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Review summary: Although the walkman handset of Sony Ericsson might be something as the household name but when it comes to music phones they usually lack the essential and standard headphone socket or even the support for most of the music formats. Therefore it ...

Review summary: Can Motorola's jazzy new music phone hold its own against the bigger music players?

Pros: Design; headphone jack; UI; storage

Cons: Bundled headphones; camera; navigation ‘wheel

Verdict: One touch from talk to music

Review summary: Find out why this new music phone gave our editor, Philip Berne, the heebie-jeebies in our in-depth Motorola ROKR E8 review.

Pros: Unique design for true button-haters. Great call quality. Good battery life. Lots of onboard memory.

Cons: Touch instead of buttons doesn't make this phone better. Poor menu design. Strange scroll 'crescent.' Unresponsive controls hamper music experience.

Review summary: In recent years, Motorola has become well known for building top-notch hardware but saddling it with uninspiring software. And the company proves true to form with the ROKR E8 for T-Mobile ($199.99 with contract). The new phone has a truly slick and ...

Pros: Positively gorgeous. Excellent voice quality. Plenty of music options. Player works well.

Cons: Expensive. Uninspiring feature set.

Verdict: The ROKR E8 represents a radical new design for Motorola, but the phone is too expensive and its software seems tired.

Review summary: The Motorola Rokr E8 is a smashing handset, both for calls and playing music. Unlike many other music phones, the E8 has included a 3.5mm headphone socket so you can use your own headphones. Its superb audio quality and full-bodied music playback make ...

Pros: Sound quality ; 3.5mm headphones socket ; design and build ; haptic keypad ; sharp, bright screen

Cons: Small display ; sluggish menus and navigation ; phone takes getting used to ; no support for protected music files

Verdict: With great sound quality, a native 3.5m headphone socket and decent music file format support, the E8 is a terrific music phone. It's not quite a replacement for a dedicated MP3 player yet and it will take you a while to get used to using it, but it's ...