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It’s slowing down a lot for mobile handset type news at CES, so I thought I would summarize my opinions on some of the major handset product announcements. Check it out after the jump.
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Well, the proverbial mango has hit the fan, with product announcements coming left and right from the International CES. Motorola was first up to bat, with its ROKR E2, TXTR D7, and assorted Bluetooth accessories.

Coming as a suprise to me, the ROKR E2 actually looks like it may be an alright device. It drops the iTunes software, but adds Motorola’s tasty new UI (based on Linux), as well as a QVGA screen, SD card storage, and – shock – no song limit (except for the limit of the SD card size).

Expect Samsung to return fire tomorrow though, and that is all I can say right now.

And in other Apple related news, Motorola has announced the ROKR E1 iTunes compatible handset at the press event last night, as expected.

To be honest, I’m not all that impressed. The only thing going for it is the iTunes synching – as a mobile phones it is fairly average (just a repackaged E398). VGA camera? Bah!

MobileBurn has a great write up here.