Live from Motonow: The iTunes phone?
By Peter Rojas 
posted Jul 25th 2005 7:50PM
posted Jul 25th 2005 7:50PM
The anticipation is killing me. I'm here at Motonow, Motorola's annual press and analyst event, waiting for everything to get rolling, and I just used the ultrazoom on my camera to snap this pic of what looks like the iTunes phone. Not sure what it's called, but we should have some answers within an hour or so.
UPDATE: It looks like it's the ROKR, but it isn't the iTunes phone. I think. They just announced that they're not announcing the iTunes phone today, but they promise that they will announce and ship the iTunes phone this quarter.
UPDATE 2: Ok, here's the deal. This handset is part of the ROKR family of phones, but they refused to specify which model it is.
wwwwwwwwoooooohhhhhhhooooo!
thanks for the live coverage!...i, for one, am thankful the itunes phone isn't the e398!
im a true sony fan and i have everything from sony from digital cameras to my gaming console. but one thing i dont use from sony are my computers i love mac os! what should i do? get this itunes phone, then my whole way of life is runied!(!&*(^!!&!^%!&$%#&$@&^#&)@!
wow, this looks really nice! this is the kind of thing i would expect from an "itunes" phone. i'm not entirely sure about the headphone jack on the side though -- would seem weird if you put it in your pocket, but knowing apple they'll probably release a buttload of accessories to take care of that "problem."
fishes,
narco.
heh i must be he only one that like the e398 i was afraid they would release a phone that would be all apple and radical then charge a bundle for it and this looks like exactly what it will be
the anticipation is friggin' killin' me man!
thanks for the up-to-the-minute info.
wtf!
by the time they finally anounce this piece of trash it will be ridiculously obsolete. whats with the games moto?? keep pushing it and people will just say fu and buy competing products like sony and nokia.
:p although, i still think the rokr will be the itunes phone. moto has been hinting at it, you know.
*nudgenudge*
http://www.mobiledia.com/news/25936.html
fyi...this isn't the itunes phone. http://www.ipodlounge.com is covering the event also, they are reporting that motorola said no itunes phone today, but it will be launched in the next 66 days and will ship this quarter.
ahh...i wrote that comment when the update was posted...sorry.
this quarter ends when?
66 days? i think they are playing tricks. who says "we'll announce something in 66 days?" i'm not in the market for a phone, even if it's this "itunes" phone -- but it still makes me laugh at what a joke this all is.
fishes,
narco.
the itunes phone is too little, too late. apple/moto missed the boat on this one -- repeatedly delaying a product launch will *not* make people more anxious to buy it; it'll only peeve them and make them buy something readily available from the competition.
dr. webster, not really, if you want to use itunes with your phone, right now moto is the only choice... and so is waiting in anticipation.
bleh...who will buy this? it's totally the wrong design. it looks bulky. why cant they just release something like an ipod mini form factor with phone capability. they would sell like crazy. rotary phones... scroll wheel... anyone? i just want to dial and access my contacts using a scroll wheel. who needs a stinking keypad? grrr.. wtf is their problem....grrr....
stereo speakers? yay, i get to hear everyone's music on the subway! where would you actually use these speakers? at a party? i don't think so. in your car? nope. on a bus? nope. while jogging? maybe, but headphones would be better. at work? not if you want to keep your job!
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built in speakers would be nice for voice-only podcasts like talk radio, etc. where the fidelity is not that important.
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#15: "bleh...who will buy this? it's totally the wrong design. it looks bulky."
are you serious? are you looking at the same photo i am? it looks like that's about 5mm thick. it looks excellent
i think this bs of the moto itunes thing has been such a waste of time... apple should leave motorola with theyr rockr stuff and make it's own phone, if they don't want to get the whole ipod brand lost in such a crappy and late comming piece like this thing. it looks anything but apple, the scroll wheel looks baaad and cheap and i'll be selling for sure for what the sony walkman-phone sells, with actually looks nice... apple should f'ing wake up and make their own blockbuster, mindmining phone if they want to keep their market share!
dont worry about headphones..jacks and accesoried - its bt capable, no look ma, no wires :-p
well, maybe ;-)
for me looks like the moto e1060,but its not the itunes phone like the ipodlounge as coment,the really phone comes 20th agust like they have say weeks ago.
Today was the announcement of the ITUNES phone. I guess this wasn't it.