Motorola iTunes Phone Gets FCC Approval
August 23rd, 2005
Motorola and Apple are silent on the news, but the US Federal Communications Commission has posted documents on its website granting regulatory approval to start selling a phone that runs a mobile version iTunes.
The Motorola E790 has stereo speakers, removable flash memory and Bluetooth support.
Motorola haven’t commented and Apple are only slightly less tight-lipped, confirming that an iTunes / Motorola partnership is in the works, but with an unspecified end result.
FCC approval is not an indication that the E790 will launch soon. Regulatory approval is merely one step that a company must go through to market a wireless device in the USA and it could happen at the end or the beginning of a product’s development.
The manual posted on the FCC website has quite a few typos, but it’s fairly clear about the iTunes support, with a section entitled ‘Use iTunes’.
“iTunes is a software application you use to manage the music on your computer and transfer music to your phone,” the manual states. “You can use iTunes to purchase and download music for your phone, listen to CDs and digital music, and create playlists of your favorite songs on your phone.”
Copying music to the phone seems pretty simple. “On your computer, open iTunes, connect your phone to your computer, and when the phone appears as a source, drag and drop music files to your phone.”
US government websites are often great sources of information. Notably, the manual for the Sony PSP was posted on the US Patent Office website, months in advance of the console going on sale.
Entry Filed under: Mobile, Portable Music, Online Life
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