iPod Battery FAQ
iPodland: Microsoft's secret plan for getting Windows Media on the iPod goes awry - Sadly, Bill Gates had to inform his eager young intern that this wasn't really what he had in mind when he said that he needed to get "Windows Media on an iPod as soon as possible"
Washington Post Covers iPod Battery Ruckus - An anonymous reader sent in a link to ' Battery and Assault: When His iPod Died, This Music Lover Tackled Apple. Stay Tuned. ' in the Washington Post. The article (good reading even if you're familiar with the situation) has Apple reps being rather callous about the issue - I think it's a fairly reasonable assumption that if you spend several hundred dollars on a gizmo, it shouldn't be "disposable". A replacement battery for my cell phone cost $10; one for my cordless phone cost $10; Apple is presumably making a good deal of money on their $99 replacements.
iTunes Music Store vs. WalMart's download service: a head-to-head comparison - Talk about your self-sacrificing journalistic integrity. In the name of giving Mac users a glimpse into what it is to be a WalMart music downloader, I have laid out a full 88 cents, out my own pocket. Sure, I could have used that money for a down payment on a ham sandwich, but instead I blew that money just so that I can reliably report to readers that WalMart's music download service isn't likely to become the "WalMart of music download services". Rather than list what all is missing or inferior or more difficult in comparison to iTunes, I figured I'd create a head-to-head comparison chart to determine whether it would all be worth it to save eleven cents per download. WalMart even wins in some categories. So without further ado, here's a point-by-point comparison of iTunes vs. WalMart:
Christmas shoppers 'can't get enough of iPods' - Apple say that by October this year they had shipped more than 1.3 million iPods to countries around the world. Mike Khalfey, central buyer for electronics at John Lewis department stores, said so many people wanted an iPod they were having to take orders for delivery after Christmas
iPod as picture bucket - Most add-on devices don't tap into the iPods' gargantuan hard-drive storage capacities, which range from 10 to 40 gigabytes. One exception is Belkin's $99 Media Reader, which lets digital-camera users transfer photos from their flash-storage cards to their iPods
The perfect journalist's recorder - Sometimes I'm a bit slow on the uptake. It just dawned on me that an Apple iPod with Belkin's Voice Recorder is the ideal 21st century equivalent of a reporter's tape recorder
AOL Users Hear ITunes - Apple's music service now available via AOL Music. - America Online and Apple Computer announced on Thursday that AOL members who visit AOL Music can now click an ITunes button next to featured songs and launch the ITunes Music Store, where they can preview, purchase, and download the tracks to listen to on their computer or IPod
Steve Jobs Dismisses Wal-Mart & Dell, Offers Message To Artists - Steve Jobs gave an interview to USA Today concerning Apple's music strategy. According to the story resulting from that interview, Mr. Jobs dismissed Wal-Mart as a competitive threat, said that Apple had trounced Dell in digital music players, and perhaps most importantly, said that half of the downloads from the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) continue to be full albums
The iPod is the new sonic boom - Not only is Apple's portable digital music player flying from high-street shelves, it is also "the fastest-selling item being snapped up by internet shoppers", said the Observer . Its popularity is such, according to the Financial Times , that it "is in short supply in many markets, including the US and the UK"
iPod Remote Hack - Earlier this year I opened up my iPod remote control to see if there was a way I could hack it into the audio controls on my Gold Wing motorcycle
iPod Offerings, Part 2 - Last week I gave you Part 1 of my holiday gift suggestions for the iPod user(s) in your life, covering Apple accessories, music, software, cases, bags, and jackets. Part 2 provides you with the best in third-party iPod add-ons, car accessories, speakers, reading, and repair options. Give your favorite iPod user even more reason to love their iPod with one (or more) of these useful items
TechNewsWorld Looks At Why iTMS Flies High While Others Falter - Apple's iTunes Music Store may not have been the first online music store, and it certainly hasn't been the last, but it's been the only one to do it right , according to an article at TechNewsWorld
Apple responds to the recent Copyright Board of Canada decision - As a result of the recent Copyright Board of Canada's decision to add an importer and manufacturer levy on non-removable memory permanently embedded in digital audio recorders, Apple Canada announced that it is increasing prices for its iPod music devices effective December 13, 2003
Apple blasé about online music rivals - Jobs says he has no plans to lower prices or dramatically change iTunes to address the new threats. "We're going to continue on our winning strategy," he said in an interview.
