Motorola’s ROKR E8 is set to rock the U.S. with exclusive availability from T-Mobile (News - Alert) USA, beginning July 7, 2008.

 

ROKR E8 is a talented MP3 player that makes provides mobile phones with amazing music capabilities. It features include ModeShift technology that transforms the device from phone to music player with the touch of a button; Innovative haptics technology, which provides tactile response when a virtual key is pressed; FastScroll navigation wheel that allows for scrolling through thousands of songs with the slide of a thumb; Patented CrystalTalk technology, which delivers call clarity even in noisy environments and Windows Media Player 11 compatibility that enables easy transfer of tunes from the PC to the device.

 

"With ROKR E8, U.S. music lovers no longer have to settle when it comes to using their mobile phone as a music player and vice versa," said Jean Pierre Le Cannellier, senior director of North America marketing, Motorola (News - Alert) Mobile Devices.

 

"ROKR E8 is an exciting blend of innovative design and technology that harmonizes music and phone features into a single mobile device,” added Le Cannellier.

 

ROKR E8 also helps consumers discover new music with a built-in FM radio and support for Song ID. The 2GB internal memory can store up to 1,500 songs, and the external memory is expandable up to 4GB with an optional microSD card. Music transfers quickly with USB 2.0.

 

Motorola develops technologies, products and services that make mobile experiences possible. The company’s portfolio includes communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility solutions, digital set-tops, cable modems, mobile devices and Bluetooth accessories.

 

A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of $36.6 billion in 2007.

 

Based in Bellevue, Washington, T-Mobile USA is the U.S. operation of Deutsche Telekom (News - Alert) AG's Mobile Communications Business, and a wholly owned subsidiary of T-Mobile International, one of the world's major players in mobile communications.

 

By the end of the first quarter of 2008, 123 million mobile customers were served by the mobile communication segments of the Deutsche Telekom group -- 30.8 million by T-Mobile USA -- all via a common technology platform based on GSM, the world's most widely used digital wireless standard.