Hands-on with Motorola ROKR E8

Get my hands-touch-and feel-on with motorola ROKR E8. Am still not a fan of motorola tho'. But I do like to see the slim design and the phone 'Rokr E8' itself. So far, I like the keypad and the great sound outcome. Indeed a nice music phone. Instead of traditional keypad and navigation array, I like the smooth 'glass-like' surface. Seems like a 'touch-sensitive' screen and keypad although you still actually need to press it. The keypad has a vibrating feedback and the navigation wheel make it easy to smoothly go from one option to another. Although loading songs is very fast and easy with a simple connection (drag-and-drop) between the USB and PC, but the phone sort out the songs differently. Instead of following the folder I make my own, so that I can drop each folder to make a playlist; it detect the song individually. And making a playlist to put all the songs according to the folders name is troublesome (or maybe I haven't explore properly plus not reading the manual =p ). The small screen is a turn-off for me but the sleek-light design is enough to attract me. Not to mention, the 2GB storage capacity of internal memory. This phone won CNET's Best of CES in the cell phones and smartphones.

Phone's Spec

ROKR E8
Dimensions	115x53x10.6mm
Band	Quad Band; GPRS/EDGE class 12
Weight	100 grams
Battery	970mAh
Display	2.0” QVGA 240x320 262K TFT
Features	ModeShift technology transforms the device from phone to music player to imaging device with thetouch of a button FastScroll navigation wheel allows for scrolling through songs, contact and image library with theslide of a thumb Innovative haptics technology provides tactile response when a virtual key is pressed 2GB internal memory4; optional external memory support up to 4GB capacity Microsoft™ music ecosystem support 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, stereo Bluetooth wireless technology (A2DP)³ 2.0megapixel camera with 8x zoom, multi-shot feature, video capture and playback Airplane mode to play uninterrupted music in the air, even without a SIM card Talking phone offers a voice readout of text messages while dialing number or whenreceiving a call MIDI, MP3, AAC, AAC+, Enhanced AAC+, WMA, WAV, AMR-NB, Real Audio (RA) v10 Crystal Talk™ technology Full HTML browser
Connectivity	Stereo Bluetooth Class 2, USB 2.0 Hi-speed, GPRS Class 12, EDGE Class 12

source : motorola

ROKR E8 is designed for music. The drag-and-drop feature and playlist management should be easy (why I've problems with it?). Anyways, there are other features to explore but I didn't get the chance to dig more on this phone. This phone looks fun overall.