Motorola KRZR K1
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Motorola KRZR known as the "Canary" before its release, is a series of clamshell/flip mobile phone
s by Motorola
, and is one of the series in the 4LTR line. The first phone was released in September 2006.
As a clamshell/flip phone, the KRZR is longer but narrower than the RAZR.
with the touch of a button. It also uses the Push-To-View system for sharing of images in real-time.
The phone includes stylized features such as a glossy glass finish.
A GSM/EDGE
model is released by AT&T, Rogers Wireless
, T-Mobile
, SunCom Wireless and Cincinnati Bell Wireless under the name MOTOKRZR K1, and a CDMA 1x/EV-DO
model was released by Pocket Communications
, Verizon Wireless
, Sprint
, US Cellular, Alltel
, Virgin Mobile Canada
and Boost Mobile
under the name MOTOKRZR K1m. The exact features and technical specifications differ significantly between models.
The complete Motorola
KRZR K1 list of specifications are: http://www.ephonenews.com/v/1/2/836/1/Motorola_KRZR_K1.html
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
s by Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
, and is one of the series in the 4LTR line. The first phone was released in September 2006.
As a clamshell/flip phone, the KRZR is longer but narrower than the RAZR.
K1
The KRZR series kicked off with the K1, launched in July 2006. It is GSM only. The K1 uses the motosync system to synchronize contacts and the calendarCalendar
A calendar is a system of organizing days for social, religious, commercial, or administrative purposes. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months, and years. The name given to each day is known as a date. Periods in a calendar are usually, though not...
with the touch of a button. It also uses the Push-To-View system for sharing of images in real-time.
The phone includes stylized features such as a glossy glass finish.
A GSM/EDGE
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution is a digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates as a backward-compatible extension of GSM...
model is released by AT&T, Rogers Wireless
Rogers Wireless
Rogers Wireless is a wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services throughout Canada using Global System for Mobile Communications and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications...
, T-Mobile
T-Mobile
T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
, SunCom Wireless and Cincinnati Bell Wireless under the name MOTOKRZR K1, and a CDMA 1x/EV-DO
Evolution-Data Optimized
Evolution-Data Optimized or Evolution-Data only is a telecommunications standard for the wireless transmission of data through radio signals, typically for broadband Internet access...
model was released by Pocket Communications
Pocket Communications
Pocket Communications was a PCS CDMA 1xRTT provider of unlimited cellular phone service based in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It offered service plans similar to those of Cricket Communications and MetroPCS which mostly consist of unlimited local phone service without having to sign up for...
, Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless
Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....
, Sprint
Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel Corporation is an American telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. The company owns and operates Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 53.4 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...
, US Cellular, Alltel
Alltel
Alltel Corporation is a wireless service provider, primarily based in the United States. Before an acquisition by Verizon Wireless, it served 34 states. After the merger, Alltel continues to serve six states, mostly in rural areas...
, Virgin Mobile Canada
Virgin Mobile Canada
Virgin Mobile Canada is a cellular telephone company that was launched on March 1, 2005 as a joint venture between Virgin Group and Bell Canada. Since May 7, 2009, it is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Bell Mobility. - Pre-launch :...
and Boost Mobile
Boost Mobile
Boost Mobile is a brand of wireless prepay service run by Sprint Nextel, operating within the Sprint Prepaid Group along with Virgin Mobile USA, Assurance Wireless, and payLo by Virgin Mobile. Boost Mobile uses GSMand iDEN networks...
under the name MOTOKRZR K1m. The exact features and technical specifications differ significantly between models.
Specifications
- Bands (K1): GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (quad band) with EDGEEnhanced Data Rates for GSM EvolutionEnhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution is a digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates as a backward-compatible extension of GSM...
(Class 10) / GPRS - DimensionsDimensionsDimensions is a French project that makes educational movies about mathematics, focusing on spatial geometry. It uses POV-Ray to render some of the animations, and the films are release under a Creative Commons licence....
(H x W x D) : 103 x 42 x 16 mm - MassMassMass can be defined as a quantitive measure of the resistance an object has to change in its velocity.In physics, mass commonly refers to any of the following three properties of matter, which have been shown experimentally to be equivalent:...
