| Introduction | | | | You may enjoy creating your own movies using the |
| Motorola has made some modifications to its design | | | | Z10's camera, though. Even though the quality isn't |
| plans from the similar Rizr Z8 and have now launched | | | | phenomenal, the editing software is easy to use and |
| another phone that bends. The Z10 looks like an | | | | allows some pretty neat effects to be added to your |
| upgraded Rizr Z8 but does it have what it takes to | | | | videos. |
| make it in the industry? Let's find out! | | | | Performance |
| Design | | | | Not only can you shoot your own videos, you can |
| Just like the Z8, the Motorola Z10 bends when you | | | | upload them directly to YouTube straight from the |
| slide it out. Not only is that "cool", but it gives the ear | | | | phone. Shooting pictures with the Z10 is fairly simple, |
| speaker and mic better positioning against the side of | | | | with little to no lag surprisingly enough (considering the |
| your face-therefore, that aspect improves audio quality | | | | sluggish interface). Picture quality outdoes the video |
| a little. It looks durable and tough but isn't obscenely | | | | quality by a mile but only if you use your phone during |
| heavy but it's also not so light you can't feel it. | | | | the day and keep it hidden at night. Coming equipped |
| We are disappointed in the screen size though. For | | | | with no flash, the phone leaves little enjoyment when |
| being easy to sell as a video viewing phone, you'd think | | | | taking pictures when it's dark. |
| the screen would be big enough to accompany that | | | | There are other features as well that add to the |
| aspect - but it's not. Also, it's keypad seems like a price | | | | phones enjoyment but not all were impressive. You |
| out of a cereal box. Typing is still difficult even though | | | | can use HSDPA to browse the web, but it might only |
| its design is better than that of the Z8. The buttons on | | | | be enjoyable after installing Opera Mini. However, a |
| the bottom row are hard to press with the mic | | | | nice tool that comes pre-installed is ShoZu, which |
| speaker lip in the way. | | | | allows you an easy way to upload photos and video |
| Features | | | | to sites such as Facebook and YouTube. |
| The Motorola Z10 runs off of UIQ, which will make it | | | | The Z10 has a descent music player that allows you |
| look similar to an interface you'd find on a Nokia or | | | | to create playlists and set the list to shuffle and it |
| Sony Ericsson phone; however, its performance | | | | comes with descent sound quality too. And there is no |
| wasn't too great. | | | | need for headphone! Oh wait, you can't use your own |
| Motorola may need to hit the chalkboard to try and | | | | headphones without a 3.5mm jack built-in-in which |
| master the UIQ interface. Using the interface seemed | | | | case, the Z10 doesn't. Call quality was impressive! The |
| like a nightmare. It hit a traffic jam when accessing | | | | Z10 produced high quality in even the louder places and |
| some features and parts of the menu. Then it ran into | | | | had very clear and loud sound. |
| a brick wall when trying to use multiple apps | | | | The battery in your Z10 will possibly last over two |
| simultaneously-we got an error message saying it had | | | | days if you don't use HSDPA and some other |
| ran out of memory. Plus, it's hard to do simple task | | | | features on a regular basis but be wary when |
| such as changing the display settings. | | | | watching movies because that may kill your battery |
| However, generously the Z10 comes with all the | | | | life. |
| Bourne movies on a microSD memory card. Although | | | | Conclusion |
| you can get more movies online at a Motorola portal, | | | | Although it's not the worst phone, it needs some |
| you are limited to a select amount of Paramount films. | | | | much-needed upgrades. It has a small screen, sluggish |
| And even though you must download them via a | | | | interface, no headphone jack... but impressive sound |
| PC-don't think you'll enjoy them when you're at your | | | | quality. Although the sound is amazing-you may not |
| computer. These films only work on certain Motorola | | | | enjoy many of the other features on this phone. |
| phones. | | | | |