[Mark Larson]

I believe there is a 100 song limit in the iTunes software on the phone. No such limit on the E398.

[Mark Larson]

I believe there is a 100 song limit in the iTunes software on the phone. No such limit on the E398.

[Rebecca]

As a dieheart iPod fan, here are my coments:

Yes there is a 100 song software limitation for this phone. But sooner or latter some hacker is going to get around that.


As a fan of iPod and Smartphones I consider this to be a disgrace to both phones and iPods. It is way to ugly to be related to iPods and its capability is way too limited by todays standards for phones.

I am going to get an iPod Nano because I love the styling and I won't be carrying my beloved SMT 5600 when working out.

If you want to go the illegal way just buy the music remove the DRM from apple and play it on the Smartphone using an .aac capable player (many are free).

[Mike Temporale]

Originally Posted by Rebecca

Yes there is a 100 song software limitation for this phone. But sooner or latter some hacker is going to get around that.

I don't think it's a software issue. Isn't it just a memory limitation? I read somewhere that it has 512MB.

[Kris Kumar]

Originally Posted by Rebecca

As a fan of iPod and Smartphones I consider this to be a disgrace to both phones and iPods. It is way to ugly to be related to iPods and its capability is way too limited by todays standards for phones.

I am surprised that Apple is associating with Moto on this particular model.

[lagsun]

Originally Posted by Kris Kumar

I am surprised that Apple is associating with Moto on this particular model.

I don't think Apple has much to lose. t's not an Apple product and only has an iTunes client on the phone. Plus it won't cannibalize sales of iPods. It might even expand their audience by getting new people to iTunes to purchase music and then eventually upgrade to an iPod. Maybe.

Frankly I'm not sure if there is a market for music phones. I mean I have and can play songs on my SMT-5600 but I'd much rather have a Nano and given its size it will allow me to carry multiple devices....

[qyv42]

You can replace the memory card on the Moto ROKR with a larger one, but the 100 song limit is hard-coded. It isn't an estimate - it's literally 100 songs only, ever, regardless of memory.

[Mike Temporale]

Originally Posted by qyv42

You can replace the memory card on the Moto ROKR with a larger one, but the 100 song limit is hard-coded. It isn't an estimate - it's literally 100 songs only, ever, regardless of memory.

Ah, thanks. Then I agree with Rebecca's thoughts. Some hacker will find a way to break that limit.

[Rebecca]

I read on iLounge that originally Apple had planned a 25 song limit to prevent the phone from hurting iPod sales.

After talks Moto and Apple agreed on the 100 songs limits, but apparently Motorolas staff were not so happy about this.

If I buy the Phone and the songs I should be able to fit whatever amount the phone and memory card can hold. Definitely this phone is going to be hacked sooner or latter.

My combo will be a 4GB nano+SMT5600.

[Jerry Raia]

There is another issue here to consider. Moto's track record in the quality department is somewhat, shall we say, dismal. I wouldn't run out and buy this thing even if it is all the things you have ever wanted until some feedback in the quality area arrives. :wink:

[Rebecca]

What's Motorola's next phone? Let me guess, the SUCKR