Normally, we don’t post about new cellphones on Gearfuse. The one exception is when we feel a cellphone boasts above-average features that will help its user and the Motorola ZN5 is no exception. It has a built-in 5-megapixel camera that’s optimized for low light shooting conditions. Also featured is a Xenon flash, auto-focus, panorama shooting mode and a 2.4-inch LCD. Quadband GSM with EDGE rounds it out and the phone can take up to 4GB of additional memory.

At $99, it’s a decent buy considering the camera. If you’re the kind of person who likes to moblog or take pictures on the go and send them back to Flickr, etc., then the ZN5 is right up your alley. T-Mobile customers can now get excited over a phone that isn’t the G1.

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Little is known about Motorola’s Android endeavor but the public will surely welcome another Google phone. Word on the street is that Motorola is preparing a touchscreen iPhone competitor that will run the Android OS and will feature a full QWERTY keyboard. Unfortunately, the unnamed phone won’t be available until Q2 2009, so don’t hold your breath.

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Everyone likes giveaways, unless of course that giveaway has to be won by submitting a picture of you posing as Alfred E. Neuman. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group is announcing the 12 hottest Bluetooth enabled products for the 2008 holiday season by launching a giveaway event on Bluetooth.com. These products were hand selected to highlight fun, gift worthy Bluetooth enabled devices that are available today. Hit the jump for the details and learn how Gearfuse readers can get an extra edge:

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Nokia is tight but Motorola? I haven’t seen a desirable phone from you guys since the PEBL. Ouch!

In all seriousness, both phone manufacturers are building up solid Google Android teams in house to help develop phones that will run the OS. Motorola is supposedly forming a huge 350 person team to solve the lack of Android-equipped phones the company offers. Of course, none of this matters since last week, T-Mobile and HTC announced the G1 Android phone. There’s not a lot of news regarding Nokia but those Fins love their precious S60 operating system. We’ll have to see how big of a demand there is for the Android OS before Nokia goes ditching S60. Either way, more options always benefit the consumer, so this is great news!

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Word on the streets is that Motorola has picked out a name for their next line of phones. The creative RZR and KRZR seemed to really take off, so there’s no reason why the new multimedia phones “Moto ZiNE” shouldn’t take off either.

Rumor has it that the new ZiNE line will feature a Z10 sucessor featuring a massive touchscreen, WiFI, GPS and an 8 MP picture snapping machine with optical zoom, supposedly in conjunction with Kodak. Our hands are eagerly awaiting such a device. Only a matter of time until we see some leakage. — Andrew Dobrow

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A recently released patent from Motorola reveals a cellphone design that integrates solar panels and the LCD display of the phone. Environmental-lovin’ nerds are sure to be up in arms with a joyous stupor over the announcement of solar integration.

The technology works best with black LCD screens, with 75% of the rays reaching past the display layer. The thin film layer needed to integrate the two technologies is still pretty expensive, which has so far, not allowed for a commercial use of solar-powered cellphones. — Andrew Dobrow

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Ya know, Koreans get all the luck when it comes to cool mobile phone launches. Almost ALL of the cool designs get released over their first. The recently revealed RAZR 2 is no different. The iconic Motorola designed cell will make a Korean launch in June.

The RAZR 2 will feature a 2-inch external screen and a 2.2-inch internal screen, 512 MB of memory, a 2 MP camera, and a multimedia player. Ya know, Koreans get all the luck. (more…)

Motorola has officially announced the follow-up to the iconic RAZR phone, the RAZR 2. The announcement comes with a 360-degree tour on Motorola’s home page, giving a first up-close and personal view on the new RAZR phone.

The new RAZR will come in three versions. The V8, which will be a dark pearl gray color. The V9M, which will have an Espresso color, and the V9 in a pinkish hue. (more…)

Bluetooth is used to enhance many things. Bike riding is a new one to us. Motorola has teamed up with Red to produce a Bluetooth-enabled bicycle helmet for safe and practical music listening while you exercise. Motorola integrates their Audex system into one of Red’s head protectors to allow for a safer bike riding soundtrack. You can even use them for skateboarding or snowboarding.

The helmet can also be configured to be used with controller gloves that can change the track and control other features you might need to alter. This helmet is definitely fully loaded as you can answer calls wirelessly while you’re riding. The Motorola Audex system also insures you a surround-sound audio quality while you’re out and about. Pretty nifty! And we don’t use the word nifty for just anything. — Andrew Dobrow

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A scent-emitting phone might not be the top priority in a iPhone-ruled world, though Motorola officially submitted a patent in 2005, just recently released, for a Smell-o-phone that would do exactly that. The patent states:

A communication device, comprising: a heat-generating device; and a scent package having a scented substance located in thermal proximity to the heat-generating device. wherein the heat-generating device is part of the communication device and the heat-generating device is a dual-purpose device in that the heat-generating device enables operation of the communication device and heat provided by the heat-generating device for heating the scent package is a byproduct of that enablement.

All of that gobbidly-gook above is business talk for “this phone stinks…in a good way. There really isn’t any information around more than what has been released in the applied patent, but we don’t understand where Motorola wants to go with this. — Andrew Dobrow

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