motorola is pioner in design and technology". Read carefully, i don't said "Only Motorola is Pioner in design and technology".

Anonymous

mJZx Hahaha... I can type anything about Motorola because this is "Motorola Forum". If you disagree is up to you and go to other brand forum. Propaganda? All i type has source and facts. Who make war here? Of course "Nokia Fan's" and other brand. Who make propaganda here? Of course "Nokia Fan's" and other brand. I am not said "Motorola are the only innovators". Same as like what "Motorola website" type "Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications." Can you complain about that statement to Motorola? Hahaha... I think you just can doubt. "Motorola is leader in innovations." Some "Official Motorola website" write about that statement. Can you complain to Motorola? Hahaha... Just can doubt. Tell me "What Nokia Innovation?"

Anonymous

Mr PDLx, you speak of Moto as if their phones have no flaws. Your views are biased and cannot be trusted. After discussions with reasonable people on this forum it is clear that different people will like different phones from different companies. Variety is the spice of life. You go on and on about Nokia copying but this is how technology improves. Nokia has the humility to see an interesting idea, learn from it and develop and incorporate it into its phones. Nokia is being sincere. Why should they pretend to be blind to what is current? Toyota and Ferrari were not the original inventors of the motorcar's internal combustion engine. Should they be derided and called copy-cats because they use that engine in their cars???Phone companies copy from each other and this has sped up technical development because they can all make contributions into a general pool. PDLx you believe your own propaganda. Moto are not the only innovators.

rajaram

sony have high mega pixel camera but motorola allways low 2.mega. sony now 3.

Anonymous

Some of "Motorola Innovations": - Motorola the First Tattooed Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) - Motorola the First Dual hinge Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) - Motorola the First Swivel Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) - Motorola the First Slim Flip Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) - Motorola the First Slim Candybar Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) - Motorola the First HSDPA Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) - Motorola the First Bluetooth A2DP Mobile Phone (Nokia copy cat) "Motorola Fan's" can add other "Motorola Innovations".

Anonymous

Motorola Earns Top Ranking for Customer Satisfaction VDC Recognition Marks Motorola�s Fourth Accolade Since Award�s Inception TEMPE, Ariz. � 19 March 2007 � Venture Development Corporation (VDC) has recognized Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) as a Platinum Embedded Board Vendor, the highest level category that VDC presents for demonstrating excellence in customer satisfaction. The 2006 ranking marks the fourth time that Motorola has earned top honors in this category. �This achievement highlights Motorola�s customer-centric focus and rich heritage in the embedded board industry,� said Paul Zorfass, director of the Embedded Hardware and Systems practice at VDC. �In addition to this recent honor, Motorola also has consistently received the Platinum Vendor Award from award inception in 2002.� Conducted as part of VDC�s annual Global Market Analysis of Merchant, Computer Boards for Embedded/Real-time Applications research report, data for the ranking was gathered through an online survey of embedded board users. Users identified their most important non-product criteria in evaluating a vendor including elements such as availability/delivery, price, reliable/long product life, experience/relationship with vendor, cutting edge technology, technical support, and a variety of other service and support factors. User rankings revealed Motorola as one of the top five percent of companies for the Platinum Vendor Award, and also recognized the next 10 percent with the Gold Vendor Award. Both the Platinum and Gold ratings were generated entirely by user feedback entered into an impartial model created by VDC. �Motorola is very proud to be recognized by our customers with VDC�s Platinum status for the fourth year, as this recognition validates our long-term commitment to deliver unparalleled products and customer service,� said Jorge Magalhaes, director of marketing, Embedded Communications Computing, Motorola, Inc. �Our ability to offer one of the industry�s broadest product portfolios spanning AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, AdvancedMC, CompactPCI and VMEbus technologies as well as comprehensive software and services offerings is once again being recognized for making a significant contribution to the embedded industry. Motorola will continue to lead in the embedded arena by offering a combination of next-generation blades, modules, shelves, application-ready platforms and communications servers to address the industry�s ever-changing communications needs.� The full VDC press release can be downloaded here: This is our "Motorola Fan's" Proud.

tracy

i love it.

burb

I compared both The Z8 n N95 cos i kinda like this 2 phones.., im currently using v3i n n70 n i intend to upgrade my v3i one of these phone. so after comparing both phone i think i will go for the z8 due to these few reasons. 1> design.. z8 having the better looking design. n95 looks like a plastic toy phone which i can find in the night market. 2> features.. i admit n95 is offering more features but most of them are irrelevant to me. i do not need a GPS as i dun travel to foreign countries alot, i dun need a 5mp cam as i did not intend to print such a big photo. n as for the wifi/wlan, i still prefer to use a laptop as the screen is definately bigger. for me 3g is more on video calling. 3> price... if i choose the n95, i need to fork out more for something useless to me...wats the point of paying more for something useless. p/s: to all the user of mobile phone. its up to u to choose whatever model u like. go and try the phone b4 u buy to make sure u do not regret. reviews and comments are for reference only. u r the one who will be paying n using the phone.

Cain

Yeah. Nice "world peace and prosperity" speach. Still, you take a lot to your own hands, and decide what is "best" and which way should the future developement of mankind go. While I am talking about freedom of choice. I don't think all phones should be metal, with 1.3 cams (like mine). I'm saying that we should have ALL sorts of phones. I am perfectly fine with SE pumpming out more mpx every month, and I myself recommend such phones to people who care about camera. Do you want a Nokia phone with million of features ? Hell, fine with me. I don't accuse you of not having taste or brains (even if you do put me in "fashion victims"). Among all other manufacturers that rush to beat each other at tech stuff, why not let Moto offer an alternative for people who don't care much about gigapixels and WIFI, but do care about style and built. And give them credit for it. If the situation was totaly different, and all brands were offering "material" phones, except one who would be pursuing cameras, I would still be glad we all have a choice, even if I don`t care about cameras. So, we can see each other as "fool who spends his money on tech poor phone" VS "fool who spends his money on a plastic toy phone", or we can see each other as people who have different styles and needs and choose their stuff to their own personal liking.

