Wednesday, January 25, 2006
No more ROKR?
Since December the Motorola ROKR E1 had been in short supply. It was originally believed to have been simply a supply shortage... akin to what iPoders frequently experience. We have significant reasons to believe however that the ROKR has been dropped from the Cingular line up. Some possible confirmation came today to calls and visits to several company-owned stores where the Cingular iTunes stand had been removed from the floor, leaving only the accessories in its absent shadow. Does this mean that it’s the end of the iTunes + Cingular relationship? Probably not, there is quite a bit invested in it, anyone who travels frequently on the interstate has probably seen more than one billboard. Not to mention the high-quality acrylic stand for the ROKR which probably a very shiny penny to manufacture has a place for three handsets.
We know that the new GSM Razr has iTunes on it, but who knows when Cingular is going to carry it. (Not that anyone over here is holding their breath for a StarTac that plays mp3s!).
So we at TUCW say farewell (or maybe good riddance?) to thee ROKR