There aren't any problems with speech's transformation, this is a typical Motorola phone. The ringtone's volume is average, and above average in case mp3 file is used. It's easy to hear the phone ringing even if it's carried in your clothes, vibrating alert is average or slightly above it.
It's really hard to conclude thoughts for this product, because there aren't any competitors on the market at the moment, and I don't think that there will be any for JUIX platform in the nearest future. The presence of powerful processor did not affect battery life, but instead it improved interface speed. The phone's weakest spot is its camera, it is below average. At the same time all other functions are really different from what we've seen on the market. Phone book, organizer, mp3-player, radio and profiles with separate sound setup, mass Bluetooth sending, surround sound, voice navigation – all functions are unique. You can say that one or other function lacks something for advanced user, but on the whole phone's functionality is not only overcomes common phones, it also makes some smartphones look inferior. The phone's size is not big at all, there are control keys for the player, the display is best in its class.
The model will be released in the end of June, at the beginning of July, in Europe too. The phone will cost around 320-350 Euros, which at first glance is kind of expensive especially if you take Sony Ericsson's Walkman brand's popularity into consideration. But on the other hand those who will find out about ROKR's E2 insights will not think that the price is high or anything, it's reasonable. The model is a revolution and will certainly become a hit, but what kind of hit? It all depends on Motorola . The phone doesn't have any competitors while being positioned as music phone, nearest ones will appear only in the end of 2006 and will have bigger size.
In future we will see a whole line-up of new models based on E2, in Autumn we will have E6. This phone will be presented in slider form-factor, carry 2mpx camera (same as in Motorola V3x) and most likely will have nVidia's hardware acceleration. UMTS support is present by default. The interface will be slightly improved, and such features as Picsel Browser will appear too.
There are a lot of Motorola E3 sketches cruising on the net, I can say that they are real, but this model was cancelled long time ago and will not be released. The main development of ROKR line-up will occur in the first quarter of 2007.
P.S. In near future we are planning to compare all existing music phones with detailed review of their features. It will be interesting to see what results will be shown by ROKR E2.
For me personally E2 reminds of Timeport T280, which did not become a bestseller. Motorola's product spent too much time before being released on a number of markets, and was unable to compete with products from Siemens and Nokia. At that moment it had superior features, had a lot of improvements. In case with ROKR E2 we can see major superiority, this is a real great white shark for music phones. ROKR E1 was a failure as much as E2 is perfect. But this is not an ideal phone, there aren't any in our Universe. Today ROKR E2 is simply the best in it's kind, it does not have any analogues.
