Motorola RIZR Z8

The first thing one notices about the Motorola RIZR Z8 is its black fluorescent green casing which is so impressive that people were flocking around it since the day it came in the market. The Z8 is jam packed with many features that will keep you entertained throughout the day.

It runs on the Symbian OS which supports the third party software such as Quick office which enables the users to view Microsoft Office documents from the handset itself, and since it is installed with HSDPA 3.5 G surfing, Internet access has become much easier and faster.

This handset has UIQ 3 support which provides an excellent support for themes and allows the user to customize the looks of almost all graphical UI elements. It comes with a high resolution screen with display of up to 16 million colors.

The screen is 2.2 inches in size and with a display of 240 till 320 pixels. It also has a 2 mega pixel camera with 8X digital zoom and an LED flash light, which provides the users with same high quality settings and effects as a digital camera.

Along with all these imaging facilities, users of the Z8 can also capture video footage and can record and play them at a speed of 30 frames per second. This handset has a built in music player which comes with a skip feature and shuffle facility, it also supports MP3 and polyphonic sound ringing tones and the users can also enjoy their music without wires using Bluetooth wireless technology with a Bluetooth stereo headset.

The Z8 has a Picture Caller Identification feature, which allows the users to add photos with their contacts, it also includes instant messaging, email, multimedia messaging, text messaging. The email service is supported by SMTP, POP3, IMAP4 and SSL or TLS2 formats which allows the users to send and receive their emails on the handset.

Therefore, this multimedia monster, with its unique style and high tech features is definitely a grabber. Unlike other slider phones, it does not feel like it's going to fly out of the top of your hand, hats off to the designers here.