Latest News Update - itunes phone

[gregrichards]

http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-5852671.html

iTUNES 5, Madonna to appear on itunes for 1st time, Harry Potter on Itunes

10:19 a.m. -- Jobs made the big annoucement of an iTunes-enabled cell phone made with Motorola. It can hold 100 songs and has the ability to shuffle through tunes. "The way we think of this phone is it's really an iPod Shuffle right on your phone," Jobs said as he demonstrated the new gadget. Stay with News.com for details as they come in.

10:28 a.m. -- Jobs announced that Cingular will be the U.S. carrier for the iTunes phone. "Today the talk ends and the music begins," said a Cingular representative.

Greg

[talksalot81]

Originally posted by gregrichards
http://news.com.com/2061-10801_3-5852671.html

iTUNES 5, Madonna to appear on itunes for 1st time, Harry Potter on Itunes

10:19 a.m. -- Jobs made the big annoucement of an iTunes-enabled cell phone made with Motorola. It can hold 100 songs and has the ability to shuffle through tunes. "The way we think of this phone is it's really an iPod Shuffle right on your phone," Jobs said as he demonstrated the new gadget. Stay with News.com for details as they come in.


Greg

Is that it!? Or is he still talking? Apple will lose a shed load of support if this is the extent of their 'innovation'..... ive seen more revolution from a square wheel frankly!

Adam

[gregrichards]

Conference is still on going await more updates

Greg

[Beninark]

yeah but no info is getting out because all of the servers are bogged down

[bhaalspawn]

The conferance lasts for over an hour and major product announcements are usually saved for the end (ie if the phone was the big thing it wouldn't be right at the beggining). They say patience is a virtue you know

[Bob]

iTunes phone: Motorola ROKR E1
iTunes client inside
Made by motorola
ROKR is name
Quad band gsm
Camera
Stereo speakers and headset
100 song capacity
Instant 1 button access to iTunes
You can use autofill
Interrupts play for songs
shuffle right on your phone
Fewer songs
No clickwheel
Cingular exclusive carrier
51m customers of cingular
Phone lets you shoot video
Cingular to launch 3 tv commercials tomorrow
In stores this weekend

[Bob]

Other news -
iTunes 5
Available today
Refined look
Smaller
LCD at top now has artist and song
Folders of playlists
Search bar
Duplicates top of spotlight
All music audiobooks podcasts videos etc
All artists albums songs
Microsoft outlook syncing
For contacts and calendars on pc
Smart shuffle
Shuffle realy is random
Make it less random if you want
Now in playback preferences
New parental tag too
Smart shuffle is more likely random less likely
Album reviews
1000 reviews already in there

New exclusives
Harry potter

JK puts all 6 audiobooks exclusively on iTunes
You can buy digital box set of all 6
Exclusive Harry Potter collectable iPod with Hogwarts crest engraved

Madonna
Now all of her songs online
All 15 albums by album and by song
Jobs calls Madonna via iChat AV
Update on itunes

1.8m songs per day
iTunes has 82% mkt share
Podcasts: 7m subscriptions to date
15k podcasts total
1000 more per week
2 million songs on iTunes
10 million itunes accounts; Avg of 60 songs per account
600 million songs sold

[Beninark]

thanks for the info, any idea if there is any info on that new mini there is a picture of?

[Bob]

Smaller than mini and colour display by he looks of it...

[betty02]

http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/ipod_nano_to_be_announced_september_7_09050823/
If thats aything to go bye, must be dearer then the shuffle cheaper then the mini ??
Any rough price ranges, might get myself one

[betty02]

http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/

i gotta get one :D