Another ROKR Leaks Out
How did the original do?
I thought that the original was a bust? Did it sell well? I never had anybody ask about it so I figured it was a flop, but now they are making a sequal?
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I think moto needs to get it together and produce some edge class 12 and HSDPA handsets.
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Well they made the ROKR E2, which was a second version of the E1, so i guess it didn't do too bad.. 😕
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The E1 was a stupid product. It was stupid on its own, and a stupid way to start the ROKR line. The idea was to start with something simple before trying something more ambitious, but it ended up being crippled, obsolete technology and completely uninteresting, so of course it was a flop.
They did a much better job with the E2, but unfortunately they burned all their cred with the E1, so very few carriers worldwide want to take another chance with the E2. They did find a few takers, but not many. For the same reason, even fewer carriers wanted the E3, which is why it was canceled.
With all that said... it's not like music phones are going away. Motorola needs a strong music play, so it might makes sense for them to keep trying with the...
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They did a much better job with the E2, but unfortunately they burned all their cred with the E1, so very few carriers worldwide want to take another chance with the E2. They did find a few takers, but not many. For the same reason, even fewer carriers wanted the E3, which is why it was canceled.
With all that said... it's not like music phones are going away. Motorola needs a strong music play, so it might makes sense for them to keep trying with the...
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I personally would buy this iteration. I have been saying that Music phones should have an FM modulator built in for a while now. Add to that full SD and a good OS (though I would prefer Windows Mobile myself, of course I use Windows Media Player not iTunes) and great buttons, voila! You have a hit. Motorola has the ability they just shot themselves in the foot out of the gate.
TO be honest I really wanted to see the Samsung i300 series come to the States in a CDMA version. I will reserve my Samsung where are you rants for later.
TO be honest I really wanted to see the Samsung i300 series come to the States in a CDMA version. I will reserve my Samsung where are you rants for later.
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What about stereo bluetooth??? That's a must, especially for newer phones!!!
Hopefully carriers (Cingular) will start to take notice of the newer, and better ROKRS, because the newer one is definetly better.
Hopefully carriers (Cingular) will start to take notice of the newer, and better ROKRS, because the newer one is definetly better.
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if u think about it the ROKR was actually a hit because now everyone and every company is putting out some sort of music phone. Its just a matter of fine tunning, speaking of tunning who wants an FM radio on there phone, its like those VHS/DVD players, come on move on w/ mp3's etc......
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They weren't starting a trend, they were grasping at the dust in the trail of a bandwagon - "THE iPHONE IS FINALLY HERE" was the clear subtext of the ROKR. The whole point was that it could interface with iTunes, and was by association (or so Motorola hoped), as good as an iPod. It failed miserably because it was a pale imitation of a cheap iPod ripoff and it was a crappy phone to boot.
The "trend" of combining mp3 players & cell phones has been predicted by gadget geeks & tech analysts as long as there have been cell phones & mp3 players - long before even the E398 (upon which the ROKR was based) was designed.
The "trend" of combining mp3 players & cell phones has been predicted by gadget geeks & tech analysts as long as there have been cell phones & mp3 players - long before even the E398 (upon which the ROKR was based) was designed.
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the 1st one flopped for technical reasons. the phone wasnt a bad idea and it was the new razr (meaning talk of phones) until it was pitched.
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This is more of a follow up to the E680/E680i than the original ROKR. The E680i was a very successful music phone (in China). It had many of the same features as the E6. The E6 improves on styling and camera. The E680i was actually Motos first phone with A2DP. Final note, the E6 was actually originally going to be the E690 as it was the follow up to the E680i.
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Oh yeah, I forgot FM transmitter as an additional feature on the E6, which is a great feature for a music phone.
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wfine81 said:
I thought that the original was a bust? Did it sell well? I never had anybody ask about it so I figured it was a flop, but now they are making a sequal?
The first one was above average. My only gripe about that one, was that it runs ridiculously slow if you're running the iTunes as well. Sound quallty is off the chain, leaps and bounds over the SLVR. Shock resistance is awesome; I had dropped it from a flight of stairs while playing and it was still bumping after contact. Put in a better OS, video capablility, and a lil' more bump to them speakers and i'd say the phone would the ultimate for the mp3 users.
ONe.
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