Thursday, January 5, 2006 |
22:21 - A battle I'm happy to concede
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1907731,00.asp
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Looks like the iTunes Phone experiment is, mercifully, over.
Motorola said hello to Linux and goodbye to Apple with its new ROKR E2 phone today, an update to the first iTunes phone that fixes many of the ROKR's problems—but lacks iTunes.
Fine with me. I thought it was a stupid idea from day one, and apparently the phone was no good anyway. From what the story's saying, the reason for ditching the iTunes alliance is part and parcel with a complete OS rework in the phone, and I guess Apple was never really that fully on board with the project—their 100-song limit seems fairly gratuitous and petty—so neither company sees much use in trying to go through all the motions again. Maybe it'll be a better phone with the new OS, but I doubt Apple will lose much sleep over not being part of it. And I'll certainly rest easier knowing I don't have to see cellphones being sold in the Apple Store.
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