Motorola SLVR L7 with iTunes and Bluetooth headset?
Photos of an ultra-thin Motorola handset have surfaced on the Internet, revealing that the device will include iTunes but no headphone jack.
While the SLVR is even slimmer than the Motorola RAZR's 13.9 mm profile, there's reportedly not that much more to drool over.
"Nothing too unexpected â it has just about the same user interface as the ROKR E1 (though the menus are slightly less sluggish) and it has Bluetooth, a VGA digital camera, and a TransFlash memory card slot for storing up to 100 iTunes tracks," reads the post on Engadget.
However, the gadget site added: "There is one real surprise: the phone doesnât have a headphone jack. Seems a bit odd for a phone with iTunes, but weâre hearing that Motorola will offer Bluetooth stereo headphones."
Motorola's first iTunes phone, the ROKR E1, has received a less-than-stellar response from customers and the media. And according to a recent analyst report, "as many as six times more customers are returning the ROKR phones than is normal for new handsets."
Nevertheless, Motorola has vowed to broaden its iTunes phone offerings, with one company exec recently saying that consumers could expect one new iTunes phone-related announcement every three months.
A previous report also suggests that Motorola's upcoming RAZR2 will also include iTunes.
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Geezze...can we just get a decent flip phone that isnt a razor?
I would love to see something like the Verizon e810 with itunes...but Cingular seems to be pushing this razor thing like no bodys business.
The Razor keypad stinks. The Roker looks/feels cheaply constructed like the crappy free Nokias and a flat razor will just be goofy, who reallywants a cell phone with the dimentions of a credit card?
Geezze...can we just get a decent flip phone that isnt a razor?
Answer: get a Nokia phone.
I received a ROKR when they first came out. I posted a bunch of complaints, but ended up keeping the phone. My biggest complaints that are really nagging me on a daily basis:
1) USB 1.1
2) Poor camera
The lack of USB 2.0 results in *VERY* slow synching with iTunes. It prevents a "grab-n-go" mentality that is necessary for a device limited in the number of songs. This is why the Shuffle works...you take a minute and transfer a playlist before going for a run or whatever.
The ROKR is so slow with USB 1.1 that interface feedback becomes a problem...as in it takes so long to mount/dismount that a user is likely to think something isn't working right.
However, I have kept the phone and actually really like it. Being limited to 100 songs really wasn't a big complaint of mine.
I guess I'm pondering what a set of Bluetooth stereo headphones for a phone would be like. Seems like you'd want something portable, and with a mic to use the phone. What could you come up with that wouldn't be bigger than the phone itself? I'm not convinced that you could get good performance out of two separate wireless pieces, so they'd probably have to be wired together somehow.
Quite frankly, I don't think I'd buy a phone without a headphone jack even if it is just for backup use.
I guess I'm pondering what a set of Bluetooth stereo headphones for a phone would be like. Seems like you'd want something portable, and with a mic to use the phone. What could you come up with that wouldn't be bigger than the phone itself? I'm not convinced that you could get good performance out of two separate wireless pieces, so they'd probably have to be wired together somehow.
Quite frankly, I don't think I'd buy a phone without a headphone jack even if it is just for backup use.
My dad uses a bluetooth mic headset with his phone. I can't think of what it is. But, that's only one ear, and what would sound quality be like in something like that