Apple's Terrible iTunes Phone from 2005

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2 years before the world was introduced to the iPhone, Apple partnered with Motorola to release a phone that had an iTunes player built in. But due to some lackluster hardware, and some rather ridiculous software limitations, it was forgotten about pretty quickly. Let's check it out!

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● Chapters:
00:00 - An actual fun fact
00:50 - Some backstory
03:44 - Unboxing
05:20 - Hardware
06:58 - An SD CARD?! (and why it doesn't matter)
08:49 - Software UI
10:49 - Can we bypass iTunes?
12:38 - Connecting with iTunes
18:40 - Using the ROKR's iTunes
21:43 - Why this thing failed
24:12 - Outro

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Дата на публикация: 24 септември, 2025
Категория: Друго