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This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps

The Best Chorus: Hey, Apple, when people start making apps just to help people find new apps, take it as a sign that your App Store interface could use a little help. Chorus crowdsources the effort to cut through the endless jungle of trash:

Steve Jobs and Sarah Jessica Parker Sittin' In A Courthouse B-E-I-N-G S-U-E-D [Lawsuits]

In 1989, Franz A. Wakefield invented the iPod, the iPhone, and iTunes. Then the FBI stole his trade secrets and he confided in Sarah Jessica Parker and now he's suing her and Apple...and my head's spinning. Such a nice guy. I'm sure he'll win. [Apple Insider]

The iPhone-to-Android Switch: What You Need to Know [Android]

Music and Video? Just Buy a Zune HD Kidding. Sort of. Getting music and video onto your Android phone is a purely drag and drop operation—there's no official Google sync application to organize and get your 10 gigs of music onto your phone. There are third-party solutions, like DoubleTwist o...

Twentysomething Steve Jobs Was a Total Twunt [Blockquote]

I thought I knew all the anecdotes about Steve Jobs, back when he was the hottest rock star in the Valley. I was wrong. How did I miss this great scolding by former Intel chairman and CEO Andy Grove? He was wrong when he singled a generation out. How old was Steve when the iPod came out — 46?

HD Media Player Battlemodo: Apple TV Killers

This isn't about photos and music. Apple TV is better at both of those than any of this stuff. It's also not about renting movies or buying movies, or even streaming movies from Netflix. Roku has a nice cheap box for that, and Apple TV is suitable if you just want to live inside Steve Jobs' media st...

Ask the Artist: How Windows 7's Iconic Home Screen Evolved

Chuck Anderson, creator of Windows 7's laid-back, cerulean-cool default wallpaper and login screen, showed me the evolution of his work—including Easter eggs, avoiding Mac tropes and why flaming skulls didn't make the final design.

Surprise! Psystar's Rebel EFI Software and Customer Service are Shady [Psystar]

Before I purchased the software, I downloaded the trial version of RebelEFI. Sure enough, I was able to boot and install OS X 10.6. I installed the RebelEFI utility in OS X and because it was a trial, the hardware compatibility feature was disabled. (Why this feature would be disabled in a trial...

Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World [Giz Explains]

So, why take so much care to set up and protect this open source component, when surely Google could just slap together a closed-source mobile operating system and give it away for free, right? It would deprive handset manufacturers of their ability to freely modify certain core compone...

Why You Should Think Twice Before Dating An iPhone User

I'm an iPhone user and not ashamed of that fact. What I am ashamed about is that a study done about iPhone users' characteristics pretty much deems us a rotten, undatable bunch. And some of the results struck a chord. • One in three iPhone owners has texted or emailed their significant other to b...

Steve Jobs' Original Name for the iMac Was So Horrifying It Would Explode Your Ears [Apple]

The iMac revived Apple after a decade of sickly malaise. The name is so obviously iconic. So it's shocking that Steve Jobs hated it and wanted to call it something so awful it would "curdle your blood." Steve never actually told Segall accepted the name—he just started silk-screening it on pr...

99-Cent Cardboard iPhone Case Illustrating Contest [Accessories]

If I'm going to be honest, I kind of expected more from this contest: There aren't many truly impressive drawings submitted as of now, and the current leader in votes is a virulent anti-Obama nutball creation that looks more like the bumper of an Alabama pick-up truck than an iPhone case. A d...

Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why) [Remainders]

10 Years of Steve Jobs' Apple Product Unveilings MacLife created a choppy but thorough video of Steve Jobs unveiling everything from the original CRT iMac to the video-camera equipped iPod Nano, with bits of Schiller thrown in out of necessity. It's a fun encyclopedic romp (though I'm su...

Motorola Droid Review

Hello, Moto These things are true about Droid: The camera's not great; the keyboard isn't mindblowing; Android 2.0 lacks the polish and multimedia prowess to completely match the iPhone. What's also true is that a killer design, Google's services, Android's exploding app ecosytem, pow...

