Motorola Introduces iRadio Cell Phone Music Subscription Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 3, 2006 - 8:14am.

Las Vegas - Motorola on Tuesday introduced its mobile phone-based iRadio subscription music service. The service will initially offer 435 commercial-free radio channels for about $7 a month when it debuts later this year. Using Bluetooth wireless technology, Motorola will enable iRadio subscribers to transfer radio channels downloaded on a computer to their cell phone, as well as to a car stereo or home stereo system. The iRadio service will also bookmark songs, and provide links to artist, album and song information, and sites to purchase paid downloads, CDs and concert tickets via the Web, or through a wireless carrier's over-the-air mobile song download service. Users will also be able to upload their own music collections to iRadio-compatible phones, the first of which will be Motorola's forthcoming Rokr E3 handset. The company did not announce any partnerships with wireless carriers who plan to offer iRadio.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060103/cgtu025.html?.v=39
http://tinyurl.com/8gjh7 (Reuters)
http://www.motorola.com/iradio