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Three Mobile Music Phones, ReviewedIn this L.A. Times article [registration required to read], David Colker astutely points out the shortcomings of the current crop of mobile phones attempting to be digital audio devices. Motorola's ROKR, which Ross Rubin cleverly referred to as MEDIOKR, is generally a decent device, possessing the ease-of-use and familiarity (for iPod users) of Apple's iTunes software. Yet the device is limited severely by its meager storage capacity: We've become spoiled by portable music players on which we can organize whole collections of CDs. The Rokr's roughly 400-minute limit is a pittance compared with the lowest-level iPod with a screen — a Nano model that holds 2,000 minutes.The ROKR also lacks Internet radio or music subscription functionality, features set which make Palm's Treo 650 a highly desirable mobile device for streaming audio lovers. Yet those same features come at a high cost, both financially and technically. The Treo requires the purchase of additional equipment in order to store the music downloaded using RealNetwork's RealPlayer, and unlike the simplicity of using the ROKR, the Treo requires significant technical hurdles in managing the music downloaded (or streamed). Nokia, in its own bid to stay in the music game, introduced its Music Pack, a collection of items that can be added to various phones to convert them into music machines. Perhaps this is the best assemblage of them all, as Nokia's solution provides massive storage options and the likelihood that you'll be able to play more audio file formats than the ROKR or the Treo allow.
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