Motorola Leverages Ecosystem Strength to Create Ultimate Mobile Entertainment Experience for MOTO Z8
Solutions from Actimagine, CNN Mobile, DataViz, Podcast.com, ShoZu, weComm and Yahoo! help enable consumers to do more with their MOTO Z8 device
BASINGSTOKE, England, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today recognizes its ecosystem allies for their contributions in enriching the MOTO Z8 product experience. A multimedia powerhouse, the MOTO(TM) Z8 features crystal clear video capture and playback at 30 frames per second. The device also offers generous external memory support for media storage -- from the optional 4GB cards available on the market today up to 32GB when larger capacity cards become available. Motorola coupled its own innovative design and technological expertise with industry-leading applications and solutions from Actimagine, CNN Mobile, DataViz, Podcast.com, ShoZu, weComm and Yahoo! to create the MOTO Z8, which recently
hit store shelves.
MOTO Z8 is the world's first Kick Slider(TM) phone featuring a unique ergonomic 'fit-to-face' profile. The handset enables entertainment fans to access their mobile TV(1), video and music all on one device. Motorola's ecosystem allies contributed to the development of many of the unique features of MOTO Z8, including:
-- Actimagine -- Actimagine develops and sells Mobiclip(TM), a patented
software video codec which has been optimized for mobile platforms.
Mobiclip offers DVD-like quality -- 30fps full screen -- for all kinds
of video, both free and premium content, without compromising
battery-life. Complementary to the MOTO Z8's groundbreaking multimedia
capabilities, Mobiclip delivers a unique and exciting mobile video
experience, allowing customers to enjoy multimedia content with crystal
clear video and high fidelity sound.
-- CNN Mobile -- CNN International allows users to stay informed while on
the go with CNN Mobile, the international news leader's mobile internet
site. A pre-embedded URL in the MOTO Z8's internet browser allows
direct access to CNN's 'World News Now', an hourly, two-minute video
news summary, as well as the easy-to-navigate home page with links to
Top Stories, World News, Business, Weather, Sport, Entertainment and
Lifestyle. The site offers in excess of 120 stories per day with
multiple images to support and enhance each story and users will be
able to search an archive from the last 14 days, with access to over
2000 stories. In addition, CNN's citizen journalism area, iReport,
offers users the chance to interact by providing their stories,
pictures and videos direct from their mobile device.(1)
-- DataViz -- As an industry leader in developing Microsoft Office(R)
compatibility and productivity solutions, DataViz offers its
award-winning Documents To Go(R) document viewer application for MOTO
Z8. The Documents To Go viewer edition is specifically tailored for
Motorola's MOTO Z8 and enables users to open and view Microsoft Office
Word, Excel(R), and PowerPoint(R) files.
-- Podcast.com -- Enables consumers to download their favorite audio and
video podcasts direct from the Internet automatically to their handset
or PC. Podcast.com is providing MOTO Z8 users a world of free content
with the inclusion of the Podcast.com service.(1)
-- ShoZu -- ShoZu provides mobile social media services that enable fast,
easy exchange of multimedia content and web-based services on mobile
phones. Optimized for MOTO Z8, ShoZu's Share-It service provides users
with an easy method to upload photos and video clips captured on their
camera phones to a growing list of over two dozen blogs, social
networking sites and news desks, as well any email address, with one or
zero clicks. In addition, ShoZu offers MOTO Z8 users its ZuCast media
delivery service, which offers automated, zero-click delivery of
user-selected content such as video, audio, photos and music directly
to the mobile phone.(1)
-- weComm -- weComm develops the Sky Anytime on Mobile application for
BSkyB. It has worked closely with Motorola to port the application to
the MOTO Z8 for pre-installation. Sky Anytime on Mobile provides MOTO
Z8 users with an interactive mobile TV application that extends Sky's
digital TV experience to the mobile platform. 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 mobile TV services.(1)
-- Yahoo! -- Yahoo!(TM) Go 2.0 is a mobile application featuring an easy
to navigate carousel of widgets that gives consumers access to a wide
variety of Internet services -- search, local, mail, photos, news,
sports and weather services on their mobile phone and will come
pre-loaded on MOTO Z8. By putting search, local information,
interactive maps, photo-sharing and more all into a single mobile
application within an intuitive interface, Yahoo! Go 2.0 gives users
the power of the Web in their pocket. Key features include Yahoo!
oneSearch(TM), Yahoo! Local, Yahoo! Maps, Yahoo! Mail, Flickr(TM),
Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Entertainment and
Yahoo! Weather. For more information on Yahoo! Go 2.0, please visit
http://www.mobile.yahoo.com.(1)
"The involvement of these leading mobile application and solution providers illustrates the incredible ecosystem strength behind the development of Motorola products," said Christy Wyatt, Vice President, Software Platforms & Ecosystem, Motorola.
"We're thrilled to have had such an impressive line up of support behind our equally impressive new handset, the MOTO Z8. We believe MOTO Z8 is the ideal multimedia mobile phone, enabling consumers to listen to music, download video, create blogs and store memories on the go," said Mike Hickey, Senior Vice President, Multimedia, Motorola.
Availability
MOTO Z8 is now available. For more information please visit: http://www.hellomoto.com/motoz8.
For specific regional availability and pricing, contact your local Motorola representative.
About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of seamless mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you connect simply and seamlessly to the people, information, and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by designing and delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences and powerful networks -- along with a full complement of support services. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $42.8 billion in 2006. For more
information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit http://www.motorola.com.
