iPods & Portable Media Players

Koyono Updates Line of iPod Clothing

Jun 2nd, 2006 | By | Category: iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players, Strange

Koyono has introduced new Made for iPod clothing to their line of items for Spring and Summer 2006. The new additions to the BlackCoat line of outerwear, named Work, Sport, and Surf, each include ElekTex, a smart fabric technology from Eleksen Group that has been integrated into the lapels as iPod control pads. This allows […]



ZING to Power Wireless Portable Media Players

Jun 2nd, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, iPods & Portable Media Players, Mobile Podcasting

ZING, a new consumer technology company, has announced plans for a new generation of always-connected, mobile digital devices. Today, they unveiled plans to work with leading brands‚Äìboth online and in consumer electronics‚Äìto develop audio and entertainment systems that give people the benefits of live, always-on digital streams. ZING also announced it is working with SIRIUS […]



Rough Guide Intros Travel Books for iPods

Jun 1st, 2006 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players

Rough Guides has introduced a new free service for iPod users, PodScrolls. PodScrolls are iPod formatted mini travel-guides, formatted for iPods. Rough Guide has started with guides to eating and drinking for ten of the world’s great cities, featuring reviews from their Direction guidebook series. PodScrolls are basically a series of images, distributed as a […]



Whole-House Digital Audio System

May 31st, 2006 | By | Category: iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players

Niles Audio Corporation has introduced a whole-house distributed audio system, the IntelliContro ICS (Integrated Control Solutions). The IntelliControl ICS system accommodates popular digital audio sources and delivers detailed information to and from its keypad, touchscreen and handheld remote controllers, letting users put Sirius satellite radio in the kitchen, iPod audio in the kids’ rooms and […]



Ultra-Girly iPod Dock

May 30th, 2006 | By | Category: iPod Accessories

If there’s ever a contest for the girliest iPod accessory, the Hello Kitty iPod Dock is a shoe-in. Features iPod Dock for iPod 3G,4G,5G,Photo,Mini,nano Electronic Volume Control Output Power 2W x 2 1‚Ä≥ Woofer x 2 Slim Speaker Box LED Power Indicator Line-out Jack Power: AC/DC Adapter DC 6V ‚ÄòAA‚Äô or ‚ÄòUM-3‚Ä≤ Size x 4 […]



The I Stands for Isolation

May 29th, 2006 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players, Strange

The I Stands for Isolation project – art or vandalism? From the CyberRodent site: See how they each stay in their own box See how they are not talking to each other See how similiar they are to one another See how they are featureless shadows of a person



Jobs: Buy a New iPod Every Year

May 27th, 2006 | By | Category: General, iPods & Portable Media Players, Strange

Apple CEO Steve Jobs offers his recommendation for keeping current with technology:”You know, you keep on innovating, you keep on making better stuff,” notes Jobs. “And if you always want the latest and greatest, then you have to buy a new iPod at least once a year.” Jobs is quoted in an interview about the […]



Nike and Apple Team Up to Launch Nike+iPod

May 24th, 2006 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Digital Music, iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players

Nike and Apple have announced a partnership bringing the worlds of sports and music together with the launch of Nike+iPod products. The first product developed through this partnership is the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, a wireless system that allows Nike+ footwear to talk with aniPod nano. ‚ÄúWe‚Äôre working with Nike to take music and sport to […]



New MP3 Player Ad Campaign Mocks iPod Owners as iPuppets

May 24th, 2006 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players

A new ad campaign for the Sansa e200, a portable digital media player, mocks iPod owners, calling them iSheep and iPuppets. The iDont campaign calls on “free thinkers, contrarians and malcontents” to “rise up against the iTatorship.



Kids Learn Podcasting, Glory of Mac OS X, at Apple Camp

May 23rd, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Computer Hardware, How to Podcast, iPods & Portable Media Players

Apple has introduced a free program to let kids learn podcasting with GarageBand this summer, Apple Camp. The day “camps” at Apple stores promise to let kids geek out, making music, movies, podcasts or websites using Mac computers and iLife software.Workshops are geared towards kids with intermediate computer skills. The camps are free, but require […]