Cingular Wireless considering selling Motorola Apple iTunes mobile phone
Friday, June 24, 2005 - 06:39 PM EDT"Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. mobile service, is considering selling a Motorola Inc. cell phone that can play music using Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes music service, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. 'Motorola and Apple have been talking to Cingular about it using the iTunes phone,' according to one of the sources, who asked not to be named. RBC Capital analyst Mark Sue said in a recent research note that Apple and Cingular were working out final details on revenue sharing," Sinead Carew reports for Reuters. "...Motorola spokeswoman Jennifer Weyrauch said the company is on schedule to ship an iTunes phone in the third quarter but would not disclose which operators would sell the phone."
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Too late for me. As I am going to be doing a lot of business travelling in the US this summer, my wife and I are going to upgrade our service from the Home Plan to the National Plan. It will be at least 2 more years before I even consider getting a new phone.