Motorola, Microsoft team up for mobile music

Motorola announced on Monday that it had signed a deal with Microsoft to integrate Windows Media technology in a new range of music wireless phones.

Motorola will launch between one and three Windows Media phones in the second half of 2006. Motorola, which launched its first iTunes phones last year, will keep Windows Media phones as separate products.

The new phones would be PlaysForSure compatible, allowing consumers to use them with a wide variety of music services.

Users will be able to connect their phones to Windows-based PCs via USB 2.0 and automatically synchronize the music on their computer with their phone.