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Motorola announced a couple new RAZR variants today, and they’ll both have iTunes software. —–>Follow us on Twitter too: @russellbuckley and @caaarlo

Engadget got its hands on a Motorola SLVR L7 that had iTunes on it — could there be a follow-up to the poorly-received ROKR? The new phone’s got the same interface and essentially the same features, just in a skinny new body. The design, which is a candybar version of the RAZR, doesn’t seem nearly [...]

Analyst firm Strategy Analytics says the Sony Ericsson W800i is the highest-rated music phone in the US, beating the ROKR and the Samsung A970. It “achieved Best in Class status based upon superior style appeal and an above average rating for music feature quality”. —–>Follow us on Twitter too: @russellbuckley and @caaarlo

Anything Sony Ericsson can do, so can a Treo, apparently. Now a speaker dock made for the device is available. —–>Follow us on Twitter too: @russellbuckley and @caaarlo

Wired magazine’s latest cover story attempts to dissect the ROKR and why it turned out so poorly. A decent article, but no new info, really, for readers of this (or pretty much any other mobile) site. It would have been good two months ago — but damn your old-media lead time! —–>Follow us on Twitter [...]

I’d reported earlier that the ROKR wasn’t selling well, and alongside all the other bad press it’s been getting comes a pretty damning report from an analyst. Albert Lin of American Technology says in a Bloomberg article that customers are returning the ROKR at six time the normal rate for mobile handsets, and that there [...]

Sony Ericsson announced the W900, the first 3G handset in its range of Walkman phones. It’s a spinner design, has a 2 megapixel camera alongside all the usual features, and in addition to a slot for a Memory Stick Duo, it’s got a monster 470 megabytes of built-in memory. It should also be out by [...]

The battle to be the dominant music player isn’t just between the iPod and the mobile phone. A BT analyst says that soon, well, within 15 years, women’s breast implants will hold chips to play music. The article originated in The Sun, which isn’t necessarily the most reputable source — but I guess if there’s [...]

T-Mobile’s been selling the Windows Mobile-powered SDA music phone in Europe for some time, and now Engadget reports that T-Mobile USA will sell it early next year. In addition to its dedicated music control buttons, the SDA will run Windows Mobile 5.0 and feature EDGE, Wi-Fi and a 1.3-megapixel camera, and should use miniSD for [...]

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 [...]