Anonymous

Cain, you fail to understand and accept simple truths. I am talking about features which is a function of technology which is objective and is what drives progress. You are talking about YOU. A subjective attitude that puts absolute importance to stuff like whether or not a phone is made out of metal or plastic; whether or not the phone has the right look. These subjective points do not bring development and progress. The phone would never have been invented if the scientists had your subjective fashion approach. Instead of empirical technology they would put more emphasis on what was important to certain individuals like yourself. Understand this: the most important thing is the evolution of technology so that mankind can attain better communications and NOT the whims of a fashion individual.

Lev

Motorola is the best! Nokia, Samsung and other phone manufacturers were sleeping when motorola was developing communication devices.

Cain

@mJZx No, YOU re missing the point. Moto does give me the choice of a decent phone, with great build, and material quality. That is the most important thing for ME. I would not choose a plastic phone over a metal one even if it had 10 mpx camera and WIFI 2nd generation, because such stuff is not important to ME. Do you honestly think YOU know what is best for ME ?

Kal

have been reading the chaos for quite sometime..did moto got any award in 3GSM? yeh its for the cheapest phone...so get over it guys. The way I see it, time is running out for both Nokia and Moto...adding all these features hastly and leaving others simply shows their desparation to keep their position.

Anonymous

I had in my possesion at past all of them...at this moment,i have a nokia,but i believe that nokia has generally ugly phones,sonyeric gives you more for less money etc.etc. But my next phone is gonna be RIZR Z8,not for the characteristics or price,but just for the looks.Just loved it.Which is the best phone is relative...

Anonymous

kSax, if Moto are upgrading their phones because that's the way technology works why did they put a lousy 2MP camera in a current, high-end phone. That is not an upgrade but a serious downgrade. In the same breath they put VGA video at 30fps. As if they were desperate to equal Nokia in a key multimedia feature. This is an obvious case of copying. You cannot reconcile a 2MP camera with VGA video. it shows confusion and a lack of sincerity. Anyway, my main point is that Moto should not underfeature high-end phones. I am certain if pushed, Moto can produce far better phones. Its like they're holding back on us.

Anonymous

Differen brand different focus. Motorola focus on design, not for the features before. Only from design of Motorola can make growest global market share than Nokia? Wow... That's amazing. "Motorola MS550" is the first CDMA mobile who has 3.5 Mega Pixel Camera. What is Nokia can do for Nokia CDMA mobile? Hahaha...

Anonymous

Oh, come on "Nokia Fan's". What is Motorola copy from Nokia? 16 million color screen, 2 Mega Pixel Camera, VGA Video is from Panasonic. Nokia doesn't has innovations. "Motorola MPX 300" is the first phone has WLAN, WiFi, Infra Red, bluetooth, dual hinge, and more in one mobile than Nokia. "Motorola Q" has GPS. Nokia only make mobile with "Stereo Sound"? That's old. "Motorola E680i" around 2 years ago already has "3D Surround Sound". Nokia only has 5 Mega Pixel Camera, Samsung already has 10 Mega Pixel Camera. So what is Nokia innovations? The answers: No innovations from Nokia. Get real... Nokia is junk mobile.

Anonymous

Uh..no, Motorola is upgrading their phones because that's how technology works and that's what consumers expect not to mention that's how they stay competitive. They are not *copying* Nokia by adding these features..LOL. If Toyota put a V10 into a sportscar are they copying Ferrari? LOL!

Anonymous

Kenny, I never said that Nokia were the innovators of the 16M colour screen or VGA video. The point is Nokia have the largest market share so other companies take notice and copy what Nokia does. Moto is copying Nokia in that it is upgrading the features eg VGA video. The problem is on a high-end phone like the Z8 the user expects important features such as WLAN and a decent camera to be included. Remember that this is no longer a mere phone. It is a multimedia device. I was shocked when Moto put yesterday's camera on a today phone. It shows a lack of sincerity and vision. I believe that Moto can be great but it's going to take a little shove from YOU, their supporters.

Duck

Im Happy with my brand new N95... And Im not an Nokia fan. I have a MotoHeart but I am going to hope that motorola introduce to the market an equipment with the same characteristics of my N95 to buy it, since always belive that Motorola is synonymous of Cellular. but at the moment I just prefere the WLAN, the 5mpx cam, the stereo sound of the bozzers,the DVD streaming quality, the GPS and many more things.

kenny

mJZx: copy-cating the 16M screen from nokia? panasonic have the first 16M screen since the introduction of 2mp cameras on phones. VGA video? this have been the innovation of Xcute DV1 3mp camera phone which was the first DVD like video camera. why saying copycating when the technology grows rapidly and the companies have to equip those features to their future phones.it's like what if moto put WLAN,GPS in their RIZR Z9 then you'll definitely say they copycated the features of the N95? this is insane.

Anonymous

Cain, you are missing the point. Moto do not give the customer a choice. Their phones are simply underfeatured. You must admit that technology is evolving. Yesterday we had only VGA cameras. Today we're talking megapixels. Are you telling me you prefer a VGA still camera?? Moto are pretending that this is a cutting edge phone and yet key features such as WLAN are missing. Why did they put a lousy 2MPcamera instead of 3.2?? Total insincerity, and if we don't complain they'll never change.

Anonymous

The phone companies are all copying from each other. 16M screen and VGA video are just a few items Moto have copied from Nokia. I am waiting for the day when Moto will make a full featured device instead of conning everybody with their fashion phones. Where is WLAN, infrared, FM radio, GPS receiver, 3.2MP camera???Have they all gone for a picnic??? If you keep on worshiping Moto, they will never include these features.

