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	Motorola RIZR Z6tv Black Phone (Verizon Wireless) Verizon Wireless Verizon Wireless, 2007 average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

With V CAST Mobile TV as well as V CAST Music and Video, the RIZR Z6tv is your mobile entertainment partner.

The sleekly designed RIZR V6tv slides upward to reveal the phone's keypad. S. Verizon Service Options
With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you'll enjoy fast access to the Internet and Verizon's multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. (Learn more about where EV-DO coverage is offered.) With V Cast Mobile TV, this phone supports live TV broadcasts using MediaFLO technology to deliver full-length television programming from some of the most popular TV channels right to your phone. You'll be able to channel surf with no buffering, take calls without interrupting the program you're watching, and get text reminders for your favorite shows sent straight to your phone. Channel selection includes CBS Mobile, NBC News, Comedy Central, ESPN, Fox News, MTV, and Nickelodeon.

The V Cast Music service enables you to download songs instantly to your phone, or purchase music through your PC and transfer the files to your phone. If purchased from your phone, you'll receive two copies of the song: a Windows Media Audio Pro Plus format at 64Kbps stereo is sent to your phone, and a Windows Media Audio 9 format at 160Kbps stereo is sent to your account in the V CAST Music online store for downloading to your PC. V Cast Music offers nearly 2 million songs, with more being added all the time.

With the V Cast Video service, you can stream or download video clips to your phone from a variety of news, entertainment, sports, and weather channels, including CNN, ABC News, E!, CBS Sports, The Weather Channel, and VH1.

Getting on the Internet is easy using Verizon's Mobile Web 2.0 package, which allows you to read and send e-mails, exchange instant messages and view your favorite web content on your phone. Verizon's Get It Now wireless download service is also fully compatible with this phone. This pay-per-download service features application downloads, games and productivity tools. You can also personalize your handset with ringtone downloads using the Get It Now service.

With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access Verizon's VZ Navigator service (additional charges applicable) for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, heads-up alerts, local search of nearly 14 million points of interest in the US (such as landmarks, restaurants and ATMs), and detailed color maps. And Verizon's Chaperone service lets you easily locate your loved ones from your Verizon Wireless phone or PC in real time. After defining a zone, such as an area designating a school or summer camp, you'll be sent an alert via text message when the Chaperone handset enters or leaves the zone.

Phone Features
The Z6tv retains the same slider design as its Z3/Z6 predecessors--a sleek profile and a unique, spring assisted opening design. A large 2-inch color display with a 240 x 320-pixel resolution and 65K colors dominates the top of the slider. The 2-megapixel camera lens is discreetly housed on the upper backside of the phone, safely tucked away until ready for use. Most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's backlit control pad, which is precision cut from a single sheet of nickel-plated copper alloy. For video playback, it features a dedicated TV key, an easy to use Program Guide and the ability to watch in portrait or landscape mode.

The RIZR Z6tv allows you to control your music player with the slider opened or closed. Skip to tracks or fast forward and rewind with one touch of the 4-way external navigation key, while the Music Keypad Lock Key prevents accidental button presses. Create a playlist for whatever mood you are in, and sort content by artists, albums, songs, genres using quick search functionality. The digital audio player supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, and WMA formats.

This phone provides Bluetooth version 1.1 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server.

The 2-megapixel camera provides resolution up to 1600 x 1200 pixels, and you can choose from three other resolution choices (1.3 MP, VGA, and QVGA) as well as three quality settings within each resolution. Other features include an 8x zoom, multi-shot capability, six color effects, and adjustable exposure setting. For video capture, the Z6tv records clips in MPEG4 format in two resolutions--176 x 144 (QCIF) and 128 x 96 pixels--with editing options similar to the still camera. You can shoot video as long as your memory card has available space, and videos shot for MMS messaging are capped at 6 seconds.