Can Apple cement MPEG4 as THE new music standard? Here's one way to help... - Will Apple learn from past mistakes and leverage its superior music player and store to expand QuickTime and MPEG4? The key is making "iPod Compatible" a must-have feature for any music service and actively courting the other services to add the AAC format to their offering
24K Gold iPod on eBay - iPodlounger 'ExtraT' reports that eBay Germany has an auction listed for a 24K gold 5GB iPod
Gadgets make iPod more than an MP3 - Apple iPod owners eagerly await the time when they can "legally" fill their devices with music, a bunch of third-party accessories have been released that turns the gadget into something more than an MP3 player
iPod news frenzy gathers pace - Apple's iPod continues to collect column inches here in the UK, with the Times, Observer and others noting the level of demand for the market-leading music player
Bill Clinton touts musical greats - Clinton described how his love for jazz informed the diverse musical selections programmed on his iPod, which include "pretty much everything that (piano legend) Oscar Peterson ever played that's on CD
iPod is favourite stocking thriller as internet shopping finally booms - It weighs less than a box of matches, can store 10,000 songs, and is set to become the coolest item in our Christmas stockings this year. The iPod may be just a hard-disk storage device, but it has become a cult consumer gift that has achieved a unique festive status over the past few days: it is the fastest-selling item being snapped up by internet shoppers
iTunes Music Store Downloads Top 25 Million Songs - Apple also announced that over $1 million of iTunes online gift certificates and allowances have been purchased since the features were added to the iTunes Music Store on October 16, 2003
iPod shortage: stroke of genius? - Twelve days til Christmas, and we officially have an iPod shortage. Now, it could just be an uninteresting piece of bad news (Apple made fewer than they should have). Or it could just be an uninteresting piece of good news (there is even greater demand than any company could reasonably have predicted). It could even be a bit of both. But something tells me that there's more to this than just a simply supply vs. demand imbalance. I mean, if I had a hot product on my hands and I wanted to make it even hotter for the holidays, the first thing I'd do is spread word that supply was running short
Five reasons not to buy an iPod - in truth, while the iPod rocks, it's not now, nor has it ever been, perfect for everyone.
We too have run our fair share of iPod-centric headlines--for a good reason. With about 1.5 million units sold, the iPod is the most popular MP3 player in the world, and it still makes other players look and feel inelegant in comparison. Don't get me wrong; it's still our favorite overall MP3 player .Although everyone can think of reasons why they want an iPod, I've decided to use this column to list a few reasons why not to buy one
Cheaper Chiba holds its own against cute iPod - There are three things that keep me attached to this iPod: its superior sound, its capacity to hold all my digital music and automatically update additions and revisions when connected to the computer, and, finally, the aesthetics. But I'm not entirely faithful. Lately, I've been seen with a Rio Audio Chiba, which is a different kind of portable music player with its own special qualities
Home sweet iPod - Home on iPod lets you store the contents of your Home folder – your Dock and desktop preferences, documents and applications – on your iPod to take with you wherever you go. When you plug your iPod into another Mac running the updated Panther, it logs in to your personalised environment, just like on your own Mac. And when you get back to your own Mac you can update it with any changes you've mad
iPod player elevates portable music - Until the iPod’s arrival two years ago, the last big leap forward in portable music players for the masses was the introduction of the Sony Walkman about 20 years ago. In what seemed like an instant, the Walkman was omnipresent. Its name, in fact, became the shorthand for all makes and models of its imitators
iPod is favourite stocking thriller as internet shopping finally booms - It weighs less than a box of matches, can store 10,000 songs, and is set to become the coolest item in our Christmas stockings this year. The iPod may be just a hard-disk storage device, but it has become a cult consumer gift that has achieved a unique festive status over the past few days: it is the fastest-selling item being snapped up by internet shoppers
The Perfect iPod Accessory (inMotion) - The inMotion is an ultra-portable audio system design exclusively for the iPod. It runs on either AC, or battery. I will give you all the specs, but the most important thing to know is that this product creates a surprisingly good sound for either spoken word or music. I looked at this tiny box when I received it, slid my iPod in and cranked it up. It's not a boom box by any stretch of the imagination, but the sound was as good as any portable radio or tape player I ever heard
iPod makes the headlines - The Times yesterday declared Apple's market-leading music player "iconic", writing: "Not since Sony launched its Walkman in 1979 has a portable music player become such a cult consumer object."
Apple's iTMS Will Be the Last Man Standing - "These days, new digital music download services are becoming more common than spare AOL CDs. It seems like everybody is getting in the music download business. As more and more of these services pop up, the companies that run them are learning that there's no money in it unless you can tie it to a separate product or service. Editorial contributor Kevin Ledgister contributed the following editorial to osViews detailing why he believes that Apple's iTunes Music Store will rise above the competition."
Why the iPod rocks - The iPod initially works like a Discman. You've got your rewind, forward, pause and play keys. It's so user-friendly, Fred Flintstone could work this baby. Getting the songs in it, though, could pose a problem for him
iPod tops ESPN's list of "Favorite Things of the Year" - Is there anyone out there who doesn't love the iPod these days? In what could end up being the biggest case of contagious bandwagoning since wearing flannel shirts and forgetting to wash ones hair, ESPN is just the latest in a growing list of entities, most of whom have no connection with the computer or electronics industries whatsoever, to lavish praise (and drool) on the iPod
Red Hot Chili Peppers revolt against their management and finally show up in the iTunes Music Store - The Chili Peppers themselves never said anything about the embargo, leading me to think that they were simply being used as pawns in a battle being waged by Q Prime and Metallica. The mouthpiece for Q Prime, Mark Reiter, could do no better than to state that "our artists would rather not contribute to the demise of the album format."
Product of the Year - Apple CEO Steve Jobs persuaded the five major music labels and scores of independent labels to open their vaults (at least partially). Together they put more than 400,000 songs on sale at 99 cents each, or $9.99 for a typical album
iPod Gift Offerings, Part 1 - To help you decide on such a gift, the following are some of my favorite iPod-related products. (Unless noted, I've actually tried every item.) I've divided them into some logical categories, and included approximate U.S. prices for each
Jobs gathers no moss - Apple CEO Steve Jobs has revealed how difficult it was to convince music company executives to agree to support the iTunes Music Store. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Jobs tells how, when Apple first approached the labels, 'they kicked us out. But we kept going back again and again.'
Man arrested in Cambs Police iPod email phone jam scam - email informing them that £399.99 would be taken out of their account to pay for an iPod music player they'd supposedly ordered. The email also advised recipients that they should call the number listed in the email if they had any queries. The snag was that the number did not belong to some ecommerce outfit, but to Cambridge Police HQ. Its phone lines were jammed.
Electric Image Offers Deals on Universe 5 Upgrades get discount; free iPod available with new purchases -
For new license purchases, Electric Image is also offering a free iPod, the portable music player and storage system from Apple. For those who purchase a new copy of Universe 5, Electric Image will include a free 40 GB iPod, which normally sells for $499. Universe sells for $1,295
Steve Jobs: The Rolling Stone Interview - Jobs' bet on digital music is a hugely risky move in many ways, not only because powerhouses such as Dell and Wal-Mart are gunning for Apple (and Microsoft will be soon, as well), but because success may depend on how well Jobs, a forty-eight-year-old billionaire, is able to understand and respond to the fickle music-listening habits of eighteen-year-olds in their college dorms
Neistat's Dirty Secret - So what really, is the point of this video? Sensationalism? Attention? General rabble rousing? A vent for anger over the fact that Apple wouldn't do anything about a situation that they were under no obligation to do anything about? Personally, I think they lashed out out of frustration; frustration that is hard for me to justify. The iPod was out of of warranty, end of story.
Apple iPod - Like all Apple products, the iPod is gorgeously designed, from its sleek, white styling to its compact build and large, easily readable screen. However, it's far from just a pretty face, and has many excellent features and a huge storage capacity. The 10Gb version alone lets you store 2,500 songs in MP3 format; the 40Gb model holds 10,000
iPod Speaker Stand Review - The iPod Speaker Stand is, not surprisingly, an iPod stand that works with all iPods, featuring a single 2 1/4" speaker in the base, which plugs into the headphone jack atop the iPod by way of an unobtrusive cable. It requires no batteries, being powered by the output of the iPod's headphone jack, which is able to drive the speaker to a very acceptable volume. The unit is crafted of hand-poured Gypsum and it fits the 1G and 2G iPods, that I have tested it with, like a glove
Soon: iPods For The Poor - "U.S. shipments of MP3 players will almost double in 2003 to over 3.5 million, and will continue to grow almost 50% per year for the next three years." Growth of 50% per year? Sweet. Considering that the iPod is already the market leader in both unit sales and revenue, provided Apple doesn't screw it up in some epic and monumental way, it ought to keep bringing in some serious moolah, iTMS performance notwithstanding.
Guy Suddenly Realizes He'll Never Have 10,000 Songs. - Just four days after purchasing a brand new 40 GB iPod, Mac user Scott Bauer realized he will never in his natural life own enough music to fill the device
Why the iPod will beat the printer company - For HP's sake they’d actually better be working on their own player and not re-branding someone else's player like DELL are. When you consider that the musical content available on these services is heading towards uniformity as record companies hedge their bets, and people who'd at least like to make a minor loss or perhaps just about break even on their music store business have standardised on the 99 cents a song model pioneered by Apple, the only differentiator in this market is in hardware players.
Getting A Handle On MP3 Players - The Apple iPod is the best known of the hard drive-based MP3 players. Apple was early to the party with an excellent device that, originally, only worked with the Macintosh. The current crop of iPods also works with Microsoft Windows
Apple iPod 20GB Review - Today I will be looking at Apple's illustrious MP3 player, the iPod. I think it's fair to say for any PC enthusiast, whether you're a fan of the Macintosh line of products or your general PC products, chances are you store music on your computer. If you are like me, and struggle to remember the last time you purchased a CD, then it would be nice to take your collection of songs from your computer and onto something a little more portable
Pearl Jam's website now features "iTunes Music Store" buttons - This month, Pearl Jam took its first baby steps of its post-record-label existence when it recorded the song "Man of the Hour" for a movie soundtrack, and then began selling physical copies of the single from its own website for five dollars. Although it took a few weeks, the song finally found its way to the iTunes Music Store yesterday, as the "New Music Tuesdays" email from Apple was so cheerful in informing me. Not a surprising move, considering the fact that Pearl Jam has been offering bootlegs of its recent concerts on a per-track basis in iTunes for some time
iPod as Digital Photographer's Best Friend - Based on what I've already discovered in Panther, I figured there had to be more possibilities than that. So I got my hands on the Belkin reader and started testing every scenario I could think of. Bottom line: my hunch was right. You can do a lot with this setup.
