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Macworld
An analyst has reaffirmed his belief that Apple is set to launch a flash-based music player before Christmas. Thomas Weisel market analyst Jason Pflaum said: "I recently spent two weeks in Asia meeting with a number of folks who are in a position to know details of SigmaTel's supply chain. Based on our industry contacts, we are confident that...Apple is planning to launch a flash-based player."
PC Magazine
Editor rating: 4 1/2 stars (very good)
Your first glance at the newest Apple iPod is likely to cause a double-take. Is it a white Mini? Where are the buttons? As soon as you touch it, your fingers confirm what your eyes were trying to tell you: Apple has grafted the control surface from the Mini onto its mainstream iPod, making the surface a little larger in the process. Most buyers will agree that this is good news. And all buyers will agree the price drop across the iPod line ($100 less for the top-end 40GB model) is also good news.
Good Housekeeping
Portable music and video devices have made it easy to carry concerts and movies around with you. The Good Housekeeping Institute engineers tested out a variety of portable players to see what's right for you. For music on the move, the Apple iPod Mini was the pick of the new MP3 players. It had the best sound and an easy-to-navigate menu, plus it holds about 1,000 songs you can download from CDs or your computer.
Apple
The iTunes Music Store is now available in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK, USA. Apple today also announced it will launch the iTunes Music Store in Canada in November.
Wired News
After nearly three years of almost daily use, my trusty old iPod was starting to give up the ghost. But thanks to a new install-it-yourself battery, it has a new lease on life -- and it's even better than new. Wired News tested a $40, high-capacity, 2,100 mAh (milliamp hour) replacement iPod battery from Newer Technology. It was easy to install and delivered 22 hours of continuous play -- more than double the play time of the original battery
Seattle Times
I've joined the iPod People.
We walk around with those little white buds in our ears, white wires running from them like human jumper cables, and smug little smiles on our faces.
It's what happens when you tune out the world and tune into your own soundtrack.
Mac Daily News
Today is Apple iPod's 3rd birthday, as the diminutive money-maker was announced by Apple Computers CEO, Steve Jobs, on October 23, 2001. The rest, as they say, is history.
News Observer
Q: I'd like to use my iPod like a hard drive and save my digital pictures to it. I'm going on vacation and don't want to bring my laptop. Is there a way to save my digital photos from my camera on my iPod?
A: You can leave your laptop at home. Your Apple iPod can do more than store and play songs. If you're willing to accessorize your iPod, you can indeed use it as digital photo storage.
News.com
Apple Computer has scheduled a special event for next week, fueling speculation that the company could be ready to introduce an updated model of its iPod digital music player.
In an invitation to the event, Apple said only that "Steve Jobs, Bono and The Edge invite you to a special event." Bono and The Edge are members of the band U2, whose song "Vertigo" is featured in an Apple commercial and is also a top-selling song at Apple's iTunes Music Store.
ZD Net
Despite increasing competition, Apple's iPod still rules the digital music world, according to new reports from market researchers.
Research company NPD Group said in a report released Tuesday that various versions of the iPod accounted for 92.1 percent of the market for hard-drive based music players, up from 82.2 percent a year ago. Creative and Rio were a distant second and third, with 3.7 and 3.2 percent of the market, respectively.
Wired News
Author and speaker Seth Godin is on his fifth iPod, but he's never once worn the telltale white earbuds. Why not? Because Godin doesn't want to be recognized as an iPod owner.
Godin is a closet iPod user, one of a small cadre of iPod lovers loath to be identified as an iPod lover. For closet users like Godin, it's the way the earbuds scream, "Woo hoo, look at me, I've got an iPod!"
MacCentral
Apple has stepped up its marketing campaign for the dimunitive iPod MP3 player by featuring lendendary rockers U2 in the latest "silhouette" ad... Although the ads follow the same format as before, members of U2 are clearly visible as they sing and play their instruments. The new ad marks the second time in recent weeks that U2 and Apple have worked together -- U2's latest single is available exclusively through the iTunes Music Store.
Engaget
PowerHouse Technologies Group has announced that their Migo software is now available for iPods. Migo allows people to bring their personalized PC setting anywhere their iPod is, storing email, calendar, and contact information from Outlook, as well as IE bookmarks and history.
Think Secret
The new iPod, which will sit at the top of Apple's fourth-generation line-up, will pack Toshiba's new 60GB 1.8-inch hard drive, a 2-inch color liquid crystal display, iPhoto synchronization, audio/video-out capabilities, and will sell for $499.
MacMinute
Based on a survey of 600 teenagers, Apple's iPod is dominating "mindshare and market share"... Looking at portable digital music players overall, 32 percent of the students are looking to purchase a player within the next year, and of those 32 percent, 75 percent expect that they will buy an iPod as compared to a rival player from Rio, Sony, and others.
Silicon.com
Speaking to an exclusive gathering of press in London... Steve Ballmer didn't pass up the opportunity to take several digs at his company's arch rival Apple.
Billing Microsoft as the good guys and Apple the villains of the piece - at least as far as corporate America, rather than users, is concerned, Ballmer said: "We've had DRM in Windows for years. The most common format of music on an iPod is 'stolen'."
Silver Chips Online
Three beautiful women entice rapper 50 Cent in the opening sequence of his music video "P.I.M.P," but he is oblivious to what would seem to be every man's fantasy; his attention is focused not on the woman's lacy white lingerie but instead on the sleek white iPod in his hand.
Apple's portable digital music player may be small, but its impact isn't. iPods have popped up on music videos and on primetime television shows like O.C. and ER. iPods are having such an impact that they are revolutionizing the music industry, changing how the world is listening to, buying, and distributing music.
AppleInsider
Will Apple soon open the iPod platform to third party software developers? Right now it's anyones guess. But judging by a handful of recent job listings, it appears that the company is poised to add iPod development capabilities to its widely distributed Xcode development environment.
CBS News
iPod addict Dan Dubno takes a look at the latest iPods, as well as some of the latest iPods accessories available.
Forbes
Forbes reviews the sounds of external speakers for your iPod, including the new Bose Soundock, JBL's onStage, Creative Labs' TravelSound, and Altec Lansing's inMotion.
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