Guest Author - Leena Kothari

Have you ever wanted to have the functionality of a CD player inside of your cell phone? Have you ever waited in line for coffee, only wishing that you could listen to the song that was just playing on your car stereo? With iTunes and your cell phone, you can do all of these things, and so much more.

The Motorola ROKR phone comes with iTunes installed, and ready to add music from your laptop or desktop. You can pause music in between voice calls, as well as import saved play lists on your laptop or desktop computer using iTunes. With increased storage capacity, the ROKR has the ability to store 100 songs, or 400 minutes of music. In addition, you can download new songs onto your phone using the iTunes store, depending on whether or not you are within your provider's network.

With iTunes, you can purchase your music, create play lists of your music, and organize your music all in one application. With over two million songs (and growing), iTunes has a large selection of songs that are reasonably priced. For 99 cents, you can download a song you just heard on the radio- all in the convenience of using your cell phone. In addition, you can also purchase music videos and more through iTunes. If you install iTunes on your Mac, or Windows 2000 or XP computer, you can also copy music from your computer onto your phone by simply dragging it over. In addition, you can also listen to podcasts (video files that can be television shows) using your cell phone. If you already own a CD, you can also copy the CD (or just that one particular song you like) onto your cell phone using iTunes. If iTunes does not have the particular song you wish to purchase, you can also create a request to Apple for them to add the song to their online store.

If you already have an iPod (a digital music player), you can also combine play lists using iTunes, as well as copy music from one device to another. Best of all, the iTunes service is completely free, so you will not have to worry about the common legal dangers surrounding most peer to peer applications.

Once you have your cell phone with iTunes software loaded on it, certain accessories are available to add to your digital music experience. Most notably, extra batteries are sometimes necessary if you want to take your phone for long periods of time while listening to your iTunes music. Also, if your phone supports external media cards, you will probably want to download your songs onto an external card, so that you can store more songs on your cell phone. In addition, headphones are always more polite than an external speaker. Wireless headphones are available for your cell phone that will allow you to enjoy your music, while still being courteous to others.

Whatever accessories or phone you purchase, iTunes gives you the capability to listen to the music you want- anywhere, anytime.