A messaging and wireless Internet powerhouse, support is built in for sending and receiving pictures, text, graphics, sound and video via messages. When used in combination with the phone's built-in still and video camera, MMS opens up a whole new world of messaging fun. Instant messaging is also supported, and the phone ships with a built-in email client. The RIZR also comes stock with a built-in web browser for downloads and mobile web browsing. iTap text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for entering text on handsets, is built into the unit--a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

The RIZR Z6tv's internal phone book can hold up to 1000 contact entries with seven phone numbers per entry, while the phone's picture ID system allows you to assign pictures to your most common callers. The RIZR's voice dialing feature makes calling family, friends, and business associates as easy as saying their names. Other features include: MicroSD expansion up to 4 GB PIM tools: Calculator, calendar, alarm clock, world clock, notepad Speakerphone Vibrating alerts and silent mode Hearing aid compatibility = M3 Bilingual interface: English/Spanish

Vital Statistics
The RIZR Z6tv weighs 3.7 ounces and measures 4.15 x 1.79 x 0.64 inches. Its 940 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 295 minutes 4.75 hours of talk time, and up to 375 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the CDMA 850/1900 frequencies and Verizon's EV-DO data network.

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Amazing

This is truly a five star phone. The only glitch to that rating is that in direct sunlight the screen is hard to see; it is too bad that they didn't polorize it. However, that is hardly a drawback for me.

The phone is stylistically a beautiful item. It is not plastic and has a solid feel in your hand. I like the thumbnail bar that lets you easily slide it up.

The screen resolution is just awesome, no other words for it. No flash, but even in interior with low light it is not missed.

The feature set is all you could ask for. Network access is super fast and streaming anything is smooth and as high definition as anything I have seen.

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Solid.

I consider myself to be pretty picky when it comes to phones. I've found very few that I've liked in the past 8-10 years. I had an original Razr and while, sleek and impressive in its day...it wasn't a very good phone. It had speaker issues, the operating system was vexingly slow and I simply couldn't trust the thing. I've not had good experiences with Motorola in general.

That said, the Rizr is a great phone. It's the best phone that I've owned because of it's outstanding reception, crystal clear speaker quality, intuitive and fast interface, and the convenient (but not oft thought about) features. It's of a solid build, slides open and closed smoothly but with authority.

The only thing that I would change about the phone is the screen, a polarized film would have done well to help with viewing in the sun. Given the whole, this seems to be a very minor issue and it has not been even a bother to me. I love this phone!

Oh yeah...and if you're a fan of texting more than talking, this phone would not be ideal for you. If the converse is true, however, it certainly seems to be!

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Great phone

Ive had this phone for about a month and a half now it works great, I get reception reception in many places including many nyc underground subway stations. Although in order to get TV reception u must be somewhere with a strong signal, by the way the picture clarity on the TV programs is very good, much better than on videos. The one negative i have about this phone is that the screen is a fingerprint magnet, I suggest u get a plastic screen protector for it or you will scratch it like i did.


Love the phone, but.....

I bought this phone about 6 months ago and just love everything about it, except it is now my 3rd replacement. The phone, out of nowhere, just stops being able to be recharged. At first I thought, "Oh just a glitch with this one phone." Then the replacement did the same thing. And then THAT replacement did the same thing. Apparently, I am not alone. The moment I brought the phone back, without my saying a word, the tech said, "Not charging?" Immediately they replaced it. There is a problem with the charging port. At first I thought it was just my bad luck, but after talking to a few others,(who were waiting for their replacement phone for the same problem too) I realized this is really a problem with this phone.
A month has passed since the replacement and so far so good. It would be great if I could just keep taking it in and getting replacements if something goes wrong, but after my 1 year warranty is up, I'm up the creek. I didn't get insurance. ( I was wrongly advised that I had 30 days from purchase to get insurance, apparently you only have 15 days) So, if you are going to purchase this phone, great, but get insurance, you'll need it!

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Not Good For the Long Term

I got this phone about a year ago, and it is a decent phone. But after having it for about a year I really regret my choice. The whole front gets really greasy when your talking on it, you constantly have to wipe the front to be able to see the screen. The thumb bar to push up the slider just fell off, it was just a sticker. Both of the circles in the middle are just stickers too, I'm just waiting for them to fall off. One of the screws just fell out in the back, I don't even know why. My 7 key stopped working, you need to press really hard to make it work.

Overall I like it, and it's a really cool phone because not everyone has it but I wish I would have gone with something a little more sturdy.

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