Random thoughts and news on MP3 portable audio players
Introducing the iGroove.
Klipsch gets its iGroove for the iPod on
High performance speaker manufacturer Klipsch Audio Technologies yesterday got their iPod groove on as they announced the iGroove all in one shelf music system. Designed with the iPod in mind but also compatible with other MP3 players, this unit is…
A few Apple updates:
Deal has some ABC affiliates feeling uneasy
USATODAY.com - Less than two weeks after replacing Michael Eisner as Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger began to put his stamp on the company Wednesday with a potentially precedent-setting deal. Iger sent several signals by agreeing to sell current episodes of some of his company’s biggest TV hits on Apple’s iTunes.
Apple releases video iPod, may change TV rules
USATODAY.com - Giving the iPod a bold new look, Apple Computer (AAPL) on Wednesday unveiled a video version of the music player that now lets it show everything from TV shows - including Desperate Housewives and Lost- to music videos and short films.
Here’s some interesting articles touching on download services and the Sony PSP:
Download DRM-Free Music with CommonTunes and BitTorrent
Comunity-based media distribution service, CommonMedia, has announced that it is offering up DRM-free content on their sites CommonTunes and CommonFlix through BitTorrent distribution. What does this mean? It means that there’s another alternative out there for consumers who aren’t happy…
Sony PSP As Your Primary Digital Audio Player
Let’s face it: at $200 or more for a really good digital audio player these days, we want as much bang for our buck as we can get when laying down that much cash. Luckily, there are more and more…
Important Apple Updates:
Deal has some ABC affiliates feeling uneasy
USATODAY.com - Less than two weeks after replacing Michael Eisner as Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger began to put his stamp on the company Wednesday with a potentially precedent-setting deal. Iger sent several signals by agreeing to sell current episodes of some of his company’s biggest TV hits on Apple’s iTunes.
Apple’s big gains not big enough
SiliconValley.com - Apple Computer on Tuesday reported that profit in the latest quarter quadrupled, buoyed by strong sales of Macintosh computers and “staggering'’ demand for its newest iPod — but that wasn’t good enough for Wall Street.
Look for this trend to become even more common across other carriers:
Sprint to sell song downloads at $2.49 a pop (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Sprint Nextel introduced a music store for cellphones Monday, the first to offer direct-to-phone wireless downloads. Sprint’s store offers music downloads for $2.49 each, compared with 99 cents a song at Apple’s iTunes Music Store or RealNetworks’ Rhapsody.
Here’s some new articles I’ve just published from Carol on the various types of music download services that you can use to fill up your players (some legal, other’s not).
Hope these shed some light on some issues!
Today’s current MP3 updates:
Wireless iPod Music Sharing
Logitech has introduced the Wireless Music System for iPod, which lets users wirelessly connect their iPod or MP3 player to a stereo or speaker system, share their digital music and control the music using their player as a remote control.
Apple Intros iPod Nano
Apple has introduced the iPod nano, a full-featured iPod that holds 1,000 songs, yet is thinner than a standard #2 pencil and less than half the size of competitive players.
Some updates regarding the Nano:
iPod nano Round-Up
I’ve been digging into the iPod nano this morning, and I’ve got more goodies to get you all up to date on the newest announcements from iPod. First, check out my initial peak at the iPod nano. When you’re done…
Apple Resolves nano Problems
Well, in true Apple fashion, the iPod nano problem has come to a quick resolution. From dapreview: Apple… admits that some of their iPod nanos suffer from a flaw that might cause the screen to “crack” (when put under…
Digital music player sales seen up sharply by 2009 (Reuters)
Reuters - Global sales of digital music players are expected to jump to nearly l billion units a year in 2009, driven by consumers’ desire for the pocket-sized devices and falling costs for flash memory components, research firm IDC said on Thursday.
Nano Scratches Nothing New(s) (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - The glorious new iPod nano’s screen may be prone to scratching. A sure sign of the apocalypse?
Music Download Sales Flourish (PC World)
PC World - Legal downloads more than triple in 2005, amid falling CD sales and piracy cases.
