Motorola ROKR E1
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- bird90
- P4m
- 16 Sep 2005
well, well.....
E398 price: 199-250
E790\ROKR E1: 450-499 (yep guys is expensinve)
So it's your opinion.....which one?
The only thing that I can say is that E398 and ROKR are the same,same 3D Stereo Sound, same Games, same interface, except for the iTunes technology, 262k colors and video recording....But to put an iTunes and a video recorder in the E398 and paint it wait and increase the price so high? Is this something understandable? Maybe we can call it E398expesive version.
Also whats is the main difference between iTunes and a MP3Player??
Moto worked in iTunes project 4 1 year and came with an "upgrade" (cant call this as an upgrade.....upgrade is when u increase everything in the phone) version of E398....
Nothing against Moto...I am owner of a E398 and I like Moto, but the only thing I can say is that Moto lost an enourmus oppurtunity to make a "revolution" and to compete with SE (w800i) and Nokia(N Series)
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- moto
- YHP
- 16 Sep 2005
This phone is a bit outdated, especially the crappy charging connector which by now mini usb should be a standard but over all the phone is awesome for a first version and the price of $249. I've heard it over and over that it can only store 100 songs which sounds lame but Apple probably did not allow Motorola to support more songs because that would kill the IPOD completely, DUH!. If it was up to Motorola it would have supported at least 1000 songs. The reason it took Motorola so long to put this device on the market was that the 3 companies (Apple, ITUNES, MOT) had to come to an agreement to make everyone happy in the deal. The phone itself probably took a few weeks to design. I would not be surprised to see Motorola releasing a new version soon that will blow this one out of the water. Maybe a thinner Razr type with better camera??
There are a lot of things behind the scenes of a product development that most consumers do not have a clue of.
What more can you ask for $249? It's the first ITUNES phone ever. That's how all companies do things.
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- sarkar
- Mne
- 15 Sep 2005
I agree , Moto has lost its opportunity to make a fantastic Music phone better than the W800i. I think Moto really needs a young generation of designers and managers if it wants to keep up in the market. Pity Moto
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- clement
- PIX
- 15 Sep 2005
512Mb??? speechless.... since my ears couldn't differentiate the music quality between normal mp3 phone and ipod, with all these specs, i'd rather go SE w800i etc, still lotsa better options out there
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- vishwam
- YiF
- 15 Sep 2005
I am using Motorola E398 which look like same piece, in this new IPOD I would like to tell that it should be great news if you add extra features like FM, video and music "as well even E398 has great sound system with music" and I would like to exchange if possible to IPOD
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- happyseller
- Fv0
- 15 Sep 2005
after reading all of the opinions, i will say good on you motorola!!! they are aiming for the lower end market (this phone is probably half the price of the K750i). it will be a affordable alternative to the K750i so i think that they have done something right here. as for the camera only being VGA, if it was megapixel it would cost more to make, then the consumer would end up picking up the extra cost. all i ask of this phone is that it DOES NOT have that dodgy recharger connection. anyway my opinion, good job!!!
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- Robocellkid
- jZS
- 15 Sep 2005
Its only the first one! Think about it. First iPod..how much space like 5GB? Bet you wouldn't wanna use that now. Everyone all over the internet is thinking that "this phone stinks" but almost everyone fails to understand that this is the first.
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- h4xor
- nRE
- 14 Sep 2005
When this is relased i am going ot get it, i am uhappy with the VGA camrea thats all what can beat this, apart from n91, and w800i how much memory does it come with ?
- S
- SE Supporter
- PFM
- 14 Sep 2005
This phone practically cant survive in the phone market.. only those who r despo for phones will buy it.. or those who only want a average phone will want it.. guess this phone gonna be cheap when it comes out.. the only thing good is iTune? lol
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- erwin
- PF$
- 14 Sep 2005
I think I'll stick to my E680i (I use 1 gb SD card) and buy myself an IPOD
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- Razvan
- mA$
- 14 Sep 2005
This phone is CRAP! It's the same E398 with a 512Mb card (takes at least 1hour to copy 500Mb from pc->phone) and a new firmware (still buggy, still not user friendly). Low quality camera, low JBenchmark score and now you must use iTunes every time you want to transfer music. My serious advice is to buy a SonyEricsson K750 instead if you don't need 850Mhz band.
