Soon, Australian passengers will be able to enjoy the luxury of iPod and iPhone connections onflight. This will happen in Singapore Airlines new A330-300 planes which will start flying from the end of March.
These planes are to replace the Boeing 777 planes which fly from Singapore to Brisbane and Perth and Adelaide. These planes will also ply on Japan routes. These aircraft are worth two hundred million USD. There will be 19 such planes in Singapore airlines soon.
So the big news of the day is the incredible growth of the App store. It has had five hundred million downloads across 15,000 categories within a very short time. The bulk of earnings comes from games and interesting apps like Ocarina and Pandora Radio. But you will be surprised to know that the iPod is making strides in a very important area of human life – studies. Your iPod could turn you into a scholar.
The iPhone and Ipod Touch defence against viruses – virus barrier has been updated to v 10.5.6.
This software is the only program available that is able to scan files and applications on the iPhone and iPod Touch to find malware or files that indicate that the device has been compromized.
In the new versions several improvements have been made to scan operations. Several of the programs functions have improved operations now.
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Techcrunch has a new iPod rumor in the market. According to this rumor, in the fall of 2009, a 9 inch or 7 inch iPod Touch will be released. There has been no evidence provided to back up these rumors from Techcrunch. However, they say this information has come from 3 independent sources who are close to Apple. One of the sources has even seen and handled prototypes, they claim.
Tablet Mac rumors have abounded since 2002 and this model – iPod Venti would fulfil the wishes of these rumor spreaders. In November 2002 eWeek said that prototype Mac tablets were making rounds among some developers. Engadget said in May 2005, that Apples secret plans for a tablet PC were revealed.
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The iPod generation is seriously addicted. Perhaps the addiction is good in the way that music is good for the soul. Earbuds are now a part of the experience of youth. The Blackberry Thumb has been followed by the iPod ear. Hearing loss induced by loud music is a painful reality for hundreds of iPod listeners. This has been corroborated by doctors who have seen young people with symptoms of hearing loss – symptoms that usually occur much later.
The iPod as well as music systems that are turned on loud are to blame. To be fair even driving in heavy traffic and loud television are culprits in this crime. Although the Sony Walkman was earmarked as a machine that would give rise to similar issues, the next gen MP3 players are something that are different in many ways. They have long lasting batteries, so even listening to music directly in the ear for a long time at a moderate volume may produce disastrous results.
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The recession has led to a lot of changes. One of these is a search for new ways to earn revenue for the government. People who download music onto their MP3 players may soon see a tax on their downloads in addition to the amount they already pay. Governor David Paterson has put forward a proposal to levy what is now being termed as the iPod tax. The tax amounting to 4 percent on MP3 downloads is meant to ease the huge budget crisis on the government’s shoulders.
iPod enthusiasts have yet another toy to consider buying – the Maranz Bluetooth Dock for iPod.This new product from Home Entertainment Peripheral Maker Maranz America may just become the rage among iPod peripherals. The model number is IS301, the price is $250 and the release…umm the bummer is that it is not in time for christmas. Yep the information right now is that the IS301 from Maranz is releasing in January.
Both Macbook and iPod prices were dropped by Apple on Black Friday.
There has been no drop in the iPhone price though. A sale website has also been unveiled this Friday. In fact the 13 inch Macbook is $101 cheaper. Now it cost just $1198. The white 13 inch Macbook is $51 cheaper.
The iPod Nano is cheaper by $11. The 8Gb and 16Gb are the ones which are cheaper. The 120 Gb iPod classics are $21 cheaper. The Apple TV is $21 cheaper. The 40 gb costs $208 and 16 Gb costs $308.
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You have the Nano in your hands, it’s like having the whole world of music in your hands. Although you have stylish entertainment at your fingertips, there is always the human desire for more. For such times, there are a number of Nano accessories that can spice up the experience you have with this wonderful device.
The headphones that come with the Nano are one part of this great product that can be even better. Get a new headphone from one of the many available out there. There are also a number of accessories that make your Nano experience huge. A Nano case will go a long way to sending out a style statement.
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In time, MySpace may build a device that competes with Apple’s popular iPod. This is what comes out from a hind dropped by Chris DeWolfe, CEO and co-founder of MySpace. Reuters reported this Friday that at the Web 2.0 summit in SF, DeWolfe said that such a device could possibly be developed by MySpace.
Currently though, the focus of DeWolfe’s company was to be the music service which incepted in September. The music industry is behind MySpace Music in a big way as Universal Music Group, Sony BMG and Warner Music Group are involved.
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The iBobble-3D has been released by iCloseBy.com. This is a new application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. It is a funny application and will make you smile. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people and the iBobble-3D incorporates this feeling into it. Break the ice with the iBobble-3D.
Here’s what it does. The iBobble 3-D lets you create bobblehead dolls using photo’s of friends, political figures or any one else. You can the shake them or tap their shoulders, make them nod, bob or wobble. With the iBobble3D, you can choose the perfect body for each virtual doll – sexy mamas, clowns or convicts.
