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Date: Apr 18, 2005
Contributor: Lonnie Stoughton

Motorola Developing Cell Phones Linked To Music Svc-Paper

Motorola Corp. (MOT) is developing mobile phones that will be able to link a home computer, stereo and car sound system into a seamless, commercial-free music zone, the Los Angeles Times reported in its Monday editions.

The company also plans to launch a service, dubbed iRadio, that allows these new phones to download songs and radio programming from an Internet-connected computer each day, then beam them to car stereos or home entertainment centers, the report said.

The phones aren't expected to reach the market until later this year, with the iRadio service due in December, said David E. Ulmer, a top marketing executive at Motorola, the Times reported. The company needs one or more mobile phone companies to sign on, and none have publicly lent support, the report said.

Ulmer said one of the goals of iRadio was to provide a bridge between online radio and people's car stereos, the Times reported. The service will let customers load their phones with prerecorded, commercial-free digital radio stations, the report said.

The cell phones will connect via the wireless communications technology Bluetooth to specially equipped car stereos, enabling people to listen to the stations stored on the phones as if they were coming in over the air, the report said.

Motorola previously announced a new phone that would play songs purchased from Apple Computer Inc.'s (AAPL) market-leading iTunes Music Store. But no carriers are offering the phone because they would receive no share of the store's sales, music industry sources say, according to the Times report.






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