Motorola RIZR Z8 Review::Things to consider Pros and Cons

Here Let's Have a close look at Motorola RIZR Z8's Design, Hardware and UI first:

Introduction

The Motorola RIZR Z8, termed the ‘multimedia monster’ by Ed Zander (CEO of Motorola), is one of this year's stand out handsets. The Z8 is an intriguing mix of high style and high tech, marrying good, though not top end, specifications with a stand-out design.

Running on UIQ 3.1 on top of Symbian 9.2, it has a state of the art smartphone software platform and is the first ever non-touchscreen UIQ phone. However, this is only part of its appeal, since in its positioning and marketing the Z8 moves away from the traditional smartphone offering and instead attempts to create a compelling, consumer focused, multimedia experience, led by stellar video features.

The Z8 is the first Symbian OS phone from Motorola since the A1010....................................
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HTC P6300 Panda(aka xda Argon) Review:: Things to consider Pros and Cons

So. This is the HTC P6300 then. If I'm to look into my bag of more supportive comments I'd probably find the words "well built" and "rugged". I may also find phrases like "traditional style" and "classic sized screen". If, however, I was to look into my less favourable bag I'd probably find words like "massive", "fat" and "old design".

The device confuses me. One moment I'm thinking, "Woah, this is huge. Why release a device this size?" Then I'm thinking, "Well, it's no bigger than the Orange SPV M5000 is it?"

Despite my concerns there's no doubt that this will tick boxes for mobile enterprise environments. I hadn't put much thought into it but, whilst writing this review, I saw a TV programme about wheel clampers. They were using Pocket PC's to take photos, punch in registration details, times and dates. They had tough, well built handsets which were big enough to "poke" and hard-wearing. The custom-made software ran on the phone, launched the camera application to snap number-plates and the connectivity fed details back to the central system instantly..................................................................

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