My gut feeling is that Motorola might score if they aim higher next time. The same Engadget fanboys who booed the ROKR would probably part with a few extra bucks for a pricier model with a head-turning design and a USB 2.0 jack. But I still think marketing execs overestimate the appeal of music phones. In Cingular's ads for the ROKR, hot young urbanites multitask between dancing and dating as calls come into their beat-blasting headphones. "I associate my BlackBerry with work," a friend retorted to me. "I use my iPod to forget about work. I don't want it to fucking ring."

While I agree the ROKR sucks (100 songs on a phone that doesn't flip??), I don't agree with the above sentiment. A multitasking phone/music/internet/data storage thing totally appeals to me. I fast run out of pocket space around campus with my car keys, phone, iRiver, memory stick, and money. Hell, I don't even see why we can't combine all 5. Yada yada security, yada yada separation of work and play, whatever the hang-ups, I still think we should try.

-janelane, tech savvy by proxy