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«Apple is planning to remove the limit on the Motorola phone which can play songs from iTunes — a cap which restricts current users to store no more than 100 songs on the device.
At least that’s what the blogs are all abuzz with this morning after a few discovered a graphic in yesterday’s update to iTunes that presumably will rollout later which encourages users of the ROKR phone to download an update to get more music on their phones.
We already know that people — young people especially — are turning off their radios in increasing numbers and listening to their own playlists on iPods and other devices. That’s part of what is behind the expanded playlist format like JACK-FM — a late-to-the-party attempt at getting those listeners back.
So now, think about it.
If you could get a phone with 30 GB of storage (enough for your whole music collection) which would pause if your phone rang so you could take the call (hell, you already have the earpiece and mic plugged in) why would you need a radio (or iPod for that matter).
Radio’s future is in embracing alternate platforms. This is only one of them. There will be more.
At least that’s what the blogs are all abuzz with this morning after a few discovered a graphic in yesterday’s update to iTunes that presumably will rollout later which encourages users of the ROKR phone to download an update to get more music on their phones.
We already know that people — young people especially — are turning off their radios in increasing numbers and listening to their own playlists on iPods and other devices. That’s part of what is behind the expanded playlist format like JACK-FM — a late-to-the-party attempt at getting those listeners back.
So now, think about it.
If you could get a phone with 30 GB of storage (enough for your whole music collection) which would pause if your phone rang so you could take the call (hell, you already have the earpiece and mic plugged in) why would you need a radio (or iPod for that matter).
Radio’s future is in embracing alternate platforms. This is only one of them. There will be more.
UPDATE: Turns out the 100-song cap is staying in place. The upgrade graphics will be released to non-American customers whose phones were limited to as low as 25 songs. This will at least get their phones to the 100-song limit. But, as Engadget says: “Of course, the very existence of the upgrade system raises tantalizing possibilities for the rest of us, but for now, that’s all that’s being raised.”»
fonte: «“iPod Phone” becomes more of a radio threat», I Love Radio.org, Thursday, February 16th, 2006 at 8:41 am
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