iPods & Portable Media Players

Here’s A Walkthrough Of The Awesomeness That Is The Zune HD 4.5 Firmware Update

Apr 5th, 2010 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcasting Software

Matt Akers, host of the Zune Insider Podcast, talks with Nate Muller, a PM from the Zune team, about the awesomeness that is the Zune HD firmware update. Highlights include Smart DJ and using the Zune HD on a TV through a Zune HD dock. We haven’t tried this – because we’re still chafing from […]



iPad Peek Lets You See What Your Site Looks Like On An iPad – Except That It Doesn’t

Apr 5th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad, Podcasting Research

Mashable today highlighted a site called iPad Peek, calling it a “nifty tool that lets you see how any website will be rendered on the iPad.” It sounds like a good idea, Unfortunately, iPad Peek doesn’t do much more than put a pretty iPad picture frame around the site you want to test. iPad Peek […]



WordPress For iPad Rocks!

Apr 4th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad, Podcasting Software

WordPress.org has released and updated version of WordPress for iPhone – making it compatible with the Apple iPad. The new version, officially WordPress for iPhone OS, isn’t a leap forward in terms of features – but the extra screen real estate available on the iPad makes a huge difference. Where editing blog posts on the […]



$2.99 App Lets You Control GarageBand From Your iPad

Apr 4th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad, Podcasting Software

Entrackment (App Store link) is a $2.99 app for the Apple iPad that turns it into a wireless control surface for GarageBand. If you create podcasts in GarageBand and you’ve got an iPad, Entrackment is a no-brainer. It’s cheap and it lets you control all the primary recording functions of GarageBand.



First iPad Reviews Are In & It’s Not Just A Big iPod Touch After All

Apr 1st, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad, iPods & Portable Media Players

The first reviews are coming in for the new Apple iPad and the consensus is that: It’s not just a big iPod touch after all; and It’s actually sort of magical and revolutionary. Here’s a quick roundup of the reviews: USA Today says “Apple has pretty much nailed it with this first iPad, though there’s […]



iPad Gets 3500 Times As Many Preorders As The Crunchpad / Joojoo

Mar 30th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad

Remember the Joojoo? The Crunchpad? That much-hyped $500 tablet computer that’s not the Apple iPad? No? Despite generating a lot of buzz with tech bloggers, Joojoo creators Fusion Garage appears to have had difficulty translating that into orders. Gizmodo reports that there were 90 pre-orders for the JooJoo, and 15 of those were returned. Preorders […]



Go To College, Get An iPad

Mar 30th, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad

Seton Hill University, a Catholic liberal-arts university based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, has announced plans to give an Apple iPad to every full-time student in fall 2010. According to the school: The iPad initiative kicks off the University’s Griffin Technology Advantage Program. This new program provides students with the best in technology and collaborative learning tools, […]



How To Submit Your Podcast To iTunes

Mar 24th, 2010 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, How to Podcast, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcast Directory Sites, Podcast Distribution

Apple has updated its official recommendations on for how to submit your podcast to iTunes. Here’s what they recommend: Test Your Podcast Feed In iTunes: You should first verify that you can successfully subscribe to your feed using the Advanced menu in iTunes: Select Advanced, Subscribe To Podcast in iTunes; Paste in the URL of […]



Apple iPad Already The Most Popular eReader Platform, Will Be “Incredibly Disruptive”

Mar 22nd, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad, Featured Story

The Apple iPad is already the most popular eReader platform, according to new stats from comScore.

According to comScore’s research, the iPad rated highest in terms of consumers seriously considering purchase over the next three months at 15 percent of Internet users, with the Kindle at 14 percent.

Here’s how they plan to use the iPad.



Secrets Of iPad “Motion Magazine” Production

Mar 22nd, 2010 | By | Category: Apple iPad, Internet TV, Video

Via photographer Alexx Henry comes this behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a high-end “motion magazine” spread for the Apple iPad: With the iPad release a mere few weeks away, it’s only appropriate that we release our own bit of goodness. Together with co-directors Cory Strassburger and Ming Hsiung, we produced a motion magazine cover […]