Tuesday, July 27, 2004

Another Mention Apple to Release iTunes for Motorola Phones. Motorola and Apple have announced . Although the number of songs will be limited to the flash memory storage space inside the phones, most units should be able to hold a few dozen songs, at least, making them the missing piece in Apple's music playback device plan. iPod and iPod mini for those that want a dedicated, large-capacity music device; iTunes phones for those who just need a few songs here and there. When the service launches in the first half of 2005, songs will be transferred from PCs to phones via the standard USB or Bluetooth interfaces, but hopefully later versions of iTunes Mobile will be able to download over the airwaves. And does this mean that Motorola has decided MP3s are the ringtones of the future? That's going to make some people (read: carriers) a little pissy, especially considering an iTunes download is cheaper than most ringtones. [unmediated] 10:01:27 PM

Apple & Motorola Apple & Motorola Take iTunes Mobile. Motorola and Apple are partnering to enable millions of music lovers to transfer their favorite songs from iTunes on their Mac or PC, including songs from the iTunes Music Store, to Motorola's next-generation mobile handsets, via a USB or Bluetooth connection. Apple will create a new iTunes mobile music player, which Motorola will make the standard music application on all their mass-market music phones next year. [Jul 26] [Apple Hot News] 7:30:05 AM