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Reuters: Cingular considering iTunes phone
Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. mobile service, is considering selling a Motorola's upcoming iTunes phone, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters."Motorola and Apple have been talking to Cingular about it using the iTunes phone," according to one of the publication's sources, who asked not to be named.
Meanwhile, RBC Capital analyst Mark Sue said in a recent research note that Apple and Cingular were working out final details on revenue sharing pertinent to the arrangement.
Representatives from both Apple and Cingular declined to comment on the report, but a Motorola spokeswoman said the company is on schedule to ship an iTunes phone in the third quarter.
Apple and Motorola have been working to bringing Apple's popular iTunes service to mobile phones but Motorola has delayed unveiling its iTunes device so far amid speculation about a lack of interest from operators.
According to a report in French newspaper Le Figaro, Apple and Motorola may announce the device, dubbed iPhone, as early as next Tuesday.
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I'm sure this will make some people happy, but for people like me this is of little to no interest.
I'll repeat the cliché, because it rings true here:
Who wants their phone to play music? Why have one device that does a lot of things poorly instead of different devices that do what they do very well? What about battery life? Blech.
maybe this iTunes phone will be a really great solution and a really revolutionary way to listen to music just like the iPod was a revolutionary way to listen to music on an HDD device?
imagine combining an iPod shuffle with a phone. Why not use the same device for both things? (hopefully battery life will be good enough because most people need their phone on standby for a long time) I mean a music player and phone are two things that people like to have all the tiem.
Uh, I do.
Turns out that cell phones do some pretty cool stuff these days (Bluetooth, web, email, video, camera, games), and I'm looking forward to iTunes on my phone.
Uh, I do.
Turns out that cell phones do some pretty cool stuff these days (Bluetooth, web, email, video, camera, games), and I'm looking forward to iTunes on my phone.
The limited size of the screen, poor text entry, and tiny amount of memory keeps a phone from doing any of these functions as well as a dedicated instrument.
The limited size of the screen, poor text entry, and tiny amount of memory keeps a phone from doing any of these functions as well as a dedicated instrument.
Exactly.
Not to mention battery life.
Exactly.
Not to mention battery life.
I forgot to mention battery life!
1. Isn't Verizon the number 1 US mobile service? At least, in amount of customers and coverage area, right? Otherwise the statement that Cingulair is #1 seems pretty subjective to me...
2. Not sure if there will be any eventual miniSD or transflash implementation to the iTunes phone, but if so, there's the solution to the "memory" problem all you guys are trying to pass off on it. And who says you'll be storing the music on your phone anyway? I thought it might be a good idea to be able to browse the iTMS from the phone, listen to samples and purchase the music - but have it emailed you....
Wow, good call! I totally forgot that my iPods battery is particularly robust...not to mention the awesome text entry features! (Oh, and lets not forget the size of the screen!) lol!
Really, you need to expand your horizons:
Noka.com
Motorola.com
(Things have changed a bit in the past few years.)
they should also have stereo BT 2.0+ and a slot for a gig mem chip is a snap, many phones have them. sams sells a gig chip for $72 maybe put in a mini click wheel smaller than the shuffle. or just duct tape a shuffle to your phone....hey that would work 
,lol
hey they (apple) need a better car --ipod interface, i don't see it being a bt itunes cell phone for all of us who have ipods. we need a simple way of getting that ipod to our car stereo. that has the larger market. let's see how many ipod owners also have a car....hmmmmm more than need a new phone this quarter.
also with all that switching and pushing people to 2 year contracts who can afford to dump their present phone and get the itunes phone???? not me--my moto v551 works just fine.and you know in 3 months after they become available more features will be added and the bugs worked out. then at 6-8 months after getting one the price will drop by half e.g. razor.
What about Verison or T-Mobile. (T-Mobile isnt as likely as Verison) Cingular is good, but I already have T-Mobile so it would be esy to just switch my number right over. Also, Is they Phone compatible with Address Book and iCal?
-Wes
PS- Can people stop calling it the iPhone? It is NOT made by Apple, its just a Moto phone with iTunes Software.
PS2- Wheres the Moto Razr iTunes phone???
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I'm sure this will make some people happy, but for people like me this is of little to no interest.
I'll repeat the cliché, because it rings true here:
Who wants their phone to play music? Why have one device that does a lot of things poorly instead of different devices that do what they do very well? What about battery life? Blech.