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Finally, Cellphones That Rock
Susan Kantra Kirschner
The next time someone asks who’s on the line, you can say it’s Bono, because 2005 is shaping up to be the year of the music phone. Previously, phones that played music had limited storage, and queuing up a song was cumbersome. But as carriers roll out MP3-friendly high-speed cellphone networks, phone manufacturers have been inspired to boost memory and design phones with dedicated play buttons, built-in speakers, FM transmitters and graphic equalizers. In other words, they’re functional MP3 players. Before too long, you’ll be able to download songs directly to your phone, wherever you are, in less than a minute. Motorola announced that it will release a phone that works with iTunes this year, and a slew of competing services are expected to follow. By year’s end, every major handset manufacturer will offer tune-centric models, including Sony Ericsson’s Walkman W800 and Nokia’s N91—which will have a whopping four gigabytes on board—along with the ones on this page. Here are a few of the best you’ll soon be able to get your hands, and ears, on.
Susan Kantra Kirschner
The next time someone asks who’s on the line, you can say it’s Bono, because 2005 is shaping up to be the year of the music phone. Previously, phones that played music had limited storage, and queuing up a song was cumbersome. But as carriers roll out MP3-friendly high-speed cellphone networks, phone manufacturers have been inspired to boost memory and design phones with dedicated play buttons, built-in speakers, FM transmitters and graphic equalizers. In other words, they’re functional MP3 players. Before too long, you’ll be able to download songs directly to your phone, wherever you are, in less than a minute. Motorola announced that it will release a phone that works with iTunes this year, and a slew of competing services are expected to follow. By year’s end, every major handset manufacturer will offer tune-centric models, including Sony Ericsson’s Walkman W800 and Nokia’s N91—which will have a whopping four gigabytes on board—along with the ones on this page. Here are a few of the best you’ll soon be able to get your hands, and ears, on.
pop-sci.com
what happened to one real purpose of a cell phone? to make a receive calls?
ps - i think it's cool anyways.
