ROKR : New iTunes cell phone from Motorola
Today’s breaking news does not come from Japan but instead from the United States, where Motorola have just announced the launch of their new phone which integrates the iTunes service from Apple.
This means that users on the Cingular network in the US will be able to download and listen to music directly on their cell phone.
The catch it seems is that you still need to link your phone up to your Mac or PC to transfer your tunes, you can’t download them directly over the air to the phone itself. But this is probably just a small drawback and has not got in the way, so far, of the extremely successful iPod series, which also requires you to hook up to your computer.
One thing that does amuse me though is the name : ROKR, which in my mind summons up an image of Avril Lavigne chatting to her boyfriend on her Razr phone.