Tag: IPod
2007 Tech Trends No. 10: Wi-Fi personal media players
Everything’s connected nowadays. Every gadget hooks up to your PC or Mac, you can connect digital cameras and mobile phones to your telly, and webcams work with your PS3 console. But what about wireless connectivity? I’ve already talked about Bluetooth music in this Tech Trends series, but Wi-Fi MP3 players are another important trend.
Microsoft patents paid Zune file-sharing… just like we hoped!
Hurrah. Just weeks after writing a ranty column about how Microsoft should encourage Zune owners to share music by paying them a commission if their friends go on to purchase tunes, the company has made a patent application to do just that.
Opinion: Should Apple extend their new family with touchscreen, Intel-based, OS X laden iPods?
With all the furore surrounding the iPhone, rumours about the next (sixth) generation of iPod have been a little quiet.
Now that the iPhone is safely launched, in the US at least, we can once again discuss what Apple might do to keep on top of the portable music player market.
PMPToday is just one site circulating the rumour of a touchscreen iPod – coming as early as August.
DigiTimes says that the next-generation 6G iPod video will feature touch-screen panels similar to the iPhone. The reported supplier of the capacitive touch-screen panels is Taiwan-based manufacturer WinTek. WinTek has yet to make an official statement due to customer confidentiality, but sources from upstairs have confirmed the news. The estimated shipping date of the panels is late 2007.
Yes, it seems that the touchscreen device is the new, erm, non-touchscreen device. Now that Apple have pushed large touchscreens into the public gaze with their shiny iPhone, it’s not surprising that some think they should roll that out to future iPods, too.
The hardware is just one aspect of Apple’s future success. It’s rumoured that future iPods could run OS X, which might also imply they’d use Intel chips.
As far as I’m concerned, Apple’s “killer app” is becoming even clearer.
Get set for Apple's Yellow Submarine Beatles iPod
Could there ever be an Apple gadget more desirable than the iPhone? Yep. How about a limited-edition Yellow Submarine iPod, with every single Beatles album preloaded onto it? Oh yes.
2007 Tech Trends No. 8: Bluetooth music
Wire, huh? What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Well, it does keep chickens in their place I suppose, but apart from that, wires are intrinsically rubbish. They get in the way, get tangled up, and when they’re white and attached to an iPod, they get you mugged.
Shiny Video Review: iPod accessories from Intempo, i-Station, iLuv and Griffin
Alex umms and ahhs over the best accessories to kit your iPod out with, from radio alarms to karaoke mics.
Thanks to IWOOT for providing the iKaraoke…
Join in with Live Earth on your iPod
Today’s Live Earth day, when the planet comes together in unity to say isn’t Madonna looking a bit scraggy these days let’s work together to fight climate change!
Zune and iPod, sitting in a tree, K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
Well, they're doing more than kissing, if I'm honest. It's full on HOT MP3 LOVE ACTION. At least they're both using DRM protection I guess, even if it is two different and mutually exclusive kinds. What worries me is what the love-children of such a union would look like…
The iPhone features you'll actually use: texting, clock…
So yes, iPhone’s got loads of great features, but will you actually use any of them?