Maybe if T-Mobile jumps on this, those other carriers will get their heads out of their asses. Like I want to pay $3 for a song that only plays on my cell phone. Right guys. Good luck with that.

"Carriers have spent a ton of money building up their data networks and they want people to buy music, just like they buy ring tones, weather forecasts and news now. They don't want people to put music on their phones unless they can make some money out of it. It's just that simple."

Yes and their business model should show a profit for just delivering that data. Now they want in on the iTunes raise to fame. They need to spend a ton more cash just so the signal doesn't fade or drop when I tilt my head. I can just see trying to download a song and losing the signal. Do I get to retry the download or do we get to buy the song again?

Unfortunately, people already pay $1 or more for a portion of a song that only plays on the phone. The issue here is that the phone companies have locked down their system so that you can only put music on their phones if you purchase it from them and since they are the only supplier, they can charge whatever they want. They don't realize that at some proce point they will sell far more ringtones and songs than at the proce they charge now. There is always a price point where the sales and profits are maximized and that usually involves lowering the price to increase the number of sales. If you remember the old commercials in the 70's and 80's that would say "How can we afford to sell at sucha low price... volume", that is exactly the point.

I wish the phone companies would stop trying to squeeze every single penny from their subscribers. When I got my Motorola v710, I did quite a bit of research to make sure I could get info onto and off of the phone without having to pay Verizon. As it turns out, they didn't remove the ability to use a TransFlash (yes yet another memory card format) memory card to shuffle info around. So I can get pics off of the phone, and use my own MP3 files if I choose. These guys should just deal with the fact that there is a geeky segment of the population that just want the device to work as designed, without being crippled.

I hope Apple doesn't limit this phone by not letting people talk with the rest of the world like Apple does with their iSight webcam.

It is a bit of a hassle carrying both my cell phone and iPod so a combination of the two might be nice. However, I will need to see if the interface is easy enough to use before deciding to make the "switch".

Sometimes an all-in-one design is not the best way to go. I have a camera phone and the camera part of it is all but worthless because of the image quality. There are times I am carrying a cell phone, iPod and a digital camera.

I wonder about the physical size of the phone, I assume that it will be flash based and not hard drive.

Apple will destroy the battery on this phone with its software like it does with the iPod.
Their overpriced songs will only add to the complaints of expensive phone plans. The true halo effect is Apple's price gouging. These phones will need to be serviced by Apple-Certified techs who will charge for telling you that it's of course Motorola's fault and next to be fixed by Motorola.

I like the fact that T-Mobile does not cripple their phones. They let you put whatever you want on your phones. Since they aren't so anal, I think they are the most likely ones to accept Motorola's phone.

Of course I could care less about a fairplay enabled phone. I have an iPod. I just want a nice bluetooth 2.0 iPod that can trick my phone into thinking its a headset and then manage the calls and music while sending everything to a nice wireless stereo headset using the apple lossless codec. But I digress...

You've thought about that one...I like.

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I like the fact that T-Mobile does not cripple their phones. They let you put whatever you want on your phones. Since they aren't so anal, I think they are the most likely ones to accept Motorola's phone.

Of course I could care less about a fairplay enabled phone. I have an iPod. I just want a nice bluetooth 2.0 iPod that can trick my phone into thinking its a headset and then manage the calls and music while sending everything to a nice wireless stereo headset using the apple lossless codec. But I digress...

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Biff wrote:
I just want a nice bluetooth 2.0 iPod that can trick my phone into thinking its a headset and then manage the calls and music while sending everything to a nice wireless stereo headset using the apple lossless codec. But I digress...

1. No proof yet as to what battery will be used or how the power consumption compares. Very possible that has been taken into affect.

2. Over priced songs : ) ..wondered where you were... Have you tried to purchase any downloads for your phone? Cheap is relative.

3. Haven't read who is gonna do the tech support. There may be bumps, themarket will ulimately tell.

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Apple will destroy the battery on this phone with its software like it does with the iPod.
Their overpriced songs will only add to the complaints of expensive phone plans. The true halo effect is Apple's price gouging. These phones will need to be serviced by Apple-Certified techs who will charge for telling you that it's of course Motorola's fault and next to be fixed by Motorola.

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I hope Apple doesn't limit this phone by not letting people talk with the rest of the world like Apple does with their iSight webcam.

How unlike him !