Motorola iRadio: competition for iTunes/iPod?

I’ve been checking out our Weblogs, Inc. pals incessantly blogging the DEMO emerging technology conference. One item that caught my eye was Motorola’s demo of iRadio, a technology that promises “totally portable music” for your car, your cell phone, your computer, your home stereo. It lets you do things like pause a song on your stereo, hop in the car and resume on the same note. Order tracks, albums, or programming from various sources.

Could this be competition for iTunes/iPod? Or, since we know that Apple and Motorola are teaming up to make iTunes available via cell phones, will this be a joint venture of some sort?

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I’ve been checking out our Weblogs, Inc. pals incessantly blogging the DEMO emerging technology conference. One item that...

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John Stone

In the UK we have digital radio which can already do the same thing. An article the other day said "Radio should be about entertainment and engagement, not the same endless back-to-back tunes punctuated by DJs who recorded their links two weeks earlier. The latest Rajar figures show that 15-24s are voting with their ears and listening to radio less and less - and no wonder: with thousands of tracks on their iPod or MP3s, they can do a better job of creating their own DJ-less radio station than the professionals. http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,1412101,00.html

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