Apple today introduced iPhone update 2.2. It’s a free update that adds a variety of new features, the most notable of which are adding street views to Google Maps and support for podcast downloads.  The updated podcasting features are welcome, but unfortunately Apple’s implementation of podcast downloads on the iPhone is a usability disaster.  Here’s […]

Microsoft today announced a new “landmark agreement” (Microsoft’s words) with major and independent music labels to “bring significant new value to the subscription music model.” The Zune Pass subscription service currently gives consumers on-demand access to millions of tracks for $14.99 per month. Starting today subscribers will also get to select 10 tracks per month to […]

i.TV has announced that it’s looking for beta-testers to try out the next version of its popular iPhone media app: We have some new features to roll out and we would love to have some help testing the next version of i.TV.  Our development team is almost finished with the next release. If you are […]

Microsoft, makers of the Zune portable media player, announced a firmware update today, along with announcements of lower prices for the devices. The 3.1 update features some new free games, refreshes the Zune Social, and adds incremental updates to the Zune software. Games in this update include Checkers, Sudoku, and Space Battle. A multiplayer mode […]

Zune Insider says that programming from “educational” TV network PBS is available starting today from the Zune Video Marketplace.  Shows available for download include public television viewer favorites: Ken Burns’ Jazz, America and American Lives; NOVA, Wired Science, Scientific American Frontiers and, later this week, Carrier. For even more intellectually enriching Zune content (edutainment?), the […]

If you’re interested in recording audio with your iPhone, you’ve got a lot of choices. The latest option, Motion Apps’ $1.99 mVoice (App Store link), lets you record voice notes, memos, reminders, lectures, to-do’s, interviews or anything else that you don’t want to forget. Features: Intuitive, easy to use and cool user interface Unlimited recording […]

Sonoma Wire Works has launched FourTrack (App Store link), a multitrack audio recorder for the iPhone and iPod touch (2nd Generation). FourTrack works with the iPhone built-in microphone, a headset mic or an iPod touch with a third-party mic and headphones. WiFi sync allows FourTrack recordings to be downloaded to any desktop computer with a […]

German blog Schimanke.com has published new screenshots that show wireless podcast downloads enabled in Apple’s upcoming iPhone 2.2 firmware update.  Check out the screen capture, right.  It shows that much of the podcast find functionality of iTunes will be migrating to the iPhone. Users will be able to search for podcasts directly from the iPhone, browse […]

Orb Networks has introduced a new iPhone app, OrbLive (App Store link), that plays live TV, Internet TV, and webcams on your iPhone or iPod Touch. The app is optimized for media streaming over WiFi. Note: OrbLive is currently limited to Windows PC users,

Put this in the unsubstantiated rumor category – but AppleInsider is reporting that iPhone firmware 2.2 will add support for wireless downloads: A tipster shared with us some screenshots of the new firmware, including what appears to be the ability to download podcasts directly to your iPhone (and presumably your iPod touch). This could tidily […]