Each one of these cards can hold approximately 500 songs. These days you can find 2 GB SD card for just $35 online. A swarm of 2 or 4 GBs of hotswapped SDs can create a very nice alternative to the iPods or the (now very popular) Sandisk mp3 players. According to Motorola the phone has been tested with up to 2 GBs of SD. Copying big files to it was pretty fast too. I tried both the included transflash-in-SD card and a 512 MB Kingston card, both worked wonderfully. I very much liked the fact that the ROKR-E2 comes with a full SD slot. Regarding Bluetooth speed, during our file transfer tests it maxed out at about 45 KB/sec which is a good result. Hopefully A2DP/AVRCP will become the norm for all new handsets soon (currently only Samsung includes these profiles on each and every one of their handsets). This means that you can use wireless stereo bluetooth headphones to listen to music/FM and you also have the ability to fast forward or go to the next song without using your handset’s controls. Speaking about sound quality I must note that the ROKR-E2 has Bluetooth (without EDR) that supports the A2DP and AVRCP profiles. The sound quality of the included handsfree proved good too in both mono (conversation mode) and stereo (music or FM). The sound was clear, the bass was there, and the volume levels were high enough. We tested the phone with two different 3.5mm headphones and it worked perfectly. My husband for example refuses to listen to music with anything else but his semi-professional Sony headphones. Having a standard 3.5mm jack is a big plus for audiophiles because it means that they can use any kind of headphones they want. The 3.5mm headphone jack is on the top of the phone. There is a lanyard/wrist-wrap hole on the back of the phone, but if you actually attach one there it would cover the camera, so I am not sure this was the best place for a lanyard. There is no dedicated camera button neither the existing buttons are configurable. On the right hand side you get the voice recognition button (long press loads the Voice Recorder), the lock sliding button (similar to the ones found on iPods, there is no automatic soft-lock mechanism available), the hot-swapped SD slot and the standard mini-usb port. On the left side you get the volume up/down keys (when the media player is not loaded it acts as a Profiles loader), the voice record key and the music playback keys (previous, play/pause, forward). You get the softkeys, a pretty nice 5-way joystick, a “back” key and a special music key that either loads the media player or puts it in the background (the UI allows for some form of multitasking, but this doesn’t work with all applications). On the front of the phone you will find a pretty normal-looking keypad, just like in most cellphones. This phone uses Linux kernel v2.4.20, modified by Montavista. Both are based on the Qt Embedded platform (not Qtopia). Having used both UIs, I noticed that the Chameleon UI is somewhat derived by the EZX one (albeit very modified). This is the first Motorola phone shipped that it’s based on the Chameleon UI non-touchscreen engine, instead of their EZX one. The background light on the keypad is very well done and it enables usage in the dark. The keypad is easily reachable and pressable, except the * 0 and # buttons at the bottom of the phone which are a bit more difficult to press because of their reduced size. The phone is just 107 grams and it feels very good in the hand. This feature phone (not a smartphone) features triband GSM, 1.3 MP camera with flash, 11 MBs internal storage, full SD slot, 2.2″ QVGA screen, stereo sound, FM radio, 3.5mm audio jack, USB 2.0 charging & file transfer and Bluetooth. The battery was almost full when the box arrived, but we fully charged it for an extra hour or so too. In the box (arrived in just two days from Hong Kong) we found the cellphone, an 850 mAh battery, 128 MB transflash-in-SD card, the manual, software CDs, a USB cable, a 3.5mm handsfree and a travel charger. Read inside for our detailed review, video and pictures. In the tradition of the ROKR devices, the E2 is also built around the idea of music on the go, while it’s the first Linux phone to have an initial retail cost smaller than $256. once again kindly stepped up and sent us in the next-generation Motorola Linux-based ROKR-E2 feature phone.
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