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News: TomTom intros separate Car Kit for iPod touch
Following the release of its updated turn-by-turn navigation app that added support for the original iPhone and iPod touch, TomTom has revealed that first-, second-, and third-generation iPod touch users wanting to purchase a TomTom-branded GPS solution will need to buy a separate c...
News: iLounge and MusicSkins announce the Ultimate Design Contest
and MusicSkins are pleased to announce the new Ultimate Design Contest. Entrants can upload their own design/imagery for the chance to be featured and distributed via MusicSkins iPod, iPhone and Macbook skins at the iLounge Pavilion within the International CES, held January 7th – 10...
Article: The Complete Guide to Using the iTunes Store
Although you can fill your iTunes library and your iPod, iPhone and Apple TV devices with content from a wide variety of sources, the iTunes Store provides an excellent one-stop shop for a huge array of content of various media types, with millions of songs and podcasts and thousands of mo...
News: Apple planning more iPod touch apps for retail?
Apple is planning to roll out at least two more iPod touch applications to be used in its company-owned retail stores, according to an AppleInsider report. In addition to the previously revealed point-of sale application, Apple will reportedly be providing an application that allows e...
News: Google launches Google News for iPhone, iPod touch
Google has launched a new mobile-formatted version of its Google News homepage. The new offering is optimized for display on the iPhone and iPod touch, as well as Android devices and the Palm Pre. It offers the same personalization available on the desktop, along with more stories, source...
News: Magellan releases RoadMate app, Car Kit coming
Magellan has released its new RoadMate 2010 North America application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Features of the turn-by-turn navigation app include a OneTouch favorites menu for fast bookmarking and retrieval of commonly-accessed places and searches, spoken street name guidan...
News: Incase unveils new chargers for iPod, iPhone
Incase has introduced its new Car Charger and Combo Charger for the iPod and iPhone. Both chargers feature dual high-speed USB ports for charging up to two devices at once, LED charging indicators, and an included four-foot 30-pin charging cable. The Car Charger is made solely for in-vehi...
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News: TomTom updates navigation app with iPod touch, iPhone 1G support
TomTom has released version 1.2 of its TomTom U.S. & Canada turn-by-turn navigation application, adding support for the iPod touch and original iPhone. The inclusion of iPod touch and iPhone support means the application can now be used on those devices when connected to third-party G...
Tuesday, Nov 17
Article: iPhone Gems: Brain Challenge 2, Impossible Quiz, Jeopardy, Trivia Wars + Wheel of Fortune
For this week’s edition of iPhone Gems we look at a series of brain teaser apps ranging simple trivia and quiz apps to iPhone games based on the popular Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune Game shows. Brain Challenge 2: Think Again A sequel to last year’s Brain Challenge for iPhone and iPod touch (i...
News: Tunewear ships VisualDock AV for iPod, iPhone
Tunewear has announced that it is now shipping its VisualDock AV Docking Station for the iPod and iPhone. VisualDock AV is a black iPod/iPhone dock featuring both S-Video and RCA/line outputs for connecting to a TV or home theater system, a “3D” sound processing with a button on the front t...
News: App Mix: Ravensword, Star Wars, Google Earth, Konami
Chillingo has released Ravensword: The Fallen King, its latest game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Developed by Crescent Moon Games, Ravensword is a 3D action/adventure game with role-playing elements, offering a large, open sandbox-style world in which players can take on quests to e...
Monday, Nov 16
News: Apple delaying approval of iPhone DJ apps?
The delayed approval status of three DJ applications for the iPhone and iPod touch—from three separate developers—has raised questions from fans of the genre as to whether Apple is intentionally delaying their release. Touch DJ from Amidio, Sonorasaurus from Pajamahouse Studios, an...
Article: The Complete Guide to Album Tagging, Art and Playlists in iTunes
There is a lot more power under the hood in iTunes than many people realize. Rather than just being the software used to manage content on Apple’s line of media devices, the iTunes application is actually an extremely powerful media management system in its own right. However, getting the m...
News: Latest Palm webOS update fails to restore iTunes sync
Following months of back-and-forth between Palm and Apple over the Palm Pre’s “Media Sync” feature, which enabled the handset to masquerade as an iPod in order to sync with iTunes, the latest update to the Pre’s webOS fails to restore the functionality, perhaps signaling an end to the di...
