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August 30, 2005 ../ Apple, Motorola, Cingular To Announce ROKR iPod PhoneApple is planning a large media event on September 7, 2005 with Motorola and Cingular to officially announce the Motorola ROKR, a new cellular phone that will run the Apple iPod operating system and be able to play at least 1000 digitally compressed songs. The iPod Cell Phone has been in development for at least a year with speculation that it would be released this summer.Apple is notoriously tight lipped about product announcements and has had to hold Motorola, who likes to tout upcoming products in advance, at bay for the past several months. Rumors abounded that this caused major friction between the two concerns with the hype-happy Motorola having to put the kibosh on their public relations machine. Other problems occurred when several cellular services rejected incoporating the music phone into their services. They were not happy about getting cut out of money since the phone connected directly to a computer for the transfer of songs instead of being downloaded through their networks.
The first incarnation of the ROKR Phone will likely be a Flash Memory based model with 512MB to 1GB of memory and come with a special pair of quality headphones with a built in mic for hands free use. The user will attach the ROKR to a computer via USB 2.0 to transfer songs via iTunes. The announcement will be followed by a massive commercial campaign created by Ogilvy & Mather featuring Madonna, Iggy Pop and even dead rock stars Jimi Hendrix and Biggie Smalls. The Future: The debut of the ROKR cell phone means the Ringtone business is officially dead.
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 As the name correctly implies, Experiments In Sound, is Futuremusic's latest endeavor for pushing electronic music technology to the very edge of what's possible. Experiments In Sound grew out of Futuremusic's avant-garde events in New York City that featured DJ's taking mixing and live sound reinforcement to a whole new level with the very latest gear and software. Now Experiments In Sound has become The Ultimate Mix Contest...
After the tremendous success of our groundbreaking The Next Big Thing DJ Contest, Futuremusic has decided to once again create a new paradigm...
Futuremusic wants to thank everyone who participated in The Next Big Thing 2004. John Digweed, Beatport, Alienware, M-Audio, Native Instruments, IK Multimedia, PVDJ, PK Graphics, Ableton, The DubHouse, Propellerheads, Technics, FreeFloat, The Church, PCDJ and every DJ who entered this year's event thank you. From the sheer number of quality mixes, we can tell you that dance music is thriving in the United States. The amount of outstanding talent and creativity really blew us away, and every DJ who's putting their heart, mind and soul behind the music is a winner. John Digweed has made his decision and the winner is... Think you got skills?? Then start practicing! The Next Big Thing 2005 will kick off at the end of the summer!!
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