Blacksn0w App Now Ready, Eager to Unlock Your iPhone 3G and 3GSes [IPhone]

Apple can permanently patch the blacksn0w exploit in their next firmware update. You must download Cydia's "On File" system in case Apple blocks more exploits in future updates. It's still safe to run the tool, but keep in mind that Apple can—and probably will—patch the core exploit used b...

EcoModo - The Best of TreeHugger [Roundups]

iPhone just might be a device for Kindle to really keep an eye on as a competitor. In September, the number of book-related apps sold for iPhones outpaced games for the first time, indicating that the iPhone is gaining popularity as a convenient device for ebook reading.

First Look at the Apple Stores' New Mutant EasyPay iPod Touches [Apple]

Apple is in the process of retiring their massive fleet of Windows CE handhelds, made by Symbol Technologies and introduced back in 2005, with custom-designed iPod Touches. The initial announcement made this sound like a self-satisfied, gloating move by Apple, during which they'd hap...

First Look at the Apple Stores' New Mutant iPod Touch Sales Terminals [Apple]

Since 2005, Apple stores have been ringing up purchases with wireless handheld point-of-sale terminals. This always felt a little odd, partly because spent a lot of money without even seeing...

iPhone 3GS to Be Unofficially Renamed Nintendo iPhone 3GSN64 [Nintendo]

Of course, the even bigger hurdle is a reasonable enough control scheme to make the games remotely playable to begin with. I had enough problems with the real N64 controller, so it's tough to imagine the iPhone handling things with any greater success. [All Tech Related via Maxconsole]

Android 2.0 Review: Almost Human

Well, It Would Be a Better Camera More controls! Yay! White balance, focusing mode, color and more. It's just too bad that on the Droid, the camera's completely unresponsive garbage. I don't know if it's software or hardware, so I'm mentioning in it both here and in our Droid review. Fix pleas...

Now Shipping [Now Available]

Also available today is the SkyDock from XM, the first device to let drivers control satellite radio with their iPhone or iPod Touch. Though it didn't knock our socks off when we tried it, the SkyDock does deliver on its promise and is currently the only way to tap into XM radio in the car via th...

Apple Wants iTunes to Replace Your Cable Box for 30 Bucks a Month [Rumor]

While these little complications might slow the process down, the exodus is inevitable. There's no stopping this. The internet is the new cable: Netflix, Hulu, BitTorrent. Apple might not get to launch it in a few months, but it will happen. Just give it time. The actually crazy part, if you ask...

Is Apple Trying to Kill the Hackintosh Netbook? Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Ditches Atom CPU Support [Apple]

Coders have confirmed that the developer build of OS X 10.6.2 kills support for netbook Atom processors. Nothing's final yet, of course, but given Apple's lame fight with Palm over iTunes compatibility, are hackintosh netbooks next in the firing line?

Apple's Halloween Treat Feels Like a Trick [Apple]

Eat less candy? Read more? Indoctrinating America's youth against the the Kindle? We can't be sure what Apple's true intent was here, but what we do know is the kiddies seemed to love it. The bookmarks were all gone by 7:30 p.m. [iPhone Savior - Thanks, Seth]

The iPhone Now Officially Runs Doom [App Store]

That's why he personally developed the controls for the iPhone version, and according to early reviews, the iPhone can now play Doom. Users are saying controls as good as you would expect from Carmack. Not to mention the other enhancements like 24-bit lighting.

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Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps: October '09 Edition [IPhone Apps]

Each month, the best new iPhone apps—and some older ones—are considered for admission into Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps Directory. Who will join? Who will live? Who will die? • Layar, for being a free, solid platform for augmented reality on the iPhone, which will be made great by new l...

Google Navigator for Android Review: Good For Free But Far From Perfect

But voice command isn't the only voice feature that's awesome on this. The turn-by-turn lady may be a tad robotronic, but that's because she tells you everything, including street names and numbers. Text-to-speech is considered a bit of a premium among the iPhone apps (many have it or are g...

Media Manager For OS X Streams iTunes To FiOS TVs [Software]

Released by Verizon last week, Media Manager for Mac allows users to stream any iPhone or iTunes media to FiOS TV DVR hardware. Though the Windows software that has been out for a while remains more robust, the new Media Manager does a fine job with playlists, slide shows and the rest.

