New Motorola ROKR Z6, S9 Headsets

by Darren

Motorola went on a rampage today, announcing a whole slew of new products or upgrades to existing products. One of the upgrades involves their cool new handsets and headsets. Some of these features are extremely impressive.

The ROKR Z6 music handset delivers the key elements consumers look for in a music phone, including:

* Music dedication — Making the easy transition from phone to music and back again, the ROKR Z6 allows one-touch access to your library and pauses music as calls come through.
* Put your fingers on the wheel — A touch of the 4-way navigation wheel gives immediate access to content.
* High-speed synching — Start rocking fast with High Speed USB 2.0 to side-load songs in 2-3 seconds, almost five times faster than a competitive music phone: that’s a 500 song library in 15 minutes, instead of 2 hours. Synch purchased music from over 200 music stores, including Napster, onto the device from your PC; or side-load tunes from over 200 music stores worldwide – an advantage over most other devices.
* Rocks with Windows — The Z6 makes it easy to find and manage songs using Windows Media PlayerTM on the PC, which supports playlists, album art, search by genre, artist and more. It even answers calls while you transfer. The ROKR Z6 works right out of the box; Windows Media Player automatically recognizes the device.
* Musical memory — With the external memory slot, load up 2GB microSD cards with your music collection; each holds approximately 1,000 songs and 70 hours of music1 2.
* Time to rock — With more than 10 hours of music enjoyment in airplane mode, battery life concerns are history.

Now that you’re ready to buy one, you’ll have to wait. ROKR Z6 will be on sale in Asian markets starting in May. For the rest of the world you’ll have to wait for announcements. With decent sales, you’ll probably see a global release soon.

ROKR Z6 is a Linux/JavaTM music phone with Windows MediaTM technologies, including Windows Media Audio (WMA) Windows Media DRM 10, and media transfer protocol (MTP). The ROKR Z6 lets consumers “plug and play” with any personal computer running Windows Media Player 10 or 11. With fast PC direct connectivity via High Speed USB 2.0, the Z6 lets you access music you want simply and seamlessly.

Company officials are pleased as punch with the announcement: “The new ROKR music handsets are a true convergence of the MP3 player and mobile phone,” said Chris White, senior director, Mobile Devices Multimedia Entertainment, Motorola. “These innovative devices are packed with the features mobile consumers demand today, including easy PC synching and access to hundreds of music stores.”

The ROKR portfolio has a style for every taste and preference – a touch-screen on the ROKR E6 and a slider form on the new ROKR Z6.

Resource: Motorola