The Latest iPods news

Apple sells red iPod AIDS
Chinaview.cn, Oct. 16, 2006
A vintage Beatles song lyrics say "red is the color of my true love's hair" and now Apple is joining with U2 lead singer Bono and Bobby Shriver to express compassion for AIDS sufferers in Africa by contributing a portion of its revenue from a bright red iPod Nano to the struggle against the disease.

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Apple's Jobs doesn't see threats to iPod: report
Reuters, Oct. 15, 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc.doesn't expect the iPod media player to be hurt by Microsoft Corp.'sZune, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a magazine interview.

Microsoft has touted Zune, a portable media player due to be launched in the United States in time for the holiday shopping season, as a potential threat to the dominant iPod because of its ability to share music wirelessly.

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New iPod nanos fix the earbud issue
Houston Chronicle, Sept 27, 2006
Apple recently unleashed the second generation of iPod nanos. And, of course, my wife just had to have a pink one. She got it, but before she did I ran it through its paces.

The new nanos are redesigned, with new anodized aluminum enclosures in five colors. They're smaller, thinner and lighter than previous nanos. In addition, they have a brighter display and substantially improved battery life.

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Apple's New iPod Nano Cheaper To Make

Information Week, Sept. 22, 2006
Apple reduced the cost of materials for the 4 Gbyte Nano to $72.24 from $89.97 for the previous 2 Gbyte device, market researcher iSuppli found.

Apple Computer's latest iPod Nano costs almost $18 less to make than the previous version, a breakdown of the portable music player's components revealed.

A teardown analysis performed by market researcher iSuppli found that Apple reduced the cost of materials for the 4GB Nano to $72.24 from $89.97 for the previous 2GB device. The Cupertino, Calif., computer maker managed to get more capabilities for less in the device through design changes and component price declines, iSuppli said Friday.

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Mac game makers disappointed by iPod shut-out
Macworld, Sept.21, 2006
Many long-time Mac game developers figured it was inevitable that Apple would one day add premium games to its iPod music player. But when that day finally came earlier this month, many of those same game developers were left wishing they could be a part of it.

Of the nine games that made their debut with the iTunes Store, all but two were developed by software makers outside of Apple. However, none of the games came from the companies that Mac gamers usually expect to see on Apple hardware.

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Zune joins the fray as iPod gains the platform

The Guardian (UK) Unlimited, Sept. 21, 2006
The gloves are off... almost. After months of waiting, the first real volleys have been fired in the long-anticipated digital music war between Apple and Microsoft.

It kicked off with Apple, as Steve Jobs unveiled revisions to the iPod range and added some extra features. He finally lifted the curtain on the heavily-trailed movie download service, offering American customers downloaded Disney-produced films such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Cars. Though there is still no British content a year after TV shows hit iTunes, the company promised something here in 2007.

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myvu Made for iPod improves video experience

The Mobile Gadgeteer, Sept. 18, 2006
I have been seriously thinking about picking up an iPod Video device and was hoping Apple was going to announce a model with a larger widescreen display a couple weeks ago, but that didn't happen. However, they did drop the price of the 30GB model and added a 60GB 80GB model with some other software updates. The day after Apple's announcements, Microsoft announced their Zune experience and so now I am thinking about one of these devices. Then late last night Beth sent me a note stating that The MicroOptical Corporation was going to announcing their new myvu Made for iPod Edition Personal Media Viewer glases today. The details for the myvu Made for iPod Edition system are now up on their site with the glasses selling for US$399.

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Pod fans 'shunning iTunes store'

BBC News. Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006
Most of the music on an iPod is not from iTunes, reveals report
Despite the success of Apple iTunes, few people stock their iPod with tracks from the online store, reports a study.
The Jupiter Research report says that, on average, only 20 of the tracks on an iPod will be from the iTunes shop.
Far more important to iPod owners, said the study, was free music ripped from CDs someone already owned or acquired from file-sharing sites.

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Touch-screen iPod in time for Christmas?

Thnk Secret September 15, 2006
The much discussed touch-screen iPod that Think Secret has been bringing you details of since February 2006 may see the light of day this year, after all.
While the timetable is improbable—and unconfirmed—sources who have previously disclosed details of the touch-screen iPod report Apple is committing significant resources to completing the final spec and that it may, just may, enter manufacturing by late October, barely in time for the holiday buying season.
Instead of usurping the just-updated 5G iPod, this new iPod, boasting a 3.5-inch widescreen display, would be pedaled as its own product line. Read the rest of the story

What is an iPod?

According to Wikipedia, The iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Computer. Apple chose to focus its development on the iPod's simple user interface, rather than on technical capability. Devices in the iPod family are designed around a central scroll wheel except for the iPod shuffle, until recently, and the full-sized model stores media on an internal hard drive, while the smaller iPod nano and iPod shuffle use flash memory. Like many digital audio players, iPods can also serve as external data storage devices.

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