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Apple upgrades Nano, cuts many iPod prices

September 9th, 2009, 12:58 pm by Jayson Peters

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs took the stage Wednesday for the first time since his liver transplant to introduce a new line of iPods that include a Nano with built-in FM radio, pedometer, video and sound recording and an integrated speaker. It comes in a rainbow of colors and costs $149 (8GB) or $179 (16GB).

Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the new iPod Nano.
iTunes 9 adds iTunes LP, Home Sharing and Genius Mixes, as well as a redesigned store and improved syncing.

iPod shuffle is now available starting at $59, and in five colors.
Apple's iPod touch lineup now starts at $199.

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9/9/09: The end of the iPod?

September 8th, 2009, 12:02 am by Jayson Peters

08classic_famOn Wednesday, Apple will unveil its latest products at an invitation-only event in San Francisco. Speculation is rampant in the blogosphere: Will the “classic” iPod, with its old-fashioned hard drive and Game Boyish looks, finally be phased out in favor of the more sophisticated iPod Touch? Or will the traditional iPod get updated yet again?

Will Apple’s iTunes software evolve into something more along the lines of a social networking site, like Facebook or … what was it called … MySpace?

Or will we finally see the tablet-style device that will blow monochrome e-readers like Amazon’s Kindle out of the water?

You can read more theories in an Associated Press preview, but one thing is for sure — come Wednesday, 9/9/09, all will be made clear.

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iPhone app mimics Nintendo DS

August 16th, 2009, 10:02 am by Jayson Peters

Do you want to turn your iPhone into a Nintendo DS? There’s an app for that.

Via CNET News

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Textbooks coming to iPhone, iPod touch

August 10th, 2009, 12:32 pm by Jayson Peters

voiceover-20090608The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is joining Amazon in the digital textbook business.

CourseSmart, which provides e-book subscriptions for college students, is making its 7,000-plus library available on Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch devices. An app will allow subscribers to access full electronic textbooks, keep digital notes and search for specific words and phrases.

Textbooks Offered for iPod, iPhones — Wall Street Journal (subscriber content)

Recently, after Arizona State University launched a pilot program to provide textbooks via Amazon’s Kindle e-reader, advocates for the blind sued because the Kindle, while it has a reading function for the vision-impaired, lacks such accommodation in its navigation menus.

Apple’s iPhone, it seems, doesn’t have the same problem.

Image: Apple

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Feds probing Apple’s ban of Google Voice app

July 31st, 2009, 11:26 pm by Jayson Peters

I wasn’t going to blog about this, but it just got a lot more interesting.

On Tuesday Apple rejected an iPhone app for Google Voice, a free VoIP service that lets users link their various phone numbers together. Immediately a googol of Google fans cried foul, saying the iPhone maker was stifling innovation by acting only in its own self-interest.

Now, late Friday, comes word via The Wall Street Journal that the Federal Communications Commission has sent letters to Google, Apple and iPhone carrier AT&T, wanting to know more about Apple’s practices of late.

A clash of the titans is brewing, it seems. And now the government is getting involved.

Via Gawker/LifeHacker

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Dumber and dumber

July 15th, 2009, 12:52 pm by Jayson Peters

CNNMoney.com and Yahoo! Finance chime in on the “8 Dumbest iPhone Apps.”

I can’t believe “iFart” isn’t among them.

See also: 10 iPod games for those who don’t have the Touch

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