Introduction
Not all superstar partnerships turn out for the best. (See: Madonna/Guy Ritchie, Shaq/Kobe, Steve Jobs/John Scully, McCain/Palin, etc.) But Motorola, the inventor of the cell phone, and Kodak, the creator of the digital camera, can be credited with launching at least one successful team-up. Together, these manufacturers have paired to create the Motorola ZINE ZN5, which features the best digicam we’ve seen on a cell phone yet. Better still, the handset is priced at just $100. Keep in mind that you can hardly buy a decent digital camera for that, much less a 5MP one built into a feature-rich mobile device. Not everything in the ZN5 is popping flashbulbs, however – it's only an EDGE phone and the device’s video recording and playback are less than cutting-edge. Nonetheless, we will say this: The gizmo’s imperfections are all but meaningless compared to its overall value, and especially the quality photos it produces.

...it's hard to argue with the sheer level of functionality the ZN5 offers here for just a hundred bucks.

by Laura on November 4, 2009:
“Seemed nice at first, and yes the camera is great. But over the past year it has acquired more and more issues. The interface is very slow, trying to type a text is annoying because it can't keep up. If I set it down too hard it will restart itself. The battery...” More...