More Accurate (but, Admittedly, Less Sensational) Alternative Stencil Slogans for the ‘Neistat Brothers’
iPod Envy (In iPod Season): Part Deux - I still don't have an iPod. - OK, so, when am I going to get an iPod? I don' know. Christmas is coming up, but I've already got my 'Christmas Budget' funded and there's no money left for an iPod, not even a refurb. I suppose it'll have to wait until next year, which really isn't that far away. In the meantime, I'll keep scanning for a good deal and dream that some portly, red-suited stranger walks up to me and hands me an iPod just for being good this year. It tis the season, after all...
Prophet: iTMS/iPod Brand Hit of the Year - Prophet, a management consulting firm, has ranked Apple's iTunes Music Store (iTMS) and iPod among its hottest brand 'hits' of 2003
NY Times looks at future of downloadable music - A new E-Commerce Report penned by Bob Tedeschi in The New York Times looks at the future of downloadable music from the iTunes Music Store and other services. Now that Apple has proven that commercial online music downloads are a viable business, Music at your fingertips, and a battle among the sellers examines some of the trends that experts think are headed our way in the years to come
iPod's Two-Year Anniversary - the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow writes "Two years ago this month, Apple Computer released a small, sleek-looking device it called the iPod. This Sunday's New York Times Magazine has a long article on it: The Guts of a New Machine ."
NY Times Chronicles History Of Apple's iPod, Including Steve Jobs Swipe At Michael Dell (Updated) - For those of you who haven't yet experienced the iPod in all its glory, this article is for you. The article really, really gives a complete view of the iPod and the fervour surrounding it. Maybe this little MP3 player is the bridge that will connect Apple and it's products to the rest of the world
More Buffoonery From The Media In QTFairUSe Coverage - Not everyone can be a geek, so perhaps we are being a tad too critical. Then again, PakNews.com was founded in 1991 by " Pakistani computer scientists and journalists ."
Be that as it may, it's interesting to see how much interest QTFairUse is generating around the world
iPod rivals 'don't get it' – Jobs - Jobs told the New York Times : "As technology becomes more complex, Apple's core strength of knowing how to make very sophisticated technology comprehensible to mere mortals is in even greater demand. " The Dells of the world don't spend money on design innovation. They don't think about these things."
iPod for photos - With the new voice recording features, iPod users can use a Belkin Voice Recorder to record and instantly review over 600 hours of lectures, interviews or notes on a 40GB iPod. Once the iPod, which is both Mac and Windows PC compatible, is connected to a computer, the WAV formatted voice notes are automatically synced with the computer just like songs and play lists are synced in the Apple's iTunes library. They can be edited or even sent to others via email
Business healthy for Apple’s iPod - “The whole thing was surreal,” said 33-year-old Diamond of flying over his handlebars and crashing into the concrete. “People were trying to help me, but I still had the earphones in and I couldn’t hear them at all.” Diamond’s iPod played the entire duration of his fall, despite the fact that a chunk of it broke off during the collision
Update: iPod's Dirty Secret Secret Revealed - I offered to mirror their video after their original webhost apparently pulled out, with one condition: that they link to, or otherwise inform users about, Apple's official $99 iPod battery replacement, since the video, as it stands, is incorrect: the iPod's battery is replaceable, and, on top of it, there's an official Apple program for $99
Boyzone star launches Virgin iPod-athon - Pop heartthrob Ronan Keating launched Apple's iPod Advent campaign at Virgin's London Oxford Street superstore last night. The store will now play 28 days of continuous, unrepeated tracks all the way through until Christmas Eve – and all that music will be played from one iPod hosted in the store
Exclusive: UK Apple chief’s iPod retail push - "Microsoft is trying to get Windows Media established as the format for digital media, but no-one in Hollywood is interested in that becoming any kind of standard; at the end of the day, it's the content creators who will drive the digital distribution format,"
iPod lands UK prize - Apple won a second BIMA (British Interactive Media Association) award last night – iPod won the Special Award for Hardware
QTFairUse, MyTunes, and Protected AAC Explained - These two applications have recently received a lot of attention due to their interactions with iTunes and the iTunes Music Store. Unfortunately, due to some very poor reporting across the internet, there are significant misconceptions about how these programs actually work. In fact, one article claims that you could now download songs for free from the iTunes Music Store. (This is not true.)
Apple adds 'New Music Tuesdays' tracks and exclusives to iTunes Music Store - including music from Puddle of Mudd, Counting Crows, Korn, Dixie Chicks, Rage Against the Machine, Michael Bublé, Nick Cannon, Cee-Lo & Timbaland, and more. Apple has also added music from I Solisti Italiani, Coldplay, Superchunk, Joni Mitchell, Secret Garden, Ferry Corsten, Ravi Shankar, Nat "King" Cole, and more
iPod named Stereophile's Editor's Choice and Budget Product of the Year - In its December 2003 issue, Stereophile magazine has named the iPod as the Editor's Choice and Budget Product of the Year. Our informant, Bill S. notes that the Editor's Choice 'usually goes to $30K CD players and so forth
iPods And The Two Towers - *nix writes "Haven't seen any postings anywhere about this, so it may well be old news by now. I just finished watching part of the LOTR Two Towers extended bonanza dvd, and apparently at one point they were using iPods to transport Weta digital work from a point in London that had a fat pipe to wherever Jackson was actually staying, which had no real connection to speak of. I think that's pretty nifty.
No iPod for me, thanks - Update* As Netsloth pointed out in the comments, you can buy a 3rd party battery for about $50. There is a lot of discussion of that and Apple's new $99 replacement plan
The Media Knows Not Of What It Speaks Concerning iTMS DRM Issues - According to some testing done by C|Net, the resulting file is not of much use in its resulting form. All of the header information in the original AAC file is lost, and all that is left is the raw AAC data, which will not play in most media players.
The Burton AMP Pack offers iPod integration - The Burton Amp Pack integrates an iPod control system using SOFTswitch technology, which allows the iPod to be controlled through a soft, flexible control pad built into the pack’s shoulder strap
Hacker Drills Hole in iTunes Security Blanket - If enthusiasm for the pay-per-tune business were dulled by hackers, no tears would be shed in some corners of the Internet. "We don't think that digital rights management is a good deal for consumers," Greg Bildson, COO of the online file-sharing service LimeWire, told TechNewsWorld. "Paying 99 cents for digitally restricted songs robs the consumer of usability. DRM will always be a target for hackers."
Survey: US doubled number of paying music downloaders - According to market research firm Ipsos , Americans are tripping over themselves to purchase music online. The company's recent survey called TEMPO indicates that the number of paying downloaders doubled in the first half of 2003, with an estimated 10 million users forking over cash for tunes
Dell Unveils Its iPod Kryptonite - The biggest difference between the iPod and the DJ, besides the classic difference between Beauty and the Beast, is in their respective music-software services. Musicmatch is my favorite Windows-based online music service—that's like saying a prostate exam is my favorite invasive procedure
Delete all tracks from an iTunes' playlist and the Library - If you want to delete all tracks in an iTunes playlist, and erase them from your disk completely, you can't just choose the command 'Clear,' as this will only remove the songs from the plyalist, not delete the songs from the library altogether. The quickest way I found to do both is:
iPod's Dirty Secret Revealed - The Neistat brothers have taken it upon themselves to 'redecorate' iPod posters with their public service announcement which reads; iPod's Unreplaceable Battery Lasts Only 18 Months. A QuickTime video of their efforts has been posted at
iPod Guerilla Anti-Marketing - doggo writes "A disgruntled iPod owner is pursuing a guerilla campaign against Apple because of his iPod's dead battery six months out of warranty. "At that price, you might as well go get a new one"" Except that from iPodBattery.com you can get a replacement for $50 and install it yourself. I've had my iPod for just over two years now and its battery still works great.
Griffin to release iTalk - iPod voice recorder - Based on my conversations with a Griffin Technology representative at the Mac Expo London, I have discovered Griffin Technology is about to release a new product, called the iTalk. The iTalk is to be a device similar to Belkin's Voice Recorder, but with more advanced functionality
All change for the music business - The rise of digital music is transforming the way Americans listen to music - with far-reaching consequences for the industry
DVD Jon Breaks ITunes Security DeCSS creator turns his attention to Apple's music service. - The man responsible for writing software that allowed people to circumvent copyright technology on DVDs has posted software on the Internet that may allow devotees of Apple Computer's new ITunes online music store to break digital rights management technology that protects files downloaded from that service
iConoclast iPod iGnites iMpassioned iDeologue - It has been just over two years since Apple Computers introduced the iPod personal-music player, one of the best little gadgets ever invented. Small, lightweight, easy-to-use (there's about a 10-second learning curve), and capable of holding a substantial music collection, the iPod is the device that helped make MP3 audio files respectable
Is Apple's $99 iPod Battery Replacement Fee Fair or a Rip Off? - Apple is now offering a battery replacement service on all older-model iPods. Is it worth doing, or does it make more sense to replace your two year old iPod?
iPod too sensitive - Am I the only one who thinks the touch sensitive buttons on the new iPod are too sensitive? It seems like tracks start playing, or rewinding or repeating whenever I grab hold of the unit
Breen tells all: 'Secrets of the iPod' reveals the power in Apple's digital device - Breen’s latest book, “Secrets of the iPod: Third Edition,” is a perfect marriage between his Mac and music personas. In it, Breen deftly -- and readably -- guides the reader through three generations of Apple’s pocket-sized audio player. Secrets, you say? Of the iPod? What secrets could such a simple device possible harbor?
