Archive for January 10th, 2009
Pioneer Receivers Make iPods Plug ‘n Play (Digital Trends)
Using only Apple's standard USB data cable, two new Pioneer receivers will pull music off the device digitally.
Trade In 250 iPods, Get Yourself a 1,000 Square ft i-House?
Photos via Jetson Green Okay, so no such deal exists, explicitly. Do not contact Apple regarding said offer. However, the prospect is very real: Clayton homes is reportedly about to start marketing its manufactured home the i-House (named because of its shape, not its affiliation with Apple) for a scant 100,000 dollars, according to Jetson Green. And with some current iPods retailing at $400, well, you do the math. Even better, the homes are slated to come with a slew of green feat...
Anirudh Kulkarni on why Apple iPod Competitors Struggle
In this Reuters/Billboard Magazine story, Anirudh Kulkarni of Customer Value Partners addresses why Apple competitors in the mobile entertainment device space struggle to gain positive consumer reaction when new products are launched.
iPod touch use “exploded” Christmas day | All Apple News
Did Apple’s unrelenting advertising campaign for the iPod touch as a game machine (”The funnest iPod ever“) pay off this holiday season?
iPod Invented in 1979 By a British Inventor, Not By Apple
iPod Invented in 1979 By a British Inventor, Not By Apple
Some of us had no idea what has been going on around the world
Each new year makes it clear that we all live together on Planet Earth. But when one's neighbors live half-way around the world it is easy to be out of touch with what is actually going on in their day to day lives. The following stories reflect a lack of public knowledge about important realities.We should not shut our eyes to the facts, painful as they may be. As a beginning, take a look at The Raw Story (1/5/09): "Bush to honor Blair, Howard*" regarding the real reason why President-elect
New PowerVR chip could make way for HD iPhone in the future
The PowerVR SGX543 is a new PowerVR graphics chip made intentionally for mobile phones by Imagination Technologies, and it was quietly let out of the bag during this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. There was no mention of Apple having anything to do with it, but a report from AppleInsider has it that the same could be used to power graphics on future generations of the iPhone. As Imagination Technologies’ fifth generation of graphics accelerators for mobile phones, the PowerVR
Apple: 10 Things It Needs To Do In 2009 (InformationWeek)
Its Mac OS X operating system, App Store, iPhone, notebooks, and other hardware all get good marks, but they could be improved upon. Here's how.
Apple iPod Nano
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DRM-Free iTunes Store to Haunt Apple?
DRM-Free iTunes Store to Haunt Apple? Most people were thrilled when they heard that Apple is finally ditching DRM but is this really a good move for the company? The Digital Home blog explains why they think dropping DRM might actually hurt Apple if people are not locked into buying iPods. Isn't it true that one of the main advantages the iPod had over any other device on the market is its link to iTunes? And isn't it true that the link was only made possible with DRM? Now that its DRM