Judging by design alone, Motorola"s ROKR E8 definitely has style. The glossy plastic front and beveled edges makes it all classy and fashionable. It"s thin and light, measuring at 115 x 53x10.6 mm at 100 grams. Its display has adopted the landscape layout with a two-inch QVGA screen. The materials used are of high quality so users can be sure that the phone is durable.
Its morphing keypad is also getting a lot of attention. It only reveals the button that the user needs for a particular application. Its ModeShift technology allows the user to shift from mobile phone to music player to camera with ease. When not in use, you will notice tiny bulges beside the virtual buttons. The keypad will give you the feeling that you are pressing it when you"re actually not.
It utilizes a 970 mAh Li-Ion battery. When idle, the phone can survive up to 350 hours and can last 7 hours of talk time. Its battery life will last around two to three days depending on usage.
This phone comes with a 2 mega pixel camera. It has three image resolutions; small - 480 x 640, medium - 1.3 MP and large - 2 MP. It also allows you to choose the lighting scheme. You can either set it in auto, indoors, office, cloudy and sunny. It has a self timer feature in its handset. It can also capture video, of course the recording length depends on the amount of memory available.
The ROKR E8 offers the best music experience in its class. The quality of the sound is really impressive. It can compete with any respected portable music player in terms of performance.
What"s great about this phone is that it does not compromise its phone performance. It has a good reception and has clear audio during conversation. This device can receive phone calls while playing music or downloading or other activities such as text messaging or web browsing.