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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Limpag: A phone that rocks
By Max Limpag
Celltalk
MOTOROKR E2. Motorola launched in Cebu the other week its new version of the Rokr and the phone lives up to its name—it really rocks. I tried out the phone in the company’s iconic MotoBus during the launch and the full stereo sound quality, even for a tone-deaf guy like me, is pretty impressive.
Heck, the guys of popular rock band Itchy Worms couldn’t stop playing with the phone during the launch and if you listen to them, you’d think they’re talking about a new guitar or drum set or whatever it is that brings rockers to seventh heaven. Sure, Itchy Worms are endorsers of the product but their excitement upon finding a nifty phone appeared genuine.
The MotoRokr is an exciting music phone and one you should consider if you’re currently scouting for a new unit to buy.
GREAT FEATURES. What stood out for me during the orientation on the phone’s features was the fact that it’s running Linux-for-mobile, an open source system. It builds upon the stability and security of Linux.
The phone also uses standard 3.5mm earphone jacks. This means that you can replace your unit’s earpiece with standard earphones. Most phones use earpieces specific to a phone unit or model line. This limits your choices for replacements when earpieces go deaf or are broken.
The phone also uses high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity that allows for transfer of hundreds of songs in just a few minutes.
The MotoRokr comes with features you’d expect of current multimedia phones. It plays music with an integrated MP3 player and does away with the 50-song limit of its predecessor. The song limit with the previous version of the phone wasn’t a hardware issue but a licensing one; it was a condition in its agreement with Apple for the use of iTunes. MotoRokr also has a built-in FM radio. It has dedicated music player buttons: Play/Pause, Skip Forward/ Backward and Hold.
The MotoRokr can play mobile video in 3GP and MP4 formats. The phone, as expected, has Bluetooth connectivity. It also comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera with flash, which is good enough for point and shoot photography.
The phone also uses the Opera browser, which is an excellent choice by the company. The Opera browser for mobile phones, which you can download to your Java enabled phones, renders standard web pages into formats that are easy to view in mobile devices. This means you don’t have to choose the scrappy WAP versions of websites in browsing web pages. You can view standard web pages, only it’s rendered in a mobile-friendly format.
The phone comes with a 512MB SD card. That storage space is enough for more than a hundred songs or photos. But if you’re a memory hog and you want to keep several albums in your phone, you can expand the memory up to 2GB, which is good enough for 500 songs.
The phone works without a SIM and has an airplane mode, meaning you can switch it on as a music player with phone functions turned off for listening in airplanes.
If you’re in the market for a new unit, the MotoRokr is an excellent choice.
It’s an audiophile’s dream. With the unit, you can ditch your MP3 player and digital point and shoot camera. The MotoRokr is one of those phones that are truly convergent units: One device that serves as music player, digital camera, personal information manager and phone.
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