Hands-on with the Motorola ROKR E8

by Chris Ziegler posted Jan 7th 2008 at 2:28AM

We're awfully disillusioned by the lack of 3G data -- a phone with a display, a keypad, and an overall look this sexy deserves better. Be that as it may, though, anyone who thinks they can plod along happily on EDGE alone owes it to themselves to have a nice, close look at the ROKR E8 when it comes out later this quarter. The landscape QVGA screen was awfully bright and crisp (though the eerie, dim blue lighting plaguing the room could make it seem artificially great), the glossy black shell is pretty gorgeous, and it's hard to deny the cool factor on a mighty morphin' keypad. Complaints? The usual 3G whining aside, we'd have preferred a full circle for music navigation instead of the funky three-quarter thing we have here. Call us fickle!

Gallery: Hands-on with the Motorola ROKR E8

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Johan S @ Jan 7th 2008 3:00AM

Typical, a half way product is a no way sale.

The fools at Motorola think QVGA is good enough resolution for everything. So, I'm sorry if my expression of shock isn't coming across there's just not enough pixels.

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Ed @ Jan 7th 2008 6:08PM

Sure, QVGA sucks, but it doesn't mean that much on a screen that small on a phone that no one will buy.

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Deputy Doffoos @ Jan 7th 2008 2:49AM

looks to me like just another phone with a small screen :( :( :(

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dallas @ Jan 7th 2008 8:27AM

Why don't you seem to get that G3 isn't all that it's cracked up to be. That's why Apple didn't add it into the iPhone. LG dropped it from their Prada, Nokia is dropping it in the N95, and now Moto is dropping it. There is obviously something wrong with the technology.

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