MOTOROKR E6 Debuts In Aus

Written by Adam Gosling

Tuesday, 03 July 2007

Motorola releases the MOTOROKR E6 to Australia - music, gaming, video... Oh! It's a PDA. Released in the US last December it's taken the Motorokr E6 seven months to work its way through the Middle East and Asia to arrive in Australia with a price tag of A$563. The E6 is a candy bar PDA phone with touch sensitive screen and stylus, but at 14.5mm thick, with camera, music player and full screen video playback, you won't think of the MOTOROKR E6 as a stuffy old PDA. The stlying is all mobile phone. Dedicated music keys, expandable memory, video capabilities and productivity tools combine in this phone as a fusion of work and play. Motorola descrivbes it as a 'go anywhere, do anything mobile device'. Designwise the E6 is much like the MOTOSLVR handset except its large 240x320 display is touch senstive and capable of video "MOTOROKR E6's greatest advantage lies in its stylish design and its unique mix of lifestyle-focused features," said Andrew Volard, Managing Director South Pacific, Mobile Devices, Motorola. "This impressive handset has been specifically designed to provide the best in mobile entertainment, allowing users to create and share their experiences." The 2.0 megapixel camera has a 8x zoom, and is capable of high-quality video recording . You can capture up to five hours of MPEG4 video clips with the removable storage in place. The video playback is capable of MPEG-4 / Realplayer playback and there is album management capabiliites for your pictures. The MOTOROKR E6 also supports most audio formats for music playback as well as the FM radio and has a standard 3.5mm plug for your headphones. Integrated stereo Bluetooth support also adds the option of wireless earphones as an optional extra. On the PDA side, you can collect email from a POP3 account, but there's no native Exchange or other enterprise-class email support. There is however a nifty little program that will read a business-card and store the contact details to your address book. Being a touch screen device, you will find handwriting recognition software as well. And the device comes standard with a reader for Microsoft documents such as Word and Excel. http://www.motorola.com Sorry I haven't been able to track down a decent set of specifications for this device. So this will have to do. 14.5 millimeters thick Display 2.4-inch (240 x 320 pixel) 262K colours 2.0 megapixel CMOS camera with 8x digital zoom to capture the moment CIF and QVGA video capture for up to five hours Full screen video playback Integrated MP3 player Dedicated music keys Built-in FM radio Business Card Reader software POP3 e-mail Microsoft document viewer HTML browser USB 2.0 EMU 3.5 millimeter stereo jack 8MB dynamic user memory SD card support for 2GB card 3.5 mm stereo jack Bluetooth wireless technology Extended 1000mAh battery life for long usability Related news items Nokia E51: Smarter Than It Looks -19/09/2007 Broadcom Enthusisam for 802.11n Wavers -06/09/2007 Engin Buys Into Unwired -03/09/2007 Mobile Speakerphone From Jabra -30/08/2007 What Colour Is Your Phone -27/08/2007 Newer news items Optus, Vodafone Adopt A New Windows Smartphone -08/08/2007 NASA Says No iPhones, But BlackBerry Okay -31/07/2007 iPhone Proving Tough Nut To Crack -18/07/2007 New BlackBerry Has Wi-Fi -18/07/2007 MOTO Q 9h In Australia On Vodafone -16/07/2007 Older news items iPhone Gets Grown Up Email -28/06/2007 Apple Adds YouTube To iPhone Menu -25/06/2007 Voda Phone For Fleet Buyers -29/05/2007 BlackBerry Extends Reach To The Office Desktop -08/05/2007 Telstra's Pearl BlackBerry Pearl -06/05/2007 Tag This Now: