04.18.08 - 02:02pm
The Nike+ Sport Kit monitor is one of the most stellar items you can purchase for your iPod if your a runner, hiker or just simply into fitness. The iPhone SDK kit may soon be available for the iPod Touch and iPhone.
Product consists of an accelerometer-based pedometer/sensor that can be attached to your sneaker. The wireless receiver, which plugs into your iPod. This kit will monitor time, distance, pace and calories burned. It displays the information on your iPod’s screen and delivers audible feedback through your headphones. Runners can choose to track and share their results no matter what program you choose.
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03.28.08 - 09:21am
The iPod halo effect has proven that it can also be extremely damaging. Wolfson Microelectronics, the Edinburgh microchip designer, which once prospered under the glow set off from the iPod has now suffered an extreme drop in share prices of almost 30 percent, as news broke that the iPod contract from Apple was lost.
Wolfson had previously lost the contract to manufacture the chips for the iPod Classic but was still providing the chips for the iPod Touch and iPod Nano which it admitted to losing yesterday in a business update.
While still making microchips for the iPhone, the loss of the contract has dropped shares to the lowest in three-and-a-half years. Investors are worried that the loss of the iPod contract is just the beginning in setbacks for the once heralded company.Wolfson has also failed to land big deals in other music-enabled phones to replace the MP3 players.
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03.26.08 - 11:27am
Everyone knows the 3G iPhone is coming, the question is how soon? The answer may be sooner than we think.
According to the Huffington Post Apple has yet to restock their stores in New York City with the current 2G iPhone. All three NYC Apple stores are now “out of stock.”
There has been some speculation that the new 3G will be coming in June, yet it is only March and with three more months till June is it possible we may be seeing the 3G iPhone a little sooner?
Guess we’ll have to check back on NYC to see if it is just an error that they are “sold out” of the old ones. Otherwise hold on to your horses folks the rumor of the new 3G iPhone may just become factual sooner than later.
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03.05.08 - 04:11pm
The iPod has been the talk of crime fighting units everywhere for some time as they have sent out many warnings to iPod owners to get different colored earbuds or hide them when out in public. The police have often warned people not to flaunt their iPod when walking down the street and to try to be aware of the surroundings while engrossed in the music.
Multiple deaths have also occurred when iPod users were listening to their music too loudly and didn’t hear the train coming, or the car honking, or were trying to switch songs while driving.
Now there is a new study out that reinforces the policeman’s view; iPods and their cult-like popularity have helped fuel a massive crime wave. The study was done by Urban Institutes’s Justice Police Center and is called, “Is there an iCrime Wave” written by John Roman and Aaron Chalfin. It looks at how, after a 14 year lull, there was a sudden huge spike in violent crimes involving robberies in the U.S. between 2005 and 2006. This coincided with the huge rise in sales of iPods jumping to over 90 million.
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03.03.08 - 03:56pm
Apple has reached the top on many levels, finding unparalleled success with the iPod and jumping into the cellular phone market with equal flair. Fortune Magazine is giving them their due citing Apple as the most admired company in the United States.
Fortune said “It is a tribute to its CEO that Apple, which ten years ago seemed headed for the slag heap, is No. 1 on this list. Steve Jobs has always had a knack for weaving magic out of silicon and software. But who knew he could build a $24 billion (in sales) company on the strength of a portable jukebox and a computer with a single-digit market share?”
Fortune’s reflection of Apples success was simple, “Apple products work, and if you buy more than one, they work better.”
Apple’s only downfall in the ratings came in social responsibility. The company did exceedingly well in areas of innovation, product quality and people management.
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02.28.08 - 04:00pm
Apple has come back against analysts who have said that Apple most likely won’t meet their goal of selling 10 million iPhones in 2008, with COO Tim Cook saying in a talk last night that Apple would do anything to reach that goal including dumping their revenue sharing model if they must. “We’re not married to any business model. What we’re married to is shipping the best phones in the world,” Cook said.
Cook said that all the unlocked iPhones in places like China were not a bad sign but rather a sign of continuing iPhone demand. Apple is also planning to set up pre-paid iPhone plans as some regions of the world don’t have post-paid plans. Visual voice mail and some other key features may also have to be dropped in some regions.
As far as the Touch cannibalizing iPhone sales Cook was clear saying, “I’d rather Apple cannibalize Apple than somebody else cannibalize Apple. It was very key for the iPod line to go in this direction.”
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02.27.08 - 11:53am
One way to get students to choose your University over others - give ‘em free stuff. Not just any stuff, but cool stuff and stuff that has high technology advantages for the students. What would that be? Why an iPhone or iPod Touch of course.
This year anyone going to the Abilene Christian University (ACU) in Texas for their first year will receive a free iPhone or iPod Touch at the start of their fall semester.
“We are not merely providing cutting-edge technology tools to our incoming students,” said Kevin Roberts, ACU’s Chief Information Officer. “We are also providing the web applications that ensure these tools will become critical to the students’ learning experience.
The devices will be used for homework alerts, directions to professors’ offices, meal and account balances, in-class surveys and even quizzes. Along with that they will be used to experiment new web applications. Already the ACU IT department has developed 15 web applications for the devices.
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02.18.08 - 11:29am
Apple and China Mobile may not have agreed on a collaboration for the iPhone, but that hasn’t stopped Chinese consumers from purchasing the phone and running it on the China Mobile network. As of the end of 2007 China Mobile said they had over 400,000 iPhones active on it’s network. Amounting to more than has been activated in all of Europe.
“The main reasons that Chinese mobile users purchase smartphones include entertainment (such as music players, cameras and video) and to access mobile Internet applications (such as IM, e-book, and games). We believe the iPhone will be favored by these consumers as it can better meet such demand”, Anty Zheng, Content Manager In-Stat China, explained in a February report.
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02.13.08 - 12:40pm
Are you a game designer looking for a new job - now is the time with Apple who appears to be making their next foray one of breaking into the world of gaming.
Apple is asking for their Apple trademark to now include “handheld units for playing electronic games, handheld units for playing videogames, stand-alone video game machines, LCD game machines, and electronic games other than those adapted for use with television receivers only. They are also advertising for a new “game producer/designer to develop consumer entertainment software.”
Whether or not Apple will simply be going into the iPod/iPhone gaming realm or whether they are once again going to release a multimedia console is anyone’s guess. Apple released a console called Apple Pippin in the mid-90’s but wasn’t able to make it work. This was of course before Steve Jobs came back on board. Having Jobs there this time changes everything.
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02.01.08 - 03:12pm
Owners of the new iPod Classic are saying that the new software update brought a little more than just data but electricity as well. Sending jolts measured at 500mv of DC through the headphone jack and the iPod docking connection.
The jolts could be harmful to any attached equipment and seems to occur even when the iPod is turned off. Hissing, static and buzzing have also been reported by the Apple users forums and Stereophile.com.
Other complaints from the upgrade include frozen iPods, which Apple has replaced, and lost music files.
Apple of course is keeping mum on the issue but iPod Classic owners beware.
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