T-Mobile said that it plans to sell Motorola's iTunes mobile phone in Germany by Christmas, reports Thje Register (5 September).

The Register says that Apple and Motorola are expected to announce the long-awaited phone this Wednesday.

The publication adds that the many music phones on display at the ISF show in Berlin this week include the first models to be fitted with a built-in miniature hard drive. They are competing head on with MP3 players that also have a small hard drive.