07/26/2004, 9:30pm, EDT
Monday, July 26th
Apple to bring iTunes to Motorola mobile phones
"We can't think of a more natural partnership than this one with Apple, the brand synonymous with easy-to-use, legal music downloading, and Motorola, the innovator in mobile technology," said Ed Zander, Chairman and CEO, Motorola. "Being able to transfer songs you've purchased from iTunes to Motorola mobile handsets expands the market reach for both of us and drives new revenue for customers, delivering an amazing music experience to millions of wireless users."
"We are thrilled to be working with Motorola to enable millions of music lovers to transfer any of their favorite songs from iTunes on their PC or Mac to Motorola's next-generation mobile phones," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "The mobile phone market--with 1.5 billion subscribers expected worldwide by the end of 2004--is a phenomenal opportunity to get iTunes in the hands of even more music lovers around the world and we think Motorola is the ideal partner to kick this off."
Steve Jobs made the announcement via video conference at an event the night before Motorola's annual analyst meeting in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois.
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Well if we're lucky, the phones will be just about able to play songs encoded at 8Kbps speed. Of course when doing this the phones will be running hot as hell and you won't be able to hold or carry one... but don't worry, the next generation of phones will be able to play 9Kbps songs and will only be about 20 degrees hotter than the current ones when playing songs.
And the cycle begins anew...
Good stuff!
Very ironic that Real has to get all focused on ipod and put all their efforts into a hack. Real does not see the market for its opportunities. There are more cell phones out there than pcs or ipods. Lets tap that market.
Great going Apple.
It's more useful though for playing Seinfeld and SNL clips that are stored on my MMC card.
I'd love to have a mini-mini laptop, say something like the Moto A630's form factor, a decent web browser (not just WAP 2.0), stereo headset (and make it bluetooth for even more "wow" factor), at least EDGE data rates and iTunes built-in and a 1GB SD card. I could probably live with that for most of my mobile data needs. We're almost there: I think in a year, I'll be very happy.
I've got a Motorola and the battery life stinks! I've already got to carry a charger around at all times. Just think what listening to music, regardless of the bitrate, will do!