It seems reports of the demise of the iPod have been greatly exaggerated. In recent years the iconic music player, which was once Apple’s flagship product, has taken a backseat to the iPhone in terms of sales and popularity. In fact, there has even been speculation at times that the entire iPod line would be eliminated altogether. […]
The Future of the iPod
Apple has an assortment of iPods available including the iPod Classic, Nano, Shuffle, and the Touch. These round out the lineup of handheld devices that aren’t iPhones or iPads, but one has to wonder, does Apple really need this many iPod devices? Could Apple narrow its lineup of iPods to only include two models and […]
Ping Hits One Million Followers in 48 Hours – And Most Look Like Spam
Ping. I wasn’t sure if I cared about the announcement when I first heard about it last week. After all, I’m already deep into Facebook and Twitter, is there really any reason to add another social networking system to my list? Doesn’t anyone remember MySpace and the path they went down? Anyways, I figured I’d […]
Apple Event Rumor du Jour: Square iPod Shuffle
[Image via GigaOM] We’re just a few days away from the next iPod event, and that means there’s lots of speculation coming down the pike. I’ve been monitoring many of these rumors for a while now, but like most rumors, they’re all full of crap. One of them though seems to be getting more and […]
Rumor: New iPad Mini, iPod and iPhone Coming Soon
Normally when I hear a rumor, I knock pretty hard on the poster, because nine times out of ten it just isn’t true. In this case though, it comes from iLounge.com, and they themselves admit that this prediction thing can be a bit shaky. As a result, here are some selected tidbits from their predictions […]
Shuffle Headphones Broken? Apple’s Got your Back
I haven’t been a fan of the latest version of the iPod Shuffle. Sure, it’s neat that there are no controls on the thing, but it does get confusing when you need to remember how many clicks you need to do to fast forward, rewind, etc. Anyways, turns out the headphones that come with the […]
Why an iPod Shuffle?
Music, music, everywhere. It’s how I like my life, which is why we have music in every room in our home- from our bedroom to our kitchen to our bathroom (because there’s nothing quite like showering to Yo-Yo Ma after a long, tiring day). To accomplish this, we’ve always had various stereo system and boom […]