Limited to a 100 songs regardless of media?

I was under the impression that it ships with the 512MB card but that it is also upgradable. Don't know why it would still limit to 100 songs. I would tend to believe the Cingular site though; it makes more sense.

Yeah, that's true and may be a reason they limit it to 100.

Cingular states up to 100 songs - which means from the Apple site

How much flash storage will I need to store songs on my phone?
To store 25 average-length songs on your phone, you will need 128MB of available flash storage space. To store 50 average-length songs on your phone, you will need 256MB of available flash storage space. To store 100 average-length songs on your phone, you will need 512MB of available flash storage space.

I can't confirm the 100 song limit yet, but I can confirm that the phone requires all songs to be converted to 128 bit. My library is 192 bit, but i was unable to copy any songs until I selected "automatically convert to 128 bit" in the phone options.

Mark,

Did you pick one up already? If so, at your local shop or online?

That would be too bad if only 128kbps songs are compatible. My library is mostly 192kbps except for the purchased songs.

Yes, I did get one from my local Best Buy (they sell Cingular there). I can confirm now that is limited to 100 songs, I have over a 100 meg left on the card, but it gives me an error saying that it's limited to 100 songs. You can use the rest of the card space to store data.

It does seem to require 128 bit also. My entire library is 192bit and wouldn't copy until I selected "convert to 128 bit" in the phone options. It's not a big deal though, it just converts the songs on the phone, you don't have to convert your library, nor does it convert the songs IN your library. It does it in the background as you drag and drop them. The songs on the phone are 128 bit, but the same songs in my library remain 192 bit. Hope this helps.

I know it took a least 30 minutes to fill it up with 100 songs. After I realizes it was gonna be a while I left it, so i couldn't give you an exact time, but it is SLOW with the USB 1.1 connection. (thanks motorola)

Thanks for the excellent feedback, Mark.

I'm thinking of getting one this weekend or next.

Now I haven't done this yet - but it seems to me that if the "number" of songs as opposed to the total size of the files (512 MB in this case) is the limiting factor, then the way to get more songs on the ROKR is to use a program that allows you to splice two or more songs together and rename the file as something that will let you know which songs are in that file. I'm sure there is software that will let you do this. Audio Hijack? or some other. I assume this would work provided you don't go over the 512 MB limit. Just a thought...

How unfair it is to be limited to 100 songs. Unfair and non-sensish.

Thumbs down for the ROKR. iTunized or not.