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These latest developments indicate that Apple has only a short period of time to react before a barrage of marketing and publicity surrounds Microsoft's new device. To its defense, Apple told analysts in an earnings call Wednesday night that it "wasn't standing still."
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A headset maker has created a gadget for those who can't get enough of their iPod. Plantronics dove into the iPod add-on market Wednesday by announcing the availability of a headset that can be plugged into a user's cell phone and iPod at the same time.
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Microsoft employees aren't being true to their school. At least that's what a high level Redmond executive who chose to remain anonymous told Wired on Wednesday. According to the source, people walking around Microsoft's campus can be seen with the trademark white headphones of Apple's iPod - and it's getting under the skin of management.
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Verizon made major changes to its VCAST Music service on Monday, including the elimination of the $15 monthly fee to use the service and the addition of MP3 file support. The changes come in support of the new iPod-like "Chocolate" phone from LG.
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The popular iPod may be doing more harm than good, especially to the hearing of the user, doctors say. According to Christine Albertus, an audiologist with the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wisconsin, iPod users should limit their use of the device to two hours or less per day.
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Done? Great. That pretty well sums up the current 1GB and 2GB iPod shuffles. Here are the two differences between the previous shuffle and the new 2GB model.
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Your iPod works easily enough as a pocket media player, but things get a bit more complicated when turning it into a living-room entertainment device. Sure, you could use a dock and connection cable to plug your iPod directly into your stereo, but a wire dangling around your living looks tacky-and is inconvenient-when all your other devices are controlled remotely. You could purchase one of the many wireless iPod remote controls out there, but the big drawback with most remotes is the inability to view and use your iPod's screen and menus from across the room. This is where Belkin's TuneStage II , a Bluetooth receiver/transmitter, comes in handy. (We reviewed the original TuneStage back in October 2005.)
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Waking up, if I may paraphrase, is hard to do. When you work out of your home like I do, that's doubly true. What's the motivation of rolling out of bed when it's only a two- or three-foot commute to the office? In the past few weeks, my only real reason for getting up at all has been that I've been testing iPod clock-radios, among them the Macally TunePro .
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As the number of iPod speaker systems on the market increases, seemingly exponentially, some companies have attempted to stand out from the crowd by focusing on design and materials. Vers Audio is one such company, and the Vers 2x , its first offering, successfully employs such an approach.
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Alarm clocks, for many people, are as integral to their lives as their mobile phones and computers. After all, if you're late to work everyday, what's the good of all the other fancy gadgets you have? Though RCA's RP5500i may not be the most eye-catching iPod alarm clock around, it's stocked with features, easy to use, and less expensive than many competitors.
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