Information on Motorola ZN200

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Information on Motorola ZN200

Motorola ZN200 has been spotted passing the FCC hurdle. But before you get too excited — if you do at all — you should know it's a mid-range device, sporting such specs as a 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom and video recording capability, Bluetooth, 2.5mm audio jack. In a nutshell - just like we knew, there's nothing spectacular about it.


Released in the US or not, the ZN200 seem to be a mid to low-end device. Unlike the other known Moto which has "ZN" in its name, the 5 Megapixel ZN5 candybar, the ZN200 doesn't bring too many advanced features. Still, by reading the phone's users manual, we can see that Motorola promises users a "rich music experience" coming with this handset.

Besides the above-mentioned details, the User Manual of ZN200 also says that the handset features the following: dual-band GSM connectivity (850 / 1900 MHz) with EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, Music player with support for MP3, WAV and MIDI, Media library, Windows Media Player 11 compatibility, FM radio with preset stations, a 2.5mm headset jack, a 2 Megapixel camera with digital zoom and video recording, photo album and photo editor, Web browser, mobile email, USB, microSD card support (but only up to 2GB), handsfree, pre-installed games, organizer, calendar, alarm clock, and other basic features of this type.


The ZN200 comes in a slider form factor and, although its dimensions are not known yet, it doesn't seem to be too big. The phone offers a 5-way navigation key "a la Moto," a web dedicated key and a sliding alphanumeric keypad that looks to be quite easy to use. Furthermore, there's a display that probably has 2 or 2.2 inches and a maximum resolution of 240 x 320 pixels.

It's good to see Mototola's still alive. Now, it's all about being patient enough until they roll-out that 5 megapixel Kodak-branded shooter, which unlike the ZN200 sounds like a promising handset.

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Motorola has recently unveiled the upcoming handsets planned to be released in Brazil, the largest South American mobile market (more than 128 million mobile users). All of these Moto phones have already been announced for Europe, except for the ZN200, a new slider from Motorola's ZN family.

Motorola ZN200 will be sold for a retail price of 499 reais, the equivalent of $310 or 200 Euros. The slider will be commercially available starting September, in two colors: pink and black.

The other ZN Moto, namely the 5 Megapixel ZN5 candybar, will also be released in Brazil, but starting August, for a retail price of 1,199 reais ($750). The higher price is somehow justified by the fact that, besides a 5 Megapixel camera with Kodak lens, auto focus and flash, the phone also features: a touch-sensitive keypad, Wi-Fi, TV out, full HTML browser, a 2.4 inch TFT display, Media player with lots of formats supported, a 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth and USB.