The 1089 is equipped with a 1.8″ 30GB hard drive, a 3″ TFT LCD display, a USB 2.0 connection for transfering files and a built-in FM tuner. And WiFi.

PodShow, the podcasting startup co-founded by Adam Curry, announced another set of podcasting partnerships today, this group focusing on “hot women”, according to the company. Yesterday the company announced a line-up of controversial talk show podcasts. The shows added are “Chillcast with Anji Bee,” “GeekBrief.TV,” “Pod Chick,” “Rock n Roll TV,” “Soccergirl” (above) and “The […]

mobipod, a new service designed to ‘push’ feed podcasts to mobile phones, launched a public trial of the service in the UK on Monday. The service intends to deliver top UK podcasts automatically to mobile phones. mobipod will initially only be available for a range of Nokia handsets on O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone. Support […]

Apple is recalling over a million laptop batteries because of risk of overheating, explosions and fire. Recent Mac laptops have had problems with overheating and there have been reports of Mac laptops exploding into flames.The affected batteries were sold worldwide from October 2003 through August 2006 for use with 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 […]

Tim Bourquin, founder and CEO of TNC New Media, producers of Podcast & Portable Media Expo, sends word that he expects this year’s expo to be bigger and better than last year’s inaugural Podcasting Expo. “Last year, many people were still asking what podcasting was,” said Bourquin. “This year, everyone wants to know how they […]

t’s looking more and more like video podcasts will play an important role in the 2008 US presidential elections. One example of this trend is Rocketboom’s Andrew Baron. Baron, a life-long democrat, says that he hopes “to play a big part in this election.”In a post at his blog, dembot, Baron explains his anticipated plan: […]

Chicago’s WMAQ TV, an NBC affilliate, has introduced a new podcast that “promises to be prescription for passion”.WMAQ’s Better Sex Podcast features Dr. Laura Berman, a Chicago-based licensed sex and relationships therapist. According to the station, Berman “is ready to teach you how to improve every element of your sex life”. The most recent podcast […]

Apple has agreed to pay Creative Technology $100 million dollars to settle all legal disputes between the two companies, and for a license to use Creative’s recently awarded “Zen” patent in all Apple products.US Patent 6,928,433 covers “A method, performed by software executing on the processor of a portable music playback device, that automatically files […]

Jean Tennant wants to be published, and she‚Äôs willing to risk public rejection to make that happen.The Iowa resident is the first subject of The Writing Show‚Äôs new podcast-based reality show, Getting Published, which debuts September 11th. The series will follow Tennant as she attempts to find an agent and publisher for her women‚Äôs novel […]

PodShow, a podcasting startup, has added five talk show podcasts to the PodShow Podcast Network: “Pacific Coast Hellway,” “Squadcast,” “The Creepy Sleepy Show,” “The Think Future Radio Show” and “Trucker Tom’s Podcast.””Talk radio has been stale and predictable for too long, limited by the FCC and the restrictions of radio formatting,” said Adam Curry, PodShow […]