AppleCare for iPod now available - The US$59 AppleCare plan extends service and support coverage for your iPod, its included accessories, and iTunes for up to two years from the original purchase date
Feel Free to Jack Into My IPod - During his regular evening walk, software executive Steve Crandall often nods a polite greeting to other iPod users he passes: He easily spots the distinctive white earbuds threaded from pocket to ears.
But while quietly enjoying some chamber music one evening in August, Crandall's polite nodding protocol was rudely shattered
DRM music goldrush is a race for losers - mp3.com founder - Apple is leading a race of lemmings into the zero-profit business of closed music downloads, says the founder of MP3.com, Michael Robertson.
DVD Jon unlocks iTunes' locked music - While he hasn't decrypted the DRM which Apple uses, he has produced a simple Windows command line utility which will install a DLL which dumps the output of a QuickTime stream to a file. The short C program is called "QuickTime for Windows AAC memory dumper"
Get into iPod's groove - Apple's iTunes/iPod strategy is an odd one — the flip side of the old "razor/razor blade" marketing strategy. In this case Apple is giving away the razor blades (songs and software) to get people to buy the razors (iPods). Is this innovative marketing or a suicide attempt?
iTunes' locked music unlocked - Jon Lech Johansen, aka DVD Jon is best known for his work with DeCSS, which allowed Linux users to view CSS protected DVDs
Techno DJ Is Hot, Hot, Hawtin - In April, Apple Computer tapped Hawtin to play a four-hour set at the Apple Store in SoHo to help promote new iPods. Naturally, Hawtin spun the tunes from an iPod
Apple Ads Spotted in Beijing Underground (Subway) - on a recent Underground trip, the user group President noticed that at Wangfujing Underground station, five noticeable iPod ads were visibl
iPod helped to make Lord of the Rings - The newly released Extended Edition of the Two Towers DVD has a documentary which describes how, when in London, the digital artists would copy information sent from New Zealand to their iPods and take them home to work on the data
Apple Needs a DJ iPod - The iPod is great and everything but the addition of a few software features would make it the ultimate DJ tool with the possibility of displacing vinyl even soon. In Goodbye Turntables - The New DJ Revolution: MP3J's (and iPods) J.Love discusses some of the feature he wants to see in a DJPod:
Why Apple is tuning in - Time magazine, famed for its access to the usually private Steve Jobs and for getting the break on big Apple stories, such as the announcement of the flat-panel iMac, has given the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) the accolade of the Coolest Invention of 2003
The 2003 Scientific American 50 List of Winners - COMMUNICATIONS Steven Jobs CEO, Apple Computer, Cupertino, Calif. Started an online music service that serves as a model for the rest of the record industry.
Saves The Day: "The iPod’s A Beautiful Creation!" - "Well, the iPod’s a beautiful creation," says lead singer and guitarist, Christopher Conley . "I think it’s allowed us all to listen to more music than we ever would have because it’s all right there. As we’ve gotten older we’ve started to listen to lots of different varieties of music. Each one of our albums is a little more evolved than the last one. That’s just from listening to different music and becoming more competent as musicians."
Napster service pricier than iTunes music store - In addition to its short-comings in quality, the service is far pricier than Apple's iTunes due to its lack of album purchase availability
While Napster slept, iTunes danced in - Napster 2.0, the legitimate reincarnation of the outlaw music service shut down by the recording industry two years ago, tries to do so many things at once that it doesn't quite succeed at any of them
MyTunes downloads shared music files using iTunes - A U.S. programmer has developed a software tool that allows users to download shared music files using the Windows version of Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes software, which was released last month. The software undermines anti-piracy features developed by Apple to ensure that iTunes is not used to distribute music illegally
Mixed outlooks for iPod, iTunes - Apple is consolidating iPod as the world's market-leading MP3 player, but industry watchers warn that the iTunes Music Store is far less likely to enjoy such domination
Parental advisory: Steve Jobs is stealing your kids at ipodrocks.com - I guess the deals with tragically hip Pepsi, AOL, and McDonald's weren't enough, so now we've got ipodrocks.com. I'm not sure yet what the strategy is for driving traffic to this new site, but Apple's target demographic for doing so couldn't be any clearer: teenagers and college kids. After all, this is the only age group who can ask their parents for an iPod for Christmas, and actually get it
Apple offers iPod Battery Service for $99 - Check this FAQ for more information on cheaper battery replacement alternatives.
