Kodak, Motorola team up on 5-megapixel multimedia phone

At a press event in Beijing today, Motorola unveiled the Motozine ZN5, the company's first in a series of multimedia-optimized devices for content consumption and creation buffs. A joint effort of Motorola and Eastman Kodak, the 4-ounce smartphone features a 5-megapixel auto-focus (fixed focus) camera with xenon flash, 350MB of memory expandable to 4GB, and the ability to transfer images using MMS, WiFi, or Bluetooth or upload them to Kodak Gallery or another photo site.

The Motozine is the first handset to feature Kodak Imaging Technology, a suite of features that Kodak will offer to other mobile manufacturers and service providers. The platform combines the EasyShare image transfer and sharing abilities of Kodak's digital cameras with Perfect Touch technology that generates brighter, more vivid pictures. Capture modes include multi-shot and panorama, with the phone's 2.4-inch, 240 by 320-pixel LCD serving as a digital viewfinder.

The quad-band GMS/EDGE/GPRS phone offers SMS, MMS, IM, and personal e-mail and an open-source Web browser, along with stereo Bluetooth wireless, TV-out and 3.5mm A/V jacks, an FM radio, and Windows Media Player 11. Motorola says the ZN5 will ship in China in July and worldwide throughout the remainder of the year.