General

Motorola Rokr is based on the Motorola E398 and there are a lot of common features, both hardware and software, in these handsets like VGA camera, 256K color screen with 176 x 228 pixel resolution, a good battery, browser support and a lot more. The main difference is that Motorola Rokr is able to synchronize itself with ITunes and can play tracks from ITunes music store.

Motorola Rokr is more or less a bar style tri-band handset, supporting 3 GSM bands i.e. GSM 900, GSM 1800, and GSM 1900. The handset was announced in September 2005 and is currently available in the market. The expected price of the handset is about 250 USD.

At M3 Music Summit in Miami Beach, Motorola introduced three new handsets and new wireless content created by MTV exclusively for Motorola. According to Motorola, the new sets were designed to maximize the mobile music experience for music lovers and artists worldwide. Motorola E398 is one of them. This phone is also targeted at youth.

Design

Motorola E398 has a cool design, the edges are slightly rounded and a plastic with rubberized touch is used. The buttons and their position is very user friendly. Furthermore, the joystick helps a lot in navigation.