ROKR E8

The rokr E8 is the next gen of Moto's music player phone line. It has a smooth surface, no visible keys. ModeShift / morphing turns the device from phone to music player to camera. They've built in haptic feedback for tactile response when keys are pressed, and a navigation wheel above the touch pad. They also threw in an FM radio, 2GB of internal memory, expandable via MicroSD. USB 2.0 for fast song transfer. It's a Quad Band GPRS/EDGE phone.

Moto Z10

This one is a kick slider multimedia phone, with built-in video editing tools. The 2.2-inch QVGA screen displays video at 30fps, and in 16 million colors. External storage for up to 32GB, when it becomes available. So 8GB for now. 3.2 megapixel camera, which launches in 1.5 seconds-they made a big deal of this although the iPhone doesn't seem to take any longer to get into camera mode. It's3.5G HSDPA, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, for all that wireless video you're going to be uploading.

As much camera as phone.

Moving on to the Rokr E8.(This leaked a few weeks back.) Moto has been trying to get the music phone right for a long time now. This one has a no-button surface, touch activated it lights up. When you listen to music, the phone keys automatically disappear and the music player buttons show. When you switch to camera mode, the buttons for the camera appear on the front of the handset. Morphing technology on a single glass-like surface.

But people like to know when they've pressed the keys. So they added a haptic touchpad that gives tactile feedback. it also has a scroll wheel like function.

Motorola's audio engineers developed a new algorithm for in-ear music listening. The innovation here is that while most in-ear headphones make it sound as though the music is vibrating from inside your head, now it sounds like the music from the in-ear headphones are coming from outside your ears.

Motorola is acquiring SoundBuzz, a provider of wireless ota music downloads and buying in southeast asia.

Z510 Series Samsung offers three models in this 5.1-channel Home Theater series that include wireless out-of-the-box speakers with 5.8 GHz technology. Consumers do not have to go through a complicated set-up but can immediately begin enjoying the freedom of wireless home audio speaker. Z510 Series consists of the HT-Z510, which features four satellite speakers; the HT-Z512, which features two satellites and two tallboys; and the HT-Z515, which has four tallboys. In addition to the connectivity and next-generation technology detailed earlier, each includes a five-disc, 1080p-upconverting DVD player and Auto Sound Calibration to deliver exceptional sound in any type of room. The HT-Z510 delivers 400 watts of power, while the HT-Z515 doubles that, in addition to featuring wireless-ready rear speakers for added convenience.

The HT-Z510, HT-Z512 and HT-Z515 will be available April 2008.

The sound was a bit flat, but the reviewers preferred it that way. The main draw, however, is the 160x43 LCD display on the right speaker.

The same LCD that's on the Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard gives you "current track information, your latest POP3 emails, the time and date, your current CPU and RAM utilization, a countdown timer, and a stopwatch." There are also a bunch of mods for the G15 LCD, where you can find on the mod websites below.

There's also support for all the major media players—probably not the Zune—and you can even set radio favorites on the thing. You'll most likely be using the touch-sensitive buttons that control standard playback, volume, and power controls more, and they're definitely slick looking. They're $149 on Amazon, which isn't bad but a bit more than the older Logitech Z-2300s that come with a sub. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Amazon]

Logitech Z10 Interactive Speaker System Review [Everything USB]

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The bi-amped speakers are 9.7 inches tall, and from what we can see this looks like it could be a winning package. Logitech ships the Z-10 system in September, bringing all this touchscreen and bi-amped juju to you for $150. – Charlie White

Logitech Introduces Z-10 Interactive 2.0 Speaker System [Geekzone]