Business week: iTunes phones "before Christmas"

According to Businessweek, the fabled iTunes phones are ready to debut some time "...before Christmas" and will feature several models, from low end to high. The article also lists both Motorolla and Cingular as being in partnership with Apple on this deal, and predicts that music via a cell phone really will be the next best thing. They also ask the big question that's on all of our minds: "What's taking so long?" Supposedly the partnership was supposed to have been announced in March but was called off at the last minute. The longer this is put off, the more likely Motorolla and Cingular will have other options. It's Apple that has the most to lose here.

In the meantime, the guessing game continues.  Let's hope it all gets cleared up on the 7th.