In a high-profile marketing event, Apple and Motorola unveiled their ifrst mobile phone featuring iTunes. 
The Motorola ROKR features a color display for viewing album art, dual built-in stereo speakers and stereo headphones that also serve as a mobile headset with microphone. Music fans can randomly autofill or manually fill the mobile phone with playlists of their favorite music, audiobooks and Podcasts from their iTunes library via a USB connection. The Motorola ROKR pauses music automatically when users take a call and offers the ability to listen to music while checking messages or snapping a photo. A TransFlash memory expansion slot allows for up to an additional 512 megabytes of storage with optional card.
Availability of the new Motorola ROKR is as follows:
- U.S. -- today, exclusively with Cingular
- U.K. -- available first with Carphone Warehouse, expected in mid-September and then with O2, followed by Orange, Virgin Mobile, BT Mobile and other top retailers through September and October
- France -- expected to be available by late September through key retailers
- Italy -- expected to be available by late September through key retailers
- Germany -- expected to be available through distributor and operator channels in 2H 05
- Canada -- expected to be available in mid- to late-September with Rogers Wireless
- Hong Kong -- expected to be available by late September through multiple retail outlets and operator channels
- Australia, Singapore and the Philippines -- expected to be available late September through early October through retail and operator channels
- Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and other markets throughout the world -- expected to be available in the fourth quarter.
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