Video feature: ROKR E2 hands-on
By Randall Bennett 
posted Jan 5th 2006 7:05PM
posted Jan 5th 2006 7:05PM
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UGLY!!!!!!
Without iTunes it's worthless.
Looks like this ROKR may not suck.
Key word here is "may".
I am holding off final judgement till it is released.
Dude... Get a manicure
just kidding. keep up the good work man. I love CES coverage.
Nice Engadget graphics on the video :)
But as for the phone, I'm saying the design is rather ugly and from the picture above, why does it look like OS X so much (the tabs and the fluid-ey blue progress bar) if it doesn't run iTunes? But anyway, I'm saying too little too late, the N91 is a better music phone and is already out, but costs a boatload.
Most un-attractive.
In un-related complaining, the comments system seems to show more comments on the news page than there actually are, perhaps it's counting total comments, instead of just activated comments.
Those hands are not very sexy...
Key word here is "not".
I was just hatin' cause I can't be at CES this year :(
Oh by the way, that phone is ugly as hell. W/O iTunes, what's the point?
Man i will no longer care ....they have some really smart phones in there Line....but what do they do they try to sell us there second best design as an MP3 phone ....leave me alone
Looks like white LEDs are the new blue.
um.. is it supposed to look like the apple website?
I don't get it. There is an iTunes button on the phone but they didn't bother putting the iTunes software on it? What's the point?
There is no iTunes button on the phone; in the music world, we call that a "note."
Forcing people to use iTunes was a terrible idea from the start. I wish they would make it mountable as a standard USB storage drive for those of us who would like to use it without being forced to use specific (buggy) software.
What's so special about iTunes on a phone, anyway? Can I get Winamp on my phone? Speaking of which, is it really iTunes on the ROKR E1? I would've though it was software created to mimick the software found on iPods, not another buggy port of a native OS X application. Oh, wait, it is.
Indeed, hideous phone. My Samsung Uproar looked better and played mp3s without using precious ITUNES. But that was before provider/manufacturer/ITMS monetization.
I wonder if they're actually trying to NOT sell this thing... hmm
And here I would like to quote a wise man named Bubba Sparks: UGLEEEEEE!
I agree, it's not a "GREAT" looking phone (
For a 'smart' technology company, Motorola seem to employ some pretty stupid people! As a potential consumer in the market for an Cell + MP3 combo, I will break it down for them....
RAZR + MP3 player (With 500+ song storage) + headphone jack + dedicated player buttons = WILL FLY or
SLVR + MP3 player (with 500+ song storage) + headphone jack + dedicated player buttons = WILL FLY
ROKR, with or without itunes = LAME DUCK. Simple!
I for one am GLAD that they dumped iTunes...forget that proprietary format. Besides, iRadio offers a commercial free, XM-like experience that iTunes can't currently match.
I also don't think the phone is *that* ugly. What am I missing, what is so objectional about a small bar style phone? For those who want a RAZR MP3 phone...how long do you think a battery in a phone that thin will last playing MP3 files