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Apple Recalls iBook and PowerBook Batteries
Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Yahoo Japan to expand its online music service (Reuters)
Reuters - Yahoo Japan Corp. said on Monday it would
expand its online music distribution service, allowing
customers in the world's second-largest music market to listen
to selected songs in full before they decide to buy.
Yahoo sticks to $5 music service, launches ad push (Reuters)
Reuters - Whether you prefer hard rockers or
accordion-pumping folk singers, Yahoo Inc. will stick with an
aggressively low $5 monthly fee in the first major marketing
push for its online music service.
Sprint To Launch Music Download Service (TechWeb)
TechWeb - But an executive indicates the newly-merged operator could charge as much as $2 a song, which is twice the amount levied by Apple's iTunes service.
Griffin Ships TuneCaps for iPod shuffle.
Griffin Technology is now shipping TuneCaps, three carrying options for your iPod shuffle.
MP3 Tech Commentary
Survey finds users donât want MP3 mobile phones
... Emily at ringtonia.com points to a Pocke-Lint.uk article which states that 72% of those surveyed won t bother listening to MP3s on their mobile phones even if they could. ... They should be asking mp3 player owners: If you can make a phone call from your MP3 player, would you? ... MP3 phones aren t going to make music listeners of the masses; but they certainly will appeal to those who currently use both. ... Find me an easy to use MP3 player/cell phone with good battery life and the ability to load it up with my own music (from ...
apple india weblog
Apple s competitors Samsung, Sony, MSN, Creative Labs and others will turn up the heat this holiday season hoping to seize some of the market that has been dominated by Apple since the birth of the iPod revolution. ... Apple currently commands 80-percent of the MP3 player market and 75-percent of online music sales and with the debut of podcasting generated two million subscriptions in less than a week. ... Record executives are eagerly awaiting the increased competition, because a less dominant Apple spells a more robust market for digital ...
Mp3 info - Music Station Portable MP3
... Music Station Portable MP3 Player Speaker Review (I4U) Gadget store Fancylogic sent as the Box2s Music Station portable MP3 Player stereo speakers for a quick review. ... The Music Station has a folding design making it a small package to transport. ... Three Singaporeans nabbed for illegally distributing MP3 music files (AFP via Yahoo! ... News) Three Singaporeans were arrested for illegally sharing 20,000 MP3 songs over the Internet, marking the first time home computer users who do not profit from swapping digital music are targetted ...
CORRECTED: Digital competitors ready to take bite out of Apple
Please read in paragraph 20, "Today it has more than 10 and already is No. 1 in flash-based MP3 player sales in Japan, ahead of Apple, which retains the overall lead" ... instead of ... ... Apple's successful combination of sexy design and elegant usability has propelled the iPod to the top of the digital music market as the undisputed king. ... As the rest of the flash-player market floundered, Apple took over the category in a day with the release of the iPod Shuffle. ... Today, Apple commands 80 percent of the MP3 player market and 75 ...
What stories and content do you want to see?
Hello Portable Entertainment readers. I was wondering - what kinds of new stories and content do you want? More product reviews? Specific types of tutorials? Let me know by posting your ideas in the forum....
Recordable CDs More of a Threat Than P2P
According the The Register, the RIAA has admitted that, despite their urgent attack on P2P file-sharing technology, copying of CDs for use on a portable device (either an MP3 player or burned to a CD-R) is a much greater threat...
Some Motorola Phones Support iTunes
While the addition of Podcasting to the newest iTunes release caused the biggest stir, a close look at the code has revealed a few more interesting additions. Aside from the possible iPod phone indications, it seems that some Motorola phones...
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