ANKUR JAIN

Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs today introduced Apple iTunes phone, based on Motorola “Rokr” phone model. The cellphone runs the popular “iTunes” Software from Apple Computer Inc. and can play music songs similar to the iPod shuffle player, the best-seller item from the Apple’s stable.

The cellphone can store around 100 songs and users can transfer songs from/to PC’s through USB-Data Cable. The music stops when a call is received, so you don’t miss your calls.

A product like this was in demand for quite sometime, and Apple only recently gave hints about the release of such a gadget only lately. After riding on the huge success of the iPod, the company can expect to unwind another craze amongst the consumers to buy a musical phone similar to iPod music player.

The phone is currently available via Cingular phone service only and company expects to boost sales and legal music downloads as well through iTunes.

More details are yet to come

Sony PSP is breaking sales records with it PlayStation Portable (PSP) to become the fastest-selling games console of all time in the UK, according to figures. It sold more than 185,000 units since its launch in September 1. That is more than double than Nintendo’s DS (87,000 at launch), and it became the most successful hardware launch in UK history ever.

24 games were available at launch, the largest for any console, with 20 entering the All Formats Top 40 and 9 games breaking into the Top 10. Games were priced at £34.99 with the console itself retailing at £179.

The software for the PSP is also selling well, though no singular title stood out particularly in terms of sales. Ridge Racer recorded the most sales, at 37,000 units sold. Other hit titles include Wipeout Pure, Virtua Tennis and Metal Gear Ac!d, for a total of 20 PSP titles entering in the U.K. top 40.

The Sony PSP and Nintendo DS have fought for supremacy in every country they’ve been released and the recent UK launch comes as a defeat for Nintendo. Still, the Nintendo DS has outsold the PSP in Japan. And in the United States, the PSP had a stronger launch but Nintendo still claims better numbers overall for its DS.