MacNN: Tunewear today unveiled three new additions to its Icewear line of iPod cases, introducing models for the iPod touch, Classic and Nano. The Icewear is made of high density ribbed silicone which provides a sticky tactile feel, and is designed to absorb shocks and bumps from accidental drops. ...
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While Microsoft's Zune may have briefly toppled Apple's iPod from the top of the Amazon.com bestseller's list, US customers are having a hard time getting hold of the new version of the product. Amazon briefly showed the last-generation Zune as its best-selling MP3 player earlier this week. Essenti...
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TMCnet: With this device, users can listen to music without burdensome wires and can share music by streaming to two headsets concurrently. BlueCore Player also permits express streaming of MP3 files to diminish power utilization. BlueCore Player is rooted in CSR’s highly acclaimed BlueCo...
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MacNN: Contour Design recently unveiled the iSee for the third generation iPod nano and the iPod touch, a clear plastic case that offers additional dock connector protection. The iSee features a hinged dock port cover, and a removable, rotating belt clip that has a plug to cover up the mounting hol...
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PC World: Cambridge SoundWorks last week announced their SoundWorks i765, a new compact sound system that features an iPod dock connector. The SoundWorks i765 has a built-in DVD player, CD player and radio. It can play CDs encoded with MP3 or WAV files, and features a fully digital AM/FM tuner. It...
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Axiom Audio on Monday introduced Audiobyte, a new "luxury" speaker system compatible with Macs, PCs iPods and other devices. It's priced starting at $349. The Audiobyte comprises two stereo speakers and an amplifier. There's also an optional subwoofer. Each speaker is encased in Burled Wa...
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RealNetworks has introduced a beta version of its new RealPlayer X11 software for the Mac, and launched the application for Windows after a five-month public beta period. The new software lets users transfer downloaded video content to Apple's iPods for the first time, meaning iPod owners can carry...
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Electronista: Microsoft’s Zune division chief J Allard has a mixture of praise and criticism for the iPhone as his company prepares to compete more effectively with its own software, an interview reveals. He argues that it is Apple’s attention to the design of the cellphone as a ...
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Cambridge SoundWorks on Wednesday announced their SoundWorks i765, a new compact sound system that features an iPod dock connector. It costs $499.95. The SoundWorks i765 has a built-in DVD player, CD player and radio. It can play CDs encoded with MP3 or WAV files, and features a fully digital AM/FM...
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PMP Today: Since we’ve established that Zune 2 is a worthy iPod rival, it is now time to search the globe for a Zune?2 rival. The new Artamys R-RM 850 PMP uses an LG-like touch-sensitive buttons. It boasts a 2.8-inch 320 x 240-pixel TFT screen and plays AVI, XVID, WMV, RM, RMVB, DAT, FLV, MP3, WMA,...
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Apple met just partial success in persuading court to declare Burst.com's iPod patents invalid. Apple last night partially failed in its bid to have Burst.com's iPod-focused patent infringement lawsuit thrown out of court. Burst.com claims that some of its patents for receiving, storing and transm...
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Jack your iPod touch into iTunes, and you'll soon discover that an updated version of the widescreen iPod's software waiting in the wings. Although posted on Apple site on Friday, iPod touch Software Version 1.1.2 is now available through iTunes. Apple's accompanying notes are typically brief-citin...
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Is full wireless syncing support appropriate for a flash-based player? Microsoft's $199 8GB Zune certainly ships with a raft of features, but unless you need a light player with wireless functions, you'll probably be able to find better values elsewhere. The 8GB Zune is a little thicker than one o...
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Though the old 30GB Zune didn't go over too well, Microsoft's kept at it and managed to produce an impressive pair of players in its second-generation Zunes. The $250 80GB hard-drive model I tested would make a capable alternative to an 80GB iPod Classic if wireless syncing or built-in radio interes...
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It took them a while, but the folks at Microsoft have finally built a pretty good portable media player. With wireless syncing, a new touch-pad control to rival Apple's Click Wheel, and some interesting new features built into the Zune player software, this latest generation of Zunes should finally ...
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Electronista: While Packard Bell has largely disappeared from the North American market, it is still very active in Europe, where it has introduced two new media players. At the fore is the Eclipse, the company’s first player that handles both music and video. Aside from MP3, WAV and WMA a...
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Nanotechnology will replace magnetic disk drives in iPods, laptops and servers within five to 10 years, making them more durable, lighter and faster. That's according to Michael Kozicki, a researcher at Arizona State University who is developing ways to store data in nanowires instead of as electro...
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On Monday Apple released a version 7.5 update to iTunes that, among other things, added support for Phase, a new interactive music game. Now Phase is available for purchase and download from the iTunes Store for US$4.99. Published through MTV Networks/Viacom, Phase is playable on third-generation i...
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Apple met just partial success in persuading court to declare Burst.com's iPod patents invalid. Apple last night partially failed in its bid to have Burst.com's iPod-focused patent infringement lawsuit thrown out of court. Burst.com claims that some of its patents for receiving, storing and transm...
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iSkin has introduced two new cases for the iPod classic and a new case for the iPod nano. The Claro and evo4 Duo are now available for the iPod classic for $39.99 and $34.99 respectively. The Duo for the iPod nano is also available for $29.99. The Claro is a hard case for the iPod classic made of p...
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