iPods & Portable Media Players

Bang & Olufsen Intro $999 BeoSound 8 iPod Dock

Nov 12th, 2010 | By | Category: iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players

Bang & Olufsen have introduced BeoSound 8 – a high end $999 iPod dock sound system. Apparently, that $999 gets you “Adaptive Bass Linearization” and other awesomeness. Details on the BeoSound 8 below,



iPad Claims Its First Victim – The JooJoo Tablet

Nov 11th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad, iPods & Portable Media Players

It looks like the Apple iPad has claimed its first victim – the Fusion Garage + TechCrunch JooJoo tablet. e27 reports that the JooJoo is at its “end of life” – aka dead: “With the new platform, the current Joojoo will be at its end of life,” says Fusion Garage founder Chandrashekar Rathakrishnan. Chandra says […]



New iKlip iPad Microphone Stand Adapter

Nov 5th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad

IK Multimedia has introduced iKlip — a $39.99 multi-angle iPad microphone stand adapter. This could come in handy if you use the iPad for controlling Garageband, as a digital audio recorder, for reading scripts or with other music and audio apps. According to IK Multimedia, the iKlip is is constructed from dense thermoplastic molded components […]



Flash Is Dead As A De Facto Internet Standard

Nov 4th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad, Featured Story, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Apple’s latest Macs are shipping Flash-free, and it’s highlighting the “Flash tax” – the hit Flash puts on your computer’s performance, browser stability and battery life.

New battery-life tests show that Flash can cut your battery life by a third, just to display banner ads.



How To Publish Magazines On The iPad With Adobe InDesign

Nov 3rd, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad

In this demo video, AdobeEvangelistTV’s Terry White takes a first look at Adobe’s new Digital Publishing Solution, which lets you publish magazines to multiple devices, including the iPad. White does a complete walkthrough, demonstrating how to publish a magazine to the iPad. See the Adobe Labs site for more details.



iPhone Video Editor 1stVideo Updated

Nov 1st, 2010 | By | Category: Digital Video Recorder, Internet TV, iPhone, Podcasting Hardware, Video, Video Software

Vericorder has updated its $9.99 prosumer iPhone video editor, 1stVideo (App Store link). New In 1stVideo: Import, Edit and Render video at up to 1280×720 on iPhone 3GS/4 and iPod touch 3g/4g with iOS 4.1 Import videos in .MOV and .MP4 format using Sharing function Import videos and pictures from Photo Library and audio from […]



Windows Phone 7 Connector Beta Now Available For The Mac

Oct 26th, 2010 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players

Microsoft has announced that the Windows Phone 7 Connector for the Mac is now available as a beta version. Windows Phone 7 Connector is designed to let you synchronize your music, videos, photos and podcasts from iTunes and iPhoto to your Windows Phone 7, so you can take your media with you wherever you go. […]



Free Plugin Adds Tumblr Style Posting To WordPress

Oct 22nd, 2010 | By | Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

WooTumblog is a new free WordPress plugin that adds Tumblr-style posting to WordPress blogs. The idea behind this plugin is to bring the benefits of Tumblr’s rapid microblogging to WordPress sites. This plugin works with any WordPress theme and activates a custom taxonomy that you will find accessible from your WordPress backend. You can then […]



iPhone Recording Studio For Podcasting, Vocals

Oct 17th, 2010 | By | Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcasting Hardware

Here’s an example of an iPhone recording studio that packs a lot of power. This photo, via Ashley Elsdon at Palm Sounds, captures his vocal recording setup. Here are the main elements of this portable iPhone recording studio: Standard tripod to hold the iPhone at the right height and position; An iPhone tripod adapter Headphones with […]



4 More iPhone 4 Design Flaws

Oct 12th, 2010 | By | Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

There’s been lots of discussion recently about “glassgate” – the ongoing problem with glass breaking on iPhones. With the iPhone 4, Apple put glass on both sides of the phone. Presumably because it looks pretty cool. But you’d expect a device with glass on two sides to end up with cracked glass about twice as […]