iTunes mobile phone to debut at Sept 7 music event
updated 09:40 am EDT, Tue August 30, 2005
iTunes mobile phone
One analyst says that Apple will in San Francisco on September 7, while The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has reached an agreement with Cingular Wireless to offer a Motorola cellphone that will play songs from Apple's iTunes Music Store. "Apple Computer and Motorola plan to unveil a long-awaited mobile phone and music player next week that will incorporate Apple's iTunes software, a telecommunications industry analyst who has been briefed on the announcement.... Roger Entner, a telecommunications analyst with Ovum, a market research firm, said he had been told by an industry executive that the new phone, to be made by Motorola, would be marketed by Cingular Wireless. Mr. Entner said it would include iTunes software, which helps power the iPod." The WSJ report said that Cingular is expected to make the phone available in time for the holidays and that the event may also bring a new line of iPods to replace the iPod mini line. [updated]
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This is truly a non-event as cell phones are really meant to do one thing... COMMUNICATE with another human being, not be a PDA, Music Player, Video Device, etc. Just another example of a device that will allow a person to shut themselves away from the rest of the planet. There is too much of this dreck around already. Will I want one? No. That pretty much precludes me from BUYING one ... and from Cingular? One of the WORST companies to deal with if you have a problem. Uh uh... no f'in way!