Music lovers on the T-Mobile network have reason to get excited with the Motorola ROKR E8 music phone on its way to shelves in 6 more days (July 7th). Featuring new ModeShift technology, the unit literally transforms from music player to phone with the touch of a button. The phone keypad disappears and in their place become control keys for the music player - play, pause, fast forward and rewind.

Taking a page from Apple's iPhone navigation, the ROKR E8 debuts the FastScroll navigation wheel, a variable-speed touch control. With a slide of the thumb, the wheel scrolls through music, contacts, calendar or multimedia content on a landscape 2.0-inch QVGA display. Also featured are built-in FM radio and support for Song ID. The 2GB internal memory can store up to 1,500 songs, and the external memory is expandable up to 4GB with an optional microSD card. Music transfers with USB 2.0 and the device is also compatible with windows media player 11.

Price has yet to be determined. For full specs click here.