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Today’s Menu: Steve Jobs In Two Styles
4:30AM Jack Loftus | In example one, we have that video Matt showed you from earlier this week of Steve Jobs pitching products he positively adores. In the other we have, well, that abomination known as the Motorola ROKR. More »
Peripherals
2:48PM Nick Broughall | The Gadget: Motorola’s universal wired portable speaker, the MOTOROKR EQ3. More »
Lightning Review: MotoROKR EQ3 Portable Speakers
2:48PM Nick Broughall | The Gadget: Motorola’s universal wired portable speaker, the MOTOROKR EQ3. More »
Phones
Motorola Insider Blame Game: Engineers Shoved Designers Aside
1:00AM Brendan I. Koerner | These days, most in-the-know folks would sooner eat glass than carry a Motorola phone. The company has shredded its reputation by failing to address basic interface design issues: freeze-prone software, head-scratching menus, keys that demand Herculean strength. It’s baffling that such a venerable company could build such frustrating phones, considering the zillions presumably spent on development. How did Motorola make such a bollocks of its wireless division? Now that the company has annointed new wireless division chief Sanjay Jha, we surveyed former staffers for the inside scoop, as well as their advice on how to right the ship. More »
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Lightning Review: Motorola ROKR E8 Music Phone
3:00AM Adrian Covert | The Gadget: The Moto E8 ROKR is a candybar music phone that makes use of a touch-sensitive, haptic feedback panel on the bottom half of the phone. It’s nearly buttonless, save for a few on the side. More »
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Motorola Gifts Personalised Copies of Its ROKR E8 to Oscar Nominees
11:54PM Addy Dugdale | Just like they did at last year’s ceremony, Motorola is gifting 2008’s Oscar nominees with personalised versions of its as-yet-unreleased ROKR E8. Yeah, yeah, you probably think we are turning into a celebrity website, but, given the past few weeks of will they, won’t they? speculation as to whether they are getting out of the handset market, this announcement means, IMO, one thing. More »
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More Info Surfaces: Moto ROKR E8
9:50PM Charlie White | Looks like that Motorola ROKR E8 we first showed you a few weeks ago is fo’ reals. In addition to that cool-beans backlit keypad, we’re liking that “Omega Wheel” navigation device that makes it easy to jump around your music and menus. Plus, there are haptic controls that give your finger a little vibrating action whenever you press a key. Besides that coolness, the other specs are nothing surprising for this GSM/GPRS phone, giving you a 2MP camera, 2GB of internal storage, a microSD slot and an FM radio. And hey, there’s a 3.5mm headphone jack that’ll accommodate normal headphones. No pricing was announced but it will be rolling out in Europe in Q1 of next year. [Unwired View] More »
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Another ROKR Leak: The W5 Looks like Darth Maul’s Phone
12:25AM Matt Buchanan | Following the leaky loo of the ROKR U9 is the ROKR W5, which is a quad-band GSM clamshell that has EDGE, Bluetooth, miniUSB, 20MB internal memory, a microSD slot, and a sad little 1.3-megapixel camera. It actually kind of seems like weak sauce, Mount Doom-inspired paint job aside. More details when we crib them, naturally. [Unwired View] More »
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Rokr U9 Pictures and Specs Show Motorola Design Still in the Wilderness
12:00AM Addy Dugdale | A new Motorola clamshell, the Rokr U9 has had pics and specs leaked online. And what do we think? Well, smoked mirror effects and ergo-pebble-cum-designer sex toy do not a zexy phone make. See for yourselves in the gallery, then ogle at the specs below. More »
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Moto Rokr E8 Has Backlit Nubs For Keys
6:15AM Jason Chen | These first shots of the Motorola Rokr E8 from zol.com.cn shows the unique keypad that Moto went with. Instead of regular keys, they’ve got little nubs that need to be back-illuminated. When you’re dialing, all the keys are lit; but when you’re playing music, the numbers are dimmed and only the music controls are bright. This could be even greater if the keys’ backlit images could change in the background, but it doesn’t seem like the E8 is advanced enough to do that. [Zol.com via IDNES via Phonearena] More »
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