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During a presentation Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show, a Motorola executive previewed the upcoming mobile phone that the company is jointly developing with Apple Computer.
The iTunes-compatible phone in many ways mimics the iPod, according to a first-hand PC Magazine report.
"It syncs with a computer and the iTunes Music Store like an iPod does, and incorporates the iPod interface for navigating and playing digital music," said Ron Garriques, a Motorola executive vice president.
Garriques also revealed that the phone is the first of many Motorola devices that will support iTunes this year. However, he did not provide product specs or say when the phone would be available.
Last month, Eddy Cue, Apple's vice president of applications, said the company was 'definitely on schedule' to make a mobile phone related announcement within the first half of 2005.
"What we've talked about is a something that is valuable for the mass market," Cue said. "It has to be a phone in the middle-tier of the market, not a $500-tier phone. It has to be very seamless to use. And we're very happy with the results."
No images of the phone have yet to surface in a public forum, but prototype units have reportedly been spotted with bluetooth streaming capabilities and 1GB of flash memory-based storage.
Like the iPod, the iTunes-compatible phone will play tracks purchased from Apple's iTunes music download service.
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Posted: 2005-01-07 12:13:15
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Wow I hope so. I'd be first in the queue for this new phone. And hopefully if Apple have got anything to do with it, they will improve on the usual Motorola software interface. So what's the guess on colour - white or aluminium/titanium? There's a keynote speech due shortly from Steve Jobs so hopefully there may be some sort of announcement then?
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Posted: 2005-01-07 18:18:43
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And here's the first photo:
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Posted: 2005-01-07 23:08:41
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I am sorry, but the phone on the picture is a white verson of the Motorola E398.:S And not the Apple phone. I think this verson newer made it to the stordes, but you can se the white verson of the E398 at the start in the Black Eyed Pease musicvideo.
I think there will be a Apple phone, but the phone on the picture isent.
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Posted: 2005-01-08 01:59:51
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There is no Apple phone.
This is just a
Motorola phone with an embedded Apple iTunes player. That picture came from the very same presentation mentioned in the first post, and shows the very phone that was demonstrated at that presentation. According to sources it uses a developmental version of the software that will be used in an upcoming Motorola model.
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Posted: 2005-01-08 15:59:19
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Bull u mean we hav to buy muzik on da store for the phone? E398 lukz weird
This message was posted from a T610
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Posted: 2005-01-08 16:06:14
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