Motorola E8 hands-on!
The big news at the Motorola booth, in addition to the Motorola Z10 of course, is the Motorola E8. We gave a bit of an "advanced preview" late last year, but today we got a chance to get the official run-down from the friendly folks at Motorola. The biggest attraction of the E8 is the contextual keypad. Depending on what application you’re working with, the keys display different information. If you’re in the media player, you get play / pause / etc., whereas switching over to the phone app makes those same keys display a numeric keypad. It’s clever little bit of trickery that, if not groundbreaking, certainly kept us entertained. The haptics rumble provided ample tactile feedback, and the device feels as good in hand now as it did back when we first played with it. We’re going to see a limited international launch sometime during the first quarter of this year, with worldwide availability (including the US!) to follow by year’s end. We’re diggin’ it, no joke, though the crippled EDGE radio might be cause for a bit of concern in this 3G age we live in. We see plans for future upgrades, right Moto? Check out our Motorola E8 pics in the gallery!
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“with worldwide availability (including the US!) to follow by year’s end” That’s just too long to wait … sorry moto
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video: http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-research/ces-2008-las-vegas/ces-2008-video-preview-of-the-motorola-z10-and-rokr-e8.aspx
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Can you elaborate on the “crippled EDGE radio”?
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not impressed.
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Meh. It’s another Moto that does the same thing as every other. And the end of the year? What the hell, man?
Moto=failing.
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Talk about a tough crowd at BGR. Come on folks, even I recognize this is a nice handset and I’m their competitor. MOT may have alot of problems, but this phone demonstrates the company is still in the game and a force to be reckoned with.
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“crippled EDGE radio” simply means the fact that it’s not 3G. Bad ass phone though, I played with it and it’s awesome. The best part is the omega wheel which is calibrated to scroll through things depending on how fast you navigate over the wheel.
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Hey, I just got one of these on July 7, 2008
The phone is great, but it will not sync to my computer. The guy who sold it to me has the same problem and he is running a Mac!
Be warned, I have been on the phone with Motorola 3 times since Monday to fix the problem. They have not found the solution yet!
Pray for me, please!
Todd
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