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Sony settles with ‘Walkman’ inventor who intends to take iPod-maker Apple to court
In 1977 Andreas Pavel applied for a patent for a portable small component for the hi-fidelity reproduction of recorded sound…
Pepsi Australia gives away an iPod an hour from May 31 to July 11
Pepsi Australia has announced the “Win an iPod every hour” promotion. From the Pepsi Australia website…
Columnist: Dell DJ a junky knockoff of the superior Apple iPod
The Dell DJ [is] a fast follower and straightforward knockoff of the iPod. Like all the devices in this category, the DJ uses a non-removable computer…
Why Microsoft won’t be able to decimate Apple’s iPod with cheap music players
Microsoft is apparently preparing to battle the iPod. Not satisfied with decimating the Macintosh with undercut pricing…
Business Week columnist: Apple iPod market share not as huge as you might think
With iPod mania running full tilt, many people assume that Apple (AAPL ) utterly dominates the markets for digital-music players…
Microsoft: we’ll sell music players that will ‘look and feel’ as good as Apple iPod for 80% less
Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, will begin selling portable music players for as much as 80 percent less…
Apple injects iTunes into China by way of Founder; sowing seeds for Founder-branded iPod?
About the time Mao Zedong was being laid to rest and China was turning into the world’s largest factory, businessmen all over the world…
Apple iPod posters spoofed with Iraqi prisoner-abuse scandal theme appear in New York City
A spoof of Apple Computer’s fluorescent iPod posters commenting on the recent Iraqi prisoner-abuse scandal started cropping up around New York…
Ocean Waves 0.6 for Mac OS X can lull you to sleep, works with iPod
Ocean Waves 0.6 generates simulated sound of ocean waves. Unlike the recorded real sound of ocean waves on audio CDs…
RUMOR: New 4G iPod to offer encoding capabilities
According to a seemingly reliable, yet unconfirmed report, the micro-chip Apple plans to use in its 4th generation…
MIT Media Lab Professor: Tech should be simple like Apple iPod, not bloated like Microsoft Windows
Dr. John Maeda, an associate professor of design and computation at the M.I.T. Media Lab and an award-winning graphic designer…
Analysts: Apple’s new ‘iPod division’ may signal expansion of digital device range
Analysts have suggested that Apple’s moves to create a separate division within the company for the iPod could lead to the company…
Apple creates new division for iPod to be led by Jon Rubenstein
Apple Computer has created a new division within the maker of the Macintosh computer to sell its popular iPod…
Dell Digital Jukebox to sync with desktop Linux, Apple declined offer to support iPod
Lindows, Inc. announced today the commercial support of the Dell Digital Jukebox (Dell DJ), a portable MP3 music player…
Ihnatko: Apple needs to make cheaper iPod, license FairPlay to continue iTunes’ dominance
Apple doesn’t have a cackling monopoly on the market for digital music, but it’s making jolly progress…
Hitachi to double Apple ‘iPod mini’ hard drive production
Hitachi Ltd’s hard disk drive unit said Sunday that it will spend about $200 million to double the disk drive output…
‘The iPod Battery’ external power pack runs iPod and iPod mini for 40 continuous hours
The iPod Battery is a rechargeable lithium ion battery pack that can be charged for over 400 times and at 40 hours per charge…
RUMOR: 4G iPod to include video capabilities, ‘Home on iPod’
Although Apple’s 4th generation iPod exists as nothing more than rumor, sources say the new media player…
Program your iPod to make it do even more cool things
If you’re fortunate enough to be using an iPod with a Macintosh, you can easily program your iPod. The iPod itself can be scripted with AppleScript…
Fendi debuts $1,500 designer iPod carrying case
Forget the $200 iPod bag from Gucci; it’s for cheapskates. The ultimate iPod accessory is Fendi’s Juke Box, a $1,500 carrying case…
Why is iPod doing for Apple what the Mac couldn’t?
Some pooh-poohed the assorted colors of Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod mini as frivolous, but the digital music players…
Quest for Apple’s iPod mini is fruitless, six-week waiting lists abound
The Apple of my wife’s eye is a pink iPod mini. Nothing else for Mother’s Day would do. I was elated at her request…
Motorola targets Apple iPod with portable digital music player and cell phone combo device
Motorola is set to go after the market that Apple has broken open with its iPod handheld digital music player…
Sony intros 20 GB ‘iPod Killer’
Two and a half years after Apple launched its iPod and began to steal thunder from Sony, which had ruled the portable music market since the Walkman…
ZDNet AnchorDesk: ‘Sony’s Hi-MD MiniDisc players really could challenge Apple iPod’
Although Apple is entrenched in the top MP3 player and MSP spots, Sony has two competitive advantages…
iPod Browser 1.5 released
iPod Browser allows users to browse songs on your iPod and copy/backup songs to your Mac. The application’s…
Apple iPod’s real genius is changing the way music is experienced
‘Just take those old records off the shelf, I sit and listen to ’em by myself,’ Bob Seger sings in ‘Old Time Rock and Roll,’ a staple of classic-rock radio…
Can Apple play role of market leader or will iPod go the way of Mac?
The runaway success of the iPod poses a happy problem for Apple Computer Inc. that the computer maker has not…
Sony debuts online music store, 99-cent songs in iPod-incompatible ATRAC3 format
Sony Corp. entered the bourgeoning digital music market Tuesday, launching an online music download service that the electronics…
Analyst Enderle: Sony way too late to compete with Apple iPod, iTunes
By taking on industry leader Apple, Sony will compete with a company that has sold 3 million iPods and 70 million songs…
Apple posts ‘Wild Postings’ iPod ad online in QuickTime
Apple has released a QuickTime version of its iPod / iTunes TV ad which was recently filmed in New York City…
Moms want Apple iPod minis for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day brings out the inner Martha Stewart in all of us. We’re referring to Martha, the goddess of domesticity…
Analysts: Apple iPod ‘an open platform – it supports MP3s – Apple is fine’
Apple’s announcement Wednesday that its latest version of iTunes for Windows will support WMA-to-AAC conversion…
iRiver President: Apple can keep the ‘iPod crown,’ we want the ‘entertainment crown’
According to most analyst estimates, the iPod has the largest market share among all portable digital media players…
Apple posts iPod and iPod mini Update
Apple has released iPod Update 2004-04-28 which supports all models of iPod and iPod mini introduced before…
RUMOR: Apple prepping 4G iPod with color screen, 50GB drive
Apple Computer is preparing to unveil the 4th-generation of its flagship iPod music player, reliable sources told AppleInsider…
Apple iPod’s ‘Halo Effect’ on Mac market share too early to measure
Apple Computer Inc.’s strategy of getting iPod buyers to also buy Apple desktop computers doesn’t seem to be working…
No need to ‘open iPod’ if Apple keeps pricing in line
To longtime tech watchers, Apple Computer’s dilemma over whether to “open up” its wildly successful iPod/iTunes strategy…
NY Times: Real’s Glaser was close to having iPod before Apple, but let it slip through his fingers
Stroll the corridors and the atriums on Apple Computer’s corporate campus these days and you will notice that something is missing…
Jobs: making iPod work with other music services ‘just not worth it’
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs publicly dismissed on Thursday an overture from RealNetworks to open up the iPod…
Real’s CEO Glaser: Apple’s iPod/iTunes combo ‘threatens to turn off consumers’
RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser on Tuesday brushed off a recent rebuff from Apple Computer and called on Hollywood…
