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Category: iPodDailyNews

Attention Apple Legal Dept: ABOSS I-Pocket rips off iPod mini in spectacular fashion

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 4:13 pm22 Comments

Introducing the ABOSS i-Pocket, a completely transparent attempt to create a facsimile of Apple’s iPod mini portable music player…

Apple iPods and Macs help Radiologists manage and share medical images

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:41 pm39 Comments

The iPod is not just for music any more. Radiologists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and their colleagues…

Forbes writer tops 2005 wish list with Apple Video iPod

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:32 am19 Comments

For me, the start of the year is a time to remove old PC files, clear out the e-mail in-box, and think a bit about the kinds of novel products…

HMV to launch Apple iTunes Music Store killer, stop selling Apple iPods

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 8:56 am49 Comments

HMV is to develop a digital downloading service with software giant Microsoft, tapping into demand for online music. The applications…

U.S. President George Bush a confirmed Apple iPod user (images included)

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:05 am145 Comments

In Time Magazine’s latest issue, U.S. President George W. Bush is profiled as Time’s “Person of the Year” and included among the photographs…

Creative declares ‘war’ on Apple iPod, shoots for 40% market share of MP3 players

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:12 pm26 Comments

War has been declared. Not the conventional type with the troops, tanks, and smart bombs, but an entertainment war for the $3 billion global music player…

Apple’s iPod plus drumbeat of Windows viruses, spyware and other maladies leads people to Macintosh

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 2:37 pm14 Comments

For all intents and purposes, the iPod is digital music. Apple has more than 90% of the market share for hard-drive-based digital-music players…

CSFB: Apple poised to ‘significantly exceed’ Q1 guidance; ‘Apple will ship 4.8 million iPods’

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:11 am7 Comments

Credit Suisse First Boston raised the target price for Apple Computer to $70 from $40 and said the computer maker is poised to exceed prior sales guidance…

Apple’s iPod Trojan Horse is working to bring Windows users to Macintosh platform

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:22 am11 Comments

Apple stock is hitting it highest levels of the young century this week, spurred on by sales of its iPod music player. According to analysts…

Apple competitor sees signs of flash-based iPod coming soon

Monday, December 20, 2004 1:05 pm20 Comments

Today, with Apple reportedly poised to debut its first flash-memory-based music player after rocking the market for hard-drive devices…

Forbes writer tries to sell Creative Zen Touch to ‘Apple iPod Resisters’

Monday, December 20, 2004 11:42 am25 Comments

Certainly, the iPod is a lovely little device that has changed the way Americans buy and listen to music,” Betsy Schiffman writes for Forbes.com…

Report: Apple iPod shortages put projection of 4 million for quarter in jeopardy

Sunday, December 19, 2004 10:21 pm28 Comments

Once upon a time, holiday shoppers fought over Cabbage Patch Dolls and Beanie Babies. This year, they’re going to the mat over iPods…

Apple iPod replacement battery lasts longer, costs less, easy to install yourself

Sunday, December 19, 2004 3:07 pm8 Comments

MacDailyNews recently received an email that may be of interest to more people than you would think, thanks to some misinformation floating about…

Analyst: Apple iPod poised to become platform if Apple realizes and seizes opportunity

Saturday, December 18, 2004 3:43 pm25 Comments

I’ve heard lots of talk, too, from vendors certain that other music players will match iPod during 2005 and lay its lead to waste…

Playboy offers free ‘iBod’ download, calling it ‘a veritable ocular orgy’ for Apple’s iPod photo

Friday, December 17, 2004 7:16 pm49 Comments

Playboy is offering its own special brand of holiday cheer to iPod Photo owners–free soft porn. The adult entertainment icon has posted…

David Letterman features Apple iPod, iPod mini on Late Show and posts video online

Friday, December 17, 2004 12:21 pm19 Comments

David Letterman last night featured Apple’s iPod mini, iPod, and a “new” iPod that holds “a billion songs” in the Late Show comedy bit…

Report: iPod, iBook, iMac G5, Power Mac G5 supplies constrained in UK

Friday, December 17, 2004 11:59 am19 Comments

Apple is selling out of iPods across the world, not just in the US, and many Mac models are also seeing constraint, multiple sources have explained…

Boston Globe: Apple’s iPod ‘as synonymous with music players as Kleenex is with tissues’

Friday, December 17, 2004 8:55 am35 Comments

Many holiday shoppers are struggling to find one of the most explosively popular gifts in years: Apple’s iPod digital music player that stores…

iPod Garage: Apple will sell 6 million iPods this quarter

Friday, December 17, 2004 8:42 am13 Comments

Five weeks ago, the iPod Garage boldly predicted that Apple would sell no less than six million iPods in the current holiday quarter…

OWC and NewerTech announce new high-capacity 1G and 2G Apple iPod replacement batteries

Thursday, December 16, 2004 2:11 pm3 Comments

Newer Technology, Inc. and Other World Computing (OWC) today introduced a new high-capacity 1800mAh Apple iPod replacement Lithium-Polymer…

Analyst throws cold water on Apple iPod – Sirius Satellite radio deal

Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:58 pm7 Comments

Sirius Satellite Radio was down 5 percent at $7.27 after Stifel Nicolaus analyst Kit Spring told clients that it’s unlikely that the company…