: 100 g (3.6 ounces) - DisplayElectronic visual displayAn electronic visual display is display technology which incorporates flat panel displays, performs as a video display, output device for presentation of images transmitted electronically, for visual reception, without producing a permanent record....
: 176 x 220 262K-color TFT LCDTFT LCDThin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing... - CameraCameraA camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
: 2.0 megapixel (1600x1200) with 8x digital zoom. MPEG-4MPEG-4MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
video CIF 352*288 (15 frameFilm frameIn filmmaking, video production, animation, and related fields, a film frame or video frame is one of the many still images which compose the complete moving picture...
s) and JPEGJPEGIn computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
still image capture. - Storage: 20MB internal memory, MicroSD slot allows for up to 2GB external memory
- Audio Playback: Supports MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
, AACAACAAC refers to Advanced Audio Coding, an audio compression format successor to the MP3 format.AAC may also refer to:-Aviation:* AAC, IATA airport code for El Arish International Airport, Egypt...
, and AAC+ - Connectivity: BluetoothBluetoothBluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
2.0, including A2DP stereo profile. Mini-USBUniversal Serial BusUSB is an industry standard developed in the mid-1990s that defines the cables, connectors and protocols used in a bus for connection, communication and power supply between computers and electronic devices....
. - Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC) and Push to view (PTV) capable.
- MotorolaMotorolaMotorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
SCREEN3SCREEN3SCREEN3 is a technology used and designed by Motorola to push news and information to mobile phones.-Functionality:The SCREEN3 feature functions by downloading headlines and displaying these to the user as part of the contents of the idle screen...
push technology for dynamic news and content. - Java MEJava Platform, Micro EditionJava Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes...
games and screen savers. - Buttons (lightweight): TFT "L-tee" metal buttons with raised rubber padding for 5, up, down, left, right directions.
- Offered in blue, black, white and cherry red color.
The complete Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
KRZR K1 list of specifications are: http://www.ephonenews.com/v/1/2/836/1/Motorola_KRZR_K1.html
| Type | Specification |
|---|---|
| Modes | GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900; CDMA1x / EV-DO 800 / 1900 |
| Weight | 3.60 oz (102 g) |
| Dimensions | 4.05" x 1.65" x 0.63" (103 x 45 x 16 mm) |
| Form Factor | Clamshell Internal Antenna |
| Battery Life | Talk: 5.83 hours (350 minutes) Standby: 300 hours (12.5 days) |
| Battery Type | Li-Ion 880 mAh |
| Display | Type: LCD (Color TFT/TFD) Colors: 262,144 (18-bit) Size: 176 x 220 pixels |
| Platform / OS | Motorola Synergy OS(Verizon K1m has a modified V CAST interface) |
| Phone Book Capacity | 1000 |
| Memory | K1 20 MB(17.33MB avg. built-in, flash shared memory) K1m 64 MB(??.??MB avg. built-in, flash shared memory) |
| FCC ID | IHDT56GT1 (Approved Jul 14, 2006) |
| Digital TTY/TDD | Yes |
| Multiple Languages | Yes |
| External Display | Location: Front color LCD |
| Polyphonic Ringtones | Chords: 24 |
| Ability to download Ringtones | Yes |
| Ringer Profiles | Yes |
| Vibrate | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Supported Profiles: HSP, HFP, DUN, FTP, OPP, A2DP (GSM only), AVRC, BPP, BIP version 2.0 |
| PC Sync | Yes |
| USB | Yes *certified chargers only |
| Multiple Numbers per Name | Numbers per entry: 3 |
| Picture ID | Yes |
| Ringer ID | Yes |
| Voice Dialing | Yes |
| Custom Graphics | Yes |
| Custom Ringtones | Yes, Some carriers restrict this so that one must buy from them. |
| Speaker Phone | Yes |
| Data-Capable | Yes |
K1m
The K1m is the CDMA version of the K1. The main difference between the two is that the K1m has touch music controls on the flip cover, a 1.3 megapixel camera, supports a microSD memory card up to 1 GB, but does not have stereo Bluetooth headphone (A2DP) capabilities, whereas, the K1 doesn't have the touch music controls, but has a better, 2.0 megapixel camera, supports a MicroSD card up to an higher 2 GB, and is A2DP capable.- Bands: CDMA 1x/EV-DO 800/1900
- DimensionsDimensionsDimensions is a French project that makes educational movies about mathematics, focusing on spatial geometry. It uses POV-Ray to render some of the animations, and the films are release under a Creative Commons licence....
