“The latest version of Apple’s iTunes jukebox software was in circulation only a matter of minutes before Apple enthusiasts began tearing the application’s resources to bits, searching for clues on the highly anticipated iTunes music phone scheduled for release in a matter of days,” AppleInsider reports. “Of course, iTunes 4.9 did not disappoint. Instead, it continued to wet [sic] the appetite of consumers who seem to have been waiting for the Motorola-designed phone to debut for almost a year.”
AppleInsider reports., “Immediately, enthusiasts located phrases such as ‘Eject Mobile Phone,’ ‘iPod Phone Prefs,’ ‘iPodPhoneiTunes Setup,’ and ‘Phone Updating Contacts” from inside the application’s resources.”
Full article and a small icon image resource, possibly depicting the new phone here.
French site Consomac has screen shots from the French version of iTunes 4.9 which shows dialog boxes related to the iTunes mobile phone support here.
Related MacDailyNews articles:
Report: Apple and Motorola launch iTunes mobile phone on Tuesday – June 25, 2005
Cingular Wireless considering selling Motorola Apple iTunes mobile phone – June 24, 2005
Seems to me that Itunes has been living a “secret double life”
MDN MAGIC WORD = BILL
As in the guy who is sorry for going the other way.
Should be awesome. First post!
“wet the appetite”
should be
“whet the appetite”
– am I nitpicking?
“wet the appetite”
It’s actually “whet the appetite.”
Good catch JJ, you beat me to the post. You’re not nitpicking. These people need editors.
That small icon image resource of the phone enlarged 1500% in PS and viewed from 18 feet on a 30 inch monitor almost looks like a phone.
That’s why MDN put [sic] after the error…
you may not be nit-picking but at least MDN picked up on the error and quoted it ‘as-is’ with the addition of (sic) which should let you know that it has been spelt incorrectly and has already been noted…
thank you very muchly.
just release the phone already!
That [sic] mark was not there originally… fyi
How AWESOME is the Apple phone going to be. It’s gonna rock, you just know it.
who would’ve imagined how much of a KILLER APP iTunes would be. I mean, damn, iTunes is the SHAZZIZLE.
count me in
I think they need education more than editors. I see this so often, and as sure as Legs are Legs they just don’t know the meanings of the sayings they use.
how can you see that in the application…………. I can’t seem to do that
Uh, guys, um, uh, there’s uh, just one small problem: a cell phone is of little use if no wireless carrier allows it to be used. That’s the problem that the Palm Treo encountered at first. No doubt, Apple and Motorola have been hard at work marketing this. But I fear they might be encountering stiff resistance. Here’s why:
Follow the money.
Re-read the words above again. If the wireless carriers can’t control where the dollars go (i.e., the iTunes Music Store), they will have little incentive to carry it. Look for the wireless carriers to offer their own stores very soon.
Maybe I am underestimating Steve Jobs, and that’s a foolish thing to do. But the wireless carriers, the buttheads that they are, would rather kill a good product if in their lack of common sense they understand there is money to be made by sharing, rather than trying to do it all themselves, and badly. When a ringtone costs three times the amount of an iTMS song purchase, you might understand my calculus.
Then again, Steve Jobs changed the record industry. Perhaps he’s called the Verizons, Cingulars, Springs and T-Mobiles of this world to help them get a clue.
Ask anyone who owns a Verizon Bluetooth phone. Verizon, in its wisdom, disabled many cool features that are available in Europe, for example. Why? Because they could not figure a way of controlling how to make a buck from Bluetooth, greedy SOBs that they are. Or think camera phones for a second. Nice idea, despite the terrible resolution. The trick is getting the photos OFF the phone without going through – yeah, you guessed it – the frickin’ phone company. They charge you for every download from your phone. Now, that’s what I call a successful business model.
To sum up: yeah, I’m a fanboy too. Yeah, I drank the Kool-Aid, just like you. But I’m cynical, not so much at Apple, but at the telcos. Those guys can f*uck up a two car funeral. My advice: pray that Steve can use his amazing Jedi abilities on these goons. (Repeat after me: “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for…”)
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Thus; so. Used to indicate that a quoted passage, especially one containing an error or unconventional spelling, has been retained in its original form or written intentionally.
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How can a wireless carrier block a phone?
Wouldn’t you just buy it outright and put in any sim card you choose.
After all, a phone would be less than I paid for the electronics that currently grace my pockets.
Perhaps Apple will change the whole US mobile phone model.
Also bear in mind that the rest of the world has a very different phone market to the US, maybe you guys will just miss out for a couple of years like we have on the itunes store and iphoto books.