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Plastic Bugs
Plastic Bugs was recently inspired to create a guide for Mac users who just got themselves a brand new iPod! They go over all the options and how to convert absolutely anything and everything: DVDs, TiVo video, messy AVIs, muxed MPEGs and more to iPod compatible video -- all within OS X. Along the way, you’ll learn a couple of iPod tips and tricks, too.
Reuters
"SpongeBob SquarePants," "South Park" and "Punk'd" are among 14 popular TV shows now available for download from the iTunes media service under a new agreement between Apple Computer Inc. and Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks, the companies said Thursday.
The agreement bolsters Apple's market-leading iTunes service as an alternative conduit for television programming, adding a range of shows from children's animated hit "Dora the Explorer" to the violent and often vulgar "Jackass."
RidiculentApple is going crazy-go-nuts adding tons of new TV shows to their iTunes Music Store. Not only hahave they added South Park and Beavis & Butthead videos, you can now download THE A-TEAM. The friggin' A-Team!!! If that's not a reason to upgrade to the video iPod, I don't know what is.
Geek.com
During last week's Macworld event, the GM of Microsoft's Mac Business Unit (MBU), Roz Ho, said 2005 was the unit's best year. MBU makes Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and other Office programs for the Mac.
The MBU's success is directly tied to the success of the Mac platform. And, in the last year, the Mac platform has gotten a huge boost from the ubiquitous iPod.
Design Technica
New device from Silicon Valley based start up is designed to copy CDs directly to an iPod without the need for a computer and iTunes.
I'm not sure why you'd want to use an iPod without iTunes -- the smart playlist feature is worth it alone, not to mention the overall easy music management. I guess this is aimed at people who have an iPod but no computer...
PlaylistiTunes 5 allows you to gather playlists together into a folder, but what does this really mean (and how does it benefit you)? Here are a few observations on iTunes’ folder functionality...
PlaylistIf you’ve taken a strong interest in iTunes, you’re undoubtedly aware that the current version of the program allows you to burn seven duplicate copies of a playlist that contains music purchased from the iTunes Music Store. But you may be wondering what needs to be modified in that playlist in order for you to burn seven additional copies. After breezily telling friends and family that only a minor change was necessary, I decided to zero in on exactly what iTunes wants from you in order for this to happen.
CNET News.comSun Microsystems Chief Executive Scott McNealy consistently credits Apple Computer for good marketing--to the point where he listed what he believes will be his own company's glorious iPod moments. But McNealy said Wednesday believes the iPod itself will be replaced in coming years by music stored in the network. "Your iPod is like your home answering machine. It's a temporary thing," McNealy said at a panel discussion.
ABC NewsGuitarist Pete Townshend has warned iPod users that they could end up with hearing problems as bad as his own if they don't turn down the volume of the music they are listening to on earphones.
Townshend, 60, guitarist in the 60s band The Who, said his hearing was irreversibly damaged by years of using studio headphones and that he now is forced to take 36-hour breaks between recording sessions to allow his ears to recover.
Monsters and Critics.com
Apple Computer Inc. may be preparing to combine its iPod music player with its own mobile phone.
Such speculation has been fueled by the company`s filing of four trademark applications for the term 'Mobile Me,' covering such possibilities as 'digital music,' 'cellular' and 'telecommunications,' the San Francisco Chronicle said Tuesday.
PC WorldIt used to be that the iPod's signature white earbuds were a sign of being hip, but these days how do you set yourself apart from the rest of the 42 million iPod owners in the world? To express yourself, you've got to accessorize, and this year's Macworld Expo was packed to the rafters with cases, skins, chargers, remotes, and docks meant to let you individualize your iPod and use it for entertainment at home as well as on the streets.
Daring FireballRemember the kerfuffle last week regarding the new iTunes MiniStore, and the fact that it being turned on by default after upgrading to version 6.0.2, and that it necessitates transmitting over the network what you’re listening to in iTunes might be construed as some sort of quote-unquote “spyware”? ... [Apple has] come up with a pitch-perfect solution.
LifehackerIf you have an iPod Photo, here is a tutorial on adding Google Maps images to your iPod... Sometimes the high level print out isn’t detailed enough (as I learned this past weekend when my Google Map + direction got me very, very lost) and you need a more step-by-step mapping sequence. Something like this can come in very handy for that and this how-to makes it pretty simple.
The tutorial is for Mac, but should work just fine for Windows as well.
a.wholelottanothing.orgThis week I actually suggested to someone that they avoid an iPod and instead buy something from Creative or iRiver. I know, I was shocked to hear myself say "well if you want unlimited music, no version of an iPod will work with that."
Here's the weird part -- at first I only suggested avoiding the iPod because they wanted to use Rhapsody, but the more I think about it, choosing to go with an unlimited music service seems like a smarter choice. I was glad to see Chris Anderson, editor of WIRED, talk about this last week as well.
The Economic TimesLondon-born Jonathan Ive, 38, Apple’s senior vice president of design, was awarded the title of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth.
