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Kay may have the best tech stocking stuffers, but her iPod is her Dead-Finger tech

Kay may have the best tech stocking stuffers, but her iPod is her Dead-Finger techSaturationThere's probably an interesting lesson in there comparing the RAZR to the iPod. Both hugely popular, but one seems quick and faddish, while the public is still enamored with the other. Perhaps it's in...

Tags: Model Driven Architecture, Digital music, Digital media, Handhelds, Pocket IE, iSkin Evo, Motorola Razr, Apple iPod, stuffer, IPOD IS, phone, model-driven architecture

Discussion threads 2006-12-20

Book review: The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture and Coolness

Book review: The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture and CoolnessGod is perfect. Things are idols.As an industrial designer I have over the years designed way more products than I have fingers toes many fold, and after a while one gets to a point of philosophic surrender...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, IPOD IS, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2006-10-16

Zune - "iPod killer" or "killed by iPod"

Zune - "iPod killer" or "killed by iPod"It will be neitherMuch like game consoles, Microsoft's first entry will simply get them in the game. 2 years from now we'll see if Apple is still standing. That is the real question.AAC is definitely a good moveI'm really surprised that...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, IPOD IS, AAC, video

Discussion threads 2006-09-15

HP seeks larger role in iPod mania

HP seeks larger role in iPod maniaWell I have to admit that I never thought the iPodwould gain this kind of traction. Frankly when I first heard and saw the iPod and iTunes I was well not all that impressed by the device. I just was not into...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Major Label, information technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., Apple iPod, music, IPOD IS

Discussion threads 2005-03-30

Size Matters

Size MattersHubrisThe present adoration of the iPod is OK, but the long term outlook is bad.Set your way-back machine to 1979 and the introduction of the Sony Walkman. The Walkman fundamentally changed the way people listened to music and for a while, Sony OWNED the market share with the...

Tags: Digital music, Sony Walkman, Sony Corp., Size Matters, Apple iPod, IPOD IS, Now Sony

Discussion threads 2005-01-19

Ballmer sees squeeze on Longhorn deadline

Ballmer sees squeeze on Longhorn deadlineBallmer Chained His Son To Wall When He Caught Him With WinAmpBAD! BAD BOY!!!Ballmer sees squeeze on Longhorn deadline"The most common format of music on an iPod is stolen"Screw you Ballmer! There are people that will pay for music provided that it is good....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital rights management (DRM), Operating systems, Digital media, Digital music, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Longhorn, Apple iPod, Steve Ballmer, IPOD IS, digital-rights management, Longhorn deadline, FUD, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2004-10-05

iTunes ushers in a year of change

iTunes ushers in a year of changeKill the DRM for the next big winDrop the DRM, as a copy protection system it doesn't work and it simply stops a lot of potential customers from buying.Online music is an opportunity, not a problem.Raise the price, kill the salesThe music industry still...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Digital rights management (DRM), online music, Apple iPod, Apple iTunes, closed ecosystem, IPOD IS, music, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-04-26

Additional Resources

Hot rumor: Apple developing LCD HDTV with built-in networking, Apple TV?

Just in case you wanted a new Apple rumor that didn't involve updated MacBooks and building laptops out of aluminum bricks, here's an inevitable-seeming one from tech guru Jason Calacanis, who tells our sister site CNET UK that Apple is planning an LCD-based HDTV that would sport built-in networking and...

Tags: Network, built-In, HDTV, Apple Inc., Apple TV, LCD, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-11

PopCap Games (gadget)

Come play the world's top selling quick fun games from the makers of Bejeweled and Zuma. Tons of web games for you to play online for free, download arcade, role playing sports and puzzle games. Get the latest mobile phone and iPod games. We also put the Amazon search bar...