(H x W x D) : 103 x 44 x 17 mm - MassMassMass can be defined as a quantitive measure of the resistance an object has to change in its velocity.In physics, mass commonly refers to any of the following three properties of matter, which have been shown experimentally to be equivalent:...
: 103 g (3.63 ounces) - DisplayElectronic visual displayAn electronic visual display is display technology which incorporates flat panel displays, performs as a video display, output device for presentation of images transmitted electronically, for visual reception, without producing a permanent record....
: 176 x 220 65K-color TFT LCDTFT LCDThin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing... - CameraCameraA camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
: 1.3 megapixel (1280x1024) with 8x digital zoomDigital zoomDigital zoom is a method of decreasing the apparent angle of view of a digital photographic or video image. Digital zoom is accomplished by cropping an image down to a centered area with the same aspect ratio as the original, and usually also interpolating the result back up to the pixel...
. MPEG-4MPEG-4MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
video (15 frame/s) and JPEGJPEGIn computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
still image capture. - Storage: 20MB internal memory, MicroSD slot allows for additional external memory
- Audio Playback: Supports MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
, MP4 with AACAdvanced Audio CodingAdvanced Audio Coding is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates....
encoding and WMAWindows Media AudioWindows Media Audio is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. The name can be used to refer to its audio file format or its audio codecs. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs...
, although WMA is only available on models provided by Verizon WirelessVerizon WirelessCellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....
and require the Verizon WirelessVerizon WirelessCellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....
Music CD software to manage with a PCPersonal computerA personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
. Additionally there are external touch sensitive music controls on the front of the phone. - Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, albeit without A2DP stereo profile;MiniUSB*only accepts certified chargers.
- Java MEJava Platform, Micro EditionJava Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes...
or BREW (carrier dependent) games and screen savers. - Offered in steel, black, white and red colors.
Specifications
- Bands (K1): GSM 900/1800/1900 (tri-band) with EDGEEnhanced Data Rates for GSM EvolutionEnhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution is a digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates as a backward-compatible extension of GSM...
(Class 12) / GPRS, UMTS/HSDPA 2100 - DimensionsDimensionsDimensions is a French project that makes educational movies about mathematics, focusing on spatial geometry. It uses POV-Ray to render some of the animations, and the films are release under a Creative Commons licence....
(H x W x D) : 103.2 x 42.3 x 16.3 mm - MassMassMass can be defined as a quantitive measure of the resistance an object has to change in its velocity.In physics, mass commonly refers to any of the following three properties of matter, which have been shown experimentally to be equivalent:...
: 105 g - DisplayElectronic visual displayAn electronic visual display is display technology which incorporates flat panel displays, performs as a video display, output device for presentation of images transmitted electronically, for visual reception, without producing a permanent record....
: 240 x 320 262K-color TFT LCDTFT LCDThin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing... - CameraCameraA camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
: 2.0 megapixel with 8x digital zoom. MPEG-4MPEG-4MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
video (15 frameFilm frameIn filmmaking, video production, animation, and related fields, a film frame or video frame is one of the many still images which compose the complete moving picture...
s) and JPEGJPEGIn computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
still image capture. - Storage: 60MB internal memory, MicroSD slot allows for up to 2 GB external memory
- Audio Playback: Supports MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
- Connectivity: BluetoothBluetoothBluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
2.0, including A2DP stereo profile. Mini-USBUniversal Serial BusUSB is an industry standard developed in the mid-1990s that defines the cables, connectors and protocols used in a bus for connection, communication and power supply between computers and electronic devices....
. - Java MEJava Platform, Micro EditionJava Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes...
games and screen savers. - Buttons (lightweight): TFT "L-tee" metal buttons with raised rubber padding for 5, up, down, left, right directions.
- Opera MiniOpera MiniOpera Mini is a web browser designed primarily for mobile phones, smartphones and personal digital assistants. Until version 4 it used the Java ME platform, requiring the mobile device to run Java ME applications. From version 5 it is also available as a native application for Android, iOS, Symbian...
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