Wednesday, 31 May 2006

iTunes 7 music purchases don't play on iTunes phones?

A reader linked us to an A le Discu ion thread where a number of users have listed problems with playing purchases from the iTS through iTunes 7 on their Motorola SLVR and ROKR iTunes phones. It seems these users can play regular music they ri ed from CDs, as well as purchases made through iTunes 6 - just not songs bought through the new iTunes 7. The thread ha 't reached biblical lengths just yet, but there are enough comments on the thread that I felt it warranted a post at TUAW.

One commenter posted a link to this A le Su ort doc which offers i tructio for when this same problems ha e to an iPod, and some of the procedures can easily be adopted for an iTunes phone (such as restoring/erasing the phone and deauthorizing, then reauthorizing iTunes). However, some users have already commented that the doc's solutio aren't fixing the i ue either.

Are any readers experiencing the same hiccup? If you have any thoughts on what's going on, please share your thoughts in the comments and, if you're up to the task, drop the frustrated pee over in A le's Discu ion thread a line too. I'm sure they'll a reciate it.

Thanks Anthony

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