Engadget has “scored some actual live shots of a cellphone running Apple’s new iTunes Mobile software. It might just be an engineering or a production sample, and [Engadget] can’t guarantee whether this will actually be the first iTunes phone or not, but [they] do know that [they’re] looking at a pearly white E790 and that synchronizes with iTunes 4.9 (and has the same autofill menu options as the iPod shuffle.”
Engadget has more info and photos of the phone and iTunes interacting with the phone here.
Related MacDailyNews articles:
Report: existing Motorola handsets talk to Apple’s iTunes 4.9 – June 30, 2005
MacDailyNews Exclusive: Leaked images of Motorola Apple iTunes phone? – June 29, 2005
Apple iTunes phone image shown by Motorola execs in Beijing? – June 28, 2005
Apple’s iTunes 4.9 contains many hints of iTunes music phone – June 28, 2005
Cingular Wireless considering selling Motorola Apple iTunes mobile phone – June 24, 2005
Motorola CEO: Apple iTunes mobile phone on track for July debut, carriers not balking – May 18, 2005
Motorola expects to launch first Apple iTunes phone this summer, second iTunes phone in 4th quarter – May 11, 2005
Motorola’s Apple iTunes phone software screenshots posted online – May 11, 2005
Will cellphones eat Apple’s iPod or vice versa? – May 09, 2005
Bona fide Apple iPod killer? Nokia’s 4GB mobile ‘jukebox’ phone due by Christmas – April 28, 2005
Can mobile phones and telecoms kill Apple’s golden iPod+iTunes combo? – April 26, 2005
Motorola CEO Zander: Apple iTunes phone due ‘in the next few months’ – April 20, 2005
RUMOR: Apple’s iTunes Mobile 1.0 to be ready by June – April 20, 2005
Verizon, Sprint, other wireless companies balk at carrying Apple’s and Motorola’s ‘iPod phone’ – April 19, 2005
Motorola to unveil iRadio – PC to Mobile to Car Stereo service – April 18, 2005
Will Motorola’s Apple iTunes phone make it to market? – March 28, 2005
BusinessWeek: What’s going on with the Motorola Apple iTunes mobile phone? – March 24, 2005
So who’s really delaying the Motorola iTunes phone anyway? – March 21, 2005
Motorola exec: Apple iTunes phone debut delayed by Steve Jobs; phones will launch in 2005 – March 16, 2005
Motorola’s Apple iTunes phone in trouble? – March 14, 2005
Motorola says iTunes phone unveiling delay not caused by dispute with carriers – March 10, 2005
Motorola says it’s working on more iTunes phones, some models ‘can store eight hours of music’ – March 10, 2005
Motorola indefinitely postpones Apple iTunes phone unveiling – March 10, 2005
Motorola’s ‘ROKR’ Apple iTunes mobile phone to be unveiled this Thursday – March 06, 2005
Motorola’s yet-to-be-unveiled ‘ROKR’ phone will be first Apple iTunes phone – February 16, 2005
Nokia to use Microsoft’s music formats on its handsets – February 15, 2005
Motorola E1060 not, repeat not, the iTunes phone – February 16, 2005
Motorola executive previews iTunes Phone at CES, syncs to iTunes like an Apple iPod – January 06, 2005
Apple’ prodigious hardware and software design skills may help Motorola create iPod phone – December 28, 2004
Apple, Motorola iTunes on cell phones a harmonious deal that benefits both companies – August 05, 2004
Motorola posts Steve Jobs’ Apple iTunes announcement video – July 28, 2004
Apple, Motorola iTunes deal not exclusive, debuts Apple’s licensing of FairPlay DRM – July 27, 2004
Motorola and Apple to bring iTunes Music Player to Motorola’s next-gen mobile phones – July 26, 2004
Looks like a prototype or pre-production model. Then again Motorola makes some hideous phones, and interfaces.
I remember Jobs’ address to a Motorola function around this time last year announcing that Apple would be producing a mobile version of iTunes, for Moto’s hardware.
Could somebody please reference for me where it was ever stated or even indicated that Apple would be in any way involved in the hardware aspect of the project?
I am getting the impression that this delayed software has created enormous expectations for an ‘iPhone’, of course not in the least discouraged by this:
http://www.iphone.org
Crazy.
