Motorola ROKR E6: Smartphone with Linux

The MOTO ROKR E6 is not like the musically talented ROKR E1 and E2 that came before it. It is more a smart phone with multimedia capabilities, targeted at young professionals. The Motorola ROKR E6 is not using Windows Mobile for its smartphone and instead using its own Linux-based OS. With so many smartphones looking the same, it's great to see a phone going a different route, the ROkR e6 Linux-based Moto phone is the perfect answer for users that love smartphones and love Linux.

The E6 uses touchscreen input, so users who prefer a hardware keypad to thumb away are better off with the slider ROKR Z6. Unlike most touchscreen phones with their LCDs slightly below the surface of the unit, creating a sort of rim around it, the ROKR E6 is completely flat. Instead, the panel is under a transparent plastic layer that makes you feel like you're tapping on a layer of air. You never really "touch" the screen's surface in actual use. At 123g, the E6 is not the lightest phone around, nor is it the thinnest (14.5mm), but the build quality is excellent.

There are some good features on this ROKR, such as a 3.5mm audio jack, a Secure Digital card slot for up to 2GB of flash media, a Hold button to prevent accidental presses and a mini-USB port. As a multimedia player, the installed RealPlayer is capable of playing most popular formats including AAC, AAC+, DRM, MIDI, MP3, RA, WAV and WMA. The E6 also supports Bluetooth stereo so you can use your wireless stereo headset. One thing we didn't take too well to was the poorly located music playback controls on the left edge of the phone. Because of the flushed surface, it is hard to feel for the buttons, much less know what each represents.

Over at the back of the E6 is a 2-megapixel camera. The phone's internal memory is only a measly 8MB. Fortunately, the E6 has an SD card slot that supports up to 2GB of flash media. That's not the only trick up this ROKR's camera sleeve. It's also a Webcam when connected to a PC via USB (you'll need to install the drivers) and a business card reader.

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