iPods & Portable Media Players
May 13th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players
Addonics has introduced a 1.8″ ZIF – CF Adapter kit that you can use to make your iPod faster and more shock resistant. The adapter (ADZIFCF) supports several types of Compact Flash media including PIO, DMA, UDMA4 for up to a 40MB/s transfer rate. In addition to iPods, the adapter supports any laptop computer or […]
Tags: iPod, iPod Accessories
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May 13th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players
iPhone apps are quickly going mainstream. Payless Car Rental has announced an iPhone-formatted version of its site for the iPhone and iPod touch: We recently launched a slimmed-down version of the Payless website for iPhone and iPod Touch users. Simply point your iPhone or iPod Touch to PaylessCarRental.com (or PaylessCar.com). The iPhone and iPod Touch […]
Tags: Apple, iPhone, ipod touch
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May 12th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPhone, Video
DreamCatcher has announced the release of iPhone Video Recorder, an iPhone video recorder. iPhone Video Recorder records audio and video at a frame rate of up to 15fps to the compressed mpeg4 format. Because of the CPU overhead, iPhone Video Recorder encodes at the end of a recording session, and the encoding can be paused […]
Tags: iPhone, iphone software, mobilecasting, video recorder
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May 11th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players
This is a demo video of the new FlyTunes Internet radio tuner service. FlyTunes delivers music, talk, weather, and traffic to the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. The video shows the installation process and demos a few stations.
Tags: Flytunes, Internet radio, iPhone, ipod touch, streaming audio
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May 9th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPods & Portable Media Players
Microsoft is still struggling to come up with a Zune platform that competes with Apple’s iPod/iTunes juggernaut, reports Electronista: Microsoft has revealed that it has sold two million of the music players since their launch in November 2006, revealing relatively flat growth for the device lineup. The results leave Microsoft with just a fraction of […]
Tags: Apple, iPod, iTunes, Microsoft, Zune
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May 8th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players, Streaming Video
Orb Networks today announced a new service that streams live TV to the iPhone and iPod touch. “TV on the iPhone is now real,” said Joe Costello, CEO of Orb Networks. “Steve Jobs may think that buying shows from iTunes is the same as watching TV, but iPhone users know better. When the NBA playoffs […]
Tags: iPhone, ipod touch, Orb Networks, Streaming Video
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May 8th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPhone
Though we haven’t seen any official announcement from AT&T, its site is already touting 3G iPhone coverage and free wireless access at the company’s 17,000 hotspots. The AT&T site now touts 3G support for the iPhone: Data Access In order to use data such as email, Google Maps, YouTube videos and web browsing, AT&T recommends […]
Tags: Apple, AT&T, iPhone, Starbucks, trends, WiFi, wireless
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May 8th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPods & Portable Media Players
Following two class-action lawsuits, Apple Canada is offering $45 credits to Canadian residents who purchased first-, second- or third-generation iPods before June 24, 2004. The proposed settlement is the result of two iPod owners suing because rechargeable batteries in the second year of use conked out after just three hours, contrary to the advertised claim […]
Tags: Apple, iPod, legal battles
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May 7th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, iPods & Portable Media Players
Speculation is running wild on the Web about Microsoft possibly building a content censor into the Zune software. It comes as a result of a New York Times article that looked at why NBC pulled its TV content from Apple’s iTunes store and is now distributing it for the Zune. NYT’s Saul Hansell writes: Late […]
Tags: DRM, Microsoft, NBC, the future of television, Zune, Zunetanic
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May 6th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPods & Portable Media Players
Microsoft today announced new Zune software and online features. Here’s the official info an the updates: Zune Software Updates Responding directly to customer feedback, Zune has updated and added features and functionality to address better integration between the software, the online music community and the store. In addition, the updates include frequently requested features such […]
Tags: Microsoft, Zune, Zune Social
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