More on the iTunes Cell Phone

andyring writes "According to PC Magazine, a Motorola exec demoed the rumored iTunes cell phone. According to the article, the phone syncs with a computer and the iTunes Music Store like an iPod does, and incorporates the iPod interface for navigating and playing digital music." We've mentioned this before.

Comments

Worst of both worlds

[DrKyle]

Take a cellphone I have to charge every day and add an mp3 player that gets charged every day and I'm willing to be that doesn't make 2 days worth of charge. When will convergence end and manufacturers just give me one thing that works well for a long time? Next they'll add video playback that will kill the battery in less time than to watch a movie.

Salling Clicker

[Raynach]

There's a nifty little utility called the Salling Clicker that lets you take control of your Bluetooth-enabled Mac with any Bluetooth enabled cell phone. Not exactly like playing music from your cell phone, but navigating your Apple with your cell phone, including iTunes.

I used it just recently with the car stereo I installed. ;)

Back to "dialing" the phone?

[PornMaster]

I can't help but to think that the idea of using a clickwheel to "dial" the phone like in the days before many Slashdotters were born is kind of funny. Even if it's not the preferred dialing method, someone's gotta do a dialing hack for it. :)

Oh yeah?

[sploo22]

Well, it may be wireless, but I bet it still has less space than a Nomad!

Re:Will it sell well?

[savagedome]

I think that people who already shelled out cash for an I-pod aren't going to rush out and buy this now

Cell phone is even more a 'style' thing for people than an mp3 player. Take a look at how many accessories are available for a cell phone that you and I and most of /.ers would think as asinine. The colorful antenna where the phone antenna goes bling bling when a call is received or even face plates for your phone. People love to decorate the cell phone so that they can whip it out and use it in public to be a little more flashy.

I am convinced that Apple is going to design one heck of a cell phone as far as style is considered.

And one more thing. Ringtones is already a multi-billion dollar industry. Now imagine iTunes providing tunes for ringtones. Yeah.

Buy AAPL. There is more juice left in that stock.

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[fo0bar]

What an idea! You know, I bet this would work for other devices as well. I could probably take a GBA and put a cellphone on it.

Excuse me while I bouce this off Nokia's marketing department. BRB.