iPods & Portable Media Players

Will the iPhone Eclipse Windows Mobile Phones By Next Year?

May 2nd, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, General, iPods & Portable Media Players

Could Apple’s upcoming iPhone eclipse the marketshare of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile phones by 2008? Possibly, according to Markitecture, who recently surveyed 1,300 people to find out. 77% of respondents were at least slightly familiar with the iPhone. Among those familiar with the product, 41% had a good impression of the iPhone based on everything they […]



iJuke, or iPuke?

Apr 30th, 2007 | By | Category: iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players, Strange

Crossley, a company that specializes in retro-styled electronics, has introduced a new jukebox-style iPod dock, the iJuke. The $199 dock looks just like a classic jukebox, except that it’s 18″ tall. We tend to go for more minimal docks – ones without percolating bubbles. But the neon lighting and mahogany cabinet tempered our gag reflex […]



Sling Media Releases SlingPlayer For OS X

Apr 30th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Digital Video Recorder, Internet TV, iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players, Streaming Video, Video

Sling Media today announced the availability of SlingPlayer for Mac, a software client for Slingbox customers who want to view their home TV or Apple TV on their Apple Macintosh desktop or laptop computer. With this software release, Slingbox owners can now view their television directly on their Macintosh computer screen. With full remote control, […]



Jobs: Customers Don’t Want To Rent Music

Apr 26th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players

Apple CEO Steve Jobs indicated Wednesday that he’s unlikely to give in to calls from the music industry to add a subscription-based model to iTunes. “Never say never, but customers don’t seem to be interested in it,” Jobs told Reuters in an interview after Apple reported blow-out quarterly results. “The subscription model has failed so […]



Portable Media Player Owners Listening To Less Radio

Apr 23rd, 2007 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcasting Research, Podcasting Statistics

According to a new report by broadcasting research firm Arbritron, iPods and portable media players are one of the fastest-growing audio platforms, but the audience for traditional radio remains strong. While Arbitron’s analysis paints a fairly rosy picture of the state of radio, their stats confirm several industry trends that may cause concern for traditional […]



New Site Promises To Make Finding YouTube Music Videos Easier

Apr 22nd, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, iPods & Portable Media Players, Streaming Video, Video

Middio is a new site, currently in beta, that hopes to carve out a niche by making it easier to find music videos published on YouTube. Here‚Äôs the description from their site: Middio is a simple website that organizes music videos uploaded by the public to YouTube. In other words, Middio goes through the trouble […]



Microsoft Calls iPhone “Irrelevant”

Apr 20th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players

Apple’s soon-to-be-launched iPhone will be irrelevant to business users because it is a “closed device” and does not support Microsoft Office, according to a senior executive at Microsoft. “It’s a great music phone, and I’m sure it will be fantastic and have an interesting user interface,” Microsoft’s Asia-Pacific head of smartphone strategy Chris Sorenson told […]



Win Britney Spears’ Fantasy iPod

Apr 19th, 2007 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players, Strange

Elizabeth Arden is giving away ten limited-edition 30-gigabyte video iPod’s autographed by Britney Spears as part of a three-week promotion of Britney Spears’ Midnight Fantasy perfume. “Fragrances are one of the many ways I express my creativity,” says Britney Spears. “My fans are so talented and I hope that they enjoy capturing their own creative […]



iPhone On Target For June Launch, Says AT&T

Apr 19th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players, Mobile Podcasting

The iPhone is on schedule to hit the U.S. market at the end of June, a senior executive with AT&T Inc. said on Wednesday. The iPhone has received unprecedented attention since Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs demonstrated a prototype of the device in January. “Our expectations are good. Our testing has been good,” said AT&T […]



Local TV Broadcasters Worried About Internet TV, iPods

Apr 19th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Movie Store, Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, iPods & Portable Media Players, Video

Local TV broadcasters are worried about the rise of Internet television. They’re seeing popular prime-time content like Fox’s 24 go online, and wonder if the rise of Internet TV will put them out of business. While Internet television is creating new opportunities for content providers, local affiliates think that the Web may give networks more […]