Motorola Rokr Z6

The new Moto Rokr Z6 is the latest addition to the Motorola family, and is said to have "the next generation user interface and Linux operating system." The Z6 is one of the few Motorola phones in the market to feature its new Linux OS. Clearly with the kind of features the phone has, it is one of the most competitively priced products to have hit Indian shores.

Design
The phone has a plush polished black look on the front and soft padded black on the back. This baby is jet black, and for added effect you have to watch the keys light up in dark. The keypad is designed with transcendental electric blue lights zigzagging across the keys and the black helps in accentuating the effect. The Z6 is a slider phone, that comes with a ridge for ease in pushing it out, and although it's a little bit strenuous on the thumb, this probably speaks for the sturdiness of the product.


At 105x45x16.2mm, and 105g, it's a bit on the heavy side, but bulky? Certainly not! The screen is a 2-inch TFT display (320 x 240) that shows up to 262k colors. Below the screen you will find the options button and the main menu button on either side of the front panel. The dedicated Music button and the back key is in between, and at the bottom of the panel you will find the answer and cancel buttons. In the middle, shaped like a circular jog dial is the four-way D-pad. What i like about the phone is that it manages to accommodate useful buttons on the front panel without causing any surface tension. With key placements like this, you are bound to hit the wrong button, but i faced no such problems. The button placed in the center of the D-way can also be used to access the main menu, and works as an Ok/Select button.

When slid out, the phone displays the number pad placed in a cavity that is very typical of many Motorola phone designs. As usual the Star, Zero and Hash keys were a pain to get to due to the depression.


On the left side of the phone you will find the volume keys and an open customizable key. You can also use the volume key to change your ringing type.


The voice dialing button and the camera buttons are housed on the right just above the miniUSB slot. And although the phone doesn't have a hot swap slot for memory cards, you need not take the battery out. The MicroSD card slot is placed right beside the battery, and the SIM slot right beneath it. The miniUSB slot also doubles as the earphone jack and the battery charging slot.


I don't like this. Also, one of the toughest things to do with the phone is remove the SIM. There is no lever or spring action to bring the SIM card out. You will need to keep tugging at the tiny protrusion of the SIM card. Bad, I say!! On the back you will find the camera and flash.