Apple Wants to Make All iPod Shuffle Users Look Like Idiots [Apple]

I don't even know why this iPod thingie—which includes microphone, wireless, headphone, memory, display, and media player—is for. Would this be paired to an iPhone? It doesn't make sense, since the iPhone is already a media player. Why would I want to have a second one on the headset itself...

12 Things You Need To Know About Apple TV 3.0

6. No DivX "This file was not transferred because it is unable to be played on Apple TV." Steve Jobs once said that only 4% of music on iPods came from iTunes. A lot of movies that would be nice to play on Apple TV simply don't, while H.264 is an option on Handbrake and other personal-use DVD-encodin...

Apple and Palm: The iTunes Syncing Fight Is Officially Dumb [ITunes]

And even Apple, who's just trying to maintain control over a proprietary media player, and who has every right to do so? Yes. To users, the updates look weirdly protective, and make the company seem dickish, which here, they kind of are.

Scosche PowerFuze Pro Charges Your USB Devices On the Wall and In The Car [Chargers]

Oxnard, CA – October 29, 2009 – Scosche Industries (www.scosche.com), an award-winning innovator of iPod and iPhone accessories, announces the availability of the powerFUZE™ - home and car USB charging system. The powerFUZE is both "Made for iPod" and "Works with iPhone" certified and a...

How Google (and Apple) Will Kill Palm Dead

• Hardware partners: Who isn't developing an Android phone nowadays? Motorola, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, and HTC dwarf Palm's hardware partner list, which consists of "Palm." Android is the new Windows Mobile, but in a good way.

Remainders: Stuff We Didn't Post (And Why) [Remainders]

Apple stores are ditching those clunky handheld point of sale computers—which are Windows-run—for iPod touches that can do the same thing. There's no way to write this story up without making an easy Microsoft joke, which isn't fair because those point of sale units have been a big part of...

Windows 7 Guides: The Best Of

Finding Your Feet • Eminent Windows nerdthusiast Paul Thurrott answers the broader Windows 7 questions like it ain't no thang, y'all: Microsoft says that Windows 7 is the "seventh" major Windows version, which it isn't, but whatever. Adding to the mystery, the Windows 7 version number w...

Astak Mole Webcam Sends Your Shame To YouTube and Talks About You On Twitter [Webcam]

The Mole is designed for direct access from any web browser, which lets users watch their video instantly, from anywhere, including the iPhone. The onboard software is specifically tailored for seamless Internet sharing including auto-uploads to YouTube. Users can also choose to rece...

Photographic Proof of the Apple Tablet...From 20 Years Ago [Retromodo]

The project was dug up for a sequel, called the PenLite, but it too was cancelled, and the mythical Apple tablet has gained stature ever since. Something interesting to think about: The Pen Mac was cancelled because it was replaced by a handheld, lower-power computer—sound familiar? May...

Nobo Radiator Looks Like a Fire Pit In Superman's Fortress of Solitude [Furniture]

The heat emanating from the "pit" is controlled by an iPod-esque touch wheel and a built-in projector adds to the ambiance by illuminating the glass logs with a video of flickering flames. Plus, the base gives you plenty of space for guests to place their drinks. Nobo is insanely expensive a...

Apple Tablet Will Restore Comic Books To Former Glory

Marvel content, especially, seems like a given. Disney bought Pixar, putting Steve Jobs on the Disney board. Then Disney buys Marvel. Marvel has already dabbled in publishing content through iTunes, with a new "motion comic" version of The Astonishing X-Men hitting iTunes on October 28t...

100,000 iPhone Apps and Counting [IPhone Apps]

Only about 93,000 have actually hit the App Store so far, but still, it's pretty incredible. Expect some crowing via press release when they formally hit 100,000 apps in the store. A month ago, Apple hit 2 billion downloads. And it was just about a year ago this mosaic, celebrating a mere 10,00...