Microsoft CTO lauds BlackBerry, iPod - Microsoft's chief technology officer this week eulogised over the Blackberry email device and Apple iPod in front of an audience of IT directors and developers. In addition to owning a Blackberry and loving the iPod, David Vaskevitch said he always carries a digital camera, but he didn't mention using one of Microsoft's own Pocket PC devices
UK radio station to give away 50 iPods - XFM , a UK-based radio station, is giving away ten iPods per day for five days starting next week on Christian O’Connell’s Breakfast Show. From Monday, November 17 through Friday, November 21 between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. GMT
Apple in 'worldwide' sales negotiations with record labels - "Darren Sng, software product marketing manager for Apple Asia Pacific, said his company is currently in negotiations with music companies to enable worldwide sales of music via the online store ,
Quick Review: Belkin iPod MediaReader - The newest twist on digital wallet technology comes from Belkin , a company long known for its dedication to digital lifestyle products and its Macintosh focus. Rather than requiring the purchase of a full harddisk plus card-reader setup, Belkin’s Media Reader comes as a $99 accessory to everyone’s favorite portable device - the iPod.
iPods Take The Place Of Turntables For Some DJs - This is a terrific article for Apple and the iPod. The electronica and DJ scenes are very large subcultures, and Apple is already a very heavy player in both. Most electronica and DJ shows will have at least one Apple laptop involved in the performance, and that's great advertising to the folks in the audience. Now, add in some iPods to the mix
iPod pops retail cherry - The retail move marks Apple's first step away from traditional computer-hardware retailing. The iPod will be available from all 165 Virgin Megastore and Virgin Xpress UK outlets
The Guitar.com Pat Metheny Great Apple Giveaway - On behalf of the good folks over at Apple Computer, D'Addario Strings and Pat Metheny, Guitar.com is pleased to announce the Great Apple Giveaway! Some lucky Guitar.com member will become the proud owner of an Apple Ipod
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iTunes Second Look and a First Look at the iPod - The biggest pain is that it doesn't automatically remove files from the library if you deleted them through Windows Explorer or other MP3 software. You can't even select all the broken links in some automatic manner. The only way to remove them from the library is to manually highlight each broken link and then hit delete. You have to do this for each one! I've heard there are Apple scripts that can automate this process but as far as I know they don't run on Windows
Review: Countour Design Showcase iPod Case - I'm glad I decided to look at the Showcase . Contour's new iPod case is a deceptively simple, stylish, well-designed way to protect your 3G iPod at home and on the go. Based on -- dare I say it -- an innovative design, the Showcase is basically a hinged clamshell made from molded, shock-resistant white rubber bumpers
Apple adds 'New Music Tuesdays' tracks and exclusives to iTunes Music Store - Exclusive tracks, EPs, and albums from Thursday/Thrice, Annie Lennox, Joshua Bell, Missy Elliott, Karsh Kale, and more have also been added this week
Give your iPod that brushed steel look - iPodlounger Adam Podnar has done the unthinkable to his iPod... he has taken a household scouring sponge (pad) and rubbed the polished metal of his iPod until it became 'brushed steel.'
Toshiba to double iPod-drive production - the Tokyo company, which recently shipped its 3-millionth 1.8-inch drive, is planning to raise monthly production to 600,000 units per month by March 2004.
ITunes Undermines Social Security - As if it weren't hard enough to be cool already, Apple Computer has introduced a new way for people to ruin their social standing. Thanks to the ability of Apple's iTunes to share music collections over local networks, it is now possible to judge someone's taste in music -- or lack of it -- in a way that previously required a certain level of intimacy
MyTunes exploits iTunes Windows playlist sharing - Now that Apple is offering iTunes software and access to its music store to Windows users , the company has a significant opportunity to increase its marketshare of downloadable music. But the company is also going to have to contend with applications like the recently released MyTunes, which allows Windows users to circumvent the intended use of the software by downloading music from an iTunes shared playlist over a network
Guest Review : iTunes - Apple's Killer App hits Windows - Hard - The software title that makes everyone just have to get a product. Visicalc was the killer app for the Apple IIe, Lotus and WordPerfect were the killer apps for the original IBM computers and now Apple just may have another killer app on their hands with iTunes . And this time it's a Windows app as well as an Apple one.
iPods seal clubbing fame - The events are dubbed NoWax , and its proponents are called MP3Js. NoWax organizer Raj Panjwani told Macworld: "The idea it that they have to keep the party going. If the music they play isn't great then the audience boo them off stage and the next MP3J takes over."
