A story’s been making its way around the Web the last few weeks about a guy that’s written some software to make some Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets “iTunes phones”. Telecoms Korea says:

“Motorola ROKR is not the only iTunes phone.” , argued Tea Vui Huang, a software developer. He thinks that Samsung and LG handsets can be converted into iTunes phone.

Tea Vui Huang already revealed an add-on program that can make Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones use iTunes. “Not unlike the Motorola ROKR, this add-on enables phones to be a virtual iTunes Mobile.”, he said.

The thing is, the ROKR is the only iTunes phone, as it’s the only phone capable of playing songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store. This software merely allows users to copy songs to their phone from iTunes on their PC. I confirmed this in an email from the developer:

This is a useful application — but to bill it as turning phones “into a virtual ROKR” or to say it gives other handsets the same functionality as one is a bit disingenuous.

I just posted this over at MobHappy, but I think it’s worth putting up here, too.

A story’s been making its way around the Web the last few weeks about a guy that’s written some software to make some Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets “iTunes phones”. Telecoms Korea says:

“Motorola ROKR is not the only iTunes phone.” , argued Tea Vui Huang, a software developer. He thinks that Samsung and LG handsets can be converted into iTunes phone.

Tea Vui Huang already revealed an add-on program that can make Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones use iTunes. “Not unlike the Motorola ROKR, this add-on enables phones to be a virtual iTunes Mobile.”, he said.

The thing is, the ROKR is the only iTunes phone, as it’s the only phone capable of playing songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store. This software merely allows users to copy songs to their phone from iTunes on their PC. I confirmed this in an email from the developer:

This is a useful application — but to bill it as turning phones “into a virtual ROKR” or to say it gives other handsets the same functionality as one is a bit disingenuous.