Cain

There is NO best phone ! Can anyone here understand that ? There is only best phone for YOU. And it depends on what are you looking for. A feature, or a bunch o features that are really important to you. If you know what you want, you can choose easily. No one is "stupid" beceause he wants something you don`t. Fanboys, go to your own forums. You are all making this forum unbearable. Get a life !

Anonymous

If this is the Motorola's best phone. But GPRS class 10 not 32, Edge Class 10 not 32, No HSCSD, No WIFI, No Infrared port, No Radio, Not 16M TFT, No VGA Video. People, why you are saying this is the best phone?

Anonymous

Nokia first time only design candybar. Nokia copy cat slider design from Samsung. Nokia copy cat flip design, swivel design, dual hinge design and more from Motorola. When "Motorola MPX 300" (dual hinge) in the market, too many people said that's mobile un-stable design, ugly, bla...bla... But finally "Nokia" copy cat dual hinge design from Motorola. Hahaha...

Anonymous

Ugly phone? Let's we see, Nokia will copy design from "Motorola Rizr Z8". Is same like "Motorola V3 Razr" when first time in the market, too many people said something negative complain but finally Nokia copy cat "Motorola V3 Razr". Hahaha... "Motorola Fan's" will talk about "Motorola Rizr Z8" in the public. Off course "Nokia Fan's" or other brand fan's doesn't want talk about "Motorola Rizr Z8" in the public. Hahaha... "Motorola" not copy from "Nokia" in their introduction of VGA at 30fps video recording. "Nokia" copy from other brands too. Hahaha... Mostly Nokia copy cat concept from Motorola. If Motorola copying from Nokia, just small copy from Nokia. Nearly all Nokia design is copy cat from Motorola.

insane

it is the ugliest phone i ever seen.. it may be the smartest.. but is shure ugly.. i would be ashame to talk at it in public places.. UGLY PHONE!!

Anonymous

You Moto Z8 people are a vulgar bunch. "Me" offered a valid comment about the limitations of the microSD card and he was summarily abused and insulted first by PDLx then by others that included the vulgar "oh dude." Progressive people will not be intimidated by you. We will continue to exchange ideas so that the art of phone making will reach higher standards. Talking of copying: are Moto not copying Nokia in their introduction of VGA at 30fps video recording???

Motoz8

Motorola RIZR Z8 its the best...................................of all the mobile phones, best in its features, Looks & Performance. Motorola Rocks........

Anonymous

Hahaha... Today i look all the new Nokia. The quality of the casing is very poor, like cheap toys. For now the faster grow mobile marketing is in China. I got the information from "Gartner" and my friend who live in China, he confirm about mobile marketing in China. The fact, Motorola has more than 19% market share and Nokia has 9% market share. Let we see which global market share grow between Nokia, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson. Nokia Q1-Q4,2005=32.4% Q1-Q4,2006=34.1% Grow=1.7% Q4,2005=34.1% Q4,2006=35.2% Grow=1.1% Motorola Q1-Q4,2005=17.9% Q1-Q4,2006=21.3% Grow=3.4% Q4,2005=18.2% Q4,2006=21.9% Grow=3.7% Sony Ericsson Q1-Q4,2005=6.3% Q1-Q4,2006=7.3% Grow=1% Q4,2005=6.6% Q4,2006=8.7% Grow=2.1% The conclution: - Global Market Share grow between "Q1-Q4,2005" until "Q1-Q4,2006"; Motorola grow 2 times than Nokia and more 3 times than Sony Ericsson. - Global Market Share grow between "Q4,2005" until "Q4,2006"; Motorola grow more than 3 times than Nokia and more 1 times than Sony Ericsson. - From 3 brands; the slowest grow is Nokia. From the fact of global market share grow; i can said Nokia is junk mobile.

Anonymous

in 2002!, you said it, nokia gained market share in that time now it holds 35% of the marketshare and had 37%! of the Q4 2006 sells. and the n95 its just some weeks of comming out ;)

kenny

me: even though the N73 has faster memory card the phone OS itself is a downer. multitasking of the phone(N73) is relatively poor compared to any other OSes(like windows,palm and UIQ) and i believe this upcoming UIQ 3.1 rizr z8 will outperform S60 because of the improved multitasking features of this new platform version even though they had the slowest memory card as yoi imply. and look at it's processor: TI multimedia as said in the specs. so it is suited for multimedia applications unlike the ARM processor of the N-series(i think it's only for business use thst's why E-series runs very efficient unlike the N one) anyway does nokia don't use micro sd cards in their phones? Imo they do... and Sony ms micro is alot faster than that one so i think you are just defending and bashing at the same time the feature nokia also had. please don't be a hater. this uses UIQ 3.1 platform so the UI is now SE like and a bit moto like. search and watch at youtube.com and see for yourself.

real dude

I think 70% of phones uses microSD cards, so stfu and stop crying. There is nothing wrong with the card. Nokia is always copying other brands, design concepts and novel technologies, eveyone know, they can sell more phones than any other brand, BUT THEY COPY!!!

me

I'm sorry PDLx to say this but you are a very stupid person.I've read several of your posts and all you say is Nokia sucks.you should do psychiatric test and see if all your bells are in the right place.i was just pointing out that this phone uses the slowest memory card on the market.it may be the smallest,but it's not the best for this task.it may be suited for a mp3 player but not for a phone.even the ultra 2 micro sd is slow (with a theoretical speed at writing of 5-6 mb/s) compared with mini sd ultra 3 with a approx 19 mb/s read speed and 15-16 mb/s write speed.so you should stop saying that the n73 is a far slower phone than the rizr z8 (on basic all you do on a phone is determined by it's speed,thus faster card,faster access time,read time,copy,play,load etc etc).I've got on mine a ultra 2 1 gb card and it's actually very fast.please next time you post something think 60 times before writing something stupid.other than that I am looking forward seeing these 2 phones head to head in a competition that will end all the debates on which is best.

me

i don't know why you keep saying that this is a fast phone??hello...it has a TransFlash (micro sd) card which is the slowest of the bunch.the normal one has a writing speed of 20x - aprox 3MB/s (compared with the mini sd from the n73 - 60x or aprox 9 mb/s) the n73 will always be faster when it comes lo loading,playing,viewing etc stuff from the mem card.and that's what counts.you don't want to wait 5 minutes lo see 3 photos at 4 mpix resolution,or a video moving choppy.you can't rely on 90 mb of internal memory.

kenny

motorola good luck for this UIQ phone!!!

