5MP Cell Camera for T-Mobile

Motorola and Kodak teamed together to come up with the Motozine ZN5 which is build by Motorola, but uses Kodak's Perfect Touch technology to produce 5 MegaPixels with clearer, brighter colors. The phone is 99 US dollars with a 2 year service agreement. Features:

• Display: 2.4" 240x320 262k TFT
• 5-megapixel camera, autofocus, Xenon flash
• 350 MB onboard memory; up to 4 GB optional expandable memory holds up to 3,000 images
• Capture and edit modes: panorama, grayscale, sepia, negative, reddish, greenish, blueish
• Digital viewfinder
• 3.5 mm headset jack
• WiFi enabled/WLAN: 802.11 b/g/i
• FM Radio
• Kodak Easyshare Software included

The best feature is the 5MP camera with the convenience of WiFi, although that's my opinion. Do you know of any cell phones with those features... for 99 bucks?

Pictures and information: motorola.com

King Android?

This is it... we've reached a point where every cell phone (almost) is leaping to get ahead or somewhat near the ever-so-famous iPhone. There's a reason for it. The iPhone is awesome. I'm not going to talk about it anymore.... Although, I am going to talk about Google's first cell phone. Which is seeming like the best alternative to that phone, to me anyways. Its got WiFi, GPS, bluetooth, touch screen, qwerty keyboard stashed underneath, four actual physical buttons, and a track ball. The buttons are great because it doesn't matter what screen your on you still have those dedicated buttons. It will be available the third week of October for $179 through T-mobile. My favorite cell company for texting plans. Head to http://www.google.com/mobile/index.html for information on Google and it's multi-cellular capabilities.

Update: (Oct. 30, 2008) Wal-Mart customers can now buy the handset for a discounted $148.88, for new customers who sign up for a two-year contract.

Government Control isn't always Bad

Sometimes the government intervenes in our free market society. Take for example Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, whom recently wrote a letter to the major wireless carriers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon) asking each of them Whats up with pricing? His letters ask specifically; Why have prices on text messaging doubled since 2005? The size of texts has stayed at 160 characters and the technology hasn't changed... so why the doubling of the price?

Thats what senator Kohl wants to find out. He doesn't think these companys should raise the cost because it takes away the competition from the consumers, whom rely on competition for the best prices. Kohl asked for a reply by October sixth, so we will hear more about this next month.

Depending on their replys, which most (if not all) of them will be loaded with bullshit excuses, will determine the reponse by the government...
Time will tell.