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Motorola Unveils iRadio

Posted by Zonk on from the why-would-i-listen-to-the-radio-on-my-phone dept.

sayanchak writes "Motorola is introducing iRadio in its 2nd edition of the ROKR cell phone. An article in Reuters says that iRadio will be a subscription music service that will go on sale this year. This will put Motorola in competition with other such services like XM Satellite Radio Holdings and Sirius Satellite Radio." From the article: "The iRadio service will cost about $7 (4 pounds) a month but the price may vary depending on which wireless phone service the subscriber uses, according to Motorola. U.S. service providers including Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless are planning mobile music download services for this year. Sprint Nextel has already launched music download and streaming services. Motorola did not reveal any service provider partnerships but said it hopes to sell the service in conjunction with wireless operators, which could sell subscribers a wireless download of a song that they discovered through iRadio."

3 of 128 comments (clear)

  1. This will flop just as badly as the original rokr by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    thank you and good night

  2. Radiation by dnoyeb · · Score: -1, Troll

    Its kind of like having sex with an unsavory woman. You know you should put that condom on, but its kinda of too late now. So you say "fuck it" and have at it...

    We really don't care much about the radiation of these devices anymore. We don't even question it. But if we start to keep them on continuously like this I predict things will change.

  3. Moto pissed off Steve by tentimestwenty · · Score: 0, Troll

    After fucking up PPC so bad, Stevesy just wanted to give Moto one last chance because he's a nice guy. They asked him for iTunes on their phone and now they're bitter because the Steve doesn't want to ever talk to them again. Classic inferiority complex.