Microsoft today released the Zune HD touch-screen media player. The Zune HD features an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) multitouch screen, an NVIDIA Tegra HD processor and HD Radio capabilities, with software advancements such as the new Quickplay menu and an advanced Web browser. With Zune HD, users now have the ability to store and play […]

iPod upgrade & repair gurus iFixit have done a tear-down of Apple’s latest portable media players and revealed some Apple iPod touch secrets: It’s got a Broadcom BCM4329FKUBG wireless chip, so the hardware appears to support 802.11n. There’s also Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and an FM receiver and transmitter on this chip. Apple left in […]

Chris Albrecht (NewTeeVee) made this side-by-side comparison of the video quality of the iPod nano vs the Flip SD. “Overall — the Flip offered a MUCH better picture both indoor and out, providing way more detail in the image,” notes Albrecht. “The Flip microphone was also a little more discerning in our test, able to […]

Here’s another preview of Microsoft’s Zune HD. This one offers the briefest glimpse of 3-D gaming on the device, which means Microsoft’s intending to go mano a mano against Apple in the portable gaming space. Think gaming will help improve the Zune’s lot? The Zune HD will be out Tuesday, Sept 15th. via zunited, engadget

Podcasting network Wizzard Media has announced Usher’s Top 100 (App Store link), an iPhone app featuring 100 of the pop superstar’s favorite songs in a streaming playlist. The App will sell for $2.99 and the deal calls for a revenue share between the parties. Usher is a Wizzard Network podcaster. “iPhone apps are exploding, including […]

Ars Technica reports that Microsoft currently has no plans to sell the Zune HD outside the US. Snarkier readers may wonder if Microsoft currently has any plans to sell the Zune HD inside the US, after Apple’s recent iPod introductions and price cuts. “For the time, being the Zune HD device will remain US only,” […]

Apple‘s announcements today held few surprises, but the company’s updates to iTunes and its iPod lines keep the company far enough ahead of competitors to keep them at bay for the next year: Apple introduced its new iPod touch lineup, starting at just $199, giving users an iPod, a pocket computer, a game player and […]

This video, via Socialnomics, looks at the social media revolution. Watch it – you’ll find out some facts that will surprise you, no matter how engaged in social media you happen to be.

PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster is predicting an update to Apple‘s close-but-no-cigar Internet TV device Apple TV at the company’s September 9th event. Munster notes that lead times are extending for the entry-level 40-GB $229 Apple TV, but unchanged for the higher-capacity 160-GB model. “We now have reason to believe” that an AppleTV update may be […]

With the launch of the Zune HD coming up September 15th, podcasters may be thinking about revisiting the Zune platform. Microsoft podcasting guru Rob Greenlee offers these tips on how to get more Zune podcast listeners: Here are a few things that you should do as a podcast content creator to reach as many Zune […]