Motorola iTunes Info

Thanks to Christine for the NY Times article this morning.

The phone appears to be debuting on September 7th. Reason why people are targeting this day? Apple sent out an e-mail invitation to a few media outlets announcing a "special event" on Sept. 7th . Within the announcement Apple wrote: "1,000 songs in your pocket changed everything. Here we go again." So it looks like something fun/new is coming. Engadget reports that the new phone will be the Motorola ROKR (possible picture here). So the phone should be a regular Moto phone that will hold about 100 songs. Sounds like enough songs for driving/riding from/to work/school (that was weird/awkward).

Problem: Will it drain my cellphone battery that already never seems to last as long as I want it to. Also, will the phone allow for expansion of the device, to hold more music, data, videos, etc.?

Cool: Engadget is reporting on a rumored commercial "... these first iTunes phone ads will be “music-based spots with people calmly walking down the street on the phone with their shadows and reflections dancing wildly beside them ...” That would be a great commercial playing on Apple's current iTunes commercials where shadows and dancing excitedly.

Overall it should be a good thing for Apple, it may actually make people want to buy more iPods (the same way that people who have camera phones are starting to purchase more digital cameras). However it's just a phone that synchronizes with your iTunes library and plays music, not too exciting, wake me when they come out with the new Newton.