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Talking about presentations, remember when Microsoft had to install chrome because edge wouldn’t launch mid presentation

Steve was a showman. He makes you want something BEFORE he shows it to you.

I really liked the "goodbye Moto" at the end, was a welcome easter egg:)

I love how you actually buy these products to test them

I still get goosebumps from the product launch video from 2007. Wow.

I always get a strange feeling in my body whenever I watch a video about the announcement of the original iPhone. As if it's something from another life, something from a story, something made up. The way a 'single' product like that somewhat took over an entire planet is absolutely mind-blowing to me. I didn't get my first iPhone until around 2013 (a used 3GS in white, gifted to me at random), but bought my own iPhone 5. It's amazing to me, how they've been able to produce and advertise a product that is - when we're being honest - so generic, yet feels so personal, and almost like a companion. Hat's off. Very nice video. Informative, on point, interesting, nicely paced and cut. I've been a fan of the channel for years.

9:11 You know someone's getting fired 😂😂

I worked at Apple in Ireland back in the day. Our Test Engineer showed me the - then unannounced Rokr at a Pub (didn't get stolen there though). I've noticed pretty much instantly, that the left and right audio channels where mixed up - and if I'm not mistaken, it got never fixed.

Moto slvr had iTunes. I wanted that phone so bad

The Rokr E1 was essentially a E398 with iTunes connectivity. IIRC you can flash the E1’s firmware to E398 and vice versa.

One of apples devices had a removable battery? WHAT?!

Very interesting look back in time - thanks for making this!

My mom bought me a Motorola ROKR when I was in 7th grade because I begged her for an iPod and I needed a new phone. She worked at SBC which owned Cingular wireless(now AT&T) so she got it for pretty cheap. I loved that phone. Mine had a little mirror under the camera which made selfies better than ever before. The biggest downside was I'd be in class with my phone in my pocket and since there was no lock on the phone, iTunes would open and it could start playing the first song from the first artist in my library, which was a really heavy death metal song. That happened at least 10 times and it was really embarrassing. Aside from that, I loved that phone so much and there's nothing anyone can say that will make me feel otherwise. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

I remember those ROKR items from the past. I had the ROKR sunglasses. They were awesome and I wish they still made them.

Oh the palm Treo 650. One of my favorite phones to play on as a kid, my grandma had one (she was a realtor who needed the IR blaster) and I played with it constantly.

4:57 Could've been another "Shiiizzzzz" from Quinn

cortana: remind me to get this single when it drops

Videos like this are a nice break from all the new tech product videos. I’ve been thinking back through apple’s history post-iPod and how things have changed. It’s pretty fascinating and full of nostalgia.

But that was a Motorola, even if it was certified by Apple...

I had the ROKR E3, it was a fun phone to have even with its shortcomings. And the lights on the sides were, at the time, awesome 😂

So... While people think of it as "Unjobsian" to partner with other companies, this is not really true. Jobs liked the Sony Vaio laptops so much that he tried to launch OSX in partnership with Sony. Sony also designed other hardware for Apple (the Powerbook 100 comes to mind, though it was released long enough after Jobs left Apple that I doubt it was a glimmer in anyone's eye at the time). Apple also partnered with Canon, HP, and Xerox to provide print engines for the printers they sold under the apple name.

"goodbye moto" ... i was not ready for that

Nice "midnight" music in the background. Good choice. Yeah I've been too much on epidemicsounds.

I don't remember the Rockr looking so cheap. What were they thinking? The Razr was so premium feeling. The LG Chocolate thoooo

Steve: well, it's supposed to resume my music right back to where it was Steve: why did i built this shit

palm treo 650

Always enjoy a new snazzy video in my feed.

I really loved the Moto Rokr!!!

I came across one ages ago. I appreciated it for its place in Apple and Motorola’s history, but ultimately I was very glad I brought home a Matte Black RAZR V3 back in the day. Even the RAZR had its issues, but it was 10x the phone the ROKR E1 was. Unrelated; I also had a PEBL for a short while - it was such a phenomenal design that I’m sure Apple’s iTunes Phone idea would’ve been much better suited to it instead, but it was recalled eventually, so it’s hard to say what would’ve been worse. Wish I’d kept it though!

1:29 “Look no further than the smartphones that existed before the iphone, and the smartphones that existed after the iphone” That’s not a very illustrative picture of the smartphone market before the iphone. I bought a Qtek s100 with my savings when I was 13. That phone resembles the form factor and layout of the original iphone and came out two years prior. I’d also say the iphone borrowed a lot of the design language and aesthetic from Sony Ericsson’s t610, even if the form factor is quite different.

