Apple finally puts iTunes on a mobile phone

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: KEITH SHAW ON WIRELESS COMPUTING
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09/13/05
Today's focus: Apple finally puts iTunes on a mobile phone

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* Apple teams with Cingular, Motorola to put iTunes on a phone
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Today's focus: Apple finally puts iTunes on a mobile phone

By Keith Shaw

Way, way, way back in January 2004, I made in my annual
predictions column that Apple would team up with a mobile phone
maker and carrier to produce an iTunes mobile phone
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile6767>. After weeks of
Internet blogging speculation, last week Apple, Motorola and
Cingular launched the ROKR phone (pronounced "Rocker," not
"Roker" like the weatherman), which lets users transfer up to
100 song files, including podcasts and audiobooks, from their
iTunes application on a Mac or PC to the phone.

The ROKR with iTunes will cost $249.99 with a two-year Cingular
agreement and will be sold exclusively at Cingular stores
nationwide, the companies said.

The phone includes a color display for viewing album art,
dual-stereo speakers and a digital camera for taking photos. The
phone will come with stereo headphones that also act as the
phone's headset and microphone. A special button will let users
pause their music listening and answer the phone when a call
comes in.

Users can pick specific songs to transfer to the phone, or
choose to autofill the device when plugged into the computer
(similar to what you can do with an iPod Shuffle player). Songs
will be transferred from the PC or Mac via USB cable, Apple
says.

It was unclear whether the phone would support song files
purchased through the iTunes Music Store (the DRM-protected
files that you can't play on other music players), but I assume
since Apple was involved with this announcement that the
purchased files would be supported.

Songs will be stored on a SanDisk 512M-byte microSD card, which
will be bundled with the new phone. The microSD is based on
TransFlash technology, developed by SanDisk with Motorola. The
SD Card Association recently adopted the TransFlash technology
and renamed it microSD. SanDisk said it expects to have 1G byte
microSD cards in limited quantities by the end of this year, and
will have 2G-byte cards in 2006.

The Apple announcement also proves how much of a good
prognosticator I am (does predicting a device almost two years
before it comes out count as a psychic ability?).

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3. Google hacking <http://www.networkworld.com/nlmobile6697>

4. Supermarket chain freezes Internet access
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5. Cisco warns of another IOS bug
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To contact: Keith Shaw

Keith Shaw is Senior Editor, Product Testing, at Network World.
In addition, he writes the " Cool Tools
<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/cooltools.html> "
column, which looks at gizmos, gadgets and other mobile
computing devices.

You can reach Keith at <mailto:kshaw@nww.com>.
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