iPod
This is where you will find all the pages tagged iPod.
High fidelity takes backseat to portability
Music lovers remember a familiar advertising image from the past: a man reclined in a chair, head back, blown away by music from his high-fidelity sound system.Like the Marlboro Man before him, Maxell's pitchman is now a relic.
With their ability to store vast libraries of music in your pocket, sleek digital music players have replaced bulky home stereo systems as the music gear of choice. But the sound quality of digital audio files is noticeably inferior to that of compact discs and even vinyl.
High fidelity takes backseat to portability - CNN.com
Ipod Saves Soldier's Life
My wife’s uncle works in a military hospital and told me about this. Its pretty amazing. Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side.The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hit in the left chest where his IPod was in his jacket pocket. It slowed the bullet down enough that it did not completely penetrate his body armor. Fortunately, Kevin suffered no wound.
Ipod Saves Soldier's Life. Via Daring Fireball.
How Steve Jobs played hardball in iPhone birth
Mr. Jobs flirted with other titans of the wireless industry but not everyone wanted to play ball. Talks with Verizon Wireless fell through. Mr. Sigman and other top Cingular executives were willing to cede control to Mr. Jobs and tolerate his digs at cellphone carriers, all for the privilege of being the exclusive U.S. provider of one of the most highly anticipated consumer electronics devices in years -- and to deny rivals a chance to do the same, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
Moneyweb - Wall Street Journal - How Steve Jobs played hardball in iPhone birth
iWorld-Why the iPod personalizes everything
Steven Levy argues that the ability to check out of the public sphere is one of the many virtues of Steve Jobs' minuscule machine. As the sociologist Rey Chow said of the iPod's predecessor, the Sony Walkman: "This is the freedom to be deaf to the loudspeakers of history. The Walkman allows me...to be a missing part of history."There are parts of history that nearly everyone would be happy to miss out on. In New York's mayoral campaign of 2005, Levy relates, one candidate complained how hard it was to hijack peaceful pedestrians on their way to work when they have those white earbuds plugged in. "We have to come up with something to jam the iPods," he whined. But that's the beauty of the iPod. There's no jamming it. It's a self-contained unit, not reliant on a radio signal or even on the output of a record company.
Microsoft to release Zune phone
I think the author is a bit enthusiastic about Microsoft's efforts in the MP# player market. They aren't even a contender.
According to a report from Daily Tech, Microsoft has told the FCC that it wants approval for a prototype wireless device that could be used to talk over the Internet.
Microsoft to release Zune phone
Apple to sell 12 million iPhones
A US-based technology business research firm has predicted that Apple will surpass its projected 10 million iPhones sold for 2008. However, many of the expected 12 million iPhones to be sold will cut into already slowing iPod sales and the price will be reduced from the premium level that Apple has placed on its yet to be released handset.
iTWire - Apple to sell 12 million iPhones in 2008 at reduced price: analyst
Wanted: Apple Mobile Device
MacWorld. The place where the hopes and expectations lie every year for an oh-so-special Apple announcement. This year my mind is set on one thing. However improbable, or senseless, all I am hoping for is an Apple mobile device. I must admit, even writing that is an interesting thing for me. I went from hating cell phones a few years ago, to begrudgingly getting one, to wanting to get a nicer one, to finally spending money on one that I might actually enjoy using (rather than a standard doorstop-model from a provider). During those last few years I’ve become more and more immersed by Apple’s programs. I use Mail, Address Book, iCal, and Safari all the time. Though they all have some rough points, they come the closest to the mark of how I like to work. They are all simple, no-frills programs.
Jason Santa Maria | Wanted: Apple Mobile Device
Why do people want the iPhone?
Well, there are a few reasons why there’s such a pent-up demand for an Apple cellphone:Cellphones today suck. Especially smartphones. It’s 2006 and a good phone — and I mean an honestly really good phone — still hasn’t been made. A new competitor — any new competitor, be it ALP or Linux or the Applephone — is highly anticipated.
People are already sick of Windows Mobile dominating the landscape. I’ve been a long time Windows Mobile user, but let’s face it, it’s pretty much the only smartphone game in town in the US. You can go Symbian, but the devices just aren’t there through carrier purchases. Palm is obviously a joke, and Linux / JUIX is nowhere to be found.
Cellphones haven’t gotten music integration right. Sure, there are enough phones with media buttons and microSD slots to go around, but that doesn’t mean they work well.
Using your phone and your Mac is often a painful and tedious experience. In fact, the same goes for using your phone and most any computer.People are curious to see how radically the cellphone can be re-envisioned, and the expect Apple to lead that charge.
Why do people want the Applephone so much? - Ryan Block
Yet another Apple iPhone image
This image looks like it’s something an ad agency is putting together for Apple. So in my mind I’m thinking that Apple gave a bunch of info and images to the ad agency to play with.
Is the name Apple iPhone still alive? - aMobileME
The iPhone: Welcome To Cellular 2.0
Apple is about to enter the cellular handset market, but not with a product -- with an entirely new type of communications platform.And -- it will not be announced this Monday. Why? Because Apple's mobile phone strategy is based on overhauling the entire legacy concept of 'phone' now being applied by all other makers and carriers. This strategy revolves around not viewing a 'phone' as a standalone piece of hardware, but as the centerpiece of a mobile communications lifestyle. And, it requires other bits and pieces to be put into play to make this grander vision a reality.
Such a multi-element platform launch cannot be done by a press release. It will require an Apple Event.
Not Your Father's Cell Phone
Apple has studiously and cautiously sat back and observed the unfolding of the cellular telephone market, and the behavior of cell phone users, smartly choosing to not enter the game until it can do so with a winning hand. Despite being loaded with advanced technology capabilities, today's mobile phone landscape is still very much still running on top of the same Cellular 1.0 topology originally launched in the mid-1980's. Handsets are still all-inclusive devices intended to be isolated islands of technology. Apple has a different vision.
Technically True: The iPhone: Welcome To Cellular 2.0
The iPhone is launched
The iPhone has arrived, but not from Apple.Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, introduced two VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) handsets adding to five others the company already offers. The group of phones is now part of a Linksys family of products called iPhone.
The Linksys iPhones aren’t quite what some people may have been expecting. Apple is rumored to be working on a combined cell phone and digital music player and the mythical device has been dubbed the iPhone, after the popular iPod digital music player, by Apple enthusiasts.
Linksys’ newest iPhones include the CIT400, a cordless phone with a base station that attaches directly via Ethernet to a network and comes preloaded with VOIP software from eBay Inc.’s Skype Internet telephony service. The phone allows users to make and receive Skype calls without having to turn on and use their computers.
Macworld: News: The iPhone is launched ... by Linksys, not Apple
