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Opinion: Gifts for Angry, Rant-Prone Apple Haters

Motorola Droid: Sure, Matt may have called the Droid "the second best smartphone you can buy," the best being the iPhone 3GS, but Apple haters will find plenty to love about the Droid—and plenty to loathe about the iPhone. I won't rehash our review (or Verizon's intimidating "Droid Does" a...

What Google Needs For Chrome OS To Make It [Chrome Os]

The Internet Needs to Get Way, Way Faster And I'm not just talking about higher bandwidth. Broadband connections are pretty quick nowadays, but compared to reading—and especially writing—data to a hard drive, sending bits over the internet is excruciatingly slow. And Chrome OS isn't ev...

Steve Jobs Responds to Passionate App Developer, Curtly [Blockquote]

Apple told The Little App Factory to change the name of their popular app iPodRip, as it had the word iPod in it. The CEO sent a passionate letter to Steve Jobs, and he got a response. Here's the letter he sent: Dear Mr. Jobs, Best, John Devor And Steve replied: Steve Sent from my iPhone

Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS [Google]

Why It Matters With Chrome OS, Google is taking (or in a way, forcing) the operating system to go totally online. As Google's freshly designated evangelists are eager to tell you, the browser is already the center of most people's computing experience. The idea here is to make the browser po...

Steve Jobs: "If You Have any Further Questions, Please Call or Write"

Once upon a time, Apple computers didn't come with keyboards or monitors or even cases. But they often came with a personal letter from Steve Jobs, like the one included with this Apple I, now available starting at $50,000. It includes:

Walmart Black Friday Ad Leaks With $78 Blu-ray Player

Acer 17.3″ Blue Laptop w/4GB Memory, 320GB Hard Drive and Windows 7 Premium (Online Only) – $498.00 Western Digital 1TB 3.5″ External Hard Drive – $78.00 Apple 8GB iPod Touch w/$50 iTunes GC – $195.00 Sony iPod Speaker – $69.00 Portable USB Storage The Sims 3 For PC/Mac – $25.00

HypnosEye: The World's First Ironic Projector

The HypnosEye throws up a few red flags right out of the gates: Instead of connecting to your iPod or iPhone's dock connector of video-out, it simply magnifies your screen, like your math teacher's old overhead projector. This means it'll project almost anything portable with a screen, w...

Video: iStetho Turns your iPhone into a Stethoscope

It's only intended for recreational use, but this feels like another step towards a real-life tricorder. A new start-up called RidRx is selling an adapter that connects stethoscopes to the iPhone/iPod touch, and uses their app for fancy spectral imaging.

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

Genius Bar App Won't Help if Your iPhone Is Broken Rumor has it that Apple is planning to add a Genius Bar app to the App Store (appappappapp) that will let you make appointments, track your place in line, and curse the world when you realize you can't use the app because your iPhone is broken,...

Once Upon a Time, a Book and an iPhone Met...

Dubbed Phonebooks, these neat little books combine with your iPhone to create a fun experience at every page turn. And while I rail against using iPhone apps for parenting purposes, this is an extraordinarily cute and age-appropriate way for your lil' one to play around with an iPhone. [Ja...

Gifts for Outdoorsy Geeks Not Averse to Sunshine or Sweat [Gift Guide]

Nike Plus: If you like running, the Nike Plus informatics system will track and log and compare your mileage with that of your friends. (I hate running.) $29 with an iPod nano or iPhone or iPod Touch, or $69 for one that doesn't need an iPod. [Review; Nike+]

Pocket Camcorder Battlemodo

Flip's Ultra HD is the best overall choice. It's one of the cheapest cams around (at $150, it's $70 less than it's younger brother, the Mino HD), but it tied for the highest score in our lineup, and it features nice tactile controls that I much prefer to the sleeker Mino HD's touch-sensitive e...

What Happens When You Bring a 22-Year-Old Mac to the Genius Bar?

Overall, they were surprisingly unfazed by my request for repairs. They were impressed that I had it, and seemed genuinely interested in helping me get it fixed. They couldn't do anything for me, since Apple only keeps equipment from the last five years on hand, but they pointed me towards T...

