Motorola has recently unveiled their new ROKR cell phone model, the E2. This music phone lets you switch seamlessly between phone calls and music play lists simply by touching a button. For speed and flexibility reason, the ROKR E2 uses Linux OS to power their engine. It also comes with an integrated MP3 Player that can handle various audio formats, as well as FM radio tuner.

With its USB 2.0 support, users would be able to easily “drag-and-drop” their music files directly from PC to the phone or vice versa. You can store those files inside SD card. With an average of 4MB per song, you can have over 500 songs on a single 2GB SD card. That’s more than enough to accompany you during a long tedious travel.

There are several dedicated music buttons on the side and the front panel of this cell phone that let users to navigate through the playlists, as well as controlling the music (play, pause, skip, hold). You can connect it to your headset with its standard 3.5mm headset jack or if you have Bluetooth headset, you can do it wirelessly. The ROKR E2 will have a wide range support to music accessories, including O ROKR Eyewear, Motorola Bluetooth DJ Headphone S805, and JBL OnTour Mobile.

Other features include a 1.3 megapixel camera module, airplane mode, video capture and playback at 15 fps, 2-inch (240×320) 262K colors TFT display, pre-installed Opera browser, and SCREEN3 technology for zero-click access to news, sports and entertainment content.

Motorola ROKR E2 features:

• Dedicated music player buttons on the side (Play/Pause, Skip Forward/ Backward and Hold) and front
• Full stereo audio via industry standard 3.5mm headset jack eliminating the need for adaptors
• Optional hot swappable, SD mass storage memory card
• Approximately 500 songs in a single 2 GB SD card (4 MB per song, approximately 4 minutes in length)
• USB 2.0 High Speed connectivity
• 1.3 Mega Pixel Camera with flash
• Video capture and playback (15fps)
• Display: 2 inch, 240 x 320 TFT (262k colors)
• Built in FM radio with up to 30 presets
• Integrated Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free connectivity with compatible Bluetooth-enabled devices.
• PIM functionality with Picture Caller ID
• Motorola’s SCREEN3 technology solution featuring zero-click access to news, sports, entertainment, and other premium content.
• Opera Browser

The Motorola ROKR E2 is expected to be available in the first half of 2006.

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