Why didn’t Apple sign up with Sony Ericsson? Motorola make HIDEOUS phones.
i think the black one was legit..
this was just released to keep people off balance..
The black with the green buttons etc.. was much more Apple.. imagine that thing w a white shell.. and buttons that change colour..
well, if so…
Apple would be producing a green and black coloured item (think XBOX) and switching to Intel.
While Microsoft’s new XBOX is all white, and, of course, PowerPC.
Think Different.
This phone has been announced by Israeli telecom Cellcom that they will be carrying this phone next year.
http://net.nana.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=192036&sid=10
Hmmm. As nice as it would be to have iTunes functionality in a phone, I’d be more impressed if Apple’s fingerprint extended to the usability of the phones OS. Apple owns the user experience; bolting-on an iTunes app within a clunky mobile menu system would not make me rush to the store and part with my money.
Here’s hoping there’s more to it than just iTunes lite.
A neat iTunes trick:
1. Open PREFERENCES in iTunes. Watch the PODCAST icon.
2. Open SYSTEM PREFERENCES, and change your display resolution to 256 colors.
The PODCAST icon changes to a Motorola cellphone icon. A RAZR phone, no less.
Hmmm…
Bummer, no flip phone. Yet.
i already posted this news yesterday at mdn….
Looks like this is just the iTunes software running on an old phone. Don’t get too disappointed yet. Wait until it’s actually announced to see what it looks like.
Nice, Gzero!
gzero: Neat-o
Holy Smokes Gzero, how did you figure that out? It turns to a phone on mine also. Slick.
yeah…that’s been all over the net for the last few days.
-and, if you ask me, the phone it turns into kind of resembles the one engadget found…
I wouldn’t get too excited about that http://www.iphone.org as Apple created/bought that domain in 1999. Probably just means that they bought “iEverything.all”
So, where did MDN put the story about the kid who was killed for his iPod?
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/04/ipod.killing.ap/
I think this is a real problem. Apple is aggressively marketing the coolness of the iPod to young generations, making kids wanting to be seen with the iPod. Unfortunately, like anyone who wears expensive jewelry or otherwise flaunts wealth, it is putting them in very real danger. Is Apple being irresponsible here?
ALL the News,
Apple, nor any other company, is responsible for the behavior of these hoodlums. The responsibility would fall on their parents. Apple’s marketing practices have nothing to do with the behavior of delinquints whose parents are responsible for teaching them ideals like respect, dignity, integrity, etc.
The rush for kids to have cell phones and brand-name clothes and tricked out cars, etc. is a problem that starts in the home.
This is a non-issue for Apple.
So Apple would be more responsible to market its iPod line as not-so-cool? Or maybe, they should aggressively market the coolness of the iPod to older generations? That might work.
I think the real problem here is the gratuitous breeding habits of our society.
MW: Condoms; as in — they’re not just for disease control, you know.
I think this is a real problem
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Take it up with politicians and police..
Furthermore.. you Americans hate taxes but expect the police to protect you without decent pay? What the hell do you expect?
But I digress.. this is a $300 gadget.. the iPod didn’t cause the murder.. the murderers did.. you think Apple’s gonna comment on this?!
F off.
This looks much more Apple/Motorola-like.
ALL the news,
That post was a really ridiculous waste of good electrons. Apple is no more responsible for the fact that some poor unfortunate kid was murdered for his iPod than the manufacturer of his backpack, which was also stolen. The responsibility lies with the bastards who stabbed him, period, and they should burn in hell. If I sound angry, that’s because I am. Two weeks ago my 14 year old son was robbed of his bicycle at knifepoint by a crackhead, right at our front gate, and I thank God that he wasn’t hurt, although he was understandably badly shaken. I also know in my heart that if I see it on the street, I’ll be hard-pressed not to run over whoever’s riding it, regardless of whether or not the rider had anything to do with it. Yes, I am that angry over the threat faced by my child. But I don’t blame Schwinn for making an attractive product; I blame the piece of shit who has no respect for the rights of others, and is willing to use violence to trample on them.
Regarding your digression:
This has nothing to do with taxes or policing. Sweeping generalizations about “you Americans” would be like sweeping generalizations about “you people named Mike.”
the iphone.org is just apple.com…..there isnt much to get excited about.
if you try gzero’s post, and select podcasts and hold down the icon, you can kinda/sorta see the regular symbol behind it