Slaughtering Nazi Zombies in Call of Duty Is Not as Insanely Fun on iPhone [Review]

Call of Duty World at War: Zombies replicates the best part of Treyarch's otherwise inferior Call of Duty game—Nazi Zombies—to the iPhone. It looks great. It sounds great. And parts of it, like the multiplayer over Wi-Fi, work great. iTunes]

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

Analysts Talk Apple Tablet, Make Ever More Predictions CNN Money rounded up a bunch of analysts to basically talk about how great the Apple Tablet is, how it's going to cure cancer and save the publishing industry and keep your girlfriend from leaving you, and it's mostly a rehash of what w...

Apple Black Friday Possibly Leaked (I Really Want It to be True) [Rumor]

According to Boy Genius Report, this may be Apple's Black Friday deals. According to this graphic, there will be only applicable on November 27th in "select" Apple Stores opening at 6am. They seem too good to be true: • Up to 15% of all accessories, Apple software, and Apple hardware.

Palm Pixi Review

The other thing that's changed is iTunes. Palm's former official way to sync your media to your phone is broken. Irrevocably. Even if Palm does restore iTunes syncing with its dirty hack (no really, it is a dirty hack, impersonating an iPod with a false USB ID) the entire model is screwed. Putti...

iPhone Apps Have to Be Approved By Robots Now, Too [IPhone Apps]

There's always been an official ban on the use of private APIs, but Apple hadn't really been enforcing it to date, partly because it's just hard to tell sometimes—unless the private API is used in a terribly obvious way, finding them is a matter of taking to apps with a fine-toothed code-co...

Apple Beats Nokia In Profits, Apple Doesn't Beat Nokia in Profits, We Don't Really Have a Clue [Smartphones]

the numbers don't add up to Apple's overall handset profitability exceeding Nokia's during third quarter, unless someone is making the bold assumption that all, or nearly all, Apple profits came from iPhone. They surely do not. What? Apple made only $700,000 on iPod, Macintosh, retail a...

How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets

iPod: As with the iPhone, you're more or less stuck with iTunes or an app like doubleTwist for music and movie syncing, but that's not so bad: iTunes in Windows 7 comes with some nice enhancements, including jump list shortcuts that can quickly take you to the iTunes Store, and hoverable co...

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

Apple Issues Update for Current-Gen iPod Nano Apple quietly issued a firmware update for its newest, video-taking iPod Nano, and it's pretty minor but does fix a few problems. Audio podcasts can now be played back in Normal, Slow or Fast modes, and a few random bugs were patched (Nike+ inte...

This Week's Best iPhone Apps

Priceline Negotiator: Priceline's main gimmick/selling point has always been its instant bid feature, and it's well-suited to the iPhone. Give it a location, make your hotel room bid, and you know if you've got it or not pretty much that second.

Opinion: Now Available

The Yamaha MCR-140 wireless iPod dock sounded good and looked even better when we got a chance to try it out in September. For $399.95, the MCR-140 offers wireless playback from iPods via Yamaha's uncompressed yAired technology, as well as a CD player, FM radio tuner, USB and minijack plugs...

Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster

Well, he's done a fantastic job," Gates said. "Apple is in a bit of a different business where they make hardware and software together. But when Steve was coming back to Apple, which was actually through an acquisition of NeXT that he ran, Apple was in very tough shape. In fact, most likely it w...

The Year Apple and RIM Ate Everyone Else's Lunch

Interestingly enough, Apple and RIM are doing spectacularly well for similar reasons: both have appealed to mainstream consumers with new products—the marked-down iPhone 3G and cheap-but-decent BlackBerry Curve line, respectively—while pushing app stores as a selling point. And...

Best Buy Black Friday Ad Leaks

MP3 Players 3 $10 iTunes Gift Cards - $25.00 Bose Sound-dock Series II Digital Music System - $269.99 Power Pack for iPod/iPhone - $19.99 Sandisk 4GB Fuze MP3 Player (Black) - $44.99 Sandisk 4GB Fuze MP3 Player (Blue) - $44.99 Sandisk 4GB Fuze MP3 Player (Red) - $44.99

iTunes Enters the Web Browser with iTunes Preview

At the moment, Apple isn't doing very much with iTunes Preview. Sure, you can view music (videos and other media not yet online), but to buy or preview anything, you're redirected into iTunes software. In that way, iTunes Preview really lives up (or down) to its humble name—it's a non-inter...

