Motorola Cites Apple for Non-Show of iTunes Phone

Motorola has shifted the blame for failing to show iTunes handsets at CeBIT onto Apple. Well, blame is perhaps a harsh word…

In response to a question about why Motorola did not show its upcoming iTunes phone at the Cebit technology fair in Germany Motorola said it tends to display its products before they go on the market but Apple’s Chief Executive Steve Jobs does not.

“The first thing you’re seeing here is a merger of two different industries with different ideas of launching products,” Ron Garriques, president of Motorola’s mobile phone division told analysts and reporters at a news conference at the CTIA U.S. wireless show in New Orleans.

I will admit, I have been annoyed at reviewing a handset to learn that it won’t be on the market for 6 months. Anyway, Garriques claimed carriers are clamouring to be the first to offer the new phone…I wonder how much of this is spin on Motorola’s part to keep in good with the carriers, who are it’s main customers, after all…

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