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w800i all the way!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
Same complaint extends to the Walkman W800 phone (which is 900/1800/1900), which btw, this thing is NOT better then save for itunes integration (which I don't care about).]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
This is a poor effort. But even if it weren't, I still must ask why this device is needed, or at least why it is getting Engadget so stirred up. This is probably the least exciting "big announcement" I've seen you guys post this year.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=305]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
The "myth" of Apple is unaffected.

]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
The interface looks just like my V551. Which, of course, Apple had no hand in designing.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
anyone notice the complete lack of apple branding on the phone, and on the makemedance.com site? Plenty of mention of Cingular, but the only hint that Apple has anything to do with this is that iTunes is written on the page. No mention of Apple, or even a logo.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
Where is the proper ipod phone, with a hard drive and clickwheel, that is black with a white rim like the pics we saw from motonow (which matched the concept design pics for the iphone). THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE.

Im totally gutted, almost disgusted with what this has turned out to be.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
i will go with sony or nokia.

so very disappointing.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/I expected somethin better fom Apple.

Well, maybe I'm angry because I really wanted some kind of iPod Video with iTunes Video Store.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
And I still can't figure out who the heck wants a phone that plays music. What a waste of battery life on a tool that could get you out of an emergency (the phone). Hardware folks need to realize that there will never be the One device to solve all of our portable "needs."]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
BUT - the way to look at this is as a starting point, a proof of concept. If Cingular sees that they are making money from music sales on this, they will be likely to keep selling iTunes phones. This is not a done deal by any means, Cingular could decide to drop it whenever they like.

If Cingular is successful with this, we're sure to see Motorola and Apple pump dollars into better iTunes-capable phones. And, of course, it's no leap of imagination to see Apple decide, after a year of watching Motorola get all the booty, that they could make a better iTunes phone themselves.

So, yes, ugly phone, hardly an earth-shaking announcement - but considering the politically-charged business environment, I think of this as one small step for a phone, one giant leap towards the iPhone.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
Boy, over the next year there are gonna be a bunch of whiny WMP Mobile users pointing out that 10 million users do not use their Smartphones even if they could 2 years before iTunes phone users.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
I hate to tell all of you Apple-lovers out there, but loyalty for everybody but you has to do with useablity. As soon as there is something better out there Apple will and iTunes will be forgotten. They can't put their stamp on lame products like this when they live or die by cool.
]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
Will it work with iSync?
How 'bout e-mail?
What's the price w/o a 2-yr contract?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/If you pause the commercial when she's going past the mirror and answers the phone, you get the best view of any of the ads.
It looks basically like an iPod - silver back, white front, and she's got a very stylish pair of white earbuds with an integrated mic.
Not the ugly MechaMoto phone they're actually selling with a gray cord and orange earbuds.

Looks like, when they shot the commercial, they may have actually been thinking about making an iTunes phone that actually looked like an Apple product.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/
Damn this is the rip-off of the century.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/the-motorola-rokr-e1-apple-itunes-phone/jobs, get your head out of your ass.

perhaps he will, and they will have an itunes version of the n91...complete with apple-style looks. maybe?
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