Office Depot's Black Friday Ad: Grab an Acer Netbook for $200

• Seagate 1.5TB Expansion External Hard Drive - $99.99 • Seagate 2TB FreeAgent External Hard Drive - $179.99 • Seagate 320GB Expansion External Portable Hard Drive - $59.99 • Seagate 750GB Free Agent Go External Portable Hard Drive - $149.99 • Verbatim 1TB External Hard Drive - $79.99

The Philco Signal Tracer iPod Dock

I also don't care because it just looks perfect as an iPod dock, using a "10-watt solid-state amplifier and a high quality Blaupunkt 5 1/4" coaxial loudspeaker with a massive ceramic magnet." [Pete Verrando via Retrothing]

10 iPhone Apps To Augment Your Sad Reality

It's been a few months since Apple enabled AR apps in the iPhone's firmware, and as you might expect, there's been an explosion of new takes on the concept. Here are ten of the best: Note: Most of these apps will work best with the iPhone 3GS, and some explicitly require it. It's worth checking i...

Gadget Deals of the Day

Hobomodo: • Xbox Live Gold Weekend for $0: 11/20/09 - 11/23/2009 • Fozwot (iPhone) for $0 (normally $2.99). • GoGo In-flight WiFi on Delta Airlines for $0 (use coupon code DELTATRYGOGO, more info here). • 32-page booklet on how to create Your dream nursery for $0 ( use this form).

Vimeo Videos Get Friendly With iPhones and Android

I love Vimeo's video quality, but unlike YouTube, it doesn't make my uploads iPhone friendly. But that may change: they've already converted all "Staff Picks" and HD video showcases into iPhone and Android-friendly formats, and say there's more to come.

Microsoft Manager Admits Mac Influence Amidst Other Nonsense [Blockquote]

Windows 7 and Snow Leopard may have some similarities in UI, but certainly not in graphical design—Windows 7's airy, sky-blue aesthetic makes liberal use of transparency effects, while Snow Leopard dials back OS X to a more slick, grey-scale efficient look that matches its hardware de...

Staples Black Friday Ad Leaks, Some Decent Deals to Be Had [Black Friday]

Hard Drives Seagate 1.5TB External Hard Drive - $139.99 Seagate 1TB External Desktop Hard Drive - $69.99 * Western Digital My Passport Essential 500 GB Portable Hard Drive - $69.99 * MP3 Players Coby 2GB MP3 Player - $14.99 Trio V418 4GB MP3 Player - $29.99

Mac Mini Upgrade Kit Installs a Blu-ray Drive...Too Bad OS X Can't Play Blu-ray Movies [Mac Mini]

That means using another OS (like Windows 7, via Bootcamp) for Blu-ray playback. Back in OS X, reading and writing Blu-ray discs is possible if you're using software like Adobe's Premiere Pro CS3 with Encore, or the Blu-ray plug-in for Roxio's Toast.

This article also contains excerpts from Engadget HD

Remainders - Things We Didn't Post (and Why)

Apple Stomps Over Nokia to Become Most Profitable Phone-Maker in US...Windows Mobile 7 Is on Track for an Early 2010 Release to OEMs...Bing Videos Aggregates Hulu, YouTube, ABC and More...Non-Apple Companies to Support Mini DisplayPort Soon...

Yeti USB Mic Is "The World's First THX Certified Microphone" [USB]

The Yeti, MSRP $149.99, will be available beginning December 2009, at Apple, CompUSA, Fry's Electronics, Guitar Center, other fine pro-audio and consumer electronics retailers and online at Amazon.com. For complete details, visitwww.bluemic.com.

Nvidia CEO Reveals Tablet, Declares His Love for Apple

In my home we are] all Apple. Apple uses the best technology for their [computers]. Apple says to their customers: if you buy a computer from us you can be sure we have selected the best technology inside for you. That is their promise to consumers. Their promise to consumers isn't we've selecte...

Is Choosing a Prosthesis So Different than Picking a Pair of Glasses? [Aimee Mullins]

I think technology has evolved enough to let us be earnest about the fact that a consumer of a prosthetic is the same consumer buying an iPod or glasses or a couch for their house. You want options.

Revo's Retro Heritage iPod Dock Is A 60s Throwback With An OLED Screen

I wasn't alive during the 1960s, but I probably would've liked them better if they had iPod docks like the Revo Heritage. Granted iPods wouldn't have been around to help enjoy the shiny OLED screen, DAB, FM and WiFi support.

The Android iPhone [Android]

And then throw it away quickly, as it doesn't seem to work well at all. At least, not judging by this video. As much as I like the idea of an Android cellphone with a 3.5-inch multitouch screen, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth in an iPhone-like package—it even has an iPhone skin for Android—I pass, thank yo...

Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Fixes Account-Nuking Bug (And About 40 More) [Apple]

reliability and performance when syncing contacts, calendars, and bookmarks with MobileMe (syncing with iTunes and iSync are also improved) an issue that prevents some users from logging into MobileMe via the MobileMe System Preference pane

HTC Touch HD2 Review: A Tragedy [Review]

Meeting the HD2: Hardware HTC's got a funny way of designing hardware, where they settle on a basic set of components then pump out virtually every iteration of this basic spec set they possibly can. (See also: HTC as Taco Bell) It's a rare occasion, then, that we get something like the Touch...

This article also contains excerpts from Mobility Site

HTC Touch HD2 Review: A Tragedy

Let's just get this out of the way: in terms of hardware, the Touch HD2 is the nicest phone in the world. It's ostentatiously huge and amazingly slim; it's business-savvy and utterly pornographic. But hardware like this deserves better software.

This article also contains excerpts from Mobility Site

A Media Chair for Starship Captains [Concepts]

This sweet-looking ergonomic media chair is but a concept in the mind of industrial designer, Martin Emila, but I dig the look, and the integrated iPhone/iPod dock and projector. 3-way speakers on either side of the head also provide surround-sound.

Zune HD Update 4.3 Out, Souped Up Browser, Predictive Text and More

Zune HD users should be able to download the latest firmware update now, and it's substantial enough to warrant grabbing ASAP. There's a speedier browser, predictive text entry (a la iPhone), and that's just the beginning. Updated:

Zune HD Update 4.3: Speedier Browser, Predictive Text and More [Zune Hd]

Browser: Keyboard: Music: The download should be available through the Zune software, but some 16GB users are reporting it hasn't been pushed through to them yet. If you can get it, report back with anything else new/better you find. [GDGT, MobileTechWorld]

The iPhone Nano Rumor Strikes Again: Coming to Verizon in 2010? [Rumor]

Baseless speculation, or looming product launch? Whatever the case, I'm much less excited about these rumors now that Android handsets are available on Verizon. As great as an iPhone would be on Big Red, there are very solid alternatives that you can pick up today, so why wait? [Apple Insi...

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]

If you're on a Mac, it's easy to keep your Contacts synced—just tell Address Book to sync with Google. On Windows, you'll need a third-party app, like GO contact. That way, you can manage your contacts on your desktop, and have a local copy that's always synced up with what Google's got.

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...

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.

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]

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...

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

This article also contains excerpts from slashgear (Feedburner), The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW), Electronista, Apple Gazette

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

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

Palm Pre: The Definitive Guide and FAQ

HARDWARE Innovative Design SOFTWARE Cards Palm OS II Announcement In May 2007, Palm announced they were working on a completely new, Linux-based operating system for their future phones, tentatively calling it Palm OS II. No other details were given at the time.

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.

Mugger Gets Caught With Stolen iPod Still Holding His Victim's Playlists

Wilson's #1 Rule of Stealing iPods: Plug that sucker into iTunes and re-sync it right away. If you really love your victim's music enough to re-steal what you already stole (and what he probably stole in the first place, download Senuti, man. Don't be stupid! [Des Moines Register via Cult of...

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]

Creative's Zen X-Fi to Enter Ring Dominated by iPod Touch, Zune

The player is named after Creative's X-Fi audio technology, which restores lost data in compressed music files to create concert-like audio effects. Users can turn to two X-Fi options—Crystalizer makes audio richer and clearer, and Expand repositions the music to sound like it's comi...

Loaded iPhone App Store Available in Early July

iPhone SDK Downloads Top 250,000 C) 2008 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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...

Apple Quarterly Results: Mac Sales Way Up, iPods Pretty Flat

Even though iPod sales are essentially flat, revenue is up, due to iPod touch (more expensive, and they don't break down sales by iPod type, plus shuffle got cheaper). They're definitely the music industry juggernaut to topple: Apple owns 73 percent of portable music player market and iT...

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...

iPod Touch 8GB for $249, Refurbished [Dealzmodo]

Hey boys and girls, you can now grab a refurbished 8GB iPod touch for $249 from Apple's special deals store for the first time. The discounted 8GB refurbished iPhones are also back in stock. Remember that these are limited-time offers based on available stock. [Apple]

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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