Ok, Fine. Apple Doesn't Think Very Much Of The ROKR, Either
from the nyah-nyah-nyah dept
While Motorola's Ed Zander may be trying to back away from his "screw the nano" statement, it was pretty clear from the beginning that Apple and Motorola weren't exactly the closest of partners. After all, Apple's just providing some software, not building an iPhone, themselves. While there are still some rumors that Apple may eventually launch an iPhone, it doesn't seem likely to happen any time soon. iPod division head Jon Rubenstein has been heard trashing the ROKR, by noting that such a converged device just doesn't make that much sense. He says it's important to have specialized devices -- but doesn't actually explain why. While it's true that many converged devices tend to not be very good at any of the things they "converged," that doesn't mean it's impossible to build a good converged device. Still, for partners on this project, it's amazing how quickly the two sides are sniping at each other of the various products they worked on.
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"People are going to want devices that do more" says Motorola's Ed Zander.
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Absolutely wipes the floor with the ROKR.
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Not new at all
In 2003 I traded up to a Motorola MPx200. This was one of the first Microsoft smart phones. It has an SD media slot on it, so I can just load up my SD cards with music and go. Sure, the rest of the interface is crap, but the music part actually works well since it's really just Media Player mobile. I can even use an MP3 or WAV file as a ring tone if I want.
The ROKR costs too much and does too little with old concepts in technology to be compelling to me. Yet I liked the Uproar and at least the music portion of my MPx200.
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I'm glad bad grammar can inspire you to buy a product. Maybe I will benefit from this personality quirk in my lifetime, selling products to whiny English majors. Who knows, maybe I will have typos in here that will make me rich. Unfortunately I've forgotten what I've typed so I will have to re-read it. I do so often I don't even need an editor! J/K, I'll leave whatever typos I find just to make some company rich.
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Both Apple and Motorola are fuming. However Apple probably wants to own the hardware too so they don't have to play Team. No wonder IBM and Apple ended up parting ways, they both hate giving others credit.
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iPod vs. Convergence Devices
Convergence devices also need to do what the standalone device does just as well.
Anyone can go buy an iPod and use it instantly.
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COnverganty devices
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I like my ROKR
So I was thinking about getting a new Treo 650. I had a Treo 600 before which was OK (I didn't use the camera much, it wasn't that good anyway) and I've always liked Palm hardware. But then I started searching the web for a new phone and to see who had the best deals on the Treo. I ran across the ROKR on the Cingular site and found that it was $200 less than the Treo (and both required a 2 year agreement for a decent price on the phone). I did some more research and test drove the ROKR. I'm actually very pleased with it. I was about to plop down about $400 for a Treo and another $150 to $300 for an ipod. Now I've got the equivalent of both. Granted, I can't download a song directly to the phone, but then again I don't really want to. That would probably eat a lot of my minutes.
So, FWIW, I'm very happy with my ROKR so far.
Steve
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The REAL problem
Rumor sites suck, especially when they end up setting false expectations. The ROKR was never meant to be an 'iTunes phone." It's a PHONE, that happens to be able to INTERFACE with iTunes. That's IT.
Stupid media idiots. Stupid moron BLOGGERS.
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