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    Motorola ROKR E8 Mobile Phone

    Introduction

    With its extraordinarily simple, elegant design is the Motorola Rokr E8 equally striking. What the buyer for around 150, - Euro (without contract) can be seen. Rich features distinguish the slightly wider phone. Inside hides a large 2GB memory, EDGE, FM radio, calendar and a 2MP camera with zoom and extensive configuration options. Like the Motorola Rokr is the practice test and what it has to offer, clarifies our test report.

    Motorola ROKR E8 - a simple design with 2 GB of internal memory

    Processing

    The slightly rubberized battery cover is made of stainless steel, can be easily opened and sits with perfect fit


    The back is easily gummed


    The Volume control buttons and camera are clean fit


    The integrated loudspeaker was positioned at the rear

    Processing Features
    1. First optical impression / special features to support the design - exceptionally simple design.

    2. Housing material / surface quality - Glossy plastic / glass combined with a rubberized back.

    3. Housing dimensions - With a weight of 107 grams and its dimensions of 115 x 53 x 10.4 mm, it is still good in the hand and is still in nearly every pocket stow.

    4. Quality of the keys - Keys are good with a minimal hesitant touch pressure point, with a slight vibration which is confirmed.

    5. Goodness (sharpness / resolution) of the display - QVGA display with 262,144 colors and a resolution of 320x240 pixels. Somewhat pale in color, but clear presentation

    6. Implementation of the folding or sliding mechanism - --NA--

    7. Quality of the battery compartment lid - The battery compartment cover is slightly rubberized metal, can easily open, close, and also sits well.

    8. Quality and volume of the supplied accessories - USB cable, software, user manual, headset, charger.

    9. Result of processing - The modern mobile phone is a nice combi of rubber and high-gloss plastic and with its dimensions and the acceptable weight looks good in the hand. The operation of the keyboard is a bit strange and slightly disappointed with the slow pressure point. 262,144 colors are displayed on the small screen but quite clearly shown. The fit-seated the battery compartment cover, stainless steel scores for the Rokr. The equipment is standard and is not to complain.

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    Re: Motorola ROKR E8 Mobile Phone

    Business Features
    1. Supported networks - Quadband, GSM: 900, 1800, 1900, EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12.

    2. Reception and voice quality - Even with sufficient network coverage scores the Rokr E8 with a good reception quality. The voice playback, thanks to Crystal Talk sounds natural and pleasant background noise will thus be suppressed.A little noise is heard.

    3. Data - Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0.

    4. Voice quality of the speaker - At low LS still acceptable, but at a higher bit scratchy playback of the voice.

    5. Battery life (under normal use) - until 2-3 days - not a hugely good value.

    6. Contacts Storage - First name, surname, nick name, save to SIM / phone, number, email, category: not assigned, General, Office, Home, Create Category; Private entry, address, city, state, zip code, country, address: home, office, Other; signal ID, picture ID, notes, birthday, anniversary, name of the wizard, voice, name, title, name of the manager, URL, wife / husband, children.

    7. Calendar settings - Create Date: Type: Indefinite, meeting, appointment, presentation, telephone conference, breakfast, lunch, dinner, anniversary, birthday, fly, party, holidays, subject, location, All Day; Profile: normal, vibrate, silent, vibrating ringer & , start time, end time, start date, end date, alarm: off, 5, 10, 30 minutes, 1 hour before, 1 day before, 1 week in advance, Custom, Style Alert: Media Insert File, Set By Sound profiles, video recording, video insert, Voice recording, audio insert; notes, participants, show time: free, temporary, busy, not in the office; sensitivity: Normal, Personal, Private, Confidential, Repeat: Off, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Annually, go to day view Change: day view, week view, month view, calendar-setup: default view: month, week, day, standard day view: day and hour, daily task; days / week: 5 days a week, 6 days a week, 7 days a week, week start: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, start time, end time, time interval: 1 / 2 hour, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours; delete appointment after 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months old dates never delete, edit, delete, copy, Share.

    8. Notes feature - Note, edit, add labeling, marking remove send to: Message, Bluetooth, delete, multiple marking, text: alternative words View Textmodi change: The word (recognition), ABC (Multi-tap), numbers, symbols, simplified text , Tutorial View Change Language: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Turkish, highlight everything, deselect everything, demolition, no character limit.

    9. Built in voice recorder (dictaphone) - Voice Memos: Manage: properties: name, type, location, bit rate, sample rate, modified, date created, size, my free memory, song, artist, album, composer, genre, year, track number, duration, delete, send message , email, memory card, Bluetooth; use as call signals; Setting: Equalizer: off, Classical, Country & Western, Dance, Techno, Latin American, Pop, Reggae, Rock, Treble Boost, Vocal Boost, Bhangra, bass boost: off, 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 3D stereo: off, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Internet, delete, manage: copy, move, rename, properties, multiple select folder; View: List, Details, thumbnail, preview window; Sort: name, date, size, type, surprisingly good reproduction of the recording. It sounds even at maximum volume, and of course very pretty noise-free. Competitors may participate in this voice recorder truly an example to follow.