The title recognizes Ive’s achievements in industrial design as leader of the team that produced not only the iPod but also the iMac, iBook and Powerbook computer lines in his nearly 13-year career at Apple.
PVRblogGriffin announced their new super iPod dock dubbed TuneCenter at MacWorld this week. Basically, it's a iPod dock with a S-video, RCA and audio out, some media center type software embedded in the dock, and it includes a remote... Combined with a new video iPod, this small, sleek dock can stream music, photos, and iPod video (very low resolution) to your TV.
ReutersThe soaring iPod economy is expanding to video with the first wave of new gadgets aimed at consumers eager to watch their favorite television shows and movies on the portable devices.
A raft of companies offering accessories such as leather carrying cases and speakers have already struck gold in a lucrative secondary market dependent on Apple Computer Inc.'s ubiquitous iPods.
Bebop is a free app for Mac and Windows that will search your iTunes library and show you locations for upcoming live shows and tours (which you can then buy tickets to). Right now it only displays gigs for the UK & Ireland, but there are plans to expand.
There are a lot of songs on my 40GB iPod that I have yet to listen to. I feel bad that there are songs on it -- favorite songs, songs I haven't heard in months or years -- that never get a listen, while oddly enough other songs seem to come up once a week.
I solved this little problem by creating a playlist that will list all the songs I've never listened to. In iTunes, select File > New Smart Playlist. Select "PlayCount" from the first popup menu. Keep "is" as the second menu's selection and enter "0" in the box next to it:
Any songs in your iTunes library that have never been played are now listed in your new Smart Playlist. Any song you listen to on your iPod will automatically be removed from the playlist when you sync, and new songs added to your library will appear in this playlist.
ReutersDenim giant Levi Strauss said on Tuesday it had designed jeans compatible with the iPod music player, featuring a joystick in the watch pocket to operate the device. The Levi's RedWire DLX Jeans for men and women, which will be available this fall, also have a built-in docking cradle for the iPod and retractable headphones.
Want your iPod nano to look a little more evil? Check out these devilish skins that, in addition to protecting your iPod, give it horns and a tail. Why? In the world of iPod accessories, it's best not to ask why...
MacworldNow, every day is Saturday Night Live at the iTunes Music Store, as content from the long-running NBC sketch comedy series is now available at Apple’s online music store. Individual SNL sketches will be sold as $2 downloads. The store also offers two $15 volumes of sketches and a $10 collection of commercial parodies. In addition, the store features “Best Of” compilations from 10 ex-cast members for $10 to $12.
UPII have to admit that I've never been a fan of Apple's iPod -- for reasons too numerous to mention in this story -- but Apple has finally added the killer feature to its ubiquitous, market-dominating MP3 player: video. Sure, the company is late to the portable "media center" game, but unlike its competitors, Apple actually got it right. The picture is simply amazing, and it's opened the doors for independent producers to start dreaming about this new alternative way to distribute their content. While Apple seems focused on making mainstream "repurposed" broadcast network programming its focus, it's the independent producers who really seem keen on the idea of taking advantage of the platform.
Team XBoxApple announced today the iPod Radio Remote which combines the convenience of a wired remote control with new FM radio capabilities for the iPod nano and fifth generation iPod. The iPod Radio Remote is a convenient way for music lovers to skip tracks and adjust the volume of their iPod even when it's in a pocket or backpack, and listen to FM radio stations while displaying station and song information on their iPod screen.
San Francisco Chronicle, CNETYou have all your favorite songs on your iPod, but there are plenty of times that you want to listen to all that great music without being tethered to your headphones. Unleash your sonic fury on the masses with these speaker sets.
MP3.comIn the wake of [last] week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a whole slew of competitors are lining up in the hopes of dethroning the iPod juggernaut, although most would likely settle for putting even a dent into the iPod family's 70-percent market share.
SanDisk, Samsung, and Toshiba all unveiled their hopeful iPod slayers this week, while other previously announced rivals from Creative, iRiver, and Sony hope to do the same.
ABC NewsQuestion: I have the latest version of the iPod, the one that plays videos, but I'm tired of watching episodes of "Lost" from the iTunes store. How do I get other videos?
Answer: There are a number of ways to transfer home movies and other videos from your computer to your fifth-generation iPod, especially if you have an Apple computer.
MacworldIf you’ve got a 5th-generation iPod (“with video”), one of the things you probably want to do is put movies on it. After all, despite the small screen, movies really do look great on the iPod, and it’s a lot easier to carry around than a laptop or portable DVD player.
The problem is that commercial DVDs are copy-protected, which means you can’t “rip” them in iTunes as you can a music CD. So you need a special tool that removes this copy protection as it extracts the video content; if that tool can then convert the video to a format suitable for playback on your iPod, even better.
PlaylistRealizing that you can get too much of a good thing (read: get too enthusiastic about transferring videos to your iPod and you discover that you have little room for anything else), I vowed to make some adjustments to my playlists to more easily manage the videos that inhabited my iPod.