Walt Mossberg’s latest article is a good iPod+iTunes User’s Guide

Thursday, December 16, 2004 12:46 pm4 Comments

By all accounts, millions of people will buy or receive Apple Computer’s iPod digital-music players this holiday season. The gadgets…

Apple iPods top many Christmas wish lists as analysts estimate 4 million will be sold this quarter

Thursday, December 16, 2004 12:22 pm7 Comments

Nancy Burgess wasn’t entirely certain what an iPod was, but she was certain that it was the sole item on her 18-year-old daughter’s Christmas wish list…

Retailers report iPod and iPod mini shortages, Apple says they’re making them as fast as they can

Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:45 am5 Comments

Apple couldn’t ask for a better dilemma — with nine days left until Christmas, retailers are reporting a shortage of the popular iPod digital music player…

Companies look for ways to fight Apple’s ‘800-pound gorilla’ with iPod alternatives

Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:36 am18 Comments

Enter practically any electronics store and you’re likely to find a digital music player from Apple. It’s called the iPod and it weighs only a few ounces…

Surging Apple iPod demand outstrips supply, some models currently sold out at Amazon

Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:20 am13 Comments

Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod digital music players are in short supply at U.S. retailers including Amazon.com Inc. and Best Buy Co. amid surging…

Analysts: Apple iPod + Sirius Satellite Radio ‘technologically unfeasible right now’

Wednesday, December 15, 2004 9:39 pm16 Comments

After grabbing the spotlight by signing shock jock Howard Stern and launching a palm-sized portable device, hopes are high for satellite radio…

RUMOR: Apple currently mass producing new 5GB iPod mini players for early 2005 debut

Wednesday, December 15, 2004 4:29 pm20 Comments

Apple has teamed with Seagate to deliver a revision to its trendy iPod mini digital music player early next year. Apple Computer this month…

Should RealNetworks sue Apple Computer over iPod firmware changes?

Wednesday, December 15, 2004 1:53 pm57 Comments

The fact that Apple is now actively changing the product to block Real Networks who did the work to support the iPod, changes things…

RealNetworks ‘Harmony’ stops working on iPods but nobody notices for a month and a half

Wednesday, December 15, 2004 11:07 am43 Comments

Apple has made good its pledge to prevent iPods from playing songs downloaded from Real Networks’ Rhapsody online music store…

Apple’s latest iPod updates render RealNetworks’ ‘Harmony’ songs unplayable

Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:14 pm80 Comments

Apple Computer has quietly updated its iPod software so that songs purchased from RealNetworks’ online music store will no longer play…

Toshiba’s new 1.8-inch hard drive paves way for 80GB Apple iPod

Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:31 am18 Comments

Toshiba today paved the way for 80GB iPods when it said it will ship an 80GB 1.8in hard drive in Q3 2005 – a year after it introduced…

Homemade Apple iPod mini ad goes viral, Apple customer evangelism strikes again

Monday, December 13, 2004 7:31 am39 Comments

School teacher George Masters has the marketing world abuzz with a homemade ad for Apple Computer’s iPod that is rapidly ‘going viral.’ To some experts…

Apple’s iPod photo lets owners stand out from the crowd with vibrant color screen

Saturday, December 11, 2004 3:10 pm19 Comments

What happens when every other guy on the train has an iPod? Where’s the cool factor when everyone is equally cool? Let me tell you…

BusinessWeek writer: iPod photo’s screen ‘bright and easy to read – not sure it’s worth extra $100’

Saturday, December 11, 2004 2:58 pm14 Comments

A big reason for the success of Apple Computer’s iPod is that it’s designed to do one thing — play music — really well. I recently had a look…

RUMOR: Apple to add SIRIUS Satellite Radio (and Howard Stern) to iPod in mid-2005

Friday, December 10, 2004 6:30 pm43 Comments

When XM Satellite Radio launched the MyFi on October 28, 2004 it was hailed as the world’s first portable satellite radio. As soon…

Will iPod provide Apple with only a temporary boost or will it ignite Mac sales, too?

Friday, December 10, 2004 11:09 am22 Comments

With its hip new ads and even hipper marketing deal with mega rock band U2, the iPod has revived Apple Computer Inc.’s image as a cutting-edge company…

Smith Barney analyst expects Apple to sell 22 million ‘iPod flash’ units over next two years

Friday, December 10, 2004 9:29 am21 Comments

The buzz over Apple Computer’s next iPod music player has reached a fevered pitch after one web site posted details and a mock up drawing…

Detroit Free Press: Apple’s iPod mini is hottest high-tech gadget of the year

Friday, December 10, 2004 9:15 am23 Comments

This holiday season, the mini is huge. The Apple iPod mini, at $249, is my choice as 2004’s hottest high-tech gadget. All of the iPods are awesome…

How to use multiple iPods with one Apple Mac or Microsoft Windows computer

Thursday, December 9, 2004 4:06 pm27 Comments

Do you want to use more than one iPod with the same computer? There are a couple of different ways you can do it…

Private school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side requires Apple iPod

Wednesday, December 8, 2004 7:02 pm14 Comments

Samantha Greene’s parents, there was no getting around it: she had to have an iPod this year. Everybody at school was getting one…

Dvorak: Apple’s iPod may get a run from MSI’s X2 MEGA View portable multimedia player

Wednesday, December 8, 2004 4:18 pm55 Comments

Various interlopers have taken on Apple with lower price points and failed largely because the Apple design is the most compelling…

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