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Apple unveils iPod nano (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. on
Wednesday unveiled a pencil-thin "iPod nano" digital music
player and a long-anticipated cell phone that plays music like
an iPod, both aimed at extending its domination of the digital
music market.
Griffin Announces New iTrip for iPod
The iTrip sports a large, easy to read backlit LCD screen to make setting its digital tuner easy and intuitive.
Microsoft Tries To Hit Right Chord (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Despite its best efforts, software king Microsoft hasn't been able to make a dent in Apple Computer's dominance of the portable digital music player business.
iriver Intros New T Family of Flash-Memory Music Players
The players support Windows Media Digital Rights Management 10, making them the first flash devices to support portable subscription-based music services.
Sony Intros Walkman MP3 Players
Sony has introduced a new MP3 player, called Walkman, available in two capacity sizes - 20GB (NW-A3000) and 6GB (NW-A1000).
IPods in cars raise questions for satellite radio (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Computer on
Wednesday outlined plans to expand its iPod music players into
cars, raising some concerns that the dominant digital music
company could sap growing demand for satellite radio.
Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - New iTunes phone a snazzy device (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Apple's ROKR E1, the first mobile phone with Apple's hugely popular iTunes software built in, is a snazzy device. But as with all cell phones, its value will meet its truest test over time. The iPod Nano is a pencil-thin 1.5-ounce model that will replace the iPod Mini.
MP3 Tech Commentary
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Philips shows off new GoGear hard drive MP3 players
Consumer electronics giant Philips today refreshed their MP3 player line as they announced some new GoGear hard drive jukeboxes. The HDD1630 and HDD6330 will be available in October for $199 and $299 respectively. The HDD1630 houses a 6GB hard drive...
Griffin updates iTrip FM transmitter for iPod
Griffin Technology, who last month unveiled the iFM multi-functional iPod accessory, today introduced the next generation of their popular iTrip FM transmitter. This updated iPod accessory is available now for a special introductory price of $39.99. The new iTrip, like...
wor(m)p3
... Creative Technology (who also recently sued Apple for patent violation regarding the iPod's user interface) recently shipped 4,000 mp3 players in Japan that were infected with a computer worm. ... Fortunately, it's not that easy to contaminate your PC, you have to browse through all of the files on the player and click the infected one to get zapped. ... Unfortunately, you know there are some kids or clueless geeks out there who are going defile their home networks.
The average MP3 players only has 375 tunes on it
... The claim that the average MP3 player only has 375 tunes on it is made on collision detection . ... Now I m not big on transporting lots on music with me, my carry is on either my iPAQ which has a 1 GB SD card and 1 GB CF card fitted (mostly filled with digital maps) and a Creative MuVo that has 256 MB or space, on which I have audio books and a small number of tunes. ... Assuming that they were 20,000 tunes that I really like (and I honestly can t think of anywhere close to 20,000 tunes that I like!) ... Now I m beginning to see why ...
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