LinuxDevices: Hands-on Preview: Motorola Rokr E2 Music Phone | Linux Today

LinuxDevices: Hands-on Preview: Motorola Rokr E2 Music Phone

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 17, 2006

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“Linux graphics stack vendor Trolltech recently supplied
LinuxDevices.com with a Motorola Rokr E2 music phone for (p)review.
The phone appears to be the same E2 that shipped in China last week
through carrier China Mobile, but semi-localized to the U.S., to
demonstrate the phone’s capabilities to stateside carriers and
journalists.

“The Linux-powered Rokr E2 phone has FCC approval, and could be
sold in U.S., pending carrier interest. As a tri-band
(850/900/1900MHz) GSM/GPRS phone, the E2 would most likely be
picked up by Cingular, which operates a 1900MHz GSM band in the
U.S…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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