iPods & Portable Media Players

Napster Offering Free Legal Music Downloads

Mar 28th, 2007 | By | Category: General, iPods & Portable Media Players

Napster, the music service with 9 lives, has announced a new offering to new or existing AT&T wireless and high-speed Internet customers, giving them unlimited free access for one year to the over three million songs in Napster to Go’s music library. Subscribers will be able to download and organize these songs, create playlists for […]



Microsoft Updates Vista For iPod Compatibility

Mar 28th, 2007 | By | Category: General, iPods & Portable Media Players

Microsoft has released several bug fixes for Windows Vista bugs, including one to resolve an issue where an Apple iPod can be corrupted by using the Safely Remove Hardware feature on a system running Windows Vista. Earlier this month, Apple updated iTunes to Version 7.1.1 to patch several Vista-related problems. At the time, Apple said […]



iPhone A Hot Topic At Cingular

Mar 28th, 2007 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players, Mobile Podcasting

Cingular Wireless, the mobile unit of AT&T, has received about 1 million inquiries about Apple upcoming iPhone, AT&T Chief Operating Officer Randall Stephenson said on Tuesday. “One million people have asked us to call when this phone is available,” Stephenson said in his keynote speech at the CTIA wireless technology conference. While Cingular is not […]



Hyatt Rolling Out iPod-Ready Rooms; Testing Digital Music Downloads

Mar 27th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts today announced it was rolling out new guestroom iHome clock radios in its U.S., Canada and Caribbean properties – something that all hotels would do well to imitate. The new in-room stereos feature an iPod docking station. Hyatt also announced a digital download music pilot program. Individual properties will offer unique, […]



100GB Hard Drive Upgrade For Video iPods Now Available

Mar 27th, 2007 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players

PDASmart has announced the immediate availability of a 100 gigabyte hard drive upgrade for the iPod Video. The PDASmart 100gb upgrade installs in an existing 60gb or 80gb iPod Video without any modifications to the case. A new rear casing is available for the 30gb model to allow for the slightly larger hard drive size. […]



Upgrade Your Apple TV Hard Drive

Mar 27th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, iPods & Portable Media Players, Video

Disappointed by the paltry 40GB hard drive in the new Apple TV? If you don’t want to upgrade your Apple TV yourself, iResQ has announced that they have begun offering Apple TV storage upgrades. “Upon Apple’s delivery of Apple TV’s last week, we immediately received requests for hard drive upgrades,” said Ryan Arter, President of […]



Upgrading Your Apple TV Hard Drive

Mar 24th, 2007 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, iPods & Portable Media Players, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Several bloggers have posted about their experiences tearing into Apple TV hardware: Make Magazine shows you how to open your Apple TV and warranty, but not how to upgrade it. Engadget has an article on upgrading the hard drive to 80GB Gizmodo has teaser info on a 120GB hard drive upgrade The hard drive size […]



Podcasting Audience Up 18% Since Last Year

Mar 22nd, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcasting Research, Podcasting Statistics, Video Podcasts

The audience for podcasts has grown 18% in the last year, according to an upcoming report from Edison Media Research. Awareness of podcasting has grown even more, jumping from 22% in 2006 to 37% in 2007. At the Corporate Podcasting Summit, held March 19-20 in London, Edison Media Research VP Tom Webster gave a preview […]



Walt Mossberg On Apple TV

Mar 21st, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Computer Hardware, Digital Music, Digital Video Downloads, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcasting Software, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg has been test-driving an Apple TV for the last couple of weeks and calls it “a very well-designed product that easily brings the computer and the TV together.” “We’ve been testing Apple TV for the past 10 days or so, and our verdict is that it’s a beautifully designed, […]



Apple TV Makes Your HDTV The Biggest iPod Ever

Mar 21st, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Digital Music, Digital Video Downloads, iPods & Portable Media Players, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Apple today started shipping Apple TV, a new class of computer peripheral that turns your HDTV into a big screen iPod. Apple TV connects physically to your television and wirelessly to a Mac or PC running iTunes. The device then lets you play iTunes content on your TV, including movies, TV shows, music, photos, podcasts […]