Where is the Motorola-itunes phone? Anyone have any tech specs on this? When is going to be sold?
TIA!
EDIT: thanks to google. Is this it? Haven't seen this image before, saw something that lookd different.
looks sweet!!!! I wouldnt rush into the ipod shuffle if I were you. But then its only 99 busk so may be I may....
Got it from here
http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp...7092&s=cpn
Motorola Previews iTunes Phone
Techtree News Staff
Publishing date: 2005-01-10 17:46:57
Six months after it announced the tie-up with Apple, Motorola previews the phone that downloads and plays iTunes.
Motorola and Apple have come together to release a phone that can play music from Apple Computer's iTunes store.
An executive at the International Consumer Electronics Show 2005 at Las Vegas demonstrated a Motorola E398 equipped with the iTunes functionality for demonstration. The phone connects through a computer to the iTunes Music Store like an iPod does and incorporates an iPod-like interface for navigating and playing digital music, said a Motorola spokesperson.
The phone shown during the keynote, though, was not the actual iTunes phone that is going to be released this year.
The spokesperson added that the upcoming phone is the first of many Motorola devices that will support iTunes this year.
With this feature the two will pose a great threat to companies offering music downloads at a cost, as full songs can be played as ring tones, which are better than polyphonic tones.
Apple has stated that it wants the phone to be mainstream in its cost - it is expected to retail at $299 or $349.
The executive also showed a Motorola RFID tag that allows a consumer to continue to play a digital music or video file while moving between locations and devices. A music video clip moved with the executive as he walked among an LCD TV, MP3 player, laptop computer and mobile phone to demonstrate its capabilities.
The tag is part of Motorola's "Liquid Media" technology, and will be available later this year.
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