Motorola Announces Mobile Phone Based Music Service: iRadio

[Mike Temporale]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8ETELQ00.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db' target='_blank'>http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8ETELQ00.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Motorola Inc., after nearly a year of vague pronouncements, unveiled Tuesday an ambitious music radio service for cell phones that also plays over car and home stereos. Motorola iRadio, featuring 435 channels, would be sold by wireless service providers to their subscribers for between $7 and $10 per month -- a few dollars cheaper than the satellite radio networks that would be among the phone-based service's immediate rivals. No wireless carriers have signed on yet to carry iRadio, which may also be adapted for non-Motorola phones if carriers request it, company officials said. ...Not surprisingly, Motorola sees the phone as the focal point of this new model, not only serving as a portable music player but emerging as a roving conduit and repository for music that can feed a home or car stereo."</i><br /><br />Leaving Apple behind, Motorola has pushed into a new venue for music on a mobile phone. Instead of just carrying 100 songs with you, you will now be able to tune into various channels and feed music into other devices. This sounds like a pretty nice solution, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it works once it's released. :D

[Jerry Raia]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rofl:

[Sven Johannsen]

you will now be able to tune into various channels and feed music into other devices.
Sounds like they could have put an FM tuner in there, and you can use headphones or speakers.

[Rebecca]

Also The new Rokr e2 will NOT have iTunes.


Looks like the Apple and Motorola honeymoon is over.
:roll:

http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,132,00.html

[Rebecca]

you will now be able to tune into various channels and feed music into other devices.
Sounds like they could have put an FM tuner in there, and you can use headphones or speakers.

The ROKR subtitute has this feature and also has an FM radio.


What's next the Motorola SUKR

[Jerry Raia]

A lot of Moto's older junky phones had FM tuners built in. You just had to buy a $100 cheesy headset to get it to work. Can anyone say "Moto lays another egg"? I predict this will be a complete failure.

[Kris Kumar]

Looks like the Apple and Motorola honeymoon is over.
:roll:


You know what. I was planning on posting that same exact statement. :cry: You beat me.

[Kris Kumar]

http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,132,00.html

Looks like the screen would be dazzling with QVGA and 262K colors. Are they planning an iTV also? :lol:

How does the iRadio work. Streaming or radio chip?

[xultar]

WHAT A$$HATS when I first read this I was like....WHAT?

The whole thing abot iTunes is that you carry YOUR favorites not streaming some hit and miss crappity crap crap some suit program director selects using a dart board and paperclips.