News: Apple seeking iPhone, iPod touch game engineer
Apple has posted a job listing for a “Game/Media Software Engineer” to help develop “interactive multimedia experiences on the iPhone and iPod touch.” Among the preferred background requirements are 3-4 years of video game development experience, with at least one “AAA title” shippe...
News: Yamaha debuts MCR-140 speaker with wireless iPod control
Yamaha has introduced its new MCR-140 micro-component music system for the iPod. The MCR-140 features a built-in CD player, front-panel USB port, FM radio, and 3.5mm auxiliary input, an included remote control, as well as an iPod dock on the top. In addition, it features a wireless transmi...
Friday, Nov 13
Article: Ask iLounge 11-13-09
This week's Ask iLounge topics: Syncing different contact info with two iPhones on the same computer, iPod shows no content, Syncing music and videos in playlists, Exclamation marks next to tracks in iTunes, Playing podcasts on 3G iPod shuffle.
News: Rogue Amoeba abandons iPhone development following app approval delay
Rogue Amoeba has announced that it no longer has any plans to release new iPhone applications following a four-month delay in getting a bug fix release of its app Airfoil Speakers Touch approved by Apple. In a blog posting on the company site, Paul Kafasis writes that version 1.0.1 of Airfoil...
Patch: News: Apple releases software 1.0.2 for iPod nano 5G
Apple has released software version 1.0.2 for the fifth-generation iPod nano. According to the release notes, the new firmware fixes normal/slower/faster audio podcast playback, allows Genius Mixes to now work with Nike+iPod, and fixes an issue with Voice Over and the headphone contro...
News: iPodweek newsletter coming shortly, sign up today
The latest edition of iPodweek, our weekly newsletter covering all things iLounge, is coming later today. iPodweek is a weekly summary of the best iPod news, reviews, and feature articles we’ve published, and it also features giveaways and iPod accessory discount offers from various c...
News: NASA creates iPhone-based chemical sensor
A NASA scientist has created a 30-pin accessory that allows an iPhone or iPod touch to be used as a chemical sensor. Jing Li, a physical scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center, along with other researchers in the Cell-All program in the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Tech...
Wednesday, Nov 4
News: Boomwave unveils Kruz cases for iPod touch 2G, 3G
Boomwave has unveiled its new Kruz cases for the second- and third-generation iPod touch. Like the company’s prior Kruz cases for the iPhone 3G, the Kruz cases for iPod touch feature an inner ABS hard shell with a faux leather exterior, and come in white, pink, or black, each with a unique de...
Monday, Nov 2
News: iLounge debuts comprehensive 2010 iPod + iPhone Buyers’ Guide
It’s here: iLounge’s annual guide to the iPod and iPhone, plus their accessories, apps and games has arrived! Download the 2010 iPod + iPhone Buyers’ Guide today! The 2010 Buyers’ Guide is your one-download shortcut to all of the best iPod and iPhone holiday shopping information we’ve c...
Thursday, Oct 29
Patch: News: Apple updates Remote for iPhone, iPod touch to 1.3.2
Apple has released an update to its Remote application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Remote allows iPhone and iPod touch users to control their iTunes installations or Apple TVs directly from their devices. New in version 1.3.2 is compatibility with iTunes 9 and Apple TV 3.0, as well as unspec...
Thursday, Oct 8
Patch: News: Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1.2, fixes sleep issue
Apple has released iPhone OS 3.1.2, its first major update to the iPhone’s and iPod touch’s software since the launch of version 3.1 and 3.1.1, respectively, on September 9. According to Apple’s release notes, the update “[r]esolves [a] sporadic issue that may cause iPhone (or iPod touch) to n...
Monday, Sep 28
Patch: News: Apple updates 2009 iPod classic 160GB software
Apple has released Software Version 2.0.3 for the iPod classic 160GB (2009). According to the release notes, the software offers support for Genius Mixes; no other changes or bug fixes are mentioned. Notably, the 2009 iPod classic 160GB shipped with Software 2.0.2; the prior iPod classic 120...
