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It's a great idea: Sprint, a carrier that probably won't be selling a real iPhone anytime soon, can sorta deliver one to its customers by selling a case that connects an iPod Touch to the carrier's 3G network.
Libraries are tweeting, texting and launching smart-phone apps as they try to keep up with the biblio-techs — a computer-savvy class of people who consider card catalogs as vintage as typewriters. And they seem to be pulling it off.
President Barack Obama's taste in music still tilts toward the classics of his childhood. But with the help of his younger aides — and his daughters — the president says his collection is becoming a bit more hip.
A more netbook-like MacBook Air may be in the works by Apple, as well as a new iPod Touch, with both likely to be released later this year, according to an analyst's report.
It's that time of year — after iPhone's launch but still a long way from Apple's autumn iPod push — when the iPod Touch rumors come wafting along the summer breeze. Will it look like iPhone 4? Will it have a camera? Will it have a camera? Jobs only knows.
Apple cut through all the hype and speculation about its tablet computer device this week when CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the long-and-eagerly-awaited iPad. Here are six of the silliest rumors that swirled in the months and weeks leading up to Apple's announcement. With an impressive 10 hours of battery life announced for the iPad — enough to watch movies during the entirety of a trans-Pacific flight, Jobs commented — Apple had little interest in tricking out its new product with eco-friendly solar panels. However silly that might sound, it's not that Apple isn’t interested in such greenness for its media players down the road. The Patently Apple blog pointed out just days ago that the Cupertino, Calif. company has filed patents for "transparent solar panels" that could power future devices. Since a transparent kind of defeats the purpose of harvesting as much sunlight as possible (that's why solar cells are black), the far more likely and physics-friendly scenario would be
Apple's new iPad was met with a certain amount of "meh" reaction yesterday from some who expected the "Moses" tablet to be as compelling as the "Jesus" iPhone when it was announced more than two years ago. The iPad — due out in 60 days — doesn't have a camera. It doesn't use facial recognition. There isn't wireless high-definition transmission for video. It doesn't have Flash for Web video.
It’s the cute little car that smiles at you. And when you see how little it costs to run it, you’ll probably smile back.
Queen Elizabeth II wasn't the only one on President Barack Obama's gift list Wednesday.
I try to keep a stiff upper lip about not having an iPhone. Just couldn't afford it — not with the $75 a month or so AT&T charges for service on top of the $199 upfront cost for the device.
Are the cold, dark winter days getting you down? Run out of ideas to entertain your loved ones? Good Housekeeping highlights the best in gadgets, Web sites and products to cure your family's seasonal restlessness.
Twelve years ago, a mechanized version of a red plushy “Sesame Street” co-star became the unofficial face of obnoxious Christmas consumerism. Retailing for $28.99, “Tickle Me Elmo” resold for as much as $1,500 to both collectors and parents desperate to get the giggling, vibrating ‘It Toy’ of the season into the grasping hands of their commercial-addled children.
The iPod is going to medical school.
Some of the noteworthy characteristics of the iPod and the Zune:
The Zune has a long way to go to become a threat to the iPod. But it is getting closer.
A 14-year-old school boy in eastern India has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a younger student who refused to hand over her iPod, police said Tuesday.
Apple Inc. said Tuesday that batteries from a single supplier are to blame for the meltdown of some models of its tiny iPod Nano digital music player.
Japan will stop pushing for legislation to charge royalties on the sales of iPods and other portable digital music players, giving in to opposition from electronics makers, officials said Thursday.
Apple Inc. has agreed to settle a pair of class-action lawsuits in Canada alleging it misled customers about the staying power of their iPods, the latest courtroom truce over the dwindling battery life of early generations of the device.
Japan is investigating a possible defect in Apple Inc.'s iPod after one of the popular digital music players reportedly shot out sparks while recharging, a government official said Wednesday.
JVC Americas Corp. said Sunday that it will offer a new series of LCD televisions with built-in docks for Apple Inc.'s popular iPod media player.
I have a confession to make: I’m not the most organized person in the world.
Guy implants magnets in his arm to hold iPodA New Jersey tattoo artist loves his iPod Nano so much, he turned his body into an iPod dock of sorts.
