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When I look around my home I realize that very few devices have converged.
My TV and DVD are separate devices. My Microwave, Toaster, Range, and oven: all separate devices.
Even my phone does nothing but call - it doesnt play music or let me connect to the web.

The only device I have found that is really converged is my clock radio.

Motorola Rocker Phone

As a Treo 650 addict I know that PDA and Phone can be converged. I even have a cool MP3 program that shows me album covers as I listen to songs (all legally downloaded and encrypted so no one will use them illegally of course.

So the Motorola Rocker (Motorola Rokr?) is the phone that tries to be an iPOD. From the tests we have run and the people we have talked to, it does a decent job of both. The world simply isn’t ready for this covergence.

The Rokr phone really rocks - but people are not yet ready to lay down their iPODs. Most of the iPOD croud, the perfect audience for this device, are still busy buying new accessories for their pet iPOD. (Do people name their iPODs? - I wouldn’t be surprised…)

So the Rocker is an excellent choice if you are not a real iPOD person and you dont need to have a PDA on your cell phone. Otherwise get two devices!

As long as we are talking about the Motorola Rokr E1 (I bet this will be called the E1 in Europe, just like the Razr is called simply the Motorola v3 across the pond…) and convergence I have a few more comments about convergence.

Phone+PDA = makes perfect sense to me.
Add a camera and MP3 Player = makes sense only as extras for occasional use.

I would like to suggest a device which would have several pieces that can plug into each other or communicate with each other and together form as reasonable set of devices. The main reason for doing this would be to share capabilities such as:

- Connectivity (Bluetooth/ Wifi/GPRS)
- Memory
- Power

Anyone have any other news on convergence?

Anyway for those who have decided they need the Motorola Rocker (Rokr).
It’s available for $149.99 See Rocker Phone Specials.