Dirk-Diggler

Looking to upgrade my samsung z510, does this have a "press" button to activate the slide ie "matrix - nokia"?

Anonymous

Music handsets comparison � which one to choose? Between Motorola ROKR E2, Nokia 3250, Sony Ericsson W800i, Sony Ericsson W810i, Sony Ericsson W900i, and Sony Ericsson W300i. The Winner is Motorola ROKR E2. Source: Some other fan's said about Motorola is not... But they can't fact. Hahaha... Children can speak if don't has fact.

Anonymous

"Motorola Rizr Z3" is not music phone. If you want comparison with "Motorola Rizr Z6" because "Motorola Rizr Z6" is music phone. "Motorola Rizr Z6" and "Motorola Rizr Z8" is not in the market yet.

viper

well,the rizr iz complicated...the pic resolution iz crap,sound quality pretty low.n0t the ideal phone in mah 0pinion

Anonymous

Monday Matchup Motorola Vs. Nokia Arik Hesseldahl, 01.19.04, 7:00 AM ET For Motorola, the battle for global mobile phone market share with Nokia is not going terribly well. In fact, though it has remained firmly in the number-two spot behind Nokia for several years, Motorola has no choice but to start looking over its shoulder at South Korea's Samsung. "2003 may turn out to be the final year in which Motorola is the clear number two," says analyst Neil Strother of Instat/MDR in Seattle. "2004 could turn out to be real horse race for second place." Behind Samsung are other vendors such as Germany's Siemens (nyse: SI - news - people ), Sony Ericsson--the joint venture of Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) and Ericsson (nasdaq: ERICY - news - people )--as well as Japan's Kyocera (nyse: KYO - news - people ). Nokia can apparently do little wrong in its mobile phone business--that is, unless you count the N-Gage, a combination phone and handheld gaming device that despite a great deal of prerelease hype and marketing bombed when it finally hit the marketplace. That doesn't mean Nokia doesn't have relative weaknesses relative to Motorola. Motorola leads Nokia in sales of phones based on CDMA, the dominant wireless phone network standard in the U.S. market, though Nokia has recently been more active on the CDMA front, Strother says. Motorola also has a stronger presence in China compared with Nokia, and China's wireless market is growing fast. One estimate by that country's Ministry of Information says there are only 250 million wireless handsets in use among a population of more than 1.3 billion. That makes China the world's largest wireless market, and it is where Motorola did 19% of its sales in 2002 compared with Nokia's 9%. *Source: Gartner Dataquest

Anonymous

All Nokia Communicator is truly suck mobile ever, un-stable OS. I bought "Nokia 9110", "Nokia 9210", "Nokia 9300", "Nokia 9300i", and "Nokia 9500"; the problem always same and OS always un-stable. "Nokia N70", "Nokia N80" and more Nokia is always same problem and OS always un-stable. My friend has "Nokia 7610". She use just for 1 1/2 year and then broken. She never felt down her "Nokia 7610". Is that "Nokia High End" quality? Oh man, so poor quality and un-worth it. She bring to Nokia Service Centre and then must pay 2/3 from new mobile "Nokia 7610" because the "IC" is broken. Oh man, Nokia don't use junk "IC".

Anonymous

Where "Motorola Rizr Z8" Review who said not good? I found 2 website "Nokia E90" Review who said disappointed mobile, junk mobile, and the truly S U C K mobile ever.

dmxn

motorola suxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~ u know why ??? they never ever ever forever improve their os ! nt like others, like nokia, se, always develop or create a new or even new interface os....not like motorola ,, always keeping the same os and use at any phones ! sux ! sux ! i bought few motorola phones, v3 , v3i , v3x, all sux ! although the design is great ..ya ..i really agree that, bt, the os really sux enough! can u improve the os? hello moto?

kenny

by the time it gets launched at the market the phone will really speaks for itself as a powerful smartphone in all matters. UIQ is simply getting better! bashers wait and see

mobileman

GREAT processor!!! Terrific screen! Everything a person needs in a phone!

SV

I see that much are saying here that Motorola Rizr is the best...If this is the best,i dont wanna se the worst Motorola phone!!!And all you inteligent Motorola fans answer me to this Question: If Motorola is so goo than why Nokia is the world leader in Mobile comunication and the top seller of Mobile Handsets??Motorola dont got Squat on Nokia and will never be a rival becouse they are way behind whit their tehnology and operating sistem.Nokia is the best..why???Becouse i owned about 60-70 mobile phones from which about 10 motorola and Evey Motorola phune has that stupid menu and stupid bluetooth and stupid iTap and very stupid battery.So why you all Motorola fans buy some moto phones and test them and compare them to Nokia phones.Than we will talk about how good is Motorola.When i had the V3 from motorola,after 2 weeks i didnt see me get rid of it once becouse that is the baddest mobile phone from Moto.The design is good but the menu and the battery is crap!!!Nokia is THE BEST MOBILE PHONE COMPANY IN THE WORLD,and this is the true.

