July 28, 2004

Apple brings iTunes to Motorola cellphones Globetechnology.com, Canada - Motorola will make the standard music application on all their mass-market music phones, expected to be available in the first half of next year. Analyst: Apple Could be "Microsoft of music" The Mac Observer - Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich told clients Tuesday he believes the recently announced alliance between Apple and Motorola could turn Apple into the "Microsoft of music" and make the iPod the "defacto standard in digital music." Mr. Milunovich said the Motorola alliance is a "net positive for the iPod" "Although we expect Motorola music phones to have 0.5GB of memory for songs by the end of the year, this is a different market from the 4GB iPod mini or 20 and 40GB fourth-generation iPods," he said. "Getting users to try iTunes on their cell phone introduces them to portable music the Apple way." 8:48:17 AM