I HAD THE ROCKER!!!!!!! I LOVED THAT PHONE! although mine was different it was thinner and it didnt have a camera...

In 05-06 I had the Moto SLVR L7. Loved that phone. It was great!

Lol that hello moto -> goodbye moto was a nice touch

By the way, there was a version of the RAZR that could hold 100 itunes songs on it. I don’t know anything about it besides that it exists and I have one. It worked fine if i can remember correctly.

Wow...I had NEVER heard of this phone before! and I was an apple fanboy supreme back then... I even got the original iPod (yes, the 5GB movable scroll wheel type w/internal Hard disk). Great video!

I have the original Razr phone. I can tell you - apart from the outstanding design, all things that were bad about the Rokr were exactly the same level of bad on Razr, as well. It wasn't actually a very good phone at all. 🙂

I would probably agree with you, now, but I LOVED my ROKR back in the day

I had a ROKR, I liked it at the time. Slow sync typically meant I put my favs on it and left it at that especially with the song limit.

The ROKR was cool. Dual speakers were awesome. I legit gamed hard on that thing.

Snazzy mocking an apple product, Samsung ditching the headphone jack? *THE END IS NIGH*

My friend loved this phone for some reason even tho I hated it. Also with the iTunes function it wasn't even worth it cuz you could drag music to the phone without iTunes needed.

Have I told you lately that you have the most beautiful eyes, Snazzy? I’m always mesmerized to see those blue eyes piercing through my soul..

The ROKR E1 was my first mobile phone. Loved it and still miss the feelings it gave while I walked the streets of my hometown blasting my jams. Crying in 12 pro max😂

Yay! Someone who actually gets to the point of the video! Good job! 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻

Loved to see Foals in your library

love the song, its amazing cant wait for it

No, Motorola made a phone, and Apple let them put iTunes in it. Try to at least be within the same galaxy in accuracy.

My favorite phone from Moto was the rokr e6. Linux os with touch screen

i had a motorola e770 back in the days and i always wondered why itunes sees it like an ipod of some sort but without any kind of support, probably there was some code left in it

Love SNAZZY LABS... Very informative and the boy knows his tech, even if he cant unscrew a screw.... lol

I really like the way you do videos and your honest opinion. Yes, I had the chance to use that phone and it was incredibly slow even in that time. A real pain in the ass. One of Apple's terrible mistakes. By the way, incredible song!, I had to look for the band and now I'm in love!.

I found the ROKR kind of snazzy... :p

8:21 What The Name Of The Song?

ha! I totally forgot about this phone!

I miss the first iPhone. Not really the device itself, but the feeling. Discovering new things, new apps and software updates really meant something. It went from „wow, it’s amazing what this thing can do“ to „why can it STILL not do this?“ quickly. For today’s standards, the phone sucked, the camera was bad, it was really slow, had bad internet, you had to synchronize everything, but it just felt great. What I miss most is the iPod app though. They practically killed the iPod with Apple Music. I once had this meticulously curated library, almost no single songs but full albums and I would sync it to my phone and it would stay this way. Now, iTunes replaces my own files with the wrong version of the song (I have an album where songs are randomly replaced with live versions) and when I tap the wrong button, it gets added to my library and messes everything up. I actually gave up on my once perfect library years ago. If they can ever bring back the „iPod feeling“ in the days of subscription streaming (that I use myself - nothing wrong with it, it’s just a nightmare to organize), that will be their next revolutionary product. And no, I don‘t want them to curate it for me. I want those rainy Sunday afternoons back, where I would curate my own library and not have iTunes mess it up the next day by replacing all the work I‘ve done. In that regard, the Motorola phone was better than the current iPhones. It had a true iPod functionality.

If the iPhone 2g on iOS 1.0 could still be activated I would use it as my phone if I found one at a good price, Of corse I will still cary a tablet or some other device around with me for more intensive stuff.

Funny how I still get goosebumps when I hear the crowd going crazy at the iPhone announcement and how "meh" I feel watching keynotes now.

That I believe that wasn't the one sold here US. I purchased the att version which was white and was amazingly loud for the time. It also had disco lights 😂. Also for what ever reason I could use a 1gb card and get a little over 100 songs. For the time was a great advancement in the phone area for small and portable.

The song at 8:20 is pure FIRE!

I can't find any info about that song you're playing at 8:19, where did you find it? Edit: Just saw the thing that said it was coming soon, but it's already been over 2 months? Guess you meant "soon™" and not "soon"

I remember the Rokr. Fun video which took me down memory lane. I remember watching the announcement of the iPhone, still gives me chills.

