Motorola "iTunes Phone"-will Sprint have one?

[mkbomb]

My GUT says no, but i hope you'll all say "YES!"
Oh well, I can dream.....

[FloorMatt]

My GUT says no, but i hope you'll all say "YES!"
Oh well, I can dream.....

Hmmm I remember hearing about the phone that will play "Apple-bought" music. Good for people who don't already have an iPod.....or if you just want to keep some music with you.

[Nick_26]

Read this on the news today...


The popular RAZR ultra-thin flip phone which was launched last year will be joined by three more high-tech models, dubbed the RAZR black, the SLVR and the PEBL.

The black RAZR, nicknamed BLZR, will be available for the Oscars this spring. The SLVR, a model without a flip, will be thin like the RAZR with Motorola hoping to bring excitement back to monoblock phones, which have lost ground to clamshell designs.

The SLVR will come out in the third quarter, which is when Motorola will also introduce a round mobile phone dubbed the PEBL. Under Jim Wicks, who was elevated to chief designer last year, Motorola will develop two families of phones, one square and one round...

While the new four-letter models will be for the standard second generation networks, Motorola also unveiled three new handsets and one datacard for faster third generation mobile networks aimed at multimedia consumers and computer users.

Many operators opened third generation (3G) networks to consumers last year, with 61 UMTS networks open by late 2004, connecting 16 million subscribers. Vodafone started selling 3G services to consumers in November in 13 countries.

Motorola will introduce the E1120 monoblock model with a built-in camera of 3 megapixels for high detail pictures, and the E1060 model which is aimed at music afficianados and which will feature iTunes Music Player of which Motorola said last year will become the default music player on Motorola handsets.

[mcurtiss1970]

99% sure it'll be GSM

[FloorMatt]

Motorola.....why can't you give CDMA some love? *sigh* (More specifically Sprint....make peace you two!)

Ahh well......my iPod mini serves me well.

[bluecoyote]

Cool down there! It's just 3GSM, not 3CDMA.

The itunes phone looks decent.... but since when is a 1.3 MP camera and QVGA screen a "standard, mid-range feature set?" Even if we only have GSM over here in the states, look what passes for a "Mid-range" phone: A Motorola V220 or an Audiovox 8910.

I was kinda hoping the Apple-influence would be a bit higher with the iTunes phone (E1060 I believe) .

And who knows, they might come out with one for the states, too.

[Bohemian Iconoclast]

Just saw this today...so new it isn't on phonescoop...

Supports *both* iTunes and Real.

E1060
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,4,00.html

Does not say if it is CDMA or GSM.

Original slashdot link :http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/02/14/2218206.shtml?tid=100&tid=215&tid=181&tid=141&tid=3

Reuters news story points to RAZR line, so it's GSM: http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/02/14/2218206.shtml?tid=100&tid=215&tid=181&tid=141&tid=3

Yahoo story covering new music-playing phones:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=738&e=1&u=/ap/20050214/ap_on_hi_te/phone_show_music

[CoreyTheGent]

nmnmnmnmnmnm

[tuolumne]

Just saw this today...so new it isn't on phonescoop...

Supports *both* iTunes and Real.

E1060
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,4,00.html

Does not say if it is CDMA or GSM.

Original slashdot link :http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/02/14/2218206.shtml?tid=100&tid=215&tid=181&tid=141&tid=3

Reuters news story points to RAZR line, so it's GSM: http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/02/14/2218206.shtml?tid=100&tid=215&tid=181&tid=141&tid=3

Yahoo story covering new music-playing phones:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=738&e=1&u=/ap/20050214/ap_on_hi_te/phone_show_music

The entire RAZR lineup will be GSM

[mcurtiss1970]

a companion thread: http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59617

[Bohemian Iconoclast]

The entire RAZR lineup will be GSM

...if you look down the quote a ways, I made the RAZR connection, which ensures GSM.... :eyebrow:

[tuolumne]

Hopefully Cingular will get this Samsung:

Samsung Thor, which will directely compete with the Motorola iTunes phone.

QVGA display, 3GB mini-HDD, 1.3MP CCD camera, bluetooth 2.0, bluetooth live media streaming, USB 2.0, jogdial, MS Smartphone Magneto.

http://www.livingroom.org.au/cameraphone/samsung-thor.gif

Some very interesting Samsung's here:
http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2005/samsung-roarmap-en.shtml

[mcurtiss1970]

Hopefully Cingular will get this Samsung:

Samsung Thor, which will directely compete with the Motorola iTunes phone.
will it be compatible with napster?

[tuolumne]

will it be compatible with napster?

I have no idea

[simpsonsadict]

that has got to be the hottest phone i have seen in a long time.

[psychojoe3354]

All these phones make me wanna leave sprint, and I KNOW that's not a good thing.... I HATE HATE HATE T-Mobile.....

[Rafy186]

All these phones make me wanna leave sprint, and I KNOW that's not a good thing.... I HATE HATE HATE T-Mobile.....

Yea i know how you feel. Before CDMA networks had a slight advantage on coverage and quality than GSM, but it seems as if now they in par and GSM networks are a bit ahead in phones. Why Did i have to sign up a 2 year contract?

[sharkdamark]

if that phone was a girl I would get it pregnate so that it would be stuck with me for life.