Anonymous

Motorola RIZR Z8 Reviews Kick start your day with the new MOTORIZR Z8. Reinventing the slider phone, the MOTORIZR Z8 brings multimedia, speed, pleasure and mobile broadband?to your fingertips. Providing you with the ultimate in entertainment, the MOTORIZR Z8 allows you to watch crystal clear video at 30 frames per second through a large QVGA 16m TFT display. The device also supports optional expandable memory up to 4GB using microSD, which is enough space for full length movies or hours of music. Music can be enjoyed wirelessly utilising Bluetooth?wireless technology that, when combined with an optional Bluetooth enabled stereo headset such as the Motorola Bluetooth Active Headphones S9, provides complete wireless control and freedom.? Feature packed, at 15.3 millimeters, the MOTORIZR Z8 is not much larger than the classic MOTORAZR?waist band. Providing an innovative and exciting mobile experience the MOTORIZR Z8 allows you to enjoy your multimedia content while on the go with crystal clear video and high fidelity sound. Whether you�re watching or streaming video2 or having a lengthy conversation, the MOTORIZR Z8 is much more than your typical slider ?it�s a revolution in mobile multimedia. Goodbye image. Hello reality. Lightning Fast Speed For instant gratification when you need the right content, the MOTORIZR Z8 and its HSDPA, Symbian software and 3.5G enablers will come through for you. The MOTORIZR Z8 not only delivers quick access to content, it delivers smooth services and experiences directly to your phone. Staying entertained has never been easier - watch pin sharp videos on the 2.2 inch screen or access on-demand content directly on your handset.?Harnessing the power of mobile broadband, download content over-the-air (OTA) - getting your music, video files, games or even accessing the Internet has never been easier.? From sharing photos to rocking out to your own personal soundtrack, saying you�ll be satisified is an understatement. Instant Access From fashion gurus to multimedia junkies, the new MOTORIZR Z8 has something to offer all consumers. Bursting with multimedia capabilities, this do-it-all handset includes a powerful 2.0 megapixel camera with dedicated shutter button for one-click photo and video capture, integrated lumi LED light and even red-eye reduction. With a hot swappable microSD card with up to 4GB of optional memory, you can quickly access files. Equipped with an integrated music player, the MOTORIZR Z8 allows you to create playlists, add creativity to your music with on-screen visualizations and easily skip to the next groove with shuffle capability. The MOTORIZR phone�s redesigned user interface allows simple one-click access to all this and more. Expand Your Horizons Enabling you to expand your music experience wirelessly, the MOTORIZR lets you set your music collection free ... from wires. The MOTORIZR Z8 effortlessly syncs with your compatible Bluetooth enabled music center wirelessly. Using compatible stereo Bluetooth accessorie you can enjoy your favorite tunes wirelessly without ever missing a call ?at home, on the move, on the go!? SUMMARY OF FEATURES: # Unique ergonomic slider design # Up to approximately five hours 3G talk time, up to approximately 16 days standby time? # 3.6Mbps HSDPA providing mobile broadband? # 2 megapixel camera with 8x zoom and lumi LED light, video record and playback capabilities # Approximately 90 MB free internal user memory4, optional expandable to 4GB with microSD # Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS 1.2? # Integrated media player # Redesigned user interface with one-click access to phone functions # A2DP AVRCP Bluetooth stereo profiles? The MOTORIZR Z8 is expected to be available in the first half of 2007. For more information on pricing and product availability in your region, please check with your local Motorola representative. Source:

