AppleInsider reports that Apple Computer’s second-generation iPod shuffle is in extremely high demand this month, with sales tracking in excess of 5 million for the quarter. As a result, the entry-level player is selling out at some resellers faster than Apple can provide fresh stock. Apple vice president of worldwide sales, Phil Schiller, characterized early […]

Despite frequent media reports about iPods that kill, an iPod may have saved the life of a Oregon man who got lost in the woods while hunting for mushrooms. Pini Nou, 25, was on his first outing and got separated from his mother, an experienced mushroom hunter. When Nou did not show up by nightfall, […]

Mad because you bought a Zune and found out Microsoft doesn’t support podcasts? FeedYourZune has you covered. FeedYourZune is a free, full-featured RSS reader and podcast media player. It requires Windows XP or 2000. Features: Automated download and syncing of Audio and Video Podcasts to your Zune. Full featured RSS video playback. Supports all video […]

Nielsen Media Research has begun gathering information on usage of Apple‚Äôs iPod, and has found that most iPod owners spend far more time on it listening to music or audio podcasts than they do using it to watch TV or movies. Nielsen monitored a panel of 400 iPod users in the U.S. from Oct. 1-27 […]

Podcast Ready, creators of portable podcast management software, and Wolverine Data, have partnered to offer Podcast Ready‚Äôs myPodder software preloaded on the Wolverine ESP, Wolverine MVP and Wolverine FlashPro. Wolverine makes portable storage devices/media players, targetting the pro photography market. The new Wolverine ESP features a 3.6-inch TFT LCD display and the ability to store […]

The MPAA has filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York, Paramount Pictures v. Load ‘N Go Video, suing a small business for loading DVDs onto personal media players (e.g., iPod Video) on behalf of customers. Load ‘N Go sells both DVDs and iPods and will load purchased DVDs onto iPods for customers who […]

According to Microsoft’s Bill Gates, founder and president of Microsoft, the Zune may soon get useful additions to its wireless functionality, adding interoperabiltiy with the Xbox 360 and PCs. On Tuesday, Gates said that Zune will soon be integrated with other platforms, including Windows Vista and the Xbox gaming console. “We will take it even […]

Foxconn Electronics is reported to have been chosen by Apple to make an iTunes mobile phone, dubbed by many, the iPhone. The Chinese-language Commercial Times on Wednesday reported that Apple had ordered 12 million iPhones, and that they were due during the first half of next year. The reported order, if accurate, would confirm estimates […]

Print Wear Wholesalers, a New Jersey clothing wholesaler, has introduce a new design of T-shirts that lets wearers work out or hang out with a portable media player safely stowed in a pocket and with wires out of the way. “mpTees” are designed to be screen printed or embroidered for retail use or as promotional […]

The Zune launch is starting to look more and more like an unmitigated disaster. PC Magazine’s John Dvorak has joined other analysts saying the Zune Zucks. In his latest article, Dvorak writes that “Microsoft’s music player has no future.” “If anything is doomed to failure, it is the Microsoft Zune,” writes Dvorak. “I have no […]