    10. E-mail functionality - Connection type: POP3, SMTP and IMAP4. Setting the email account is done in a few steps. The downloading of the settings takes a bit of time. Send and receive emails is progressing smoothly.

    11. Internet functionality - The loading of Web pages takes only minimal time. Even with more complex pages succeeds the Rokr E8 a clear view display. This is a good read.

    12. PC synchronization - The needed USB cable and software are included. Synchronization with Outlook is good.

    13. Other Features - Alarm Clock, Sync, World Clock, Calculator, Task List, Download Manager, Google preprogrammed, Random Play, Song ID.

    14. Conclusion - The quadband mobile phone, with EDGE and Bluetooth for fast data transfer. 2-3 days battery life are still tolerable, but not a figurehead. Calendar, notes and contacts correspond to the usual standard and are not to complain. The voice recorder leaves barely audible in the background noise and surprises with very good results. The email account is easy to set and retrieve the mail is very fast. Finding and opening web pages is done relatively quickly, despite EDGE. The presentation is clear. In addition, the Rokr E8 has three games for entertainment and various other features, which for the Motorola E8 points.

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    Re: Motorola ROKR E8 Mobile Phone

    Multimedia Features

    2 MP camera


    Ease of use of the MP3 player, thanks to flashing buttons


    The headset sounds good and sits comfortably in the ear


    The connector is not in the side, as with most mobile phones, but at the top of the device

    Feature
    1. Camera equipment - 2-megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom; Style: color, black / white, antique, negative, reddish, greenish, bluish; scenes: automatic, night, Manual; ID: off, Self-timer: 5 or 10 seconds; picture series: 4, 6, 8 shots, camera settings: a review of time: no, id: new id draw from; default name, location: Phone, Memory Card, Automatic saving: Activate off; Automatically send: Enable, Disable, recipient; picture settings: Resolution: Extra small ( 160x120), small (320x240), Medium (1280x960), Large (1600x1200); shutter noise: none, Boing, recording, Chimp, Click, Flix, Quack; Quality: Good, better, best; postprocessing options: slide show, delete, edit : 90 ° to the left, 90 ° right turn, Horizontal Flip Vertical, Crop, Resize: width and height; Style: Black and white, antique, negative, reddish, greenish, bluish; demolition; printing via Bluetooth, USB , memory card, send to: Message, Email, memory card, Bluetooth; Use as Wallpaper, Screensaver, new contact, actual contact; Manage: Attributes: name, type, location, resolution, Last, creation date, size, My free memory; Setting: Slideshow play: on / off, display duration: 2, 4, 6 seconds.

    2. Photo Camera quality - In daylight and normal lighting conditions, the camera made the Rokr E8 good results. The colors are slightly pale, but still true to the balance sheet presented. In the darkness they can not score points.

    3. Video-equipment - Playable formats: MPEG4, video settings: Resolution: Small (96x128), Large (144x176); Aufnahmeton, quality, like camera, video length: short (MMS), long (MMS), maximum, 15 frames per second video capture and playback , downloads and streaming; postprocessing options: no direct postprocessing options such as cropping, clay paste, etc. Manage: Attributes: name, type, location, resolution, bitrate, sampling frequency, as amended, creation date, size, My free memory, song, artist , album, composer, genre, year, TrackID No, permanent, delete, Zoom: Fit to window, 100%; SendTo: Message, Email, Bluetooth, Setting: Stereo Effects: Surround, Bass Boost, Internet.

    4. Video quality - Under normal light conditions, colors are slightly faded and slightly blurred out. Make faster movements, but are clearly visible pixels veil. In the darkness there is unfortunately no results. Only at low light is a small outline and a fairly weak color still visible.

    5. Facilities of the built-in Music Player - Forward, rewind, pause, stop, format: WAV, MP3, AAC, Enhanced AAC +, RA, MIDI, WMA, AMR NB, Real Audio, AAC +, MP3, AAC, AAC +, eAAC +, recently played, Random playback of titles, all the songs , playlists, artist, album, genre, composer, play, delete, multiple mark, send to: Message, Email, Bluetooth, use as: playlist, voice signals; Manage: Attributes: name, type, location, bit rate, sampling frequency, as amended, creation date, size, My free memory, song, artist, album, composer, genre, year, track number, duration, Setting: Random play: off / on; Automatic Repetition: Off, One, All; Equalizer: Off Classic, Country & Western, Dance, Techno, Latin American, pop, Reggae, Rock, Treble Boost, Vocal Boost, Bhangra, bass boost: off, 1-7; 3d stereo: off, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Internet; removal; acquire.

    6. Sound quality of the Music Player - Pure surprise! The quality of the MP3 player is really commendable. While the speaker is positioned on the back, but the songs you want in sound quality. Highs and lows sound neat and clear. Even songs with strong bass prepare the Motorola Rokr E8 no problems during playback. If the mobile phone is off, however, takes the updating of the media file is quite long and takes a little time.

