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Apple Ipod Nano - Why Bother

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:28:21 +0000

The Apple Ipod Nano? Not another article about it! Well, fasten your seatbelt, because I'm going to take you on a nice literary roller coaster ride.

Huh? What does a jaunty verbal exposition have to do with the most popular personal electronic in the history of man? Well, before you...

Class Action Lawsuit Advice

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:35:10 +0000

Just last week I received a letter in the mail informing me that I was a member of a class action lawsuit against Apple's hip iPods. Apparently the portable music devices had experienced battery failure on a massive scale, the letter said, and I could do one of two things. I could accept the set...

Personalize Your Apple iPod Tattoo

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:22:03 +0000

An Apple iPod tattoo?

Now before you mothers out there get all freaked out, it's not what you think!

The latest rage is to dress up your Apple iPod with your own personal Apple iPod tattoo. That's right. The iPod, not the child!

Most iPod owners looking to tattoo their iPod ma...

iPod Shuffle - A Peek Into The Future

admin — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:21:20 +0000

Small is in when it is only 1.62 inches long and weighs only half an ounce - and lets face it - "small is in". With the whole purpose being to easily load it with an assortment of songs, it then plays them in a random order. The first iPod to use flash memory, the iPod shuffle weighs only 22 gr...

Protecting the Screens of iPods and other Small Portable Electronic Devices

admin — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:23:28 +0000

No matter how careful you are, without dependable protection the screens on all portable electronic devices will get scratched. The fact that we use the devices in our active daily lives puts them in constant danger of being scratched.

One of the best ways to protect them is now available t...

iPod Models

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:31:10 +0000

1st Generation iPod

The 1st generation iPod is the first iPod model by Apple announced on October 23, 2001, the cost of the original iPod was $399 with a 5 GB hard drive. Critics panned the unit's price, but it proved an instant hit in the marketplace, quickly

overtaking e...

Samsung Nexus - A Great Alternative

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:30:17 +0000

The Samsung Nexus is voted as a wonderful alternative from the other satellite radios receivers, targeted for the casual MP3 listener, whose main purpose is to replay recorded and personal content. While most other MP3 manufacturers are trying to perfect the MP3 player by adding disk space or int...

iPod vs. Velcro — Battle of the Super Products

admin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:25:25 +0000

I'm a sucker for a good battle. Not an all-out war, mind you -- just a good tow-to-tow, one-on-one slugfest. Think Holyfield vs. Tyson, Alien vs. Predator, or Ashley Simpson vs. anyone with ears.

I'm also a sucker for ingenious products. So in the spirit of combining these passions, I'm ...

The Ultimate IPod Video Experience

admin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:18:19 +0000

Yesterday my new 5th generation iPod video arrived. As I had an iPod before I was eager to check out the video capability. So my first shot was going on iTunes and trying to find some free stuff.

Besides the 'Tiki Bar' video podcast I couldn't really find something for free. Everything h...

How To Turn Your iPod Into TV

admin — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:29:22 +0000

The Apple iPod is synonymous with mobile audio and music, and with the launching of the video-capable iPod, music lovers not only will enjoy the audio but also video.

Herein lies the problem - the apple iPod screen is only 2.5 inches, and there is no doubt that viewing pleasure can be incre...

iPod Wireless Speakers and Headphones

admin — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:16:03 +0000

The iPod seems to have induced a certain trend in the consumer electronics industry as many companies on the market rushed to manufacture accessories for the little device that allows you to take music with you wherever you go. Speakers and headphones were among the first choices as iPod accessor...

Forty-Two Million iPods, Which is Mine

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:05:01 +0000

In Apple's latest press release you will find that the famous iPod has clearly made its way to number one for multimedia players. It's like a car; you don't notice just how many of them are out there until you buy one. Personalizing iPods is becoming as popular as personalized cell phones and ...

I Have My IPod Nano, Where’s Yours

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:14:11 +0000

Take out four credit cards from your wallet. Stack them and hold them in your hand. Apple's iPod nano http://www.powermax.com/cgi-global/generate_css_temp.cgi? i=PM_MP_IN&t=The+iPod+nano is about the same weight and half an inch less wide than that stack of cards. Now put three cards back i...

Cool iPod Features You May Not Know About

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:21:10 +0000

Here are some iPod features that you may not know about:

--> Parental Supports

The iTunes Music Store also now offers parental controls, so that parents can disable access to Podcasts, shared music, or the iTunes Music Store as a whole. Parents can also restrict music with explicit la...

Tidy Up iTunes MP3 collection

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:18:01 +0000

If like me you have a big music collection gathered from lots of sources, then you are probably having the same problems with the awful metadata that some tracks have.

A lot of my tracks have weird or missing track details, errors and for some tracks I have no ID3 tags at all for the artist...