The Future of Charging Gadgets? Toshiba's Methanol Fuel Cell Is Promising, But Flawed [Fuel Cells]

IDGNS tested the new Dynario charger on gear like the PSP and iPod, and say it pretty much does its job flawlessly—though it won't support every device you connect to its USB socket, including the iPhone. Toshiba has a list, and says about four out of five gadgets should work.

Phil Schiller: No More Apple Products This Year [Update: Apple Called] [Apple]

So what does this exactly mean? Maybe that there won't be any new hardware products, but they may announce non-consumer software before the year ends? Or does this mean that there may have an event between now and December 24, but no other new products would be available in stores this year...

Phil Schiller: No More Apple Products This Year

This time we got official word in the last one-on-one media briefing from Apple, in which they told Brian about the new iMac 27, the new Unibody MacBook, and new Magic Mouse. We were talking casually about about it, and he mentioned something that Phil Schiller told him: There are not going t...

Apple's Spending $4 Million To Renovate This Chicago Subway Station [Apple]

I]n exchange for the improvements the CTA will lease the bus turnaround to Apple at no cost for 10 years, with options on four, five-year extensions. The CTA will also give Apple "first rights of refusal" for naming the station and placing advertising within the station, if the CTA later de...

The Cheapest Way To Smash An iPhone For Fun [IPhone]

The most obvious use would be as a cheap, smashable/stompable/blendable/microwaveable prop for film of home videos. I would imagine that practical jokers and modders might also find reasons to spend $20 on a dummy instead of blowing money on the real deal. At any rate, if you have a creativ...

Canon G11 Review: Makes You Feel Like a Real Photographer (Almost) [Review]

H-h-h-h-hardware Everything about this camera is just—solid. The full-metal jacket makes it feel indestructible, while the shape evokes the classic cameras you feel like you're supposed to be taking photos with. It's thick, remarkably so, in part because of the flip-out swivel LCD scr...

Happy Birthday iPod, You're Doomed [Apple]

So yep, iPod, you're 8, your sales are in the toilet, your shrinking click-wheel has gone from genius to nuisance, your very existence robbed the Touch of a camera it deserves, and apparently nobody cares about hard drive players anymore, no matter how much they can hold.

Apple iMac Review: 27 Inches and Less Chin

Chassis design evolving to new heights of beauty; less chin. Faster parts not out yet; current components available in previous generation. No Blu-ray player, touchscreen or other things that aren't important to me, but may be important to you. Maybe.

Mint Studio Multi-Room Wireless Speaker/iPod Dock Review

It also still supports line-in and still acts like an iPod/iPhone dock, and works fine in those respects too. With the low price and improved featureset, I think the Mint Studio is a pretty good buy for people who want cheap multi-room audio that can also function as an iPod dock. [Mint]

Unibody Apple MacBook Review

The unibody construction was an inevitable upgrade to the MacBook line, and one that brings many more benefits than it does faults. There shouldn't be a drastic change in the MacBook design any time soon, so now is probably the furthest away from the next generation as you're going to get. [A...

Unibody Apple MacBook Review [Review]

Just as the transition to non-replaceable batteries increased MacBook Pro runtime, so too has the transition benefited the Macbook. Except for the fact that there's no external battery display on this unit for some reason, and that there's no infrared port for Apple Remotes.

Apple Magic Mouse Review

You can also click with one finger and scroll with another, letting you highlight blocks of text like you would on a normal scrolling mouse. On the whole, there's no major piece of scrolling functionality (other than a middle click) that you lose transitioning from a standard scroll wheel...

Panasonic GF1 Review: I

Yet I love carrying it around. Why? The body feels solid, as if it's from another era, a Utopian time when men were men and companies built hardware to last—before we valued sissy silver painted plastic more than the metal it was emulating.

Opinion: Sonos ZonePlayer S5 Hands-On: Sonos for the Masses [Sonos]

The receiver/speaker all-in-one is smaller than you'd expect, no bigger than a mid-sized iPod dock, and conservatively styled in white metal with a grey grille. I tested it alongside the winner of our iPod dock Battlemodo, the JBL OnStage 400p, for purely sound-specific purposes, sinc...

