Before there was the iPhone, there was the iTunes-enabled Rokr cell phone from Motorola--but Apple would probably rather that you, in the words of Tony Soprano, fuhgeddaboutit. Unveiled alongside the original iPod Nano in September 2005, the Rokr was a partnership between Apple and Motorola to create a cell phone that could play songs purchased from the iTunes Store. It even had a slick name inspired by the runaway success of Motorola's iconic Razr cell phone.
Unfortunately, the original Rokr--which could hold only a hundred songs--frankly kind of blew. Customer complaints soared and the device sold poorly. Luckily, Apple didn't replicate the embarrassment with the iPhone.
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Thanks for the great laughs.
Bruizer | 07/17/07
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Audrey? You're stretching...
ejhonda | 07/17/07
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But I loved my Newton
A.Sinic | 07/17/07
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UPC.. had forgotten about that one!
Non-Zealand | 07/17/07
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Regarding Segway
Dukhalion | 07/18/07
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Wii
dhays | 07/18/07
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I wasn't dissappointed...
Narg | 07/18/07
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DreamCast
tomam | 07/18/07
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I agree
Greenknight_z | 07/19/07
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SeedyNet blows it again
vankuvr@... | 07/18/07
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UMPC's are not a disappointment
miombligo | 07/18/07
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R U Kiddin' Mii?
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