“Motorola Inc., the world’s No. 2 cell-phone maker, on Tuesday revealed details of its plans for iRadio, a subscription music service that will go on sale this year. It also unveiled a new home phone that consumers could link with cell-phone and Web phone services,” Reuters reports. “Motorola’s iRadio service will first run on the Rokr E2 cell phone, which, unlike the first Rokr phone, will not include Apple Computer Inc.’s popular iTunes music software. Motorola aims to sell the service and phone via mobile operators. Motorola said in October its first cell phone for iRadio would be able to hold about 70 hours of music.”
“The iRadio service, will include 435 commercial-free radio channels, including genres such as Heavy Metal, Rockin’ Cowboys and Angry Women. Its satellite rivals also provide specialized music channels, often without ads,” Reuters reports. “iRadio will let users download channels on the computer and transfer them to play on their phones or on car or home stereos, like satellite radio. The iRadio service will cost about $7 a month but the price may vary depending on which wireless phone service the subscriber uses, according to Motorola.”
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‘iRadio?” Gee, where’d you get that “i” from Zander, you genius? Blank Motorola, blank their horrible, incomprehensible mobile phone user interfaces, and blank the horses they rode in on; it’s past time for the Apple iPhone.
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Is anyone else getting tired of the RAZR? How many times are they going to re-make that fat (its very wide) phone? Can’t anyone else make an ultra thin phone that is nice to look at? I know samsung is wokring on it with such phones as the Z510 and the a900 but they’re just not as good as the RAZR.
But why is the RAZR so great? I never like it. ever ever. Too wide, too square, yaknow?
Oh and LOL great change MDN. You’ve gone from an M$ ad to a “Who’s legs are these?” ad. Bravo
I hate my E1!!!! Apple should make the iPod phone…… Motorola should not make the phone iPod!!!!!!!!!!!
MW: Call…. as in, I wish I could call on my iPod….
iCouldCareLess
Burger King selling pantyhose would make more sense than Motorola selling music. (warning: do not think about this for too long)
I too have never cared much for the Razr – like the black one more than the silver (kinda tired of the whole silver appliances, electronics, etc), but still don’t really get its popularity now. At first I did, as far as the form factor and features, but there are so many better phones out now with comparable pricing. Besides, it seems like everybody’s got one.
Apple needs to just do this already. We all know that Apple will get it right.
If it works with my existing service, I’ll buy one.
we might see an iPhone, but apple has alot of holes to jump through. I don’t remember which interview it was but I remember Steve Jobs saying he didn’t have a cell phone because all their interfaces were shite!! so unless steve recently found a phone with an interface he likes we just have to keep our fingers crossed!
I’m will NEVER pay to get radio signals. The subscription price will always keep increasing as it does with cable tv if it ever catches on. Plus, you WILL have commercials with your paid signals.
Give it to me free and let me tune out the commercials.
– Mark
Apple does not necessarily have to partner with a cell provider. They can sell UNLOCKED phones. Pop in your SIM card and you have a mobile phone and iPod you can take all over the world in a form factor of a nano. Put a mobile version of Mail, iCal, Address Book, and iTunes on it and you have a SmartPhone from Apple.
Maybe it is Apple that finally changes the pathetic model for cell service that we have right now. Everyone said it couldn’t be done in music, and look what they did.
You think some college kid blowing the student loan check on a 60GB iPod wouldn’t do the same on an Apple phone? I have four unlocked phones right now and will NEVER get another from my provider.
>>Mac & PC Guy said “what an ugly apple Apple will have become. Is there no loyalty to partners?”.
>Macaday wrote: I can’t for one minute see the sense in taking this attitude.
So it’s okay to screw your partners? Perhaps. But it’s awful to screw over your partners!
>>Mac & PC Guy said “what an ugly apple Apple will have become. Is there no loyalty to partners?”.
>Macaday wrote: I can’t for one minute see the sense in taking this attitude.
So it’s okay to screw your partners? Perhaps. But it’s awful to screw over your partners!
>>Mac & PC Guy said “what an ugly apple Apple will have become. Is there no loyalty to partners?”.
>Macaday wrote: I can’t for one minute see the sense in taking this attitude.
So it’s okay to screw your partners? Perhaps. But it’s awful to screw over your partners!
>>Mac & PC Guy said “what an ugly apple Apple will have become. Is there no loyalty to partners?”.
>Macaday wrote: I can’t for one minute see the sense in taking this attitude.
So it’s okay to screw your partners? Perhaps. But it’s awful to screw over your partners!
One potential side use of this phone:
You could connect it to your car and use it in place of satellite radio. This is assuming that you didn’t get charged air time while it was tuned it to a radio.