iTunes phone previewed at CES

What, no pics? I suppose PC Magazine didn’t want to get sued...

Anywho, Motorola previewed the much-rumoured phone they are developing in partnership with Apple at CES. The phone is, for those of you who have been living under a rock, iTunes compatible. Also not a terribly huge surprise that the phone apparently mimics the iPod, according to PC Magazine who had the privilege of seeing the device first-hand. “It syncs with a computer and the iTunes Music Store like an iPod does, and incorporates the iPod interface for navigating and playing digital music,” says executive VP of Motorola, Ron Garriques.

Sadly, no pics. But prototype units have been seen bearing bluetooth streaming functionality and 1GB of flash-based memory. The other good news: expect the unit to be announced next week and begin shipping in the first half of 2005. Just let us know which carrier(s) will support the phone, please! I’m prepared to drop Sprint in a heartbeat… :)

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What, no pics? I suppose PC Magazine didn’t want to get sued... Anywho, Motorola previewed the much-rumoured phone...

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So... judging from this picture (http://images.appleinsider.com/images/itunesphone.jpg), it's not really an iPhone at all, but rather a Motorola phone that syncs with iTunes? If it were completely designed by Apple, with an aqua gui and looked like an Apple product, and fuctioned like an Apple product (everything, not just the music playing functionality), I would buy it. But seeing as how it's just another phone just like any other phone, only this one can play music, just like a bunch of other phones out there, I'm probably going to pass. Unless it rocks, and then, of course, disgregard my previous comments :)

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