    7. Radio yes / no, sound quality of radio - Decent, switch to the speaker / headset to switch, volume switch: FM 1, FM 2, FM 3; scanning (searching), preset scan, preset list: FM 1, FM 2, FM 3; preset rename, Volume rename delete all delete; The radio can be used with relatively low noise and natural sound fresh points of the respective transmitter. The operation is easy and getting used to not like at first glance may intuitively settings. After some order / Settling time this happens, however, quite simple.

    8. Storage Capacity - 2 GB internal - expandable to 4 GB. Excellent for this price class.

    9. Conclusion - The photo / video equipment, which simply and easily through the extra flashing icons to use, has convenient additional settings. The quality of results are for the 2 MP camera is sufficient. Since no integrated flash is achieved in the darkness no usable results. The night mode does not bring results. Law clear and simple to use, it can be built in MP3 player use. A playlist is created quickly and easily. Its sound is a real delight for the ear. The operation of the radio is certainly the case for one or the other users get used to. But he owned Channel 9 squares and almost scored with rauschfreiem sound. The mobile phone has been on a fairly large internal memory of 2 GB and is also expandable up to 4 GB.

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    Re: Motorola ROKR E8 Mobile Phone

    Handling / Menus

    The keys are pretty decent


    Navigation unit and additional shortcut keys, which are simple to operate

    Feature
    1. One-hand operation for key functions - Yes.

    2. Call execute (with the menu item "Contacts") - Easy to Run a call and easy to find contacts.

    3. Adding / Creating / editing contacts - Contacts can easily create, edit or add. The handling is easy.

    4. Readability of the display - On the day and at night, very good readability of the display.In direct sunlight or light you can hardly read the display.

    5. Virtual Keyboard - Sometimes hesitant response of the touch buttons.

    6. Handling the navigation elements on the menus prospecting - Navigation unit with a fairly simple operation, partly to quickly change the menu.

    7. Overview of the menus - The menu icons are visible.The color might be slightly stronger, since the icons are displayed quite pale.

    8. Scope of the menus - Sensible menu range with sufficient sub-menu items.

    9. Graphic design of the menus - Unambitious design with barely recognizable menu icons. The menu style is under Options / Display, changed. List, grid or carousel stand ready for selection.

    10. Opportunity for the assignment of shortcut keys - With the help of the novel Navigations unit which take you quickly to the desired menu item. Sub-options are the most important items stored which are used for fast access. Equally fast is the camera or music player easily through the flashing buttons.

    11. MMS and SMS handling - Insert: Picture, New Picture, Sound, New Sound, contact info, web address, text, video, news video, page, text: Textmodi change: The word (recognition), ABC (Multi-tap), numbers, symbols, text Simplified , Tutorial View Change Language: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Turkish, in MMS change sending options: Subject, Cc, Bcc, Priority: Low, Normal, High, Lesebericht: on / off; delivery report : on / off; delivery: immediately, scheduled delivery date, delivery time, abort message, preview the message in Drafts store; Page Options: Delete page, pages timing set.

    12. Service photo and video - Right simple and hassle-free meeting of the additional settings using the dedicated buttons, which light up when the camera mode is selected.

    13. Operation of Music Player - The music player is clearly laid out, very simply by flashing buttons designed to operate and adjust. Creating a playlist should not overwhelm. The settings are easy to find and handle.

    14. Reading Cards - The reading of Micro SD cards done quickly and the Rokr, the existing data where possible problems dar. However, if the bit - or frame-rate is too high, it prepares the Motorola significant difficulties, the data indicate.

    15. File Management - Easy to create folders and move data.

    16. Conclusion - The handling of the Motorola E8 is unusual as his appearance, but after a short settling time, relatively easily. Running a call, adding contact information as well as the readability of the display (in normal light and at night) do not entail any negative points for the Rokr. The Taststur particularly disappointed us and is getting used to. The simple operation of the photo / video camera, MP3 player, and the simple handling when SMS / MMS compose are plus points of the Rokr. Additionally, the Motorola E8 memory cards quickly and easily and get the existing data, where possible, re-enter. Moving data is also easy and smooth.

    Overall Conclusion

    The Motorola Rokr E8 is unlike all other mobile phones

    The Motorola Rokr E8 offers an affordable price to an excellent, practical furnishings. Its appearance is extravagant and fashionable. The 2 MP camera, it is possible to deliver good results. In the darkness, however, should be on a bet, since there is no flash and night mode brings no results. The internal memory of 2 GB is highly commendable. This is for the price of a rarity. The Music Player is also equipped with excellent sound, although its speakers on the back is brilliant. The novel concept is additionally supported by the innovative mode shift technology. The radio must also not hide, because the playback sounds pretty scratchy and noise-free. Unfortunately, it is not the same at first glance easy to use and requires little practice. Even with EDGE Internet pages are loaded quickly and well presented. Even emails can easily be downloaded and are easy to read. The keyboard is a bit strange. If you have so rightly found, the operation is quite easy.

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