Motorola to Release 2nd iTunes-compatible Phone

Given the failure of the Rokr, Motorola's first iTunes phone, one hopes the company is rethinking its iTunes phone strategy. The Rokr is a mediocre phone with two-year-old technology and should have been released two years ago, not two months ago. The market is asking for a Razr-style phone with iTunes connectivity and that's not what Motorola delivered. So it wasn't a surprise to industry watchers that the Rokr phone has flopped.

The good news is that Motorola announced today it will be releasing four new models of their popular Razr cellphone, including one which will come preloaded with Apple's iTunes software. Due by the end of the year, it's been reported that the Razr phones will be sold at Walmart stores at deeply-discounted rates.

No word on whether it'll have the same artificial DRM limit of 100 songs that the Rokr has. It wouldn't be a deal-breaker for me personally, but I know a lot of early adopters who will shun the phone if it contains this crippling feature.