Apple pays lower corporate tax rate than Wal-Mart: reportFormer Treasury Department economist Martin A. Sullivan recently produced a report, cited by the Times, which concludes that Apple skipped out on more than $2.4 billion in taxes (PDF) in 2011 by moving nearly 70 percent of its profits through overseas tax havens and using other t …
Rumors swirl of smaller iPad, which Jobs detested – USATODAY.comThere's a constantly spinning mill of rumors about Apple products, most of which turn out to be untrue. What's unusual this week is that talk has revived of a smaller iPad model, an idea company founder Steve Jobs derided publicly a year before he died.
So what DO you have on right now? No, not like that - get your minds out of the gutter! What are you listening to right now on the radio or on your iPod? Tell me what kind of music is currently revving your engine. I've discovered some intere …
Tongue drive system goes inside the mouth to improve performance and user comfortThe Tongue Drive System is getting less conspicuous and more capable. Tongue Drive is a wireless device that enables people with high-level spinal cord injuries to operate a computer and maneuver an electrically powered wheelchair simply by moving their tongues.
Can you pass on your downloads after you die?The digital afterlife is an uncertain business, it seems.
iEmpire: Apple's Sordid Business Practices Are Even Worse Than You Think | | AlterNetBehind the sleek face of the iPad is an ugly backstory that has revealed once more the horrors of globalization. The buzz about Apple's sordid business practices is courtesy of the New York Times series on the iEconomy.
It depends on how you look at it, but I like to think that the universe was having a joke at my expense. So, for your entertainment, let me begin. 1st cosmic joke. I took my 6 year old to the library on Saturday.
Apple Driving Workers to Threaten Mass Suicide? The Pathologies of the Modern Corporation Better technology is not sufficient to build a better society. To really change lives, corporations must use their work force to improve democracy and equality. Here in my household, we are swimming in Apple products.
Apple's Black Friday 2011 Deals Offer Discounted iPad 2, iPod, MacBook Air And More (PICTURES)Apple's Black Friday 2011 Deals Offer Discounted iPad 2, iPod, MacBook Air And More
How To Setup And Use NativeControls In PhoneGapAs many might know the most used plugins in PhoneGap for iOS are NativeControls and ChildBrowser, but installing plugins is a bit tricky and you can’t easily find this kind of help around the internet, for example in my case I’ve learned by re …
Apple iPod Nano recall of earliest model: If you find yours, get a new one freeIt's one of the oddest product recalls in some time. Apple has warned that the batteries on the iPod Nano can catch fire - but only on the very oldest models.
Apple App Store Isn't So Safe After AllOne of the top features of the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch is that their app store is supposedly 100% safe. This has been proven to be false.
The original iPod, 10 years later: a re-reviewDon't look now, but the iPod—yes, the original, less-space-than-a-Nomad iPod—just turned 10 years old.
The 25 Smartest Things Steve Jobs Ever SaidThis man was brilliant. We are all a bit poorer with his loss
Steven P. Jobs: His Life, His Companies, His Products - Interactive FeatureSteven P. Jobs, who died Oct. 5, 2011 at 56, co-founded Apple, popularized the personal computer, made music accessible and revolutionized the cellphone industry. Mr.
Steve Jobs, Apple Co-Founder, Is Dead - WSJ.comRIP Steve Jobs. Thank you for changing the world.
Steve Jobs has died. His quotes: the man in his own words On life "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.
it's a bit like the president has died, or the god or patron saint of technology. so long, Mr. Jobs. thanks for... everything. (scroll down for video)
Steve Jobs Has Died ... Apple Chief Created Personal Computer, iPad, iPodSteve Jobs, the mastermind behind Apple's iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes, has died in California. Jobs was 56. His death was reported by The Associated Press, citing Apple.
Apple to kill iPod classic, shuffle?The iPod classic, a venerable stalwart in the world of consumer technology, may be getting the axe along with its cousin, the iPod shuffle, according to a blog that focuses on Apple news.
Apple Should Kill off the iPod TouchOne example always cited of Steve Jobs’ genius at the helm of Apple is his decision to kill off the iPod Mini, a best selling product at the time, and introduce an entirely new product line in its place, the iPod Nano.
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