Motorola confirms iTunes phone launch
updated 08:10 pm EDT, Wed April 20, 2005
iTunes phone coming
Motorola on Wednesday night confirmed plans to launch the much-anticipated that will play digital music downloaded from Apple's iTunes Music Store, according to The Financial Times. During the company's quarterly conference call, Motorola's CEO said that the iTunes product would be coming out in the next few months, despite ongoing speculation that Motorola might delay the launch of its iTunes phone "because of lack of enthusiasm among US network operators." Hoping to continue in the footsteps of its popular Razr phone, Motorola said it hopes to boost marketshare and profit margins by introducing new phones, such as the Pebl, a curved flip phone, and the Slivr, a thin handset with a face that slides to a keypad a screen.
Motorola said it shipped 28.7 million mobile phones, a 13 percent from the year-ago quarter and lifted its market share to about 17.1 percent. Overall its financials were up 48 percent from the year-ago quarter (excluding the recently spun-off Freescale semiconductor business). Motorola reported first-quarter earnings of $692 million (28 cents per a share), up from $609 million (19 cents per share) in the year-ago quarter--including its semiconductor business.
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04/20, 08:26pm reply
I still have yet to see a picture of this damn phone
jasonsRX7
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Ugh...
04/20, 08:46pm reply
Stupid idea. Stupid phone.
Eriamjh
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I need tools not toys
04/20, 08:57pm reply
I need a phone that I can sync my addressbook and diary to via bluetooth. I don't car about all the noddy features, I dont want polyphonic ring tones, I am NOT ALLOWED a camera, I don't want games, I dont want and fm tuner or any of the other stupid toys.
As soon as the phone makers get back to making a useable TOOL and stop making toys then I will upgrade, until then I will stick with what I have.
Keith Whitehead
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Looks Like This?
04/20, 09:15pm reply
http://www.slashphone.com/111/1643.html
What you can't really see is the scroll wheel on the lower front, and, the entire front slides up to reveal the keypad. Very cool.
tonewheel
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make a phone....
04/20, 10:16pm reply
make a phone that has iPod shuffle built in, what so hard
I.P. Freely
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haters!
04/20, 10:26pm reply
A new gadget phone that plays itunes tracks? Sign me up! I already have a Motorola phone that syncs with my machine and I love it. If I could use itunes on it and have a sleek new toy, I'd be all over it.
konakazi
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Link not right
04/21, 08:33am reply
The phone in that link is not the Moto music phone. That was an artist's rendition of expected future Apple products, done for a Business 2.0 article.
Moto said this would be a mid-range phone, not the sleek, high-end type of phone in the B2.0 article.
bfalchuk
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itunes phone...
04/21, 04:15pm reply
...we'll see. I wonder if it will be anything like the SLVR ( http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/images/0,,86,00.html# ) which looks really good. Too bad, I'll be going with Sony Ericsson anyway.
Here's what the PEBL looks like if anyone is curious... ( http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/images/0,,87,00.html )
himself
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