iPhone Poised for iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store on Monday
Rumor site AppleInsider is reporting that Monday may be the day for iPhone owners to receive the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store. The store, already available for iPod touch units (shipping today), was announced for iPhone units as well. iPhone and iPod touch share similar hardware and software configurations, and Apple has maintained that the update […]
MakeiPhoneRingtone Makes iPhone Ringtones Easy (Updated Again)
Rogue Amoeba today released MakeiPhoneRingtone, a new program with a new approach to getting ringtones into iPhone. The application works by altering a 30-second (or less) AAC file with the necessary M4R information that iTunes needs to validate the ringtone as valid. It also copies the ringtone to the iTunes Library and prepares it for […]
Apple Quietly Releases iTunes 7.4.1
Hot on the heels of Apple’s “The Beat Goes On” event (which prompted the release of iTunes 7.4), Apple has released iTunes 7.4.1. Apple has not said what has changed with version 7.4.1, but it appears that some issue was located in iTunes 7.4 that has prompted the update. Download links for 7.4.1 have been […]
Cingular Launches Moto SLVR with iTunes
Cingular Wireless this morning launched the Motorola SLVR L7. Cingular’s version of the L7 will include iTunes software (with 100 song limit), and 512 MB Micro SD card. The L7 is Motorola’s thinnest phone ever released in the US; thinner than the V3 RAZR. The phone is $199.99 with a new two-year agreement. Cingular Moto […]
Motorola’s CES Preview: ROKR E2 & TXTR D7 + iTunes Lives
At Motorola’s CES preview, they showed off a plethora of new accessories, as well as the Motorola E2 ROKR officially for the first time. The E2 has changed significantly from its first leaks onto the web, and will replace iTunes in favor of Motorola’s next-generation Linux-based OS. Using an SD card slot and USB 2.0, […]
In Brief: Motorola + Apple… Desperate Couples
You’ve read a lot of news over the past week and we’re going to clear it all up for you. Motorola and Apple do appear to reacting in negative ways to all the negative press over the Motorola E1 ROKR’s launch. Motorola has responded by attacking the iPod nano for its lack of multi-functional abilities, […]
Cingular, Apple Unveil Motorola ROKR
Apple today announced along with Cingular and Motorola the long-awaited ROKR music phone. The phone will autofill similar to the iPod Shuffle from any iTunes library via USB cable. The ROKR can hold 100 songs standard, and will pause for incoming calls when music is playing. Absent from the ROKR announcement were mentions of a […]
Orb: Ready for Phones
We’d like to take a moment to spotlight Orb. Orb has been growing, and growing, and growing to a point where it has reached an almost iTunes-like popularity in the technocratic world. Well, they’re at it again. Orb, when combined with your home PC, will now stream live television to your MM-class Sprint phone. For […]
Cingular Rethinking iTunes? (Updated Again)
Update 2: Apple Insider has posted a “largely unedited” mockup of what they claim to picturing the iTunes Phone/iPhone here. They claim it originated from an internal Motorola document dated this month. Update: Since our report, Apple has released iTunes 4.9, which we can confirm does include multiple mobile phone references in its resource files. […]
(Early) MacWorld Coverage Begins *Updated*
Update: It appears that there was some intial confusion. Earlier today a Motorola executive demonstrated in private the phone that will be unveiled at MacWorld Expo. Hours later, these pictures surfaced. However, the two devices may not be the same, and latest reports indicate that this is a concept model, not the final product to […]