Sony unveils 'video iPod' - Sony has launched a portable personal digital video player under its Vaio brand in Japan . The GigaPocket PCVA-HVP20 features a 20GB hard drive, enough to hold up to 31 hours of programming - if you're pretty frugal with image quality,
Gateway: Digital Jukebox is cheaper iPod alternative - Gateway Inc. today unveiled its DMP-X20 Digital Jukebox, a USB 2.0-based MP3 player. While the 20GB digital music player offers similar features to other products found in the Windows space, Gateway seems more interested in setting its sites on Apple as competition. Unlike the iPod, Gateway's new offering is Windows-compatible only
Apple iTunes proves addicting - Well, that's my problem, not Apple's. It's a bill I'm happy to pay because iTunes gave me a chance to browse through a broad selection of music, pick out the album tracks I wanted, and download them legally with only minimal copy restrictions. The Windows version of the iTunes store opened for business Friday, six months after its debut for the Macintosh. It gave Apple access to a market 25 times larger than the service limited to its own computer customers
Time Magazine: iTunes Music Store Is The Invention Of The Year! - Invention of the Year? There will be many who will argue that moniker, but, as the Time article points out, iTMS does offer an alternative to a dilemma common to music lovers and music makers alike: How best to use the Internet so that artists and consumers are both happy?
iTunes Music Store Is "Invention of the Year" - sethtv writes "The year's not over yet, but Time Magazine is already calling the iTunes music store one of the year's coolest inventions
Review: Waterfield Designs iPod Gear Pouch - The Pod Pouch is a 10" long padded case made from ballistic nylon that features individual pockets for your iPod, power supply, and docking station. The pockets are lushly lined and padded to keep your gear safe, snug, and sound when you throw it in a larger bag or simply carry it with you for the day
Goodbye Turntables The New DJ Revolution: mp3j's (and iPods) - Imagine this: You are a DJ but you don't have any bulky gear. You don't need to drive to a gig, the subway/underground will do just fine. You also don't need an assistant to carry milk crates of heavy vinyl. Everything you need is in your pockets and the size of a cigarette pack. You only have 2 iPods , but together they hold enough music to play for several months straight, 24-7, without a single repeat. You are a mp3j
iTunes ‘not affecting LimeWire downloads’ - Peer-to-peer file-sharing service LimeWire has seen no decline in the number of downloads it serves since the debut of mass-market music download services, said company chief operating officer
Apple will 'make RIAA beg for mercy' - readers - Apple's new online music store, which doesn't own any record labels or music publishing properties, and which has begged but been refused the rights to sell low bitrate copies of The Beatles' back catalog, will soon make the copyright cartel beg for mercy. How? We'll see
Spinning out the online hits - It's the 99-cent question: Which legal online music service is the best? Is it Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store? It has a brand known for innovation and soon will be featured on America Online. It has a substantial song selection and easy-to-use software. Is it Napster 2.0
Ask Jeeves would like to interact with iTunes - Ask Jeeves , the Internet information search site, would like to see Apple's iTunes Music Store, Roxio's Napster, RealNetworks' Rhapsody, MusicMatch and Buy.com's BuyMusic.com among others to tap its traffic base, according to an Always On article . The increasing popularity of legitimate online music store wars gives Ask Jeeves an opportunity to be an information source of music-loving consumers
Listening goes legit - The industry standard for online music is rapidly becoming Apple's iTunes download shop - currently vaunting the fact that it has sold more than 10m tracks in the four months since it launched its service in America. It's an impressive figure - and one that is increasing quickly with the recent launch of iTunes for PC, a move which expands the technology beyond the niche market of Macintosh users and potentially into every internet-enabled household in the US.
But nobody wants to let Apple steal a march in the market, and rivals are clamouring to throw their hats into the ring
The 99¢ Solution Steve Jobs' new Music Store showed foot-dragging record labels and freeloading music pirates that there is a third way - Other inventions this year may have more altruistic intentions (like Dean Kamen's water purifier) or be more visible on street corners (like those ubiquitous camera cell phones). But for finally finding a middle ground between the foot-dragging record labels and the free-for-all digital pirates and for creating a bandwagon onto which its competitors immediately jumped, Apple's iTunes Music Store is TIME's Coolest Invention of 2003
iTunes for Windows puts muscle into downloads - If you live in the Windows world and have never given much thought to Apple Computer and its Macintosh system, get ready to change your tune. iTunes for Windows has arrived to shake things up
Apple takes marketing misstep by mentioning Napster in press release - " Despite a long list of other Windows competitors, analysts believe name recognition and business model strengths will put Napster -- now owned by Roxio -- and iTunes in a head-to-head battle for dominance. Touting 80 percent of the market for legal music downloads, Apple fired the first shot this week. 'During Napster's first week of operation, the iTunes Music Store sold five times as many songs as Napster did -- 1.5 million versus 300,000,' said Apple chief executive Steve Jobs in a statement," Lyman reports
Review: Contour Showcase for the iPod - Despite Minor Flaws, New iPod Case Very Impressive - At first, the case is a little tricky to get open, but I got a hang of it pretty quickly. It's also quite light, and it won't add much bulk to your iPod. My 10 GB iPod fit comfortably inside, although a small included piece of liner is recommended to be used when using the Showcase with a slimmer model iPod
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