BASINGSTOKE, England, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today recognizes its ecosystem allies for their contributions in enriching the MOTO Z8 product experience. A multimedia powerhouse, the MOTO(TM) Z8 features crystal clear video capture and playback at 30 frames per second. The device also offers generous external memory support for media storage -- from the optional 4GB cards available on the market today up to 32GB when larger capacity cards become available. Motorola coupled its own innovative design and technological expertise with industry-leading applications and solutions from Actimagine, CNN Mobile, DataViz, Podcast.com, ShoZu, weComm and Yahoo! to create the MOTO Z8, which recently
hit store shelves.
MOTO Z8 is the world's first Kick Slider(TM) phone featuring a unique ergonomic 'fit-to-face' profile. The handset enables entertainment fans to access their mobile TV(1), video and music all on one device. Motorola's ecosystem allies contributed to the development of many of the unique features of MOTO Z8, including:
-- Actimagine -- Actimagine develops and sells Mobiclip(TM), a patented
software video codec which has been optimized for mobile platforms.
Mobiclip offers DVD-like quality -- 30fps full screen -- for all kinds
of video, both free and premium content, without compromising
battery-life. Complementary to the MOTO Z8's groundbreaking multimedia
capabilities, Mobiclip delivers a unique and exciting mobile video
experience, allowing customers to enjoy multimedia content with crystal
clear video and high fidelity sound.
-- CNN Mobile -- CNN International allows users to stay informed while on
the go with CNN Mobile, the international news leader's mobile internet
site. A pre-embedded URL in the MOTO Z8's internet browser allows
direct access to CNN's 'World News Now', an hourly, two-minute video
news summary, as well as the easy-to-navigate home page with links to
Top Stories, World News, Business, Weather, Sport, Entertainment and
Lifestyle. The site offers in excess of 120 stories per day with
multiple images to support and enhance each story and users will be
able to search an archive from the last 14 days, with access to over
2000 stories. In addition, CNN's citizen journalism area, iReport,
offers users the chance to interact by providing their stories,
pictures and videos direct from their mobile device.(1)
-- DataViz -- As an industry leader in developing Microsoft Office(R)
compatibility and productivity solutions, DataViz offers its
award-winning Documents To Go(R) document viewer application for MOTO
Z8. The Documents To Go viewer edition is specifically tailored for
Motorola's MOTO Z8 and enables users to open and view Microsoft Office
Word, Excel(R), and PowerPoint(R) files.
-- Podcast.com -- Enables consumers to download their favorite audio and
video podcasts direct from the Internet automatically to their handset
or PC. Podcast.com is providing MOTO Z8 users a world of free content
with the inclusion of the Podcast.com service.(1)
-- ShoZu -- ShoZu provides mobile social media services that enable fast,
easy exchange of multimedia content and web-based services on mobile
phones. Optimized for MOTO Z8, ShoZu's Share-It service provides users
with an easy method to upload photos and video clips captured on their
camera phones to a growing list of over two dozen blogs, social
networking sites and news desks, as well any email address, with one or
zero clicks. In addition, ShoZu offers MOTO Z8 users its ZuCast media
delivery service, which offers automated, zero-click delivery of
user-selected content such as video, audio, photos and music directly
to the mobile phone.(1)
-- weComm -- weComm develops the Sky Anytime on Mobile application for
BSkyB. It has worked closely with Motorola to port the application to
the MOTO Z8 for pre-installation. Sky Anytime on Mobile provides MOTO
Z8 users with an interactive mobile TV application that extends Sky's
digital TV experience to the mobile platform. 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 mobile TV services.(1)
-- Yahoo! -- Yahoo!(TM) Go 2.0 is a mobile application featuring an easy
to navigate carousel of widgets that gives consumers access to a wide
variety of Internet services -- search, local, mail, photos, news,
sports and weather services on their mobile phone and will come
pre-loaded on MOTO Z8. By putting search, local information,
interactive maps, photo-sharing and more all into a single mobile
application within an intuitive interface, Yahoo! Go 2.0 gives users
the power of the Web in their pocket. Key features include Yahoo!
oneSearch(TM), Yahoo! Local, Yahoo! Maps, Yahoo! Mail, Flickr(TM),
Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Entertainment and
Yahoo! Weather. For more information on Yahoo! Go 2.0, please visit
http://www.mobile.yahoo.com.(1)
"The involvement of these leading mobile application and solution providers illustrates the incredible ecosystem strength behind the development of Motorola products," said Christy Wyatt, Vice President, Software Platforms & Ecosystem, Motorola.
"We're thrilled to have had such an impressive line up of support behind our equally impressive new handset, the MOTO Z8. We believe MOTO Z8 is the ideal multimedia mobile phone, enabling consumers to listen to music, download video, create blogs and store memories on the go," said Mike Hickey, Senior Vice President, Multimedia, Motorola.
Availability
MOTO Z8 is now available. For more information please visit: http://www.hellomoto.com/motoz8.
For specific regional availability and pricing, contact your local Motorola representative.
About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Inspired by our vision of seamless mobility, the people of Motorola are committed to helping you connect simply and seamlessly to the people, information, and entertainment that you want and need. We do this by designing and delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences and powerful networks -- along with a full complement of support services. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $42.8 billion in 2006. For more
information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit http://www.motorola.com.
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