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The Eight Thousand Dollar Piano-Shaped ipod Table
The Concerto Table, a piano-shaped table designed by Nicholas Lovegrove & Demian Repucci, has to be one of the most expensive and exclusive iPod accessories yet.
Apple refreshes iTunes software, updates iPods
(AP)
AP - Users of Apple Inc.'s iTunes software will now be able to see what songs their friends are buying and where their favorite bands are playing next.
New Apple TV Adds Netflix, iTunes Rentals and iPad Streaming for $99
(Mashable)
Mashable - At Apple's special event today, the company announced a redesigned and re-formulated Apple TV. As expected, the new device comes with support for Netflix, streams content and offers affordable rental pricing for TV shows.
Apple Intros 8GB iPod nano Red
Apple today announced a new 8GB model of the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition. The new 8GB iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition holds up to 2,000 songs and is available for $249, joining the 4GB model priced at $199.
How to Watch Apple's Streaming Music Event on Your PC
(PC World)
PC World - Apple's music-centric event today promises to bring new iPods, an iTV update, and perhaps a new video streaming service. To capitalize on streaming online video's popularity, Apple will be broadcasting the event live to test its new server farm -- but only on Apple products. So if you have these specs:
New Apple TV: Living Room as Tech Battleground
(PC World)
PC World - Today’s unveiling of a smaller, cheaper Apple TV set-top box is the latest in a long line of tech industry efforts to conquer the living room. Recent reports and rumors have Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Sony all developing low-cost entertainment devices that would stream entertainment bits—movies, TV shows, music, photos, and so on—from the Internet to your HDTV.
Inside Apple's music numbers
(Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Apple didn’t just roll out new products during its Wednesday press event; it also rattled off some impressive statistics about its mobile, music, and retail efforts. Here are some of the numerical highlights from Steve Jobs’s presentation.
iPods Pose Risk of Hearing Damage
Listening to iPods for as little as 5 minutes a day can cause hearing loss.
MP3 Tech Commentary
eTalk: Google to Release Tablet on Verizon on Black Friday Google's much speculated tablet is apparently both real and spectacular — and coming out this year, according to DownloadSquad.com. The site reports that the Google tablet will sport the company's Chrome OS and launch on Verizon on Nov. 26. That would be Black Friday for early holiday shoppers.
Free Music Downloads This Week The free music downloads in our spotlight this week are:-=Blake Shelton=-
Genre: Country
Free Music Download: All About Tonight (Original Performance Series) (3:32) (free download available until August 24.)
Music Video: All About Tonight via Walmart Soundcheck
Album: The above track is an exclusive download taken from his new album, All About Tonight SIX PAK EP, (Reprise Records), that can now be downloaded from Amazon MP3 and other top online music stores.
Sharper Image to Release Literati eReader in October Apple's iPad apparently didn't just shake up the tablet market like a Polaroid picture. It's apparently also made it OK to release eReaders with an LCD screen instead of the more paperlike E Ink.
New Kindle 3 Devices Break Sales Records The Kindle doesn't print money. But it sure sounds like it's getting pretty close if this latest e-mail I got from Amazon is any indication. According to Amazon, the newest versions of its Kindle device have sold more in its first four weeks than any previous Kindle models have at similar points in their history.
Gadgetology 101: Changing Your Nook Battery; iPad Video Conversion Here's a "learning experience" that doesn't involve the potentially disastrous combination of a bad break-up, alcohol and a 3 a.m. phone message. (Uh-oh...) If you're the owner of a Barnes & Noble Nook eReader and ever wondered how to change the darned thing's battery, then you're in luck. That's because your always helpful portable electronics guide just put together a tutorial to help you do just that. Interested parties can check my all new Nook eReader Battery Replacement Tutorial. All I can say is, you better have strong nails.
Pico Freeloader Taps Sun for Portable Power Back in the days when I super young and super broke, I used to leave dying AA batteries under the sun to squeeze some extra juice out of them. Seriously. So my future, er, present self was understandably tickled to try the Freeloader Pico solar charger, especially since I didn't have to worry about little things like, you know, nasty stuff leaking out of it if I leave it in the sun too long.
iPad News Roundup: A 7-inch iPad; Nook iPad App Update; and iPad's Impact on Netbook Sales Lots o' iPad news circulatin' on the good old Internets today. First, bigger apparently ain't always better. Reports about a smaller, 7-inch iPad gained even more momentum recently after a second Chinese-language news source reported that Taiwanese companies have gotten contracts to build such a device, according to PC World.
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