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Motorola hopes for revival with touch phone

In a nod to what consumers seem to want from a phone, considering Apple's success with the iPhone, Motorola has introduced a new music phone with touch-screen controls. The Rokr E8 is the next iteration of the Schaumburg, Ill., company's music phones, and this one has some intriguing features. Using Motorola's version of touch controls, what it calls "haptics," the phone can switch from music to call mode with the touch of the screen. A virtual keypad sits on the glasslike front of the phone with one button dedicated to music. Touch that button and the keypad disappears and music controls appear. [Read]