Mikey Review: Fine-Tuning the iPhone's Audio Recorder [Review]

Mikey is an external microphone for the iPhone/iPod with three sensitivity settings that allow you to record everything from lectures to rock concerts. At $80, it's tough to recommend for casual users, but for people who want to turn their iPod or iPhone into a more versatile portable aud...

Patch: iTunes 9.0.1 Update Now Available

•Resolves issues browsing the iTunes Store. •Fixes a problem syncing Podcasts in playlists to iPod or iPhone. •Addresses an issue with the Zoom button not switching to Mini Player. •Improves application syncing for iPod touch and iPhone.

iPod Nano Review

The Verdict The iPod Nano is the best-selling MP3 player of all time, and this new model should keep that record alive. It's still an incredibly small and thin player with intuitive navigation and popular software, priced competitively. The new features are really nice—the video camera i...

Navigon for iPhone Sucker-Punches TomTom With Text-to-Speech, iPod Controls

The MobileNavigator transforms any iPhone 3G, equipped with the new Apple OS 3.0 operating system, and any iPhone 3G S into a complete navigation device. It is the only iPhone navigation app on the market featuring Reality View™ Pro which displays 3D views of complex highway interchanges...

Apple Roundup: iPod Nano Review, iTunes 9 Walkthrough, Jobs on Stage

And iPod Touch gets screwed! Yesterday Apple unveiled a few new toys. Best of the lot was the new Nano, now with built-in camcorder, and iTunes 9, with media sharing, iPhone app management and a store makeover. • iTunes 9: Everything You Need To Know • iPod Nano 5th Gen Review

All the Apple Event Rumors: Is It Only Rock and Roll?

• The end of the classic iPod: Looking at the sinking sales of the big honky tonk iPods, this may be their end, hopefully getting replaced by a 64GB iPod touch. As much as I loved it—had every single model until the iPhone came—it's time to leave them in the memory motel.

Sony and Best Buy Tag-Team for, Uh, iPod Docks

Both packages include unique music management software that has the ability to tap into existing playlists on your computer in programs like iTunes™ and Windows Media Player™. Additionally, this software facilitates the creation of new music "channels" using the digital music libra...

Klipsch Image S4i Lightning Review

The Verdict: At just $20 more than Apple's In-Ear headset, the Klipsch Image S4i is a no-brainer, assuming Voice Control and VoiceOver are priorities to you. If they don't matter, or if you've got an older iPhone or non-Apple handset, the choice is less clear.

Is This Beat-Up, Torn-Down, Camera-Equipped iPod Really the Next Touch? (Updated With Video)

Click above image for super-huge version I acquired this from a guy that I buy parts phones and iPods from. I believe he's a recycler in ***********, so what most likely happened is that Apple threw this away and he some how got it and sold it for parts."

Sonos CR200 Touchscreen Controller Review: It's Better Than an iPhone

The next-gen touchscreen Sonos controller is here, and as strange as it seems to say, it's actually better than the Sonos app for iPhone/iPod Touch for controlling their multi-room music solution wirelessly. But it is expensive. Click for gallery

Opinion: The Week In iPhone Apps: Childhood v3.0

This Week's App News on Giz: • Facebook 3.0 for iPhone Adds Events and Photo Albums, But No Push (Yet) • iPhone OS 3.1 Features: Better Video Editing, Voice Control Over Bluetooth, And More • A Whole Lotta Quake Will Be Blowing Up Your iPhone

Step by Step Guide to Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3.0

Let's check to see if jailbreaking or unlocking an iPhone makes sense for you by explaining what they actually mean: Jailbreaking allows you to load non-iTunes, third-party apps like these onto the phone, at your own risk. Unlocking lets you use another company's SIM card (for T-Mobile o...

HP LX195 Budget Windows Home Server Review

The Gadget: HP's LX195, their stripped-to-the-core (but Apple Time Machine capable) implementation of the Windows Home Server, which comes with a 640GB internal drive, but can only be expanded via the four USB ports in the back. The Price: $390 No internal-expandable storage, only USB

Opinion: Memorex TouchMP Is the iPod Touch for Cheapies

The TouchMP isn't going to be mistaken for an iPhone anytime soon, but Memorex does a surprisingly good job keeping the onscreen interface simple, legible, and intuitive...The Memorex TouchMP is the first MP3 player we've seen that combines touch-screen technology, useful features, an...