Anonymous

Motorola RIZR Z8 3G SmartPhone Overview Expected UK Release Date: 2nd Quarter 2007 Key Features 3G HSDPA Technology 3G Video Calling EDGE Technology & Bluetooth� Wireless Technology 2 Megapixel Camera with 8 x Zoom & Red Eye Reduction Music Player with Playlists 2.2 Inch TFT 16m Colour Screen (240 x 320 Pixels) Motorola RIZR Z8 3G SmartPhone Review The Motorola RIZR Z8 is also known as the MOTORIZR Z8 or the RIZR Z8 which is a impressive 3G Smartphone which has been design by the Motorola designers with the business user & multimedia loving user in mind. The handset comes in an interesting & well designed curved casing which in unique to this model & will cause a stir in the 3G Smartphone market. The handsets curved design comes with a slider opening mechanism which is easy to open & close in a single hand. The Motorola RIZR Z8 is a member of the RIZR family which includes the stylish Motorola RIZR Z3 which is also known as the Motorola RIZR. The RIZR Z8 provides the user with a high speed multimedia & mobile broadband handset. The phone is a 3G Smartphone which comes with HSDPA with Symbian software. The HSDPA provides the user with 3.6 Mbps which allows the user to enjoy high quality mobile broadband service on their handset. The Symbian operating system is 9.2 series which comes with series 60 software version 3.1. The Motorola RIZR Z8 comes with built in EDGE technology which provides high speed downloads & data transfers. The phone comes with Bluetooth� technology which provides a wirefree connection between Bluetooth� compatible devices including the users PC, laptop, PDA & printer. The user can download games & applications over the air. The phone comes with a WAP XHTML browser which allows the user to enjoy a real Internet experience on their RIZR Z8. The handset is compact & lightweight for a 3G Smartphone as it weighs a total of 112 grams. The phone is 15.4mm in depth which is a slim design & is 109mm high by 50mm in width. The RIZR Z8 comes with a fitted rechargeable battery which will provide up to 5 hours of 3G talk time & up to 16 days of standby battery time. The phone comes with 90 Mbytes of built in memory & the user can extend the phones memory capabilities by added a MicroSD� memory card which will expand the memory up to 4 Gbytes. The Motorola RIZR Z8 comes with a high colour & high resolution screen which will display up to 16 million colours on a 240 x 320 pixel screen. The screen is 2.2 Inches in size & provides the user with the perfect display for their imaging & multimedia features. The built in camera feature provides the user with a fabulous 2 megapixel camera with a dedicated shutter keys which provides a one click photo capture feature. The camera comes with 8 x digital zoom & a LED flash light. The user can restrict the red eye effect on their photos by using the anti red eye reduction feature. The camera comes with high quality settings & effects which are the same as a stand alone digital camera. The capturing fun does not stop their as the user can capture video footage on their Motorola RIZR Z8 which allows the user to record, play & stream video footage on their phone. The video feature can record clear video footage at a speed of 30 frames per second. The 3G capabilities of the RIZR Z8 allows the user to take part in a video call which allows the user to see who they are talking to on the large 2.2 Inch colour screen, whilst the second VGA video calling camera will record the user which will be seen by the users contact. The user can enjoy a video call with any video calling compatible contact. The RIZR Z8 comes with an integrated music player which allows the user to enjoy a lively or relaxing music experience when their on the move. The music player supports MP3 music formats as well as other popular formats. The music player allows the user to create their own playlists & add a personal feel to their music experience by adding on screen visualisation to enhance their music. The built in music player comes with a skip feature & shuffle facility which allows the user to control their music easily. The phone supports MP3 & polyphonic sound ringing tones. The user can enjoy their music wirelessly using Bluetooth� wireless technology with a Bluetooth� stereo headset. The phone comes with preloaded games which the user can add to by simply downloading more games of their choice. The Motorola RIZR Z8 comes with a picture caller identification feature which allows the user to add a photo to contacts in their phone book. The phone comes with an easy to manage phone book which allows the user to add, remove & up date their contacts details easily. The phone comes with an easy to use interface which allows the user to gain access to the phones functions with one click of the button. The phone comes with a handsfree speaker phone feature which allows the user to take calls over the phones speakers without holding their handset. The user can take part in a conference call which works like a meeting style call with up to six contacts per call. The user can stay in contact with family, friends & colleagues by using one or more of the messaging services provided on their RIZR Z8 which include instant messaging, email, multimedia messaging & text messaging. The phone comes with an instant messaging service which allows the user to communicate with text & icons to any contacts who are online at the same time as the user. The email service supports SMTP, POP3, IMAP4 & SSL/TLS2 email which allows the user to send & receive emails on their mobile handset. The multimedia message service also known as MMS messaging allows the user to send a message comprising of text, sound & a photo or video to any MMS compatible mobile phone contact. Source:

diane

its coool has alot of features and the look is just new

Anonymous

Kobra "Motorola Rizr Z8" copy "Nokia 8110"? Which one copy? Body? Nope... Look carefully. Open your eyes and look carefully. "Motorola Rizr Z8" when close look flat, when open look like banana. "Nokia 8110" when close and open is same like banana. Anyone see "Nokia N76" will said "that's copied from "Motorola V3 Razr". If Nokia is the best, why Nokia copy cat from Motorola? Let me tell you what Nokia copy cat from Motorola : 1. Motorola Swivel Concept (Motorola V70) 2. Motorola Dual Hinge Concept, can open horizontal and vertical (Motorola MPX 300) 3. Motorola Slim Flip Concept (Motorola V3 Razr) 4. Motorola Slim Candybar (Motorola L6) 5. Motorola A2DP Bluetooth Concept (Motorola E680i) 6. Motorola Online Update Firmware Concept 7. Motorola A2DP Headphone 8. Motorola Flat keypad (Motorola V3 Razr) Much much more Nokia copy cat from Motorola. Hahaha... I think you blind.

BRANE982

Probably the best mobile phone i've ever seen. Does anyone knows when it will pop up on the market? I cant wait to buy it.

Kobra

Why all the Motorola fans say that Nokia is junk and Motorola is The best????The logo of Motorola is inteligence everywhere,i think it sounds better like INTELIGENCE NOWHERE!!!Becouse i see a nokia 6280 in a banana shape.How can someone compare this 3 years old tehnology phone whit a Smartphone like Nokia E90???These 2 phone dont even are in the same category.I prefer 1 million times much Nokia instead of Motorola.I had 5 motorola phones and i cant say that they are not good,but the menu,the battery and the build quality cant be compared to Nokia phones.I am not a Nokia fan but if you open your eyes you will se that Nokia is the best Mobile Phone builder on the market.Nokia has the best quality and featured smartphones and phones.Does Motorola have a smartphone better than Nokia 6680 at least???Which is that???Motorola is for people who doesn`t know on what they throw the money.Buy Nokia,Why??Becouse is the best!!!You will see.P.S. And i`ve seen here that someone compared the N80 whit this banana...ha,ha,ha,,,Nokia maked a banana in 1998 and the name was Nokia 8110.I think motorola copied nokia in this case,but i admit that nokia copied the V3 whit the n76 keyboard.Nokia is the best.Bye.

Anonymous

motorola "intelligence everywhere" only for people who has intelligence.

Anonymous

May be around US$300. That's price like "Motorola Rizr Z3" when in the market. I think "Motorola Rizr Z8" price doesn't too difference.

Anubis

Nice phone i like it very much!! I think that Motorola has the best design. The Motorola v3 was sold in more then 1.000.000.000 phones. So evry 6-th person on the world has one.COOL

Anonymous

The fact is Nokia E90 has 2 websites give reviews with disappointed. "Motorola Z8" is more innovation than "Nokia E90". Nokia don't copy cat "Motorola Z8" design; like "Nokia N76" is copy cat "Motorola V3 Razr". Hahaha... Nokia only can copy cat from Motorola. Fist time "Motorola V3 Razr" in the market, "Nokia Fan's" said ugly but the fact is "Motorola V3 Razr" sold until 50 million units.

ryan earl 08

i think its too cool! i had my imate phone,a nokia n80,& a sony ericsson p990i. i want to try this one.

