[KTHubbybunch]

Motorola has announced their ROKR E8 their latest music phone. It uses the ModeShift technology from Motorola, allows user to shift from a music player to phone with just a touch of a button. When the phone is switched off, it will have a smooth and glossy surface with no visible keys. That’s cool, with one press on the virtual music key, the phone keypad disappears and the music keys (play, pause, fast forward and rewind) appear in its place. The vibrating haptics technology has been used also, the device will provides the tactile feedback consumers expect from a traditional keypad, providing confirmation they have pressed a virtual key. The ROKR E8 has 2GB of internal memory which can store up to 1,500 songs and if that’s not enough, you can expand another 4GB with an optional micro SD card. The Motorola ROKR E8 is expected to be available in Q1 2008.


• Dimensions: 115 x 53 x 10.6mm
• Quad Band; GPRS/EDGE class 12
• Weight: 100 grams
• Battery: 970mAh
• Display: 2.0” QVGA 240×320 262K TFT
• 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
• haptics technology provides tactile response when a virtual key is pressed
• 2GB internal memory;
• external memory support up to 4GB capacity
• Microsoft music ecosystem support
• 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, stereo Bluetooth wireless technology (A2DP)
• 2.0megapixel camera with 8x zoom, multi-shot feature, video capture and playback
• Airplane mode to play uninterrupted music in the air
• 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

[Kishire]

why thats a nice phone...its pretty cool

[AsobiSeksu]

thats cool.
does the place where the numbers are light up or something?

[TangalanG]

woah that looks slickkk
wouldnt mind having one

[tetsuya]

yeah... I don't like it~

[ilu<3]

It doesn't look too impressive.

[kuroxkitsuneX3]

Eh, don't really get the invisible keys as that space doesn't get used for anything else. The screen could've been a whole lot bigger then. ._.

[cpopbaby19]

It looks like a wider L7~ -_____-'' Err and the circular thing in the middle reminds me of chocolate. LOL

anyway, i love the color but the design, no.

But the specs are pretty good, imo. I wonder how much would that cost.

[ltnd.]

I'm uh...not too fond of this one...

[baoi]

nice.. they really have ONLY ONE style..
it looks like the SLVR.

[Deafz]

This is really cool. Could beat the SE series. Wished for a better camera though.

[Luly]

Eh, don't really get the invisible keys as that space doesn't get used for anything else. The screen could've been a whole lot bigger then. ._.

ya if the screen is bigger, it would be perfect.

the keys change according to what u r using. if u wanna call/text, they r numbers; if u play music, they are shuffle/repeat; if u r viewing pics, it's zoom.

[bluenette]

It looks so cool especially the hidden keypad. If only the screen was bigger but nothing's perfect.

[V-ni@star]

it is pretty, but the keypad..
i think i will not buy this phone

[GinaxDongseng]

holy molie,
that rokr is wayyyy better than mine >______<;;;;
ackkkk.

[mis5.veE]

the modeshift sounds cool, it's a pity they didn't make the screen bigger.

[disfunktional.]

It's kind of cute, I just hater Motorola, it sucks.

[jxmode]

Looks neat, but I'm not a fan of motorola phones that much.
=T I'd probably get really erked with the buttons.

[ltnd.]

the keypad thing looks kind of cool but screen looks much smaller than the original rokr ... =\

[Nuke]

It looks pretty in those pictures, but I saw this phone at a store and it did not look good in person. Just my opinion, of course, but yeah.