The Motorola RIZR 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 the user's face.
With high-speed connectivity via HSDPA, and a multimedia feature set that includes a brilliant 16 million color 35 x 50 mm QVGA full screen display, RIZR Z8 boasts video playback speeds of up to 30 frames per second. In addition to its 90 MB of internal memory, the device also supports expandable memory up to 4 GB using microSD, enough space for full length movies, hours of music or tons of pictures.
The 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 2.0-megapixel 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.
The Motorola RIZR Z8 will be available from April 2007.