Opinion: PSX-2 iPod A/V Dock Provides Enhanced, Media Center-Style Interface On Your TV [Audio]

For the utmost in convenience, an iPod docked in the PSX-2 can sync to any PC or Mac on the home network, so you can always keep the iPod stocked with your latest iTunes downloads and photos. The PSX-2 also continuously charges the iPod, so it's ready to go when you are.

iPhone 3.0 OS Guide: Everything You Need to Know

iPhone 3.0 OS, the next generation operating system for the iPhone, iPod touch, and whatever Apple device comes next. New features, new apps, here you will find all the information you need. Apple will include new widgets in the new version of the iPhone operating system:

iPod Shuffle 3rd Gen Review

So where's this all headed? If Apple wasn't so absolutely married to the fact that physical controls need to be in a trademark click-wheel shape, they could have easily spread out the five play/next/prev/vol. up/vol. down buttons along the smooth face of the shuffle. But they didn't.

Burton iPod AMP Pack: Snowmodo Review [Snowmodo]

The Verdict: The wireless Audex system which controls your iPod works like any other iPod RF remote. There's an RF receiver dock adapter and a wireless remote for controls. The system is advertise to work with 3rd Gen iPods or newer and from our testing we found the iPod touch and iPhone can no...

Cisco Linksys Wireless Home Audio Lightning Review [Streaming Audio]

While it is nice that the Linksys 802.11n streaming means you don't need every component tethered via Ethernet—or, as in Sonos' case, a whole separate wireless network dedicated to music and music only—it also increases the complexity of setup tenfold. Each component must be plugged int...

Patch: iPhone 2.2.1 Update Available Now, Fixes Bugs [Apple]

It applies to iPhone and iPhone 3G (no iPod Touch yet iPod Touch's update seems like it's here too), and doesn't seem like it introduces new features. We're installing and looking into it for more info. The update is 245.7 MB, in case you're on dial-up at your grandma's house.

iPod Touch 2G Jailbroken by the iPhone Dev Team

The Dev Team stumbled upon the break when making yellowsn0w, the iPhone jailbreaker, but says the touch's jailbreak is far too manual to be done by most people at this point. But this is the first big breakthrough and it's become a focus of the Team's efforts. Once again, Apple can't seem to ma...

I Love Katamari for iPhone/iPod Touch Lightning Review [Lightning Review]

The App: Under the cover of night this weekend, the Katamari series landed in the App Store—bringing the venerable roll-up-a-bunch-of-shit-in-a-ball gameplay many love so dearly to Apple's mobile platform. The Cost: $8 The Verdict: A thrill, but slooooow. With releases for the Wii and...

I Love Katamari for iPhone/iPod Touch Lightning Review

But things would be a lot better if the game wasn't constantly, constantly glitching up. Whenever you graduate to a new size level of Katamari, the framerate drops heavily to the point where you can barely tell what's going on. That, there, will very likely be a dealbreaker for a lot of folks o...

iHome iP47 iPhone Bluetooth Speakerphone Lightning Review

The Gadget: iHome's iP47 speakerphone has an unbelievable amount of integrated functions, like A2DP stereo Bluetooth connectivity, iPhone/iPod docking, GSM interference shielding, iPod alarm clock playback, AM/FM radio and on-board dialing direct from the unit. And, it has a remo...

Lightning Review: New Apple In-Ear Headphones

As far as remote capabilities go, I tested the Apple In-ear headphones with an iPhone 3G and a first gen iPod touch (neither of which are officially supported. As Apple claims, the audio works fine with both devices. Neither the remote or the mic work with the iPod touch 1G at all, merely reduc...

Opinion: 3D Power Is Highly Varied Across iPhone/iPod Touch Iterations [Apple]

Since the iPhone 3G, first gen iPhone and first gen touch all have the same processor, where is this performance gap coming from? It's tough to know exactly, though there is obviously some hardware differentiation between each generation of these products beyond the processor.

