scattered technology news

MacWorld 2008: iPhone Update - January 19, 2008

If you are an iPhone owner and you have not already heard, a major update (v1.1.3) became available last Tuesday during MacWorld. The update brings many anticipated features such as the ability to SMS multiple people at once and watch iTunes Rental Movies. The upgrade added an easier interface for bookmarking web pages through the [...]

Tags: 2008, apple, iphone, itunes, macworld, maps

Amazon MP3 vs. iTunes Plus - October 19, 2007

I recently received an email from a reader asking whether to use Amazon’s new MP3 store or Apple iTunes for purchasing DRM-Free songs. We have used both services and we’ve got to say that they both have some up and downsides. Both Amazon and iTunes offer downloads of individual songs and albums in a DRM-Free [...]

Tags: aac, amazon, apple, dap, drm, free, itunes, mp3, web 2.0

New iPod Nano, Classic, & Touch! - September 5, 2007

Earlier today (September 5th) at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs introduced a bunch of new products. Some of these include a new iPod Nano, iPod Classic (aka Video), and the iPod Touch. The new lineup (picture above): iPod shuffle, nano, classic, touch, & iPhone.

iPhone Updates & Price:
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Tags: 802.11, aac, apple, battery, games, google, headphones, iphone, ipod, itunes, music, nano, touch, videos, wifi

The Apple iPhone & More! - January 10, 2007

After about three years of rumors and thousands of mock ups of an Apple Phone, the iPhone has finally been announced. Apple’s “reinvented phone” features a wide screen display, full iPod functions, touch controls, email client, web browser, and much more. The new device is more of a powerful smart-phone rather than a regular cell [...]

Tags: apple, cingular, iphone, itunes, macworld, movies, music, phones, stream, tv

Apple - iTunes v7.0.1 - September 28, 2006

Less than two weeks after the launch of the revamped iTunes Music Media Store, Apple has quietly pushed out a minor update to patch many of the bugs iTunes users were experiencing. Apple claims that the patch will improve performance, increase stability, reduce memory usage, and fix issues with CD importing/iPod sync/Coverflow.
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Tags: apple, cd, ipod, itunes, macs, updates, windows

Stream iTunes To PSP, Part 2 - June 25, 2006

A few months ago we published an article entitled How To: “Stream Your iTunes Library To PSP“. The article, which demonstrated how to share music from your windows machine to your PlayStation Portable (PSP), became an extreme hit. Today we are here to demonstrate a new alternative, which is in fact more powerful and functions [...]

Tags: apple, browser, itunes, lan, macintosh, os x, psp, rss, server, sony, windows, xp

iTunes: Song + Video = $2.50 - June 23, 2006

Ever wish you could get a high quality of version of a song when you purchased the video from iTunes? A new Apple promotion now offers iTunes users the option of purchasing a combo of a certain Music Video along with the original Song for $2.50. Songs and Videos can still be purchased separately for [...]

Tags: apple, ipod, itunes, movies, music, videos

Stream iTunes Library To PSP - April 17, 2006

Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a very popular device and has sold a few million units, but when compared to Apple’s iPod, the PSP lacks storage space. Luckily, the PSP has a built in WiFi card to make up for this disadvantage. With a few simple steps, all of which are included in this tutorial, [...]

Tags: itunes, mac, music, psp, stream, wifi, windows

NeWs Up^2-DaTe (31) - March 11, 2006

CL2 | Comedy Central on iTunes | MS Origami | MSN Live
1) Google Calendar screenshots have been revealed by TechCrunch, a popular Web 2.0 blog. (Yahoo! apparently fed them the info) Anyways “to be launched” service is an online AJAX based calendar service, which is suppose to be called CL2. The service has a gmail-like [...]

Tags: ajax, apple, bluetooth, calendar, central, comedy, daily, feeds, google, itunes, live, mail, microsoft, msn, office, pc, report, rss, samsung, season, show, tablet, tech, tv, web 2.0, wifi, windows

iTunes Agent - March 4, 2006

Currently only iPods function with Apple’s iTunes media player. Anyone with a non-iPod who wanted to use iTunes were out of luck until now! A new Source Forge project called iTunes Agent allows using other mp3 players with iTunes. Items such as Sony’s PSP or other Mobile Phones that have mp3 capabilities can now work [...]

Tags: apple, ipod, itunes, media, music