T-Mobile blowing out free Motorola ZN5s this weekend

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tnkgrl @ Nov 25th 2008 1:52PM

I'm currently reviewing a T-Mobile branded Motorola ZN5 - see my unboxing here: http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/unboxing-the-motorola-zn5-zine/ - and frankly I'm not very impressed other than the camera...

Keep an eye on my blog for a full review soon! In the meantime here's the gist of it:
- Awesome camera, up there with the Nokia N82
- Extremely decent music player/FM radio with standard heaphone jack
- Great reception/call quality and solid construction
- Micro-SD card and USB 2.0 mass storage support
- Full Bluetooth stack with ObEx transfer/sync, DUN tetehring, and A2DP stereo

Unfortunately, that's about it for the positives. T-Mobile has really locked this device down, making WiFi and EDGE almost useless:
- WiFi can't be used until you insert a SIM with a data plan
- WiFI is only useful to transfer pictures to the Kodak service or T-Mobile galley
- The web browser looks like crap and requires manually switching between EDGE and WiFi
- The email and IM client only supports a handful of preset services
- You can't use the email client to send pictures
- I'm pretty sure the IM client uses SMS instead of data
- You can install Java apps (Gmail, Gmaps, Opera) but you can't access the network with them
- You can't change APN/WAP settings to use the G1 or Total Internet data plans
- There's no unlocked firmware flashing solution yet

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aaronforjesus @ Nov 25th 2008 7:13PM

DUN Tethering available? Could you check to make sure? That would be great! I was told earlier that it was going to be disabled.

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tnkgrl @ Nov 25th 2008 8:39PM

DUN tethering is common place on "dumb" phones. All you need is Bluetooth (or a USB cable + the right modem drivers) for your Mac/PC, a data plan on on the account associated with the SIM used in the phone., and your APN/WAP settings.

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aaronforjesus @ Nov 26th 2008 4:25PM

The reason why I asked was that T-Mobile hath been disabling tethering on all their recent feature phones. See the SE TM506 made after October.

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aaronforjesus @ Nov 26th 2008 4:36PM

Just to confirm, have you used the DUN on the phone yet? Sometimes when they are crippled, they will display in a bluetooth list, but when the dial-up is attempted, it will give an error message. Thanks!

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