Fourth Gen iPod Nano 1.03 Patch Out Now

• Support for Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic • Support for Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic • Added a setting to turn off Cover Flow when rotating iPod nano and a Cover Flow menu item under the Music menu AppleInsider]

Opinion: Second Opinion: iPod Nano Too Sharp

I prefer the old one by far, because it is shaped with both impressive lines and curves, like any nice modern automobile, but more importantly, it feels both smooth and slightly "edgy" in the hand. The modern Nano leaves with the impression that its shape is a result of a very simple manufact...

Lightning Review: Griffin Simplifi iPod-iPhone Dock/Card Reader ...

There is no room for card readers-giant holes-on any Mac for good reason: not everyone needs them. I download photo's off my cameras via usb or firewire. If I needed a car reader, I'd buy one. There is nothing uglier than 17 slots in ...

Lightning Review: Griffin Simplifi iPod-iPhone Dock/Card Reader/USB Hub [Lightning Review]

The Verdict: It does exactly what it sets out to do—combine three common USB devices into one gadget. I never use the dock that came with my iPhone EDGE—since my laptop is my primary machine, it always felt like a waste to plug the cable into the dock and the USB to my computer only for a quick cha...

iPod Touch Version 2 Review [Ipod Touch Review]

All in all, iPod touch Version 2 doesn't do anything worse than the previous iPod, and it does a few things better. Current iPod touch owners probably won't find enough new here to make the switch (truth be told, this is more like iPod touch v1.5). But those previously on the fence about whether...

iPod Nano Review [Apple]

Apple's decision to transition from the fat third-generation iPod nano to the new svelte fourth-generation iPod nano must have been an easy one. The latest version has the same size screen, the same 8 and 16GB storage and the same video support as before, but adds a much more comfortable (s...

iPod Nano Review

This generation comes in nine colors, which include pink, purple, black and silver, but no white. It's also the first nano to use solely USB charging, so old Firewire chargers are rendered useless. If you're into Apple and looking for a midrange media player, you should have no hesitations...

Patch: iPhone Dev Team Releases PwnageTool 2.0.3, Jailbreaks Latest 2.0.2 Firmware

This release adds support for Pwning the 2.0.2 5C1 firmware on the iPhone and iPod touch, as well as an update to the latest version of Installer.app. Mac-only for now but, as usual, just sit tight for a few days. [iPhone Dev Team via TUAW]

Opinion: Seriously, Where's the Zune Support for Mac?

Zune 2.0 Is a Quality Product: Pound for Pound, I'd say the Zune80 is a better product than the iPod Classic. It has a better UI, more features (hardware and software), a better platform and control mechanism for gaming, and a decent enough design. While many companies in the past have put out g...

Review: Lasonic i931 iPod Ghetto Blaster (Verdict: Awesome)

The iPod function works about as well as you could expect; the menu system is semi-complicated to learn, but functions efficiently with the external button interface, and the window in the dock face makes the screen clearly visible. The i931 is compatible with any iPod up though the 5.5g mo...

iPhone 1.1.3 Update Coming by Saturday with Disk Mode, Voice Recording? [Rumor]

Similarly to an iPod, the iPhone will prohibit the drag and drop sharing of iTunes media, but it will support your other data transfers a la flash drive. It sounds like a solid update, even if there's nothing Earth-shattering in the mix. (Oh, and of course those who've hacked their iPhones ca...

Griffin Evolve Is the Perfect iPod Dock (Well, Almost) [Review]

Over the weekend, I put the ballyhooed Griffin Evolve through the paces. As you know, this system has wireless speakers with their own rechargeable batteries. When they sit on the dock, they charge, but when you want them in the dining room or out on the deck, you just grab them—and the RF remo...

Apple Confirms October 26th Leopard Ship Date, Preorders Start Now

Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard will be available on October 26 at Apple's retail stores and through Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for a 10-client edition and $999 (US) for an unlimited-client edition. An unlimited client license of Leopard Serv...

