The main feature on the ROKR E6 is the large 2.4″ touch-sensitive screen with 240×320 pixels in 262,000 colours. Unusually for Motorola, the ROKR E6’s memory expansion is using SD cards rather than microSD cards, and the E6 can take up to 2Gb of memory.

On the back is a 2 megapixel digital camera, and the MOTOROKR E6 also has stereo Bluetooth and an FM radio.

One potential drawback is that the Motorola E6 appears to be a GSM phone only, although it’s possible that it might have EDGE data support in addition to GPRS (although this is not clear at present).

Motorola ROKR E6 specification:
Network: GSM
Data: GPRS + (EDGE?)
Screen: 240×320 pixels, 262k colours
Camera: 2 megapixels
Size: Size/weight tbc
Bluetooth: Yes
Memory card: SD
Infra-red: Not specified
Polyphonic: Yes
Java: Yes
Battery life: Not specified

Multimedia support is pretty comprehensive – the ROKR Motorola E6 supports MP3, AAC, WMA, RealMedia, WMR, WAV, MPEG4, H.263 formats and others. Audio can be played back either through a 3.5mm socket connection orstereo Bluetooth headphones. Media can be transferred to the phone via a USB 2.0 cable or by using a memory card reader.

Motorola are pushing the entertainment features of the ROKR E6, but this is a fully featured PDA with a web browser, email client, Microsoft Office viewer and a full set of personal information management (PIM) functions.

The MOTOROKR E6 looks great and appears to be very capable when it comes to features. It has the combination of design and technology looks to be very appealing.

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The Motorola W220 is a RAZR-like clamshell phone with a 128×128 pixel CSTN display in 65,000 colours that weighs 93 grams. It has a long battery life giving up to 8 hours talktime and 12 days standby time, and there’s a built-in FM radio. And really that’s about it.. no camera, no Bluetooth, no MP3 player. It’s only a dual-band GSM device, but it does at least have GPRS and a WAP browser.

The shocking thing is that Motorola have made no major product announcements for the GSM/3G market since January 2006 when they announced the ROKR E2, a handset so late to market that people are beginning to speculate that it might never arrive. Apart from a rash of ultra-cheap phones and colour variations of existing handsets, the W220 has been the most significant product announcement since the E2.

Motorola’s only other recent product releases are the V3i and A1200 smartphone (which is shipping in the Far East only). At Communicasia, Motorola have also announced the W375 which is basically a W220 with a VGA resolution camera.

Motorola W220 specification:
Network: GSM 900/1800
Data: GPRS
Screen: 128×128 pixels, 65k colours
Camera: No
Size: Compact clamshell 95×46x17mm / 93 grams
Bluetooth: No
Memory card: No
Infra-red: No
Polyphonic: Yes
Java: Yes
Battery life: 8 hours talk / 12 days standby

So, this is possibly the nearest thing to a new Motorola you’re going to see in the near future, slated for a Q3 2006 release.

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