Motorola SLVR L7 with iTunes (Photos)

[MacRumors]

Engadget posted photos of the Motorola SLVR L7 -- an upcoming cellphone which also incorporates iTunes support.

Nothing too unexpected — it has just about the same user interface as the ROKR E1 (though the menus are slightly less sluggish) and it has Bluetooth, a VGA digital camera, and a TransFlash memory card slot for storing up to 100 iTunes tracks, but there is one real surprise: the phone doesn’t have a headphone jack. Seems a bit odd for a phone with iTunes, but we’re hearing that Motorola will offer Bluetooth stereo headphones.

The phone follows the widely criticized ROKR Motorola phone which first introduced iTunes on a cellular phone.

Meanwhile, Sprint has joined the fray with their own music phone service which offers over-the-air song purchasing.

 

[QCassidy352]

looks basically like the ROKR - nothing to get excited about. The bluetooth headphones will be cool though.

 

[GregUofMN]

Talk about dropping the ball on this one. You can obviously tell that Apple, more or less, jumped in the music/cellular market because it was simply obvious that it was/is going to take off. Creating a device that does multiple things, such as this, should really have been a pinnacle product. Instead, it's laughable.

 

[w_parietti22]

Looks like the ROKR with the RAZR keypad...

 

[Dr. Dastardly]

I think most of the new Motos that will be coming out will have iTunes installed.

Good thing to because the ROKR is fugly

 

[ColoJohnBoy]

Bluetooth headphones sound cool, but from everything I've read Moto will sell mini USB headphones that work with it as well. Damn damn damn. Wish I wasn't with T-Mobile.

 

[longofest]

Anyone else remember Job's saying "bluetooth headphones stink"???

 

[w_parietti22]

I think most of the new Motos that will be coming out will have iTunes installed.

Good thing to because the ROKR is fugly

Agreed... hmmm, I wonder if the PEBL will have iTunes on it?

 

[jpgodlew]

Hope it's out before christmas

Looks like a cool little phone!

 

[mkjellman]

if you guys look closer you will see that this phone is actually thinner than the RAZR, which is already really thin. So this is no not the best, and no not good enough for me to get rid of my 710a from Sony Ericsson, but it does look lightyears ahead of the ROKR.

 

[aussiemac86]

Bluetooth headphones sound cool, but the price premium you will pay for them will not make it worth it, same (but to a lesser extent) with the USB headphones.

100, songs? they have 2GB SD cards readily available these days, why not give it capability for one of those?

 

[itsa]

two words.... BIG UGLY

 

[jiv3turkey748]

i guess its a little cooler looking than the rokr
the razr style buttons are cool
they need to put itunes om the razr

 

[noel4r]

What's w/ the VGA camera? Moto hasn't figured out a way to a mp camera in their phones. Btw, does it have USB 2.0 already and is it iSync compatible?

 

[FoxyKaye]

100, songs? they have 2GB SD cards readily available these days, why not give it capability for one of those?

That would put it in direct competition with the Nano, which Apple can't allow. I'm willing to bet that once the Nanos reach 4/8 or 8/16 GB, suddenly iTunes on mobile phones will allow for more MP3s.

 

[UWF404]

Motorola is sooo 10 minutes ago.

 

[Dr. Dastardly]

Agreed... hmmm, I wonder if the PEBL will have iTunes on it?

Is that thing out yet? I never seen it on the street but I hear its for sale for like $800.

 

[iDM]

I thought the ROKR was a hideous, awkward thing, this looks very similar but at least is a step in the right direction, by attempting to make it look a little sexier. I just can't believe the would release something as ugly as the Rokr.

 

[EricBrian]

How disappointing.

 

[w_parietti22]

Is that thing out yet? I never seen it on the street but I hear its for sale for like $800.

Oh please, the RAZR was $500 when it came out, now you can buy it for what, $100 at car toys?

 

[puckhead193]

it looks like a candy bar style razr.....

 

[MCroft]

Will Verizon get them to cripple it?

Motorola Verizon Bluetooth phones have not historically had a full implementation of BlueTooth, because apparently Verizon is willing to trade customer satisfaction to prevent the "lost sale" of me making my own ring-tones.

Before anyone gets it, make sure it can do what you'd like to do. If, for example, you want to transfer your address book to your car or to your Mac, make sure they haven't disabled that function.

 

[hyperpasta]

Meh

iTunes needs to get into phones as a side feature that nobody cares about. All Moto phones (Apple could add more brands, too, even get all Cingular phones) should have iTunes. The ROKR was hideous, this less so, but still ain't buying. The PEBL looks hot but a bit low-tech, and the next RAZR doesn't look as good as the first one.

 

[slipper]

geeze motorola needs to start updating their user interface.

 

[RoboCop001]

What's with these names, anyway? Do they stand for something?