Via a comment on our coverage of the iPod touch app upgrade, Jackson let us know about two ways that people are protesting Apple’s $20 charge for the update that adds several apps left off the initial release. Jackson’s reaction to the $20 update reflects a lot of early buyers’ attitudes: I am outraged that […]

A new report refutes claims that portable music players, such as Apple’s iPod, interfere with cardiac pacemakers. Howard Bassen, a researcher with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Rockville, Md., led a research team that measured the magnetic fields produced by four different iPod models: a fourth-generation iPod and an iPod with video, and […]

CES: Taser may get the prize this year for introducing the most stupidtactular product at the Consumer Electronics Show – a leopard-print “fashion Taser,” with an MP3 player holster. While everybody else was putting iPod docks onto televisions and refrigerators and speakerphones, Taser had the audacity to something truly unique and, well, possibly insane! The […]

Napster has joined the ranks of companies trying to compete with Apple’s iTunes by offering MP3 music downloads. The file format change will apply only to single tracks and album purchases, according tothe company. Tracks downloaded as part of the company’s music subscription service will continue to be DRM’d. “The ubiquity and cross-platform compatibility of […]

At the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, JVC introduced the NX-PN7, a double-barreled iPod dock. The dual dock NX-PN7 accommodates two iPod players side-by side, charging them simultaneously and offering playback from each through the dock‚Äôs speaker system. Supplementing iPod playback is an AM/FM tuner, a clock and timer. In addition, there‚Äôs an analog audio input […]

CES: At the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, iLuv will be introducing the iLuv i1255, a cool desktop iPod/DVD player that is expected to sell for around $130. Features: Plays music from audio CDs, MP3 CDs and docked iPods Remote Dock adapters for a variety of iPod models Video out lets you view iPod video on-screen […]

CES: Mattress manufacturer Leggett & Platt has created either the ultimate bed of the future or an expensive piece of iCrap. Their Starry Night Bed is a high-end sleeping system (costing up to $50,000) that offers some insanely high-tech features, including: Anti-snore technology Dual programmable temperature control from 68 to 117 degrees Fahrenheit Sleep Diagnostic […]

CES: At the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, Whirlpool will be showing its Central Park line of refrigerators, which features a dock for swappable digital media components, including a digital photo frame, a computer and this peripheral that turns the thing into an iPod refrigerator: What do you think of the iPod refrigerator concept? Cool or […]

Apple’s had to deal with a lot of stupid lawsuits over the years, but this one takes the prize. An antitrust lawsuit filed against Apple on Dec. 31 charges the company with maintaining an illegal monopoly on the digital music market – because iPods don’t support Microsoft’s WMA format. “Apple’s iPod is alone among mass-market […]

There are tons of digital photo picture frames on the market and none have them have really wowed me. Mustek has come up with something original, though, with the PF-i700, a 7-inch color digital photo frame with an integrated Apple iPod docking station. In addition to doing the usual digital picture frame duties, it can […]