When you want an IPhone but you have cheap parents

I feel it would've been a different story if it had been on the Razor, even if it didn't have amazing speakers, it was a damn nice looking phone

The ROKR was doomed the moment Steve Jobs flubbed the demo. "My music will resume once the phone call ends!" And it didn't do that. He fumbled around for a second, starting the song over, saying he "pressed the wrong button." I remember seeing that live, and thought "this thing is gonna flop."

I actually had the Slvr which was Moto's second attempt. It looked far more the part but still had that damn 100 song limit

Ha I had the Motorola Slvr . Same kinda concept but had the button layout from the Razr. I think it was the Gen 2 of the Rokr, as it was still iTunes compatible.

There was an iTunes version of the Razr phone. It was the one you used on the Razr shown on your vid.

As I recall, it was either Moto or the carriers who restricted the capabilities of this thing. I wasn't even tempted to look at one.

8:28 This sounds amazing! Looking at their Spotify, these guys definitely deserve some extra attention 👌also, cool video!

The Motorola Rockr was such a failure I imagine Steve Jobs storming into a boardroom and screaming at them. Screw this we’re making our own phone.

Snobby labs. I owned ROKR E2 back in the day and it was a great phone.

the base model 16 or 32 gd always been great to store apps music etc...

6:06 Cool easter egg =D

First products are never good but it really changed the phone forever

@Snazzy Labs It was still a *genius* idea at the time -- even though the *ROKR design* was pretty much a *copy-cater* of the beloved RIM *BlackBerry Pearl.* Remember no other phone had the features iTunes offered (after Napster and RealNetworks were decimated). Motorola *did try* with the ROKR. At the same time they didn't want to cannibalize their RAZR series flip phones which was a killer in sales. Also, most would rather *carry* their bar/flip phone, Pearl or RAZR *with* an iPod rather than carry a Moto ROKR with limited iTunes functionality and storage. I'd have to say that Apple should be at fault to this as they limited the storage capabilities of songs in the ROKR. At the time, you *can fit* more than 100 songs inside a 1GB SD Card that Moto provides if you use other formats other than Apple's iTunes. Then again, Apple didn't want to *cannibalize* the sales of their iPod *Nano* series which also (at the time) started with 1 GB storage.

Where’s the closing music from? Good stuff man.

I listen to almost all of the artists you do! lots of indie!

That thumbnail 👌

Oh, Russian UI) Теперь я знаю откуда твой ROKR :D

5:28 Without music functionality? I had a E398, and it was my first real music phone, was advertised with The Black Eyed Peas. Stereo Speakers with various led lights synchronized with the output? Damn it was sexy. But yeah, fully Java based and had a tons of issues. Also my first phone with a headphone jack! 2,5mm tho, but hey, at least they tried...

The first iphone did suck. I was rocking a full-touchscreen smartphone running Symbian, that had native apps, copy-paste, SD-card storage for music, and a 3G HDSP data connection at the time. It wasn't until they released the iPhone 3G that they were finally able to replace this without it being a downgrade.

Plainrock124 just smashed this lol

Motorola E398, the predecessor of Motorola ROKR E1 you are talking about, had musical capabilities - it had an MP3 player.

The Rockr 2 slider looked alot more like the Razr Line of Phones

I've been after one of these for my collection. I'm pretty certain the ones here in the UK were max 100.

I actually REALLY like the design at 3:55

Yess! I miss you, Scott.

The FRUIT of the first iPhone 😂

Damn, that thing looks more like my old Motorola C350, nothing like the Razer I got later on.

Great video!

Hey Snazzy, can you make a video about some free mac apps. If you do I have a recommendation, Spectacle a window app. btw this ain't an ad.

Haha I used to own the ROKR and concur it was all hype, thicc boy and sooooooo slow to sync with iTunes. What a throwback.

Still have my Rokr, very loud phone at the time

the sheer discontent in Steve Jobs face is so satisfying ahaha

I contest the idea that Apple rarely contracted out to other companies. You have the Pippin, and then you have that either 3rd or 4th gen iPod (can't remember exactly) that was branded and sold by HP. Yes, to clarify, Apple let HP pu their logo on an iPod and sell it.

"an iPod..." *cough cough* um apple where my hedphone jak be at

I actually bough one, just as it was being discontinued for about $100 unlocked/no contract, they were practically giving them away.. For that price it was actually just 'alright', especially when I didn't want to carry my iPod as well. But looking back now they have just made so many bad decisions... This product could have been so much better if both Apple/Motorola put any effort and thought into it.

I actually had one. It took me forever to figure out how to put music on it. It needed a very old version of iTunes and it only played AAC. So I actually had to use a windows computer because there I can install any iTunes version I want. I also had the iTunes edition of RAZR.

1:33 what's up with that last phone ? Is it early AR ? Looks like Google's live view in Google maps.