iPod

iPod Touch Reviewed (Verdict: Just Like the iPhone, But Slightly Better For Music)

The iPod touch, Apple’s gimped iPhone that’s just for music, sounds fantastic for people who want all of the iPhone’s music and video features and none of its calling ones. PC Mag got their hands on one a bit early and found that it’s just as good as the iPhone in terms of, well, everything,…

Hello Kitty Earphone Charm – Wait, What?

Apparently cellphone charms aren’t enough for the Japanese now, as evidenced by these Hello Kitty iPod Earphone Charms. You read that right, Hello. Kitty. iPod. Earphone. Charms. Let’s repeat. Hello. Kitty. iPod. Earphone. Charms. Our heads asplode at its uselessness. [Kittyhell via Techie Diva]

Initial tests show the iPod Nano and Classic outperforming Apple’s claims on battery life, sometimes by up to 6 hours.[iLounge via PowerPage]

10 Takes on the iPod Classic

Renaming Apple’s sixth generation of iPod the “iPod classic” cemented the device into our cultural history. Beyond mere music or video device, Apple acknowledged that their once humble MP3 player had grown to cultural icon— just like Coca Cola. But is the new iPod classic really an improvement? Or are we just a bunch of…

iPod nano Review

Yeah, you’re not reading this so you can hear me give the iPod another pat on the back. You know that the new model has Cover Flow, video capabilities and a bigger screen, making it the most functional nano ever made. I want to talk about the design. And man, were we wrong when we…

iPod Teardowns Dig Up Metal Screen Backplates

iFixit tore apart the 3G iPod nano and the iPod classic, and in addition to finding the usual array of LCDs and hard drives, they discovered that the screens are now backed by a metal plate. One can only assume this is to make the screens less prone to breaking, and considering how crack-happy earlier…

Apple Officially Neutral on iPhone and iPod Hack

In an interview given to Gearlog, Apple VP of Hardware Product Marketing Greg Joswiak confirmed that the iPhone and iPod Touch run the same software, and said that Apple is not bothered by the flood of native, third party software for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Joswiak defined the Apple stance as neutral, and while…

iPod Nano Mostly Survives Horrible Torture

Curious how your new iPod nano can withstand Jack Bauer-like torture? PC World put the nano through a series of tests to see if they could either break it and/or get it to tell them where Marwan is. Here are the results… Test 1: The Key Scratch The nano is put into a bag with…

SanDisk Reinvents 16GB Sansa View as Price-Slashed Nano Killer

SanDisk killed off its original Sansa View, a flash-endowed PMP shown at CES, and today announced that it is giving the name to a super-slim 16GB video and music player that will cost $199. It’s no coincidence that this is twice the memory of Apple’s new 8GB nano—at the same price. https://gizmodo.com/sandisk-sansa-view-video-player-227067 SanDisk’s 8GB View…

iPort Dock Hooks iPod and iPhone Up to Network

If there’s one thing better than a new iPod and/or iPhone it’s the new iPod and/or iPhone caged, networked and ready to do your bidding. The iPort in-wall dock is essentially a pretty box that you can hang on a wall that will allow you to fully control your iPod or iPhone from anywhere in…

New Line of iPods Not Compatible With Old Third Party Video Gear

Word on the street is that the video out function on the new line of iPods is locked if used in conjunction with old video cables and docks from third parties. Apparently, the new iPods will only work with cables featuring Apple’s authentication chip (read: official first party products and a handful of third party),…

Autopsies of the New Nano and iPod Classic Show Glue, Plates

There’s nothing geeks like more than undressing stuff &mdash especially new Apple gear. Barely 24 hours after El Jobso unveiled his new iPod babies, iFixit got motherboard-deep into the new nano and classic versions. And this is what they found: The 80GB classic has a 3mm-thinner hard drive than its predecessor, the iPod video, and…

Apple To Work With Polk, JBL, iBiquity on HD Radio Tagging System For iTunes

Apple is working with iPod dock makers JBL and Polk on a system that allows anything heard on an HD Radio/iPod dock system to be tagged and sent to an iPod, which will later be transferred to iTunes. Once on iTunes, a playlist is presented where users can purchase any tracks they heard while listening…

Boomtune Mini Offers Form and Function In Its Tripod Speaker

Japanese company Focal Corp has recently released the Boomtune Mini, a speaker accessory that doubles as a tripod for your smallish MP3 player. What was once a concept a few years ago has become reality, and it appears to have turned out nicely, clearly designed for the smaller iPods. Pictures show the Boomtune plugged into…

It’s official: Apple’s denied that the iPod Touch will have Bluetooth. [Boing Boing Gadgets]

Video: Hands-On with the New iPod Nano and Classic Packaging

Videographer Richard Blakeley just hit up the Soho Apple store and found both the new iPod nanos and iPod classics up for sale already, both with fancy new packaging. Hit the video above to see him getting his sweaty mitts all over them.

Belkin Releases iPod Classic and Nano SportBands, Cases

Belkin’s followed up Apple’s announcements yesterday with a few accessory announcements today. Among them are the Sport Armband Plus for the iPod classic, nano and touch ($29), and the Sport Armband for iPod classic, nano ($19) and touch ($29). The Plus has a hook fastener and a cable capsule for earphone storage as well as…

Facebook Picks an iPod

After weighing all of the GB options and touchscreens versus scroll wheels, we’re still not completely sure which iPod or iPhone to get yet, but those profile-happy kids over at Facebook seem to know. With a commanding 31% of the votes the iPod touch is the victor this time around. Although that doesn’t tell you…

For those of you who want to relive the hour and a half you spent not working, here’s Apple’s official recording of the keynote yesterday. [Apple]

Toshiba Announces 160GB 1.8″ Drive (iPod Classic Drive?)

Toshiba has just announced the “world’s highest-capacity 1.8″ hard drisk drive,” a new 160GB CE-ATA drive aimed at the PMP market, along with an 80GB PATA drive of the same size. Hmmm…sounds so familiar. https://gizmodo.com/apples-ipod-classic-is-overgrown-hard-drive-equipped-n-296675 I’m actually fairly pumped about the new, massive iPod Classic, glad that Apple hasn’t written off those of us who…