Anonymous

Here some people are sick.Very sick. No one can tell that go for Nokia, go for Motorola, ..... I'm a Nokia fan so i brought Nokia phone.I'm not telling to buy a nokia phone. Thats your choise if you want a Motorola then buy a Motorola.Thats your choise

Anonymous

Moto are trying but they need to try harder. This phone is supposed to be a state-of-the-art multimedia device so why the 2MP camera? Yet again Moto are placing design before function. The banana cannot cover a substandard camera. The banana cannot cover the terrible absence of WLAN. The banana cannot cover the lack of a QWERTY keyboard which means you can't thumb type with speed and accuracy. Nokia's E90 is more sincere. Moto are going bananas.

Anonymous

Dis phone is not bead at all! This has really neat features !

boy

i not yet use this phone M RIZR Z8 but i has use M RAZR. it so powerfull and make me proud to using that phone. But I have used Nokia N series N70 and N90 but this phone are not quality at all. for all MotorolaFan>>>u are rock the world.

Anonymous

Moto's banana beats Nokia's brick So why did the E90 leave us disappointed?

Anonymous

This Cellphone is awesome with specifitacions just like my k610

kenny

the phone should make better tv reception supported by the HSDPA capabilities as it has higher bandwidth. nice as our two giant telecom companies here are giving us TV broadcasting straight on 3G with no traffic rates but hourly rates in low price. this i think is better rather than having DVB-H. 3g/HSDPA consumes less power than DVB-H so you can watch longer without worrying on the battery status in one day. can motorola release it very soon but always take care of the OS it utilizes as it has symbian. this could bring back it's life in symbian smartphone competition like the i520 s60.

Anonymous

And I want cell phone with a 19 inch screen so I can play Half-Life properly ! But, none of the manufacturers offer such phone. So they're all crap. Wow I'm so smart.

Anonymous

"Motorola V3 Razr" alone has sold more than 50 million units worldwide up to now. Is Nokia has that's record? That's mean people in the worldwide doesn't really care about technology; that's why make "Motorola V3 Razr" to be successor.

Anonymous

That's fact "Nokia Fan's" jelouse because "Motorola" more good quality and more success than "Nokia". Nokia always shout they new technology but that's Nokia technology is late than other brands. Hahaha...

Mr T

I want to install nero,limewire,winamp,an IRC client,power DVD,and fruity loops on my V3x

Babak

Hey R, You better write to Adobe & Autodesk to modify their products to run on a mobile phone!!

Anonymous

The MOTORIZR Z8 is expected to be available in the first half of 2007. For more information on pricing and product availability in your region, please check with your local Motorola representative. Source :

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Bubba

oh no please dont tell me nokia is good. yes, they make good phones but i own a N80 and i deeply regreat for the day i bought this piece of junk, its always freezing and hanging. if this moto dont come out till the next weeks ill change it for a HTC MToR or HP iPAQ rw6828 if i find one. cya.

Anonymous

Hahaha... Too many stress people with they Nokia. "Nokia Fan's" give comment with un-use brain or their brain in they foot. Give comments without thinking. Nokia mobile has many problem, bad quality mobile. My friend has "Nokia 7610". She never felt down. After she use for 1 1/2 years, the mobile is broken and must change the IC with price 2/3 from new "Nokia 7610". Come on Nokia, is that Nokia "High End" quality mobile? Hahaha... Nokia technology always late than Motorola. Motorola already use "A2DP Bluetooth" since 2 years ago. Nokia new use "A2DP Bluetooth". Motorola already has technology update firmware online since long time ago. Nokia new use that technology. Look "Nokia N76" is very similiar like "Motorola Razr Series", that's copy cat. Shame on your face "Nokia".

mr macaroni

people is getting crazy, autocad and 3dsmax in a phone? lol... maybe the old dos version of autocad can run, but phones were meant to be just phones, i think moto w205 is a good phone but rizr z8 is awesome to enthusiasts. and i agree with the users below, nokia phones are very instable, i have a N72 and its keeping rebooting at least 4 times a day, this tick me off. ill w8 reviews of this phone before buying just to see if is stable.

Anonymous

To : R Can you find any brand mobile with feature like you want: PHOTOSHOP Functions in a phone photo editor, AUTOCAD, 3DSMAX, OPEN OFFICE, WINRAR and EMULE in your phone if its possible and off course with "Motorola Rizr Z8" price? Around USD 300. Can you tell me which Nokia Communicator never hang / freeze? I don't think so. All the Nokia Communicator is always freeze. Nokia 9110, Nokia 9210, Nokia 9300, Nokia 9300i, Nokia 9500, Nokia N70 and more Nokia Symbian mobile always freeze. Hahaha... That's mean Nokia is S L U T and S U C K.

Shaun

re the whole marketing speil about the face contour slide angle, how many people bother to open their slide phone when they answer their phone anyway?? I don't, why would you?

Shaun

Two questions: What 3G bands does this thing support? HSDPA what?? Here in Aus, we have 850Mhz WCDMA network by one carrier, and the rest are 2100Mhz WCDMA. Would like to know if i should bother waiting for this phone, as to if it's going to work on my carrier. Otherwise I'll just buy the Nokia E65 without delay. and secondly: Anyone know whether or not this phone can be used to make and receive calls with the slide SHUT?? I don't fancy having to open this thing unless i have to input text/numbers.

Yanix

Nokia Sl_lcks!!!their os aren't stable!!!and it freezes ol d tym!!!arghhh!!Moto Rulez!!!u want photoshop???use adobe asswyf!!!dont expect too much from mobile phones!!!lol!!

joe and monkey

i hope ur kidding dude or w8 till the year of 2080 to have these kind of heavy apps in your phone.

