Personally, the idea of a Mac only phone that is designed to play iTunes is not something that I get all that excited about. Yes, iTunes is cool. But what about those of us who do not wish to buy Apple OK’ed hardware just to enjoy a mobile version of iTunes?

With MacWorld just around the corner (Steve Jobs’ keynote speech is on January 11th) Mac savvy mobile phone users are hoping that Apple will show off its progress on a mobile version of iTunes. Earlier this year Apple announced that it was working with Motorola to bring a mobile version of iTunes to market. iTunes is the music jukebox software that ties in with the red-hot iPod.

2005 is already supposed to be the year of the MP3 phone, so many analysts believe that Steve Jobs will want a headstart on the competition.

With that being said, most of the speculation is whether Apple designed the phone or just the iTunes software that will be on it. When the partnership between Motorola and Apple was announced in July, the iTunes Mobile software was said to become available for several mass market Motorola phones (V710, A630, C650 and E398).