Comments on: Is the time right for phone-music player hybrids?

Analysts say 50 percent of digital music players hold fewer than 100 songs, which is just about how many the new iTunes phone will hold.

Consuming music?

I certainly hope that the music isn't destroyed or used up as I listen to it.

Listening to music on the cell phone is stupid!

Being able to use my iPod as a cellphone... now that is what I was looking for out of Apple. Most cellphones have horrible usability, why isn't Apple bringing the cellphone to the iPod? Imagine an Apple engineered iPod / cell phone hybrid, now that would be exciting.

[R. U. Sirius]

The key is how many times do I need to buy a song?

Today if I buy a song from Verizon, it stays stuck on the phone.

With the iTunes enabled phone, I will be able to upload songs I already own. My phone will be compatible with my computer and iPod library. If downloading from the store to the phone also means said song gets placed in my iTunes Library, this could be a winning combo.

[Rusdude]

Other features...

Personally, I find other features on the phone to be sub-par, especially VGA camera. With most upscale phones having at least 1MP, why stick to VGA?

The design is also kinda ugly. Given that Moto came up with RAZR, you'd think they could design something sleek-looking. They should've asked for Apple's help, lol.

P.S. Personally, I'm most excited about Nano. It finally offers a nice Apple solution to people with active lifestyles but who want a screen, lol.

[PCCRomeo]

Is the time right for phone-music player hybrids? No, it's not...

Okay. The camera phone has been highly successful. So naturally people think that combining everything with a cell phone will now be as successful, but they?re not looking at the facts. How many households in the United States had a camera at the time of the introduction of the camera phone? I would say all (I?m counting those disposable ones too). Okay, now look at how many people in the United States own an MP3 player. Not nearly as many as those who owned a camera at the time of the camera phone?s unveiling. There are still a lot of people that have no interest in purchasing an MP3 player in the near future, and many of those people who do own an MP3 player (like my self) are not going to replace a 20 GB MP3 player that they paid $250 for, with a cell phone that will hold only 512 MB of MP3?s that will probably cost around $799. I think the wireless phone companies need to stop worrying about coming out with a new product that will be no where near as successful as they hope, and just improve upon those products they already have, because lets face it, the camera phone is far from perfect.

[ajbright]

Turn down the volume - today's kids and their fangled rock and roll..

What about making a law that requires all cell phones to have no speakers or receivers - so no one can talk to them and no noise can eminate from them.

Text to your hearts content, have a conversation about your prostrate exam and your latest STDs - but without uttering a single word.

We just need everyone to petition their MPs, Congressman, village Shamen, or whoever to make it obliglatory that no sound can go into or out of a cell phone (that's mobes to the English people out there).

[Earl Benser]

Simply put.....

.... NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!