iTunes phone song capacity may be upgradable
The 100-song limit on Motorola's iTunes phones appears to be enforced strictly by software, which may be upgradable to allow for additional capacity at a later date.
After downloading copies of Apple's latest iTunes 6.0.3 software update this week, several tipsters noticed hidden references to this iTunes page, which asks users if they want more music on their iTunes phone.
"Want more music on your mobile phone with iTunes?" the page asks. "Upgrade now." The page instructs users to connect their iTunes phone to their Mac or PC and click an "OK" button to proceed. However, the feature does not appear to be fully-functional at this time and neither ROKR E1 or SLVR L7 iTunes phone owners have had success in updating their phones.
The 100-song restriction on Motorola's first iTunes phone, the ROKR E1, is one of the most common gripes users and reviewers have shared as a sources of dissatisfaction with the device. They also complain about the phone's clunky user interface and bulky industrial design.
According to at least one report, which dates back prior to the ROKR's introduction, Apple had considered limiting the phones to only a couple dozen tunes and imposing upgrade fees on users who wanted to unlock more storage capacity.
Update: Apple's Eddie Cue has confirmed to Engadget that the upgrade screen exists for non-US customers, some of whom initially had caps as low as 25 songs.
After downloading copies of Apple's latest iTunes 6.0.3 software update this week, several tipsters noticed hidden references to this iTunes page, which asks users if they want more music on their iTunes phone.
"Want more music on your mobile phone with iTunes?" the page asks. "Upgrade now." The page instructs users to connect their iTunes phone to their Mac or PC and click an "OK" button to proceed. However, the feature does not appear to be fully-functional at this time and neither ROKR E1 or SLVR L7 iTunes phone owners have had success in updating their phones.
The 100-song restriction on Motorola's first iTunes phone, the ROKR E1, is one of the most common gripes users and reviewers have shared as a sources of dissatisfaction with the device. They also complain about the phone's clunky user interface and bulky industrial design.
According to at least one report, which dates back prior to the ROKR's introduction, Apple had considered limiting the phones to only a couple dozen tunes and imposing upgrade fees on users who wanted to unlock more storage capacity.
Update: Apple's Eddie Cue has confirmed to Engadget that the upgrade screen exists for non-US customers, some of whom initially had caps as low as 25 songs.
Comments
Originally posted by drakethegreat
Ya that would undermine Apple if it was seriously considering trying to create a phone. Why give current hardware makers like Motorolla such an advantage? Since they have 4 GB cellphones emerging that would hurt not only the nano but any attempt to grab part of the market considering the fact that we are talking about iTunes software which is a lot of what makes the iPod so appealing to people.
That's kind of a lame limitation considering the complaints about the rest of the phone.
Originally posted by drakethegreat
Ya that would undermine Apple if it was seriously considering trying to create a phone. Why give current hardware makers like Motorolla such an advantage? Since they have 4 GB cellphones emerging that would hurt not only the nano but any attempt to grab part of the market considering the fact that we are talking about iTunes software which is a lot of what makes the iPod so appealing to people.
Don't forget that Apple collaborated with MOTO. It's not as though Moto came out with these phones despite Apple. Apple is getting license fees for each phone sold, as well as selling more tunes. They WANT the phones to sell.
But the fact that the limit is not hardcoded into the phone means that Apple can expand it for any phone, if they choose to.
Originally posted by turboredmr2
aside from the 100 song limit, can the songs be as big as you want? as in my 2-hour unsplit radio rips? if i have 20-30 minute single file "songs"is there a limit to the filesizes other than your phone's capacity?
It's just the number of songs in the playlist. Length doesn't matter. Get another memory card, make another playlist, have another 100 tunes.