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| Friday, March 11, 2005 |
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Motorola in tune with Apple hits
Motorola is working on several mobile phones that are compatible with Apple's iTunes music service, and some can store eight hours of songs.
The E790 was slated for a European launch this summer, but that has been delayed after discussions with operators, a Motorola spokesman said at CeBIT, the world's biggest electronics fair being held in Hanover, Germany.
The model is a surprise as it was originally planned ahead of the ROKR, which is also a music phone with iTunes and which Motorola has banged the drum about but has not yet shown. The ROKR is expected to be unveiled later this month at a music event in Florida.
Sony Ericsson showed its first phone with a built-in Sony Walkman last week and expects the first one to be on the market in August or September.
Motorola hopes to benefit from its association with Apple, which makes the world's most popular digital player iPod and runs the world's most popular music store, iTunes Music Store.
The fact that some iTunes phones can store eight hours of music is different from announcements last year that Motorola phones would only carry a small number of songs. |
| posted by Perimbean @ 4:00 PM |
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