T-Mobile has officially become the first carrier in North America to offer Motorola’s MOTOZINE ZN5. The ZN5 is a quadband EDGE handset with WiFi, a morphing keypad and a 5-megapixel camera. The camera features xenon flash and a suite of Kodak imaging software. T-Mobile is only charging $99 for the unit, however that deal comes with the promise of a two year contract. Look for the ZN5 in T-Mobile stores and online starting today.

Motorola will be laying off 3,000 employees, most of them in the handset division, as part of an $800 million expenditure cut planned for 2009. The company laid out the cut at their recent Q3 earnings call. A spokesperson for the company confirmed that two-thirds of the layoffs would be coming from the handset division.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Sanjay Jha, who formerly worked as a Qualcomm executive and currently cuts his checks as the co-CEO of Motorola, is about to cut jobs in an effort to keep the mobile division above water. This comes as no surprise, as Jha recently told employees that Motorola had two-to-three times the number of employees in their employ than competitors. Cuts will probably number in the "thousands", and could happen as early as Thursday so says the WSJ.

The company has already dropped 10,000 jobs since 2007. In addition to job cuts, Jha says he plans to discontinue plans on production of "dozens of phone designs." Motorola will also be scaling back it’s mobile-OS inventory from about seven to just three: Android for multi-media and Internet showcase phones, Windows Mobile business devices, and its own P2K for low-end phones.

Sanjay will be given $100 million dollars and 3 percent stock if he manages to turn a profit on the mobile phone division by late 2010. If he doesn’t? Jha will receive a paltry $30 million. Boo hoo.

Motorola has released two GPS navigators, the MOTONAV TN20 and TN30. The TN20 provides spoken street names and turn-by-turn directions. The unit also offers NAVTEQ 2D / 3D maps of the United States and a 3.5-inch touch panel. The TN30 takes all of those features and adds in maps of Puerto Rico and Canada, along with four million searchable points of interest and a 4.3-inch touchscreen. The TN30 also features Bluetooth headsfree support.

Both units include an SD slot for updating maps, a mini USB port for charging, speed limit display with warnings and on-screen tidbits regarding distance, arrival time, elevation and speed. They are only available at Radio Shack for now at the suggested retail price of $199.99 / $299.99, respectively.

The guys over at Mobile Review have secured some face-time with the new Motorola Aura high-end cellphone. They paid special attention to the UI and the functionality of the circular screen, a first for cellphones. The gang seemed pleased with the menus and the precision-engineered rotation mechanism. They also lauded the general "feel" of the phone, adding that the all-metal shape was a joy to hold on to. They did, however, express some reservation with the $2,000 price tag.

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