Motorola MOTOROKER E8 Unlocked Phone with 2 GB Memory, MicroSD Slot, 2 MP Camera, and Media Player--International Version with No Warranty (Black)
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Motorola continues to type up for its dismal Rokr E1 with its new Rokr E8. Announced at the ultra-posh Wynn Motel during a late-night press conference (we re not sure why Moto had to hold-up until 9 p.m. on a Sunday to do this), the ROKR E8 is one of two handsets Moto is announcing at CES 2008. And it won CNET s Choicest of CES in the cell phones and smartphones. Music, of course, is a central tract here but the ROKR E8 s real news lies with its unique "ModeShift" technology. As an alternative of traditional keypad and navigation array, the Rokr features a smooth "glasslike" fa with touch-pad controls that digitally "morph" depending on how the handset is adapted to. As you shift from phone to music to imaging modes, the backlight on the knob changes to illuminate only the relevant buttons for your in circulation function. The E8 also features Motorola s first Haptics keypad with vibrating feedback and a "FastScroll" steersmanship wheel that makes it pretty seamless to navigate Sometimes non-standard due to long playlists. It s not a complete circle but it s pretty user-approachable. Loading songs on the E8 is also supposed to be fast and easy via a USB tie to a PC. Moto said that over the next year it would launch more music phones like the E8 that would be change one's mind than standalone music players. That s a bold prophecy, we can t wait to test it out. We have to say, however, that Moto seems to get succeeded at integrating the ergonomics of an MP3 player and a cell phone into one mechanism. Other features on the candy bar device include a Linux/Java OS, subsistence for Windows Media Player 11, a large (2-inch) 262,000-go red in the face display, 2GB internal memory, stereo Bluetooth, USB 2.0, Moto s CrystalTalk technology (like we saw on the Razr2 series), an visible memory card slot, a 2-megapixel camera, a digital-music instrumentalist, and a full HTML browser. The quad-band world phone supports GPRS and Creep networks, and it offers a "talking phone" to read your subject-matter messages while dialing a number or receiving a call. We refuge tMotorola reinvents its non-professional MOTOROKR lineup with the technologically advanced ROKR E8 cell phone/digital audio instrumentalist. It features a morphing keypad that only shows the germane keys in various modes, a wide variety of music row format compatibility, and wireless Bluetooth stereo music streaming. And it includes new Motorola proposal innovations, including ModeShift technology for moving from phone to music technique with the touch of a single button and the FastScroll navigation spin for quickly accessing both your music and contact libraries. This phone in the same way features an internal 2 GB memory, MicroSD memory expansion for up to 4 GB of further memory, 2.0-megapixel camera/camcorder, and an airplane way that allows you to play uninterrupted music while flying or when you don't prerequisite to be interrupted by incoming calls.
 From talk to music in one start, ROKR E8 features cutting-edge, easy-to-use controls that tolerate a smooth transition from phone to MP3 player. |
The ROKR E8 provides you the candour to access music from a wide variety of sources, whether it's music you've purchased from online stores or from pledge services. It's compatible with Windows Media Player 11, and it permission to more than 200 online music stores and unsophisticated drag-and-drop organizing of songs, artists, albums and playlists. The phone equally includes a built-in FM radio (optional 3.5mm headphones obligated to be plugged in) and a Song ID feature that recognizes and displays attune information (not available in all areas; additional charges may apply).
In music system, the ROKR E8 delivers great sound through a three-dimensional stereo mark that enhances two-channel audio and an on-board equalizer. Allocation music with friends over the built-in speaker, use a partiality set of standard stereo wired headphones using the 3.5 mm headset jack. This phone likewise provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity with the A2DP Bluetooth make a bundle, enabling you to stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headset or speaker dock.
 Compatible with a wide variety of file formats, the ROKR E8 can in the same way sync up with Windows Media Player 11 on your PC. |
The ROKR E8 also marks the enter of Motorola's new FastScroll navigation wheel, a variable-speed touch device that lets you easily scroll through all of the content stored on the mark of cadency. With a gentle slide of the thumb, the wheel quickly scrolls throughout your music (music mode), contacts (phone look), calendar (phone mode), or multimedia (imaging mode) significance.
The ROKR E8 follows the RAZR2 in offering Motorola's CrystalTalk technology, an innovative quality that automatically accounts for background noise during a denominate and adjusts the audio quality based on ambient noise state of affairs to provide the optimal conversational experience. CrystalTalk also reduces the supply of the background noise picked up by the microphone during a call, making it admissible to be more easily heard over the phone while in a cacophonous environment.
The 2-megapixel camera includes an 8x digital zoom and it provides four exactitude choices (from 320 x 240 to 1600 x 1200 pixels). It equally features a multi-shot mode, self-timer, unloose memory space indicator, color effects, and multiple shutter sounds (including still). The phone also includes an impressive video camcorder, providing up to QCIF deliberation (176 x 144 pixels) at 15 fps (frames per second. You can track record video for as long as you have available space on your MicroSD respect card.
Other features include:
- 2.0-inch QVGA pomp with 240 x 320-pixel resolution and 262K colors
- Supported music formats: MIDI, MP3, AAC, AAC+, Enhanced AAC+, WMA, WAV, AMR-NB, Genuine Audio (RA) v10, Microsoft music ecosystem
- Quad-platoon GSM network connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
- GPRS/EDGE Class 12 (Enhanced Materials for Global Evolution) network compatibility
- Talking phone offers a spokesman readout of text messages while dialing number or when receiving a holler
- Built-in email client, text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messaging, and put up with for two-way instant messaging
- Full HTML browser
- iTAP predictive content entry
- 48-chord polyphonic ringtones
- USB 2.0 wired connectivity for unshakeable downloads from your PC
- Speaker-independent voice dialing
- Display and ringer caller ID
- PIM tools: calendar, to-do list, alarm, expression memo, calculator
- SyncML PC synchronization standard
- Airplane state to play uninterrupted music in the air, even without a SIM card
Enlivening Statistics
The ROKR E8 weighs 3.77 ounces and measures 4.57 x 2.11 x 0.43 inches. Its lithium-ion battery-operated is rated at up to 6 hours of talk time, and up to 300 hours of digital standby on occasion. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.