Friday, Sep 18
Review: iHome iP88 Wake and Sleep to iPhone and iPod
iP88 isn’t the first dual-dock clock radio for the iPhone; iLuv actually debuted such a product one year ago in the iMM173, a nice enough system that wound up getting the company banned from future iLounge coverage for repeated astroturfing comments. iLuv took a short cut with iMM173 and o...
Friday, Sep 11
Backstage: The Yellow iPod nano 5G Saga, Part 2: Click Wheel Gaps Worth Looking For
One of the fun things* about actually buying our iPods rather than getting them shipped to us free and early from Apple is that we get to experience the whole buying, defective unit, and return process just like you do. So when our yellow fifth-generation iPod nano died this morning after le...
Patch: News: Apple lowers pricing on iPod touch 3.x update
Amidst a slew of announcements Wednesday—new iPods, iTunes 9, and so on—Apple quietly lowered the price on its iPod touch 3.1 Software Update. Previously priced at $9.95, the update is now only $4.95 for iPod touch users running Software 2.x or earlier. Customers who purchased an iPod touch af...
Thursday, Sep 10
Patch: Article: Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iPhone 3.1
Yesterday Apple released the iPhone OS 3.1 update for iPhone and iPod touch devices. This release builds on the new features added in the major 3.0 update in June by adding a few small refinements and compatibility with iTunes 9, which was also released yesterday. The iPhone 3.1 update lists a n...
Friday, Aug 28
Patch: News: App Mix: Facebook, DSLR Remote, Gluten-free, PlaySafe
Facebook has released version 3.0 of its application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The updated app sports a redesigned interface and several new capabilities, including the ability to write notes and read friends’ notes, upload photos to any album and manage a photo collection, zoom pho...
Sunday, Aug 23
Patch: News: Apple releases iPod nano 4G Software 1.0.4
Apple has released Software Version 1.04 for the fourth-generation iPod nano. According to Apple’s release notes, the update fixes an issue which resulted in some incorrect daylight savings date settings, now correctly displays Thai song information tags when syncing in disk mode, an...
Wednesday, Jul 15
Patch: News: Apple releases iTunes 8.2.1 with bug fixes, Palm Pre blocked?
Apple has released iTunes 8.2.1, its latest update to its digital media management software. According to Apple’s release notes, in addition to providing “a number of important bug fixes, the release “addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices,” which could be a reference to P...
Tuesday, Jul 14
Patch: News: Mix: In-Ear Headphone update, O2 + Twitter, unlocked 3GS, UK carriers
Following changes previously made to the Earphones with Remote packaged with the iPod shuffle 3G and Earphones with Remote and Mic included with the iPhone 3GS, Apple has quietly updated the 3.5mm plug on its In-Ear Headphones. The smaller plug is now made of hard, glossy white plastic as o...
Wednesday, Jun 17
Patch: News: Apple releases iPhone OS 3.0 for iPhone, iPod touch
Apple has officially released its iPhone Software Upgrade 3.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch. The second major update to the iPhone OS brings with it a host of new features, including Copy & Paste, widespread landscape keyboard support, in-app and Spotlight search, a new Voice Memos ap...
Tuesday, Jun 9
Patch: Article: The Complete Guide to iPhone OS 3.0 for iPhone and iPod touch
In March 2009, Apple officially announced iPhone OS 3.0, the upcoming operating system update to the 2.2.1 software currently running on iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPod touch, and second-generation iPod touch hardware. A beta version of iPhone OS 3.0 was released soon thereafter, showing off many...
Tuesday, Jun 2
Patch: Article: Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iTunes 8.2
Yesterday Apple released iTunes 8.2, an update required to bring compatibility with the upcoming iPhone and iPod touch 3.0 software update, which is expected to be announced next week at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference. Apple’s release notes indicate that “iTunes 8.2 now support...
Wednesday, May 27
Patch: Apple releases iPod shuffle 3G 1.1 software, VoiceOver Kit
By Jesse David Hollington Apple today released a software update for the third-generation iPod shuffle and a new version of its VoiceOver Kit. The iPod shuffle (3rd Generation) Software Version 1.1 is listed as fixing a “rare issue where audio playback ... iPod Shuffle 3G Clone UberGizmo
Wednesday, May 13
Opinion: Philips SBD8100 Speaker Dock for iPod and iPhone
But because of the iPhones' and iPods' accelerometer-aided orientation shifts -- a feature subsequently added to the fourth-generation iPod nano -- speaker developers have had to figure out whether to let users mount them in one position or the other, ...
