Motorola Announces E1060 Phone With iTunes Support

amichalo writes "Topping today's earlier news that Nokia and MS are collaborating on digital music in a cell phone, Motorola announced the E1060, a cell phone available Q4 2005 that supports MPEG-4/WMV/WMA/MP3 formats. Interestingly, Motorola is not locking themselves into Apple's iTunes, but also support Real Player. Reuters has more."

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Opera

[Anonymous Coward]

Will it run Opera?

cool...

[Anonymous Coward]

...but can i install Debian + X + GNOME on it then do a suitcase mod and carry that around with me ?

Great

[Anonymous Coward]

I noticed that the Motorola phone supports MPEG 4 and WMV. Unless those are typos, now you'll be able to chat with friends OR watch movies while driving! I can't wait.

From the Cell-Phones-Aren't-Noisy-Enough Dept.

[Mitaphane]

I won't be satisfied with cell phones until mine has a boombox attached to the side of it. When that day comes I'll truly reach the pinnacle of bling-bling.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Why do they keep putting the features of $comment{device1} into $comment{device2}? I just want my $comment{device1} to do $comment{device1_function}. Next thing you know, my $comment[25]{simple_device} will have $comment[25]{outrageous_feature}.

Re:Why?

[silentbozo]

Get yourself a surplus ammo belt. Lot of little Batman-style utility pouches for storing your gear. On the plus side, you don't have to worry about a hole in your pocket creating a situation where half of your life disappears. On the downside, the ammo-belt definitely does not go with suits. For that, you'll need a holster rig...

Wasp T12

[Bazman]

I've got a Wasp T-12 including twin mp3 decks with scrubjockey interface, and sharkproof casing.

It's been out for three weeks in Japan - where's yours?

Nathan.

Re:Why?

[michaelhood]

Also, bear in mind, the target marget for this device have never seen the inside of this "gym" you speak of.

Re:You aren't looking at the problem right

[Koiu Lpoi]

I agree - but for one point - something not dedicated to one task is usually going to be of a lower quality than a conglomerate device.

Re:mp3/m4a/m4p/wma ringtones and hold music

[mcc]

You call your buddy with an iTunes phone and are put on hold. What do you hear? How about something from Schubert? Someone calls you, and what do you hear? Why not Snoop Dog?

I believe the benefits conferred by this feature will be more than cancelled out by the resulting conspicuously high murder rate among users of the feature.