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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Motorola's European Rokr launch

Mylomoto: ROKR launch event in Kings Cross, London

This lunchtime I went along to the official launch party for the Motorola ROKR phone - you know, the one with iTunes built in. The event was hosted by Tess Daly, and featured a live set from Mylo (which I photographed badly, as you can see).

The man himself, Myles MacInnes, took a few moments to let me know why he was there ("we're saving up for a yacht for our bass player") and his thoughts on technology. He famously hacked together his album, Destroy Rock & Roll, on a low-level Mac... but is he a geek?

"I never thought I'd be the kind of person who'd have a laptop and an iPod," he said. "But it's sort of crept up on me. Obviously I spend all day in front of the computer when I'm working, but I've never enjoyed technology for technology's sake."

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