Thursday, Apr 23
Review: AAXA P1 Pico Projector for iPod and iPhone
Yes, it is, at least in concept. Under the right conditions, and given the current iPhone and iPod system software, users could do photo gallery presentations on the road, or watch movies or TV shows on a display that’s larger than Apple’s 2-inch, 2.5-inch, or 3.5-inch screens. All you need is...
Friday, Apr 10
Patch: News: Apple updates iPod shuffle VoiceOver Kit
Apple has released VoiceOver Kit 1.0.1, the first update to the voice response system of the third-generation iPod shuffle. According to the release notes, version 1.0.1 of the kit includes corrected pronunciation for several artist names, as well as minor bug fixes. Notably, the update cur...
Friday, Apr 3
Patch: News: Apple updates Remote to version 1.2.1
Apple has released Remote 1.2.1, the latest version of its iTunes and Apple TV remote software for the iPhone and iPod touch. According to Apple, the new release contains bug fixes and provides compatibility with iTunes 8.1; however, this is the same “What’s New” description it used for Remo...
Tuesday, Mar 31
Patch: News: Apple releases iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 2 with push, calendar updates
Apple today released the second beta revision of iPhone OS 3.0 for developers, adding support for push notifications through Apple’s servers, as well as expanded support for CALdev and subscribed calendars. Screenshots of the new functionality have been added to our Complete Guide to i...
Thursday, Mar 26
Review: iHome iP9 Dual Alarm Clock for iPhone and iPod
In essence, iP9 continues the iHome alarm clock legacy that started years ago with iH5, a highly capable, simple unit that became one of the most popular iPod accessories ever made—equipped with a single alarm and an AM/FM clock radio, it’s still found in hotels, and of course the bedroom...
Wednesday, Mar 25
Review: SwitchEasy ThumbTacks Micro-Microphone
First, the good news. Unlike Lloyd, which does connect to and work completely with the headphone ports of the iPod nano 4G, 120GB iPod classic, and iPod touch 2G, but was really made to fit only the iPod nano, ThumbTacks not only fit all three of these models, but even work with many iPod cases....
Wednesday, Mar 18
Patch: News: Apple releases iPod shuffle 3G Software 1.0.1
Apple has released Software Version 1.0.1 for the third-generation iPod shuffle, the first update since the device’s release late last week. According to the sparse release notes, the new software includes “[m]inor bug fixes,” it is unknown whether any noticeable changes are present in...
Monday, Feb 9
Patch: News: Google launches Google Sync for iPhone
Google today launched a beta version of its Google Sync service for the iPhone and iPod touch. Google Sync is a two-way push synchronization service that works with Gmail contacts and Google Calendars, allowing users to update information from either their iPhone or iPod touch, using th...
Thursday, Feb 5
Review: Griffin Charge Converter FireWire to USB for iPhone and iPod
Well, sort of. Scosche and Griffin have both released $30 accessories that may be able to help some users: Scosche’s PassPort and Griffin’s Charge Converter (aka Firewire to USB Converter) are both chunks of plastic with a female Dock Connector port on one end and a male plug on the other. Co...
Tuesday, Jan 27
Patch: News: Apple releases Software 2.2.1 for iPhone, iPod touch
Apple has released its iPhone Software 2.2.1 Update for the iPhone, iPhone 3G, first-, and second-generation iPod touch. According to Apple, the iPhone update offers “bug fixes and improvements,” including improved stability for Safari, and a fix for an issue where some images saved fro...
Friday, Jan 2
Review: Incipio Feather for iPod touch 2G
Other than color tweaks, not much has changed from the iPhone version of Feather to the iPod touch one. Incipio now includes only a single screen protector in the package—not a big issue, though we also preferred the iPhone 3G screen protector design—and the curves have been modified slig...
Review: More Thing Swirling, Handwoven + Diamond Cases for iPhone 3G + iPod nano 4G
There’s little more to say about the Handwoven and Diamond 2 Cases for the iPhone 3G than that they’re less expensive versions of the Illusion Class 2 case released by BTA Workshop in August, 2008, with the same positives—unique designs—and negative, namely the lack of screen protectio...
