Motorola/ROKR

The ROKR moniker now covers two phones:

• The E1 (a variation on the E790 (or E398, they're mostly the same thing) that was hinted at being the much-hyped iPhone.
• The E2 (a much improved version tied to the iRadio service).
• The E3 (an even uglier version).

Here's coverage of the E3:

• Engadget Mobile Photos

Here's coverage of the E2:

• MobileTracker Gallery
• MobileBurn Gallery
• Video feature: ROKR E2 hands-on
• Motorola ROKR E2 Much Better Than Its Brother
• InfoSync
• ROKR E2-Will It Suck less?
• ROKR E2 dumping iTunes for an iRadio service?
• Engadget's initial post, hands-on

Here's the follow-up on the iPhone/E1 hype coverage:

• Memo to Motorola: You aren't Apple - no kidding?
• Orchestrating a Revved-Up ROKR
• Motorola promises BETR ROKR - as if.
• Battle for the Soul of the MP3 Phone
• Motorola's ITunes Phone May Flop as Handset-Return Rates Soar
• Motorola iTunes ROKR phone called a "flop" - no kidding?
• iTunes phone not shifting - analyst
• Analyst analyzes why ROKR's not selling: it's ugly - what about useless?
• SHOCKR: ROKR Not Selling Well - one in four weeks? Wow.
• Ok, Fine. Apple Doesn't Think Very Much Of The ROKR, Either - filed under the "too much free time" category.
• Ed Zander: "Screw the nano" - on being upstaged by the iPod nano
  • Retraction
  • Motorola: "Screw the nano!"
  • Apple, Motorola: A love-hate relationship
  • Motorola CEO Cries, Lashes Out at the Nano
  • Motorola CEO Whines "Screw the nano"
  • Zander sez "Screw the nano"
• Why Motorola’s ROKR plays the humdrum
• Playlist article - that outlines the dumb 100-track limit.
• Engadget's Answers - in which we find the following nugget: "The rest of the OS is pure Motorola, i.e., it’s incredibly pedestrian. It does have a scheduler, a calculator, and an alarm clock. It does not have profiles." (which sounds a lot like a cop-out to avoid saying what's really on their minds...)