Motorola CEO hints at music-related announcements
Motorola's chief executive officer isn't offering any details about what the company may or may not announce during its annual financial conference this evening, but he has gone on the record to promise a lot of "music stuff."
The event, billed "MOTONOW," is scheduled to begin at 7pm CDT. Analysts and industry followers will be watching the event closely under the assumption the iTunes cell phone developed by Motorola and Apple may finally make its debut.
"We'll have a lot of music stuff for you this week," Ed Zander, Motorola's CEO, told the Chicago Tribune. Motorola will be webcasting Zander's presentation, which may include an appearance by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs. It was at the same event last year that Zander and Jobs (via satellite) announced a partnership between the two companies to deliver iTunes capabilities to Motorola cell phones.
Though Apple and Motorola have been relatively quiet about the upcoming release of the iTunes-enabled Motorola phones, some cell phone enthusiasts say they have obtained early copies of the mobile edition of iTunes, which will be available on certain Motorola handsets.
The mobile iTunes firmware -- dubbed iTunes Mobile -- will help users navigate the songs on their iTunes-compatible mobile phones from Motorola. According to reports, the iTunes Mobile work in conjunction with iTunes 4.9 to allow users to manage and transfer songs to iTunes-compatible Motorola cell phones via an USB cable.
Several members on the howardforums.com mobile community claim to have obtained a beta version of the upcoming firmware. In posts to the sites message boards, members say they've managed to install the firmware on a few existing Motorola phones with a few workarounds. Some members even reporting success with Bluetooth-based sharing.
Interestingly they noted that iTunes mobile beta software is limited to 25 songs, similar to previous reports and supporting rumors that Apple may offer an upgrade that will allow iTunes Mobile users to transfer additional songs to their Motorola phone using iTunes for Mac or PC. Sources speculate that this step was put in place by Apple to maintain a market for Apple's low-end iPod shuffle, which will likely be the first Apple product to see sales erode following the introduction of more mobile music servers for cell phones.
The event, billed "MOTONOW," is scheduled to begin at 7pm CDT. Analysts and industry followers will be watching the event closely under the assumption the iTunes cell phone developed by Motorola and Apple may finally make its debut.
"We'll have a lot of music stuff for you this week," Ed Zander, Motorola's CEO, told the Chicago Tribune. Motorola will be webcasting Zander's presentation, which may include an appearance by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs. It was at the same event last year that Zander and Jobs (via satellite) announced a partnership between the two companies to deliver iTunes capabilities to Motorola cell phones.
Though Apple and Motorola have been relatively quiet about the upcoming release of the iTunes-enabled Motorola phones, some cell phone enthusiasts say they have obtained early copies of the mobile edition of iTunes, which will be available on certain Motorola handsets.
The mobile iTunes firmware -- dubbed iTunes Mobile -- will help users navigate the songs on their iTunes-compatible mobile phones from Motorola. According to reports, the iTunes Mobile work in conjunction with iTunes 4.9 to allow users to manage and transfer songs to iTunes-compatible Motorola cell phones via an USB cable.
Several members on the howardforums.com mobile community claim to have obtained a beta version of the upcoming firmware. In posts to the sites message boards, members say they've managed to install the firmware on a few existing Motorola phones with a few workarounds. Some members even reporting success with Bluetooth-based sharing.
Interestingly they noted that iTunes mobile beta software is limited to 25 songs, similar to previous reports and supporting rumors that Apple may offer an upgrade that will allow iTunes Mobile users to transfer additional songs to their Motorola phone using iTunes for Mac or PC. Sources speculate that this step was put in place by Apple to maintain a market for Apple's low-end iPod shuffle, which will likely be the first Apple product to see sales erode following the introduction of more mobile music servers for cell phones.
Comments
I expect nothing more than we already can assume: MOTOROLA hardware/controls/interface with no Apple help, PLUS added Apple software that works something like an iPod (but generally with low capacities and battery life).
That's fine, but not too exciting.
It would be fun if there's more to it though
Originally posted by New
So when is this event anyway? in four hours?
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/conve...d=26&h=19&mn=0
Originally posted by New
So in one hour then?
Apparently they're streaming the event.
http://www.videonewswire.com/motorol...now/event.html
Originally posted by tacojohn
Apparently they're streaming the event.
http://www.videonewswire.com/motorol...now/event.html
real & windows media, how ensuring...
"No iTunes phone today!"
This guy doesn't really know what to say...and has been unfunny about 6 times in 5 minutes.
Originally posted by piot
I think I am too used to Steve Jobs keytnotes. You may not like him but he knows what he's doing.
This guy doesn't really know what to say...and has been unfunny about 6 times in 5 minutes.
Agreed...This dude's painful
Love Ed and Steve. Ha.
perhaps the rumor is very true about apple pulling the piggi back on other netwroks to do their own wireless company.....if they do it in paris...it going to be a long way...cause that is just before the quarter ends....although they said that it would be a separate event.....who has pottential dates for this.....lets get all the intel possible to figure this out.