Motorola releasing ROKR E1 successor

User Comments: 7

1. February 1, 2006 12:38 PM
   barfarf said:
   I just purchased a new cell phone called the samsung A920 and it has a slot for flash memory chip. That way i can buy a 1gig chip put way more then 100 songs on it. There are several other new phones that have a slot for a memory chip. Its a useful feature.
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2. February 1, 2006 1:23 PM
   PanicX said:
   [quote]The SLVR L7 doesn't address those issues: It has the same storage limitation for iTunes files and uses the same USB Latest News about USB technology to connect to the computer. It lacks some of the music-oriented features of the ROKR, like external stereo speakers and a dedicated headphone jack. Instead, the headphones plug into the charging jack via an adapter.[/quote]What are they smoking? The market shunned the product for lack in these areas and instead of making any corrections, they make it shiny...
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3. February 1, 2006 3:30 PM
   nathanskywalker said:
   [quote]Too Little, Too Long [/quote] Oh, just keep wining, meanwhile i'll sit back and be thourouly entertained by corporation wars.
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4. February 1, 2006 4:16 PM
   djleyo said:
   at least they tried to make it better but i think they are still missing some more important issues that need to be upgraded like the battery life and the fact that you cant recieve a call and keep hearing your tunes Nice try but ill save my money for an Ipod or a ZEN M
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5. February 1, 2006 6:28 PM
   Need_a_Dell said:
   Sounds like a good idea, but they really should fix the existing problems with the current ROKR. The RAZR is an extremely sexy looking phone, and with iTunes, it should be much more successful than the original ROKR. The ROKR phone is an excellent idea, but they need to fix those vital problems. The 100 song limit is WAY to low. I have a 20GB iPod and it's so full that I've had to resort to a cycle to put my songs on and off of the iPod. Now I know that it's not practical to put 4600 songs onto a cell phone, but this was just a way to show how many songs a person could have, and how little a 100 song cap really is. A good idea would be to have the integrated 100 song memory on the phone, and then have a memory expansion slot for additional music on the go. This would be an excellent selling point for them to make that extra $cashflow$.
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6. February 1, 2006 8:54 PM
   shounen said:
   I hope this is gonna be a success.... I bet it will be better than the previous one
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7. February 2, 2006 2:54 AM
   Race said:
   Looks like Motorola simply re-designed the ROCKR cosmetically ("self-expression portfolio"), and that's what they're banking on. It does look pretty cool, and a lot of buyers consider looks a big part of their selection process, but I have to agree that it probably won't be significantly more successful than the original.Also....they most likely would not have been able to add and/or expand features and still keep it at or below the $200 price point, which is in the ballpark with the RAZR. New cell phones come on the market all the time, and Motorola is a pretty cool company, so there's probably areason or strategy behind what they're doing.As Justin mentioned, I'm one of those people that prefer a stand-alone music player rather than using a cell phone.Personally, I'm more interested in the phones coming out with a much higher quality digital camera and video. (the best I've seen so far is the 2 mega-pixel Samsung A940)
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