Motorola ROKR E8 Set For U.S. Release

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Motorola ROKR E8 Set For U.S. Release


Friday, June 27, 2008 6:56 AM PT Posted by Travis Hudson

Motorola has officially unveiled the ROKR E8 cellphone for T-Mobile, which will release on July 7 in the United States.

The ROKR E8 is a candybar-style cellphone, which carries significant media capabilities. But the real reason this phone is getting attention isn't for its media abilities, its for the intuitive and innovative keypad.

Motorola has deployed ModeShift technology with this cellphone. ModeShift gives this handset the ability to quickly shift from being a media player to a phone with a touch of a button. The ModeShift not only changes the interface functionality, but it also changes the keypad entirely. A single push of a button will change the keypad from the traditional cellphone-style 1 through 9 grid layout to a layout displaying media buttons and more.

Because the keys have the ability to change forms, they aren't the traditional style buttons. Motorola has included haptic technology in the ROKR E8. This ensures that when a virtual key is pushed, feedback is given to the user to affirm that a key was, in fact, pushed.

Rounding out the E8 are features like an FM tuner, 2GB of internal memory, microSD expandability, CrystalTalk technology, 2.0-inch display and more.

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