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- pecan
- 45Q
- 14 Sep 2005
this phone looks cool. very cool. just VGA? kinda outdated man. moto can do better than that, i'm sure they'll come out one with 2 megapixel soon.this phone ? unless in the range of $200 US, otherwise, won't sale. VGA? no FM radio? only 512mb? not gonna work. should come out with 2 megapixel, radio, 2G max then it will fly
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- Brian Lee
- PFW
- 14 Sep 2005
I am motorola fans actually... but i feel dissapointed with this model.. at least put a better camera on it.. but it stick with VGA??? halloooo... are you joking????? well for the model base on E398 (I love the model rather than SE W800) but i just dissapointed with the features of this model.. I rather wait for V3x comin out.. I am still motorola big supporter.. it just.. this model really dissapointed me... well i just wanna say that.. no offense.. (Motorola please improve and let us be proud when using ur products, im still support you!!!)
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- ~LoveMotorola~
- TKb
- 14 Sep 2005
We love Motorola!!!Motorola r like so cool!!!!!! this RoKr E1 will sure got a good sale!! this phone was actually compatible to apple i tunes??omg!! gonna love this phone...waiting for u to release!!!
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- Anonymous
- Yc7
- 13 Sep 2005
Oh, and beside there will be Nokia N91 with built-in 4 GB hardisk down the road.
P.s. iTunes might works great with the iPod
,but for the phone is like having the Walkman menu in W800 or the Real player in Nokia headset. Other phone can already played mp3 without iTunes.
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- Anonymous
- Yc7
- 13 Sep 2005
Well, first of all, it looked crappy.
Would it be a better idea if Apple designed the phone itself? Just look at how they designed the iPod Nano. It was phenomenal.
The K750i/W800i w/ better camera, better design, and 2Gb of memorystick duo are now available will definitely blow ROKR out of the water.
IMO people will buy it because it has iTunes
and the Apple support, but honestly there are lots of better choice out there.
P.s. Forgive my poor English >
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- skater42
- 2Cy
- 13 Sep 2005
Motorola the best...yeah right
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Motorola is a well known brand, but I think it's popularity doesn't go beyond the US. Motorola phones in Australia have a name to them: cheap and average quality.
Even the RAZR is HUGE, it's flat but still the dimensions are too big for what it can offer.
Motorola cameras are shocking! The VGA are bad, and the A/E1000 1.2MPx camera wasn't worth calling a camera.
All in all iTunes and Apple must have aimed at the American market with this little "gadget".
The japanese (and Europeans by now) have their own network providers who service them with music downloads by Sony (DoCoMo & Vodafone KK).
And all you pay for in this phone is the name "Apple", "iPod", etc...
The music quality will be probably the same as any other mp3 player...
skater42
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- ygq
- 12 Sep 2005
If Nokia and the other companies are so great, why couldn't they come up with an IPOD phone. You see, ITUNES and Apple only wants to deal with the best in class. Motorola products are great, that's why MOT stock is going up, because more and more people know what's the best. This is just a beginning for super cool gadgets Motorola will offer.
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- Bilash
- 42$
- 12 Sep 2005
I'm using Moto RAZR. Its cool. But I think ROKR E1 would definitely cut down on what you need to carry around.
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- belcub
- n4{
- 12 Sep 2005
just to back up the fact that i think Moto and Apple SUK in this instance is because the phone is absolutly rubbish.... Ok maybe put it in a 3g version of the v3 with a 2 mpixel camera now that would impress.... I have a 6680 that blows most phones out of the sky at the minute. I used to sell mobiles for CPW and the fact that moto aint changed there menu system from the v500 is really sad..thats what let the v3 down too... Pity moto aint got something original