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September 07, 2005

Apple announces the iTunes phone: Motorola ROKR E1

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Finally! The long rumored and awaited iTunes phone is here. Available exclusively through Cingular in the US, the Motorola ROKR E1 lists for $250 with a 2-year contract. It's a tri-band GSM/GPRS phone that weighs 3.77 ounces and sports a dedicated iTunes button on the face. It's got a VGA camera with 4x zoom, Bluetooth, speakerphone, a nice 176 x 220, 262 colors TFT display, and it supports TransFlash memory cards.

Use iTunes software to sync a playlist or randomly fill the ROKR with music. Song capacity is limited only by the amount of storage on your memory card to 100 songs, and the phone syncs with your computer via USB (version 1.1 only). The phone will play mp3 and AAC files and display album art and song information just like an iPod would. The navigation interface seems to be just like an iPod's as well.

Visit the Apple page or go directly to the Cingular site to purchase.

Posted on September 7, 2005 01:09 PM | Category: Music

Comments

LAPTOP Magazine was at the Motorola Launch Event in NYC and had the chance to play around with the ROKR E1. They got to play with it and didn’t give it a favroable report.

I love the title: ROKR E1 DOA?
http://laptopmag.com/Features/ROKR-DOA.htm

Posted by: Bill on September 9, 2005 11:09 AM