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The editors liked
Plays music from iTunes music store
Decent range
Sound quality equal to an iPod
Support for multiple playlists.
Speakers are loud enough for hotel room listening. Less chunky and more attractive in the flesh than you’d expect. Good commuting buddy. Twelve hours music-listening from the Li-Ion battery.
First iTunes-branded phone
* Links effortlessly with iTunes
* Good onboard sound quality
ITunes software handles well
Good quality sound output through headset and stereo speakers
Album art displays on handset
The editors didn't like
Horribly slow music transfers
Sluggish menus
Rubbish headphones
100-song limit
Dead-slow syncing
Poky interface
Artificial track limit
Reversed stereo channels.
ITunes implementation is not done well. Chief annoyance is the 100-song cap (to prevent cannibalising iPod sales)
Closely followed by the USB 1.1 connection and sluggish movement between menus.
Slow to copy tracks No over the air downloads from iTunes 100-track limit
Camera resolution is only VGA (640x480 pixels)
100-tune limit
Slow transfers over USB
Cant transfer tunes via Bluetooth or buy them over the air
Speakers are loud enough for hotel room listening. Less chunky and more attractive in the flesh than you’d expect. Good commuting buddy. Twelve hours music-listening from the Li-Ion battery.
iTunes implementation is not done well. Chief annoyance is the 100-song cap (to prevent cannibalising iPod sales), closely followed by the USB 1.1 connection and sluggish movement between menus.
Somewhere inside the Rokr, a processor groans as you attempt an iPod-quick flick through the menus. ...
Abstract: Mobile phones that can play music files have been around for at least three years, but most phones require a third-party application or have very primitive music and playlist support. Motorolas E1 is the first handset to come with a pre-installed v...
Abstract: The first phone with iTunes onboard, but its no iPod With rumours of an iPod phone doing the rounds as long as we can remember, it was no surprise when the ROKR finally appeared. But the underwhelming response cant be blamed entirely on hype fatig...
As should be apparent, I’m not wowed by the ROKR. It’s not a terrible phone or music player, but it’s not the kind of impressive first effort you expect from a product associated with Apple. With its slow syncing and response, artificial...
Abstract: iTunes phone with PDA functions: Apple certainly knows how to do music players, and Motorola has had its moments with handsets. But can the two come together in a music playing handset that cuts the mustard? The two companies clearly think ...
Its difficult not to be disappointed with the ROKR, which promised so much but delivers relatively little. While the integration with iTunes is an attractive feature, the limited storage space and unavailability of over-the-air downloads makes it litt...
iTunes software handles well; good quality sound output through headset and stereo speakers; album art displays on handset
Camera resolution is only VGA (640x480 pixels); 100-tune limit; slow transfers over USB; cant transfer tunes via Bluetooth or buy them over the air
The Rokr E1 is a generally average handset beefed up with good sound output and Apples iTunes software. If youre an Apple fan and simply must have a phone thats compatible with iTunes, then the Rokr E1 is your only choice. But wed suggest you take...
Abstract: Built-in iTunes music player software. - Download songs to the phone from your computers iTunes music library using the supplied USB cable. - Number of songs available on the phone limited to 100. The tunes are stored on the included TransFlash (mic...
