iPhone users will need iTunes account, Apple says

[onehandle]

Way ahead of you. Just gimme my iPhone.
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Consumers planning to buy the iPhone when it goes on sale in the U.S. later this month will need to have an iTunes Store account before they can activate the device, according to information on Apple’s Web site.

Apple will require customers to establish a separate account with its online media service in addition to one with AT&T Wireless Services, which has signed an exclusive U.S. distribution deal for the iPhone.

The move will allow Apple to create its own billing relationship with iPhone customers, rather than collecting payments for any iTunes purchases they make via the mobile operator.

“It would be naive to imagine that Apple wouldn’t leverage iTunes with iPhone,” said Emma Mohr-McClune, senior analyst for wireless services in Europe at Current Analysis.

http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/06/13/iphoneitunes/index.php

[northzax]

1. seriously, is anyone really in the market for an iPhone

who doesn't already have an iTunes account?