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We’ve touched on this subject before, but we continue to receive a lot of requests about how to rip DVD movies to iPod Touch format. It’s quite an easy process if you have the right tools. We recommend you checkout the iSofter DVD to iPod Ripper.
Your first step of course is to download the software. A free trial version is available if you want to try it out before you pay any cash for it. After you’ve downloaded, installed and run the software, you will input the DVD into your hard drive that you want to rip.
The software should automatically recognize the DVD and then prompt you to start the conversion process. You can either do it the easy way with one-click ripping (using the default settings) OR you can select the individual chapters or episodes you want to rip to iPod format.
Once you have made your mind up, click the convert button and go grab a snack. It will take a little bit of time to get the entire movie converted. Once complete, you just have to use iTunes to upload to your iPod Touch. That’s it. It really is that simple.
17 Oct
More than an hour a day of listening to your MP3 music may be harmful for your ears. This is the finding of a group of scientists. The EU Scientific Committee on emergin health risks studied MP3 usage. They found that using the iPod for an hour a day for five years could make one in ten listeners deaf.
The problem is not the listening to music but listening to it too loud. The limit on MP3 players in Europe is 100 decibels, however even a sound of 89 decibels regularly listened to is devastating to the ears. In tune with these findings, Britains Royal National Institute for Deaf People has a “Don’t Lose The Music” campaign.
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In the announcements of the T3 technology awards by the British magazing, iPod Touch has swept the awards. It has won 4 of the prizes. It has also won gadget of the year. It edged out the Asus Eee Pc budget laptop, Sony’s HDR TG3 compact camcorder as well as six other devices. According to T3 editor Michael Brook, style and usability are well taken care of in this great gadget.
Although Mp3 players were not pioneered by Apple, the iPod is the best there is in the genre. The iPhone won an award for best commuter gadget. The iPod Touch 32 gb won the best music gadget. More than 54000 votes were cast to pick 11 prizes. Some of the gadgets were picked for award by T3. The ceremony took place in Park Lane, London, Thurday.
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The iPhone has a number of security flaws. According to Israeli researcher Raff, the technical details have been disclosed to Apple weeks before a post in his blog. His concern was that the security issues should get fixed as soon as possible. Now, even after two and a half months, there has been no patching of these issues. He had asked Apple for a schedule many times but was given no dates.
One flaw is the flaw in URL display. This allows an attacker to send a message with a malicious URL that looks real. Generally all you need to do is hover the link and you get a tooltip which will tell you the real URL you will click. In the iPhone, only after clicking the link for a few seconds would you get the tooltip. With the smaller iPhone screen, long URL’s are cut off.
iTunes 8 and the iPod is now to become easily usable for those without eyesight. Apple is working with Massachusetts to use technology from the Mac OS X, specifically voiceover technology. This is to be pointed in an effort to make the iPod and iTunes systems easily usable by the visually handicapped.
Even earlier Apple had been making efforts to make the iPod usable by the blind. Closed captioning for the iPod and Apple TV as well as voiceover and Braille support for the OS X have been put into action. However Apple is going further in it’s effort to make the iPod accessible to the blind.
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SingStand, a portable microphone speaker system was introduced on Thursday by Memorex. It has been designed with the iPod in mind. In fact it hits Walmart this November. Priced at $69.99, it is sure to make you want to Karaoke. A Microphone and full size integrated mike stand are part of the package. With two four inch speakers sounding the singers voice out loud, this device works with any device that comes with a 3.5 mm headphone jack which includes your iPod.
The latest version of iTunes form Apple has a bug as large as a whale. The latest version of iTunes crashes Windows vista. It does this on connection of the iPod or iPhone to the PC. This has been reported by numerous users on Apple’s support forum.
When the iPod or iPhone is plugged into the PC, instantaneously Vista crashes displaying what is known as the Blue Screen of Death or BSOD. This is a screen with a blue background showing critical error and requires a reboot. As soon as iTunes was updated to Version 8.0 the errors began. This was released by Apple on Tuesday as part of iPod refresh.
A new and environmentally friendly sound system is available for the iPod. This time it is greener than ever. Vers has come out with a sustainably designed wood sound system. Bamboo is it’s most recent addition. Lets have some facts about Bamboo. It grows extremely fast, can be finished by hand as well as harvested by it and looks stunning. One more thing, bamboo is a kind of grass!
David Laituri says that the most sustainable and renewable wood material on the planet is Bamboo. It sounds very natural in combination with 3/8 inch thick cabinet walls. The response to Bamboo has been great and has left the company happy. Although Natural Cherry, Dark Walnut and Natural Walnut were popular as well, customers have been seeking Bamboo out very actively.
There seems to be a flaw in the iPhone that allows unauthorized users gain access. This is the latest in what has developed into an embarrassing sequence of glitches. This flaw allows unauthorized users gain access to private contacts as well as emails even when the iphone is locked. This flaw can be misused only by people who have the device in their hand. Gizmodo disclosed this flaw recently.
In an email Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock acknowledged the malfunction. She said that Apple was aware of the bug and would deliver a fix in the next software update. When the next software update was likely was not mentioned.
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