Tuesday, Dec 9
How To: Article: The Complete Guide to Backing Up your iTunes Library
The single most common question we get from our readers by far is how to recover their content from their iPod back onto their computer. These questions are usually precipitated by users suddenly discovering that their iTunes library has become corrupted or erased, or that their compute...
Tuesday, Oct 28
Review: Incase Protective Cover for iPod touch 2G
Last year, we described the first version of the Protective Cover as “one of the least impressive rubber cases we’ve ever seen at a $30 price.” The new iPod touch version is even more offensive in that more than a year has passed since the first case was introduced, and while competing option...
Sunday, Sep 28
Patch: News: EA updates Spore Origins with nano 4G accelerometer control
Electronic Arts has released an updated version of Spore Origins for Click Wheel iPods that adds support for the accelerometer found in the fourth-generation iPod nano, allowing the user to move their character simply by tilting the device. As was the case when the company released an up...
Wednesday, Sep 24
Patch: News: Mix: iPDA 4.2, CoverScout 2.3.9, Open Door, Atari
ZappTek has released iPDA 4.2, the latest update to its iPod companion software for Mac. iPDA can transfer Word, PDF, Apple Pages, RTF or text documents to the iPod for portable viewing, and can also download RSS feeds, weather forecasts, driving directions and news headlines directly to...
Tuesday, Sep 16
Patch: News: Apple posts Remote 1.1 for iPhone, iPod touch
Apple has released Remote 1.1, the first update to its iTunes and Apple TV remote control application for iPhone and iPod touch. New in Remote 1.1 is the ability to create Genius playlists and create and edit playlists in iTunes directly from the application. Remote 1.1 is available as a free do...
Monday, Sep 15
Patch: News: Apple releases software 1.0.2 for fourth-gen iPod nano
Apple has released Software 1.0.2 for the fourth-generation iPod nano. Notable in that Apple has apparently skipped over version 1.0.1, the update offers “support for the 4th generation iPod nano,” according to Apple’s release notes. In our brief checks, we found a small typographical erro...
Thursday, Sep 11
Patch: News: Apple releases iPhone 2.1 Software Update for iPod touch
As promised during the Let’s Rock event, Apple today released its iPhone 2.1 Software Update, the latest update to the software for iPhone and iPhone 3G. According to Apple, the new software features a variety of improvements, ...
Wednesday, Sep 10
Patch: News: Apple releases iPhone 2.1 Software Update for iPod touch
Apple has released its iPhone 2.1 Software Update for the iPod touch. Pre-installed on all second-generation iPod touch units, the software offers Genius playlist creation, dramatically faster backups, improved email reliability, faster installation of 3rd party applications, fa...
Friday, Sep 5
Article: Ask iLounge 9-5-08
This week's Ask iLounge topics: AV output from iPhone 3G dock, New playlists not appearing on iPod, Transferring music on iPod touch from multiple computers, Resetting iTunes Store authorization counts, Editing tag information, ...
Monday, Aug 18
Patch: News: Apple releases iPhone Software 2.0.2 [updated]
Apple has released iPhone Software 2.0.2, the latest update to the iPhone and iPod touch software. As with software version 2.0.1, Apple describes the new software as containing simply “bug fixes.” It is currently unclear whether this update will address the reception problems currently be...
Wednesday, Nov 28
Patch: News: Apple releases software version 1.2.3 for fifth-generation iPod
Apple has released its iPod software version 1.2.3 for fifth-generation iPods. According to the release notes, the update simply contains “bug fixes,” which a new Apple support document says incudes an issue where “iPod does not display any songs or content on the device after updating to...
Tuesday, Sep 11
Patch: Article: Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iTunes 7.4 (Updated)
Coinciding with yesterday’s major product announcement, Apple has now also released its latest version of iTunes. This new version provides the necessary device support for the new iPod nano, iPod classic, and iPod touch, as well as a number of other new features. The update itself lists...
Friday, Sep 2
Podcast: iLounge Week In Review 09|02|05 Enhanced
Now available is the eighth iLounge Week in Review podcast, hosted by iLounge Editor-in-Chief Jeremy Horwitz. This week, we're debuting a visually enhanced podcast format, complete with pictures and direct-to-iLounge links for all of the stories and reviews we've covered. News topic...