Step 1 was to make my movies bookmarkable so that when I played them I could take up where I last left off.
Step 2 was to concoct a scheme for automatically removing movies from the playlist after I’d watched them.
AppleThe Chrysler Group today announced that it will be the first American automaker to provide full iPod integration as an option in most of its 2006 models, with over three million 2006 Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge models offering seamless iPod® integration beginning this spring. Drivers will be able to listen to their iPod through the car’s audio system, select their music by artist, album or playlist with radio or steering wheel controls and view selections on the radio’s display.
The BusinessAs revealed by The Business last year, Apple has been working to develop a low-cost laptop to encourage consumers using Apple iPod music players to buy its computers...
Apple is also believed to have been working on a new version of its lowest-priced music player, the iPod Shuffle, which costs from £69 (E100, $118.68). The Shuffle is unique in the iPod range in not having a screen. Industry sources believe Apple has been hoping to have a new version of the Shuffle complete with a screen ready in time for Macworld, Apple’s biannual new product showcase being held in San Francisco Tuesday.
Anil DashLots of people in both the music/media and technology businesses are obsessed with beating Apple's work on the iPod and iTunes. With the CES show being this week, that obsession will reach its annual peak, so I figured I'd take the time to post a list I'd made some time ago. Herewith, a list of the key dos and don'ts for beating Apple's iPod and iTunes, in no particular order...
PC WorldSure, this week the humongous Consumer Electronics Show is grabbing all the headlines--but for the Apple faithful, the smaller Macworld Conference and Expo , which opens on Monday in San Francisco, is the only show that matters.
Last year was very eventful for Apple, and I'm wondering what surprises Steve Jobs will reveal during his keynote address on Tuesday morning. Apple never discusses products before their actual announcement, but here are some likely candidates...
Gadget ReviewAccording to Macsimum News, Apple has filed a patent for a new wireless VHF/FM/RDS transmitter that will be added to the iPod. What does this mean? Basically, you will be able to send not only your tunes wireless to your RDS compatible radio, but the ID3 tags as well.
MacworldMacworld provides a summary of some of the new iPod accessories at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including Altec Lansing's inMotion iM9 and M11 speakers, Sonos ZonePlayer ZP80, Belkin's TuneBase FM for iPod nano and TuneCommand AV docking station.
Ars TechnicaWhat does it take to destroy an iPod nano, and what's inside this tiny package? We wanted to answer both questions and strangely enough answering the first allowed us to answer the second...
...Because we had honestly expected the iPod nano to break by this time, we were forced to depart from our planned schedule of destruction and try and run over it with the car. Surely, we thought, it could never withstand the crushing power of German automotive engineering.
AXcessNews.comApple aficionados believe that Jobs Company will be introducing different varieties of Apple's popular iPod in 2006 with enriched features and more storage capacity. There is even speculation that Apple iPods will get wireless Internet connectivity in 2006, a strong possibility considering the wireless carriers are beefing up their nationwide cellular systems to provide greater accessibility for wireless computing.
ReutersWalt Disney said on Tuesday that the content will include condensed versions of all four U.S. Bowl Championship Series college football games this season, as well as content from ABC Entertainment, Touchstone Television, ABC Family, ABC News, Buena Vista Television, the Disney Channel and SOAPnet.
iPod GaragePresident George Bush is proud of his tunes. Sky News has posted a video of Mr. Bush showing off his 4G iPod. He lists off some of the artists on it: the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Alan Jackson, Dan McLean (that's Don McLean, Mr. President). The President also said that Bono swung by with his own iPod, making the President's look like "a clunker."
The Times of IndiaAfter a four-day overseas trip that took him to four countries in the Middle East, US vice-president Dick Cheney really wanted to get his iPod charged for that long return flight to Washington, a ABC News report said.
Since it is his plane, the vice-president's iPod took priority and was plugged into one of the only working power outlets on Air Force Two, frustrating reporters who were trying to file stories.
iPodNN
All signs point to the end of the iPod shuffle as we know it, according to a TheStreet.com columnist: "Apple Computer may be about to phase out -- or replace -- one of its low-end iPods, if the availability of the device on the company's Web site - and through its retail partners -- is any indication. Customers can no longer buy the one-gigabyte iPod shuffle through Apple's Web store or through leading online retailers...
VNUNet.comThis year has seen Apple's iPod MP3 player and iTunes music download service sweep away all in its wake.
The iPod is the Sony Walkman of its day. It commands a huge 44 per cent of the MP3 market and is on track to sell 30 million units this year and 43 million next year. Only Creative comes close with a 16 per cent market share.
The Daily Yomiuri
The No. 1 song in Japan in 2005 was "Seishun Amigo" by male duo Shuji to Akira, but you could say the year's biggest hit was really Apple Computer's iPod music player. As of the middle of November, iPods had a roughly 60 percent share of Japan's portable digital music-player market, according to Tokyo-based industry publication WebBCN Ranking, leaving arch-rival Sony well behind at just under 10 percent of the market.
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