Analyst: Moto SLVR’s impact on iTunes will be negligible, Apple prepping ‘wireless-enabled product’

“After Cingular’s first attempt to offer an iTunes-branded cell phone landed on deaf ears, can the wireless carrier’s new [Motorloa] SLVR handset strike the right chord with subscribers? ‘SLVR, as a ‘sexier’ looking device, will do better for Motorola than the ROKR,’ said Phil Taylor, Strategy Analytics analyst,” Ed Sutherland writes for internetnews.com.

“Despite the new design, Taylor said the SLVR’s overall impact on iTunes sales will be ‘negligible.’ Apple’s experience with the iTunes phones could dampen the computer maker’s enthusiasm for jumping into marketing a cell phone, according to Taylor. ‘Apple will continue to build resources towards bringing a wireless-enabled product to market in 24 to 36 months,’ he said.”

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