Tags: Sidebar Gadgets, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-10-10

Amond iPod/PSP/3GP/MP4/Zune/Apple TV/iPhone Converter (exe)

Amond iPod/PSP/3GP/MP4/Zune/AppleTV/iPhone Converter is an all-in-one video converter application, which is more powerful and conversion from videos to iPod, PSP, 3GP, MP4, Zune, AppleTV. It has user-friendly interface and is easy to use. Program offers fast conversion speed and no quality is lost. Video source supports DivX, XviD, AVI, WMV,...

Tags: Video, Amond Software, Amond iPod/PSP/3GP/MP4/Zune/AppleTV/iPhone Converter, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-10-10

The five products Apple must make

The five products Apple must makeDon't quit your day jobGame console: No. The market isn't big enough.Tablet: No. the market isn't big enough. Unless Apple can make a notebook computer that can also be a tablet. Without a price increase.iPhone Nano: No. The touch screen interface requires a product with...

Tags: Tablets, Operating systems, Notebooks, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Photos: Cracking open Apple's revamped iPod Nano

The new-model iPod Nano is tall, thin, and well-built. Maybe just a little too well-built for its own good. by CNET News.com

Tags: Apple iPod, Apple iPod Nano, Apple Inc., Photograph, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-10-09

Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.

Apple makes it official. Notebook announcement next week.Expect some people to care.Do not expect me to raise an eyebrow.Not that old!"The current MacBook Pro design was introduced almost 3 years ago..."Lets be realistic about this, doesn't he mean almost 8 years ago? (and actually I thought the TiBooks came out...

Tags: Notebooks, Investment, notebook, Apple OSx, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Apple invites press to 14 October notebook event

Apple invites press to 14 October notebook eventMy Bitterness May Finally EndI had the biggest sigh of relief today when I read the news of Oct 14. For months (years?) we've been wading through rumors and disappointment so to know that Apple will FINALLY give the non-iPhone/iPod community some attention...

Tags: Notebooks, notebook, notebook event, Yay, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?

How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?RE: How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?apple make an 800 dollar laptop.... dont think so...maybe an 800 dollar netbook... that seems more in line with apple raping its customers...Maybe, maybe not.I know, it's a weak answer, but it really...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Apple Laptop, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Can the REDFLY and WM device match the Motorola VC6096 functionality?

While checking out my RSS feeds I saw a photo in a Mobility Site post that I thought for sure was some kind of photoshopped fake device because it seems like a wide and squat Motorola Q when you take a quick look at the photo. I then went back...

Tags: Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Bluetooth, Motorola Inc., Motorola VC6096 WWAN In-Vehicle/Fixed Mount Mobile Computer, REDFLY Mobile Companion, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Video Converter for Mac (pkg)

Eztoo Video Converter for Mac is a converter for mac users which allows you to convert video file between all popular video formats such as convert AVI to MP4, WMV to AVI, WMV to MP4, convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, MOV, 3GP, and files to iPod formats. This version is the...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, WMV, AVI, Video, Eztoosoft, Digital Video, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-10-09

JBL On Stage IIIP

Though they are portable devices, the iPod and the iPhone can make a wonderful source for headphone-free music when connected to a speaker. If you have a player full of great music and personalized playlists, you might as well play it out loud every once in a while. Unfortunately, several...

Tags: stereo separation, JBL, Stage IIIP, speaker, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone

Product reviews 2008-10-08

Apple dominates the teen vote, but...

Apple dominates the teen vote, but...But of courseit's a cultural thing that hasn't had a black eye yet to turn people off, and in retail, at least the MP3 category is labeled iPod then mp3 players. iPod is held up as that category. The iPhone was pimped out...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Games, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Apple dominates the teen vote, but...

Teenagers just love their Apple gear as the iPhone and iPod widen their lead among this fickle set. According to a Piper Jaffray report Apple is dominating teenagers' buying patterns. The high level details of a survey of 769 teens: 22...

Tags: Teen, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, 401(k), Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Human Resources, Benefits, Retirement Plans, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-08