Review: Motorola MOTOROKR EM30
Motorola Motorokr EM30 – Music phone
The Motorola MOTOROKR EM30 is a funky and stylish bar shaped mobile phone new to hit the market from Motorola's music range of phones. Other great music mobile phones from the Motorola music range is the Motorola ROKR E6 and the Motorola ROKR E8. The handset is slim but does have a solid feel to it, weighing only 100g it is a great sized phone to hold in the hand, the dimensions are 115 x 53 x 10.6mm. The MOTOROKR EM30 comprises a 1.8 inch TFT QVGA screen displaying up to 262k colours with screen resolutions of 320 x 240 pixels providing a clear and colourful display to the user. The EM30 mobile phone features a ModeShift keypad which can change suiting to the relevant features/functions being used on this trendy mobile phone. The keypad has touch sensitive controls which light up the numeric keys blue and the music control keys in a vivid red. The calling time available on the MOTOROKR EM30 mobile phone is up to 6 hours worth with a standby time of up to 300 hours with a single full charge up of the battery.
Music is definitely at the heart of this very stylish mobile phone as we will proceed to mention. The EM30 mobile phone supports popular music formats which include, MIDI, MP3, AAC, AAC+, Enhanced AAC+, WMA, WAV, AMR NB and Real Audio formats. There is a dedicated music control button enabling the user to manage and operate their music system with ease and no fuss. The user can take full advantage of the built-in FM stereo radio with RDS technology along with the Bluetooth® Stereo A2DP making for fantastic mobile music listening experience. The user can use the stereo headset which comes available with the MOTOROKR EM30 mobile phone for a more private listening experience. The EM30 synchronises with Windows Media Player which is a superb added feature as long as you don’t own a mac?. Why not jazz up and add a personal touch to the EM30 mobile phone with a ring-tone as the handset supports Music ring-tones. The MOTOROKR EM30 comes with only 18.5 mega-bytes of built-in internal memory but with the support of a MicroSD&trade: memory card slot to gain up to a massive 8 GB of memory. This will provide the user with a huge amount of storage space for the users music files, downloads and photos.
The user can take snap shots on their EM30 mobile phone as the handset comes equipped with a 2 mega-pixel camera featuring a 8x zoom, Multi Shot and even a dedicated camera key to allow the user to snap away with ease. The user can also record their own video footage on their stylish EM30 mobile phone with the video recorder feature, and play back instantly what they have recorded and watch on the colourful TFT display screen. The screen savers and wallpapers that are featured on the EM30 can also add a funky touch to the mobile phone.
Connecting to the internet will not be a problem either on the MOTOROKR EM30 mobile phone as the handset has built-in XHTML and WAP 2.0 web browser technologies. The EM30 also provides the user with a speedy quality of service with the EDGE and GPRS technologies. The user can connect their mobile phone to other compatible devices with the Bluetooth® and USB built-in technologies. The Motorola MOTOROKR EM30 mobile phone operates on a Quad-band network and covers GSM-850/900/1800/1900 enabling the user to make use of the roaming facility whilst abroad.
The messaging services that are on offer to the user on the EM30 mobile phone are SMS, MMS (multi-media messaging) and Emailing. The user can use the Email service to keep up to speed with the workload for those who do use their mobile phone as a business tool. There is an added feature on the EM30 which the CrystalTalk® technology which will enable the user to hear callers more clearly when in noisier environments and the caller can also be sure to hear the user clearly too.
Application tools are fantastic features to be included on mobile phones and the MOTOROKR EM30 surely provides them, with applications such as, Flight Mode, CrystalTalk, keypad with ModeShift, Alarm Clock and Hands free to name only a few of the tools provided.
As well as the music entertainment feature the user can also keep themselves amused, occupied and entertained with the Downloadable games that feature on the EM30 mobile phone. When downloading any games it would be a good idea to check beforehand about any costs that may be involved for that particular service.
Motorola Motorokr EM30 – Summary
The Motorola MOTOROKR EM30 is a great little mobile phone with so much music entertainment especially for the music lovers out there. Along with other features/functions that come provided on this handset any user is sure to enjoy this mobile phone. We would say its competition with a similar spec would be the Samsung M3510 Beat mobile phone.
Specification: Motorola MOTOROKR EM30
- 2 Mega-pixel Camera with 8 x Zoom, Multi shot & Dedicated camera key
- Video Recorder & Video player
- Wallpaper images & Screen savers
- 1.8 inch TFT QVGA display with 262k colours & 240 x 320 pixels
- Music player with MP3, AMRNB, AAC, AAC+, Enhanced AAC+, WAV, WMA & Real Audio formats
- Music control button, Synchronisation & Windows media player
- Bluetooth® A2DP Stereo
- Music ringtones
- Built-in RDS FM Radio
- SMS, MMS & Email messaging
- Downloadable Games
- Personal organiser with Phonebook, calculator, Clock, Alarm clock, Calendar & CrystalTalk™
- Built-in hands free speakerphone
- Flight mode
- ModeShift™ Keypad & Touch sensitive keypad
- 18.5 Megabytes of memory with MicroSD™ support for up to 8 Gigabytes
- Bluetooth® A2DP & USB connectivity With 3.5mm headset jack
- EDGE & GPRS Technology
- Quad band 1900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 900 GSM & 850 GSM Networks
- WAP 2.0 & XHTML web browsers
- Talk time 6 hrs
- Standby 300 hrs
- Audio Playback 13 hrs
- Size 10.6 x 53 x 115mm
- Weight 100 grams
Consumer Reviews: Motorola MOTOROKR EM30
Reviewed by ASHISH from BANGALORE, India on Sunday, November 30, 2008Rating:
Good mobile phoneThe phone music quality is good and comparable to other brands' phones in higher price range.
The screen cover's scratch proof quality is not that great though.
However the phone is easy to use unlike some of the motorola's other models.
Reviewed by vikas from delhi, India on Saturday, November 22, 2008
Rating:
Good mobile phonethis is a better phone than other mobiles in this range.i have been using it for 1 month.but its sound is not too loud.picture quality is so so