Patch: Ipod Touch: iPod touch 1.1.1 Firmware Released

Apple followed up their iPhone firmware update with the iPod touch 1.1.1 update, described as "bug fixes". It's far from a major update, but so far i've noticed a more responsive UI, especially when rotating the iPod between vertical and horizontal orientation (I had to shake the iPod a litt...

iPod nano Review

Gripes and design curiosities aside, this is the nano, and the best one yet. It'll make a great sidekick to an iPhone, a great present for those people who you don't love enough to buy an iPod touch for or an iPod you can watch video on but mistreat like you'd roughhouse an inexpensive shuffle. I...

Hype Sheet: Radio Shack is Wrong on So Many Levels

Takeaway These are trying times for Radio Shack, with Citigroup recently recommending that investors sell the company's stock. So you've got to applaud the Shack's brain trust for recognizing that stay-the-course isn't the best strategy right now. But, seriously, do they really want t...

Hype Sheet: Radio Shack is Wrong on So Many Levels

Counterspin If you're going to market your expertise, it's advisable to demonstrate that expertise in your commercial, no? Yet the Shack totally botches this one, starting with the timing problem. Loverboy here has, at minimum, 2,000 records in his apartment. Assuming each record has a...

Opinion: Apple TV: Worth It?

that it doesn't come with cables, and that it only works on widescreens. These crits are minor, and I don't mind that iTunes has to be running while I use the Apple TV either—I leave it on much of the time anyhow. The real flaws that I see in Apple TV are, like many of its best attributes, more compl...

Opinion: iTunes vs. Zune Software: What's Right For Your Music?

When we're making a comparison between the iPod and the Zune, it's also important to note that the software makes a big difference in your music experience. You'll have to use the software suite extensively for both playing back music at your computer and organizing songs onto your portab...

Opinion: iTunes vs. Zune Software: What's Right For Your Music?

Music Playback: This could be me, but on the default equalizer settings the Zune Software sounds a lot fuller and better than iTunes, even on the same MP3. Even after fiddling with iTunes' equalizer I couldn't get it to sound as good as Zune's. This is subjective, and could totally be in my ima...

Bono and Oprah to Launch Red iPod Nano Tomorrow

We also heard the red iPod nano is making an appearance at the 5th Ave. Apple Store. If any readers wander down there, email us some photos of the iPod and we'll hit you up with a personalized email with your name in it and a "thank you". If we're feeling generous, we'll even attach our signature.

Reviewed: iRiver S10 (Verdict: Possibly The Best Money Can Buy)

CNet Asia just reviewed the iRiver S10, generally seen as the one and only possible competitor to Apple's new iPod nano. Typical of iRiver digital audio players, the company has gone to great lengths to ensure that there's enough features here to make you forget that you're not using an iPo...

Apple Wins Again: iPopMyBaby.com

and they aren't selling any at all." Apple then removed him from the iron maiden and gave him a drink of brackish water, informing him that all the pain would now stop and that he was free to return to the diamond mines below Steve Jobs' mountain palace. – John Biggs

GelaSkins Vinyl iPod Skins

Providing protective printed skins for iPods isn't exactly a new business model, and we've so far been immune to their charms as far as our own device is concerned, but we might just break down when it comes to these two particular skins from GelaSkins. Should our Nano be touched by His Noodl...

EcoModo - The Best of Treehugger

The iPod nano case from Jimi is the latest in a long line of ubiquitous accessories for Apple's ubiquitous media player, but it comes with a pretty unique distinction. Its hard plastic shell is made of 100% recycled material, and Jimi donates 1% of its profits to benefit the environment (al...

Power User - The Best of Lifehacker

This week at Lifehacker: Watch a video demo of an iPod running Linux. Still required to use IE at work? Have some strategies for surviving IT lockdown at the office. Build an Lego iPod dock. Turn your PSP into a universal remote capable of controlling over 1,800 devices. Automatically defrag y...

Apple Getting Into Electronics?

Rumours abound as the upcoming Macworld approaches. Always competing with CES, the annual Macworld Conference & Expo is the second week of January in San Francisco, and this year, we're hearing tremors of Apple-made consumer electronics products. Or, as Apple Insider describes it...

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