Motorola Zante In the Wild

Seamus Byrne — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:03:07 +0000

It’s one thing to peep studio shots of Motorola’s Zante, the next evolutionary and yet unannounced step of the TMO Sidekick family. It’s another to see it in the wild. This model is a bit beat up, so it’s likely a prototype that’s been around the block. As before, the specs are strikingly similar to the Sidekick 3’s, with a ~2.4-inch screen, EDGE, 1.3MP cam, but with a sliding top instead of the flip.

Motorola Zante: Shinier than You Know Who, Also Runs EDGE

Seamus Byrne — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:57:52 +0000

Here’s the Zante, up close and lustrously yours. Today we got plenty of fresh technical information about this Motorola-flavored Sidekick plus two new pretty pics. One of them above, the other after the jump, showing its funky purple sliding keyboard. After seeing it, I want to lick it.The Zante, or Motorola Q900, will probably come out in October complete with full multimedia playback support, Java, game controllers and the obligatory Danger OS. Even while it is as gleaming and shares the same EDGE connectivity (this time by T-Mobile), it doesn’t seem to compete with the JesusPhone, including only 128MB of internal Flash RAM. Its only expansion slot just can handle MiniSD cards up to 2GB.

According to our tipster, Motorola and T-Mobile are aiming at 5.9 hours of talk time and a $269 average selling price tag, which sounds great for a cellphone with all these features.

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Motorola Zante In the Wild

Motorola Zante: Shinier than You Know Who, Also Runs EDGE