R

why not? i want PHOTOSHOP functions in a phone photo editor, i also want AUTOCAD, 3DSMAX, OPEN OFFICE, WINRAR and EMULE in my phone if its possible. thats why moto sucks, it dont even has a photo editor while all nokia symbian phones has, score to nokia!!!

Anonymous

In "Motorola Rizr Z3" has "Photo Editor". I am not sure about "Motorola Rizr Z8" has "Photo Editor" or not. Yup... If want a photo editor just use "PHOTOSHOP". Yup... Don't wanting too much from phones because not all feature you use it.

Anonymous

@R you want a photo editor? BUY PHOTOSHOP. people is just wanting too much from phones

R

I'm planing 2 buy dis phone.......cn ne1 tel me if it has a PHOTO EDITER ???

KH

Are these dimension with the phone open or closed?

kenny

i think it's because Sony Ericsson had already the right to license UIQ. and motorola uses UIQ so they decided to sell it only at vodafone.

joan

too bad its going to be release only by vodafone!!!

Anonymous

I has "Motorola V600" and already 5 times drop to down to the rock; battery cover open, battery come out. That's happend many times but nothing broken. Don't be lie.

Anonymous

Wow I didnt realize there were so many die-hard moto fans out there. Thing is, after I've owned a Moto, it makes me wonder how people can think Moto makes good phones after you've used it. Theyre pretty and all, but the UI, ease-of-use and quality seems to lag a little behind other brands. But this is my opinion after using the v600 (the speaker stopped working after a while so I had to sell it; same thing happened to my friend's v300). Motorola might be a very creative company but they should work on the quality of their phones. Just an opinion, no hard feelings. If this wasn't a Motorola and had better specs I would buy it in a heartbeat.

Anonymous

If you want see the result of "Music handsets comparison � which one to choose?" Between : - Motorola ROKR E2 - Nokia 3250 - Samsung X700 - Siemens S75 - Sony Ericsson W800i - Sony Ericsson W810i (almost the same as Sony Ericsson W300i) - Sony Ericsson W900i Just read this link => Every mobile phone has category. Which one music phone, which one camera phone, etc.

gracey

motorola are trying to improve the inside of the phones not the outside that is why they release the same handset cover time and time

kenny

to richard buchanan, and also, this one is UIQ 3.1 powered. so it has very good UI and looks like P990 without touchscreen. but how about the non-os phones of moto? if you try comparing the SE's latest JP-7 enabled K800 to Razr V6 which is better? i know you know what UI will be better. but don't mean V6's UI graphics isn't good and is better compared to S40 and S60 too. but the great UI feeling of SE really counts for sure.

kenny

to PDLx(no name) it's because UIQ is built with so many kernels supporting every possible features that can't be seen at s60. but if nokia will make S90 and S80 back then. UIQ will have a serious fight with those.

kenny

to richard buchanan, the SE's 3 UIQ phones plays VGA videos in 30 fps also. but if it could have touchscreen for handwriting recognition it'll be better i think. remember that this is a new UIQ phone. and SE just plans to launch 2 UIQ phones this Q1 with the new UIQ 3.1 too. the older UIQ 3.0 phones were already in a year since introduced and remember SE has just aquired UIQ technologies. so expect SE to do better along with the other UIQ phones. but anyhow. if moto and SE will help each other for the new platform then UIQ will make very good steps towards success IMHO.

Anonymous

the nokia n95/e90 have HSPDA and Wifi 54mpbs. so where is the innovation?

hehe

moto have 3G,& also can havwe 10Mbps but & only can used with wlan which is not mention hehe;)

Anonymous

If i compare between "Nokia 9500", "Nokia 9300" and "Motorola Z8"; i prefer "Motorola Z8". Nokia never never learn from their "Nokia Communicators" problem. From "Nokia 9110", "Nokia 9210", "Nokia 9300", "Nokia 9300i", and "Nokia 9500" always same problem; hang problem. I think that's same problem will happen with "Nokia E90". Is that's good performance?

BALANGA

this is a multi-purpose phone kudos to motorolla for the innovations.

Anonymous

If you want compare. I can compare too, i prefer to buy "Motorola Q" than "Nokia E61" and "Sony Ericsson M600", "Nokia E61" expensive and doesn't has camera / video camera. "Sony Ericsson M600" doesn't has camera / video camera and un-comfortable "Qwerty Keyboard". With the same price between "Nokia E61", "Sony Ericsson M600" amd "Motorola Q"; i better choose "Motorola Q" because much much good performance. Come on Nokia. Come on Sony Ericsson. "High End" or "Middle End" Mobile doesn't has camera / video camera? Don't just copy cat Motorola Concepts.

Anonymous

the phone certainly looks good, and it has a lot of good stuff in it, but they didnt do much to make this phone any better than the other motorolas. its still a looks like a great phone though

Anonymous

the new flagship phone of Motorola !

Michel

I get the point, Im agree too Mr.Duck, these are not only phones any more ...

Duck

Im sorry, it was only my opinion cause for a big price I will only expect for some real improvement and not just a phone, if I will only buy a phone I will buy a C115 and belive me thats a good one! with nice signial and very heavy duty case.But for a big price yes, I want it all, if Im wrong sorry, but its my opinion actualy I have a V6maxx and it really disapoint me a lot cause for the same price I could buy an N80 or K800 or something like that, with many more performances than Moto can gives to me. Remember Its only My opinion I dont wanna troubles but I think that everybody can expres whst they want. And For me Motorola its a gret "Phone Industry" but serious now, we are no longer speaking of only phones. we are talking about of products with many benefits and large so much advances in entertainments as in functions, so my point is that for a big price I will expect rally big stuff. thankz for reading my opinion, being or not in agreement with me. I expect that you will understand my point of view