SEOUL – July 7, 2009 – Motorola Inc‘s(NYSE: MOT) subsidiary, Motorola Korea Inc today announces the launch of ROKR in Korea, a sophisticated 3G full-touch screen sliding phone with excellent music capabilities. ROKR charts new territory by offering the first music-specialized phone with an equal emphasis on style. ROKR is available in two unique color combinations: chic black and red and cool blue and white. To celebrate the launch of ROKR, Motorola will sponsor British rock band Placebo’s first solo concert in Korea along with related online events. Placebo consists of three members and has sold millions of albums worldwide.

“ROKR not only offers the best music experience with its outstanding sound quality and intuitive user interface, but also embodies extraordinary design, creating common ground where music and style come together,” said Rick Wolochatiuk, General Manager of Motorola Korea Mobile Devices Business. “ROKR allows users to enjoy their music in style anywhere, anytime and will appeal to trendsetters in Korea.”

Motorola’s ROKR is a stylish music phone that combines solid music features with exceptional design unique to Motorola. ROKR supports an excellent music infrastructure, and sound system to provide the ultimate music experience. It also boasts a full-touch screen display and keypad to maximize user convenience. The color combination and design reflects Motorola’s sensibility and allows ROKR to shine.

Ultimate Music Player Features and Service Benefits

ROKR has all the necessities such as outstanding sound technology, upgraded usability, and free music content benefits to provide consumers with the most satisfying music experience.

? Excellent Music Infrastructure: The built-in, music-exclusive multimedia chip enables up to 30 hours of play, and 16GB1 of expandable memory allows users to enjoy more music freely. A 3.5mm ear jack allows users to listen to music with the high-quality headset of their choice. Users may also simultaneously connect with a Bluetooth headset. The music control keys are placed externally so they can be easily controlled without sliding the phone open.

? Superior Sound System: The SRS WOW HDTM sound system provides clean and natural three-dimensional sound. The built-in sound equalizer further delivers the best EQ settings for each specific genre.

? Free Access to Melon Free Club: Consumers who purchase ROKR by December 2009 will be given free access to the Free Club service of online music service Melon as long as they use their ROKR mobile phone to access the service. Consumers will be able to download music they love on their mobile phones and PCs anytime, anywhere.

Full-touch Screen and Multimedia adding Usability and Fun

ROKR is distinguished by having both a large full-touch screen display and a sliding keypad. The keypad is hidden by the full-touch screen display while closed, appearing only when opened by the user. The dual input feature of either a touch screen display or a keypad allows the user to choose the input method that is most convenient for their given situation.

Motorola has incorporated various features into ROKR that enhance user convenience by fully utilizing the display. ROKR boasts the new panorama user interface, which supports three separate screens, allowing more widgets and shortcuts to be arranged according to usage patterns.

ROKR comes with 14 flash games which can be accessed and played with the touch of a finger, and seven touch-toys that can be saved on the background display. The built-in motion sensor adds fun and charm by allowing users to play games by touching, shaking or tilting the phone.

ROKR is packed with more features, meticulously selected with the users’ needs and convenience in mind. Terrestrial DMB2, 3 megapixel camera, VOD2 and MP3 playback provide a multimedia experience of a higher dimension, and the noise cancelling function ensures calls of a clearer quality. Also, functional and convenient features such as Bluetooth connectivity and phone naviagtion2 and 3 are included to enrich the mobile experience.

As a music phone for trendsetters who pursue their own style, ROKR comes in two colors. The first model combines chic black with fiery red and exudes a refined and sophisticated feel, while the second model matches cool winter-blue with white in an eye-catching color combination.

To celebrate the launch of ROKR, Motorola is sponsoring the first solo concert of British rock band, Placebo, on August 5 2009 at the Olympic Hall of the Olympic Park in Seoul. In line with this, Motorola is holding a month-long online consumer event, “ROKR & Placebo” from July 7 2009. The event will provide the opportunity for one hundred consumers to receive Placebo concert tickets by posting reasons as to why they want to attend the concert on the official ROKR website (rokr.mymotorola.co.kr).4

The ROKR is available at SK Telecom retailers throughout the country. For more information on ROKR, please visit the Motorola website http://www.motorola.com/kr/consumer.

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Now gimme a slide out QWERTY KEYPAD, and now we’re talking!

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Also 4GB of memory for a phone positioned for music…what?

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It also seems ripe for android with its full touch WQVGA screen, GPS, accelerometer, 3.2MP autofocus camera, 4GB on board memory, 3.5mm headphone jack and Bluetooth (seemingly with the ability to play to both and the same time for two listeners!), Crystal Talk, Surround Sound etc.

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/07/08/motorolas-rokr-zn50-touchscreen-slider-could-be-a-winner/

See also the google translation of the original site in Chinese

Motorola also has it in Black and Blue which looks great.

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So this is going to get like what, 2 hours of web usage and be dead?

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This would definitely go well on T-Mobile USA I think…

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