CONS
A little laggy, had phone for 2 months, and for the first month nothing but problems on the txting side had to call in numerous times, texts were going to the other parties but when sent to me took anywhere from 10 hours up to days to get them, tmobile finally sent out a firmware update and that cleared everything up.

SUMMARY
I would give it a 8 out of 10 for styling and ease of use, full of great features.]]>http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-research/motorola-rokr-e8.aspx?utm_source=Rss&utm_medium=CellPhone_motorola-rokr-e8&utm_campaign=PhoneDog11/10/2008 1:27:11 PMCNET UK's tech blog, "Crave," posted a hands-on with Motorola's new "Best in the World!" cameraphone, the ZN5.  While the Nokia N82 might have something to say about that Best in the World title, Crave seems to really be liking their time with this first by-product of Moto's collaboration with imaging giant Kodak. 

While Crave didn't go so far as to actually download and view any of the 5MP photos they took with ZN5 (seems this was a restricted hands-on, and not a full review situation - the Crave blog does show one full-res ZN5 photo provided by Motorola), they did laud the cameraphone's start-up speed and shutter speed, saying "taking pictures was ... very fast with little to no shutter lag."  There's no onboard 3G, but you can upload photos to Flickr, Facebook and other web sites via WiFi, and the Xenon flash also seemed to work well in Crave's tests. 

You can head on over to TMo's site for some product shots and specs, but there's no pricing or availability info up yet (as of 10 PM Pacific Time Wed night, anyway).  If you're in the market for a relatively thin candybar phone with a 2MP camera, 3.5mm headphone jack and Stereo Bluetooth support, and a unique look, the E8 might just be your ticket.  You'll be limited to EDGE data speeds, but if you're on TMo you're used to that already.

The ROKR E8 features a morphing keypad design that MOTO calls "ModeShift" - backlit control labels change depending on what application is active on the handset.  There's also a FastScroll touch-sensitive nav wheel and haptic feedback for all touch controls on the phone.  Sounds like a lot of tech, and it is, but it's actually quite intuitive and well-designed — or at least I thought it was when I played with it for five or ten minutes in Vegas.

The phone also packs a 2MP camera, two gigs of internal memory, a 3.5mm audio jack and stereo Bluetooth, and Real Audio for managing and playing music.  Engadget didn't have any word on pricing or launch date, but they do have pics including the T-Mob and myFaves logos, so this looks pretty legit.  T-Mobile does a nice job of serving up feature phones that are easy to use and reasonably priced (if lacking in 3G goodness), so I'm optimistic on this one.

Take a gander at the T-Mobile branded E8 over at Engadget Mobile from here.