Articles tagged "ipod"

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For music buffs, Zune HD strikes right tune

by Etan Horowitz [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[18.Oct.09] :. In the two years I’ve been reviewing gadgets, I’ve never tested Microsoft’s digital music and video player, called the Zune. The device only accounts for a tiny fraction of the...

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New Microsoft Zune HD is lovely, but not perfect

by Brier Dudley [The Seattle Times (MCT)]

[1.Oct.09] :. SEATTLE — Apple fans can’t sneer at the Zune anymore. The new Zune HD is the latest evidence that Microsoft can design and produce lovely hardware, especially if it’s given a few...

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Jobs makes surprise appearance at Apple event; video camera for iPod nano

by Troy Wolverton [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[10.Sep.09] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. — Steve Jobs’ appearance marked the only real surprise at Apple’s press event Wednesday in San Francisco, an otherwise low-key affair in which the company announced...

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What’s to become of Microsoft’s answer to the iPod?

by John Letzing [MarketWatch (MCT)]

[30.Jul.09] :. SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp.‘s quarterly earnings report last week featured a number of grim statistics, including a relatively overlooked, albeit steep decline related to its Zune...

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iPhone: the Great White Hype?

by Brian Crecente [Kotaku.com (MCT)]

[24.Jun.09] :. The iPhone has been heralded as the second coming of mobile games. But just how important a piece of the more than $5 billion dollar mobile game industry is it? Is the buzz surrounding Apple’s...

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Apple unveils tiny iPod shuffle that talks

by John Boudreau [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[12.Mar.09] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - It’s a new recession iPod. Apple on Wednesday rolled out its third iteration of its low-end iPod shuffle with speech-based functions that tell users what song is playing and...

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The Kindle iPhone App: a quick review

by Eric Benderoff [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[5.Mar.09] :. Let’s be clear: Amazon’s new app for the iPhone, released Wednesday, does not compare to the Kindle. Not only is it not as good nor as easy to read with, the new app also competes with a...

Apple’s restriction-free music downloads create pause

by Eric Benderoff [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[12.Feb.09] :. When Apple Inc. announced in January that it would sell restriction-free music files, that was supposed to mean consumers could buy songs and play them on the portable gadget of their...

New crop of MP3 players hits the market

by Troy Wolverton [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[24.Sep.08] :. Just in time for late back-to-school or early holiday shopping, Apple, Microsoft and others have unveiled a new crop of digital media players. Some have radical design changes. Many have neat new...

Apple underwhelms with new iPod, a few upgrades

by Eric Benderoff [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[10.Sep.08] :. CHICAGO - Here’s what Apple announced Tuesday: a new iPod Nano and a fresh scheme to sell you more songs. The rest is just fancy packaging wrapped around window dressing. Oh, and Apple’s...

Microsoft takes another stab at Apple’s iPod

by John Letzing [MarketWatch (MCT)]

[9.Sep.08] :. SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. has released the latest versions of its portable media player, designed for the daunting task of challenging Apple Inc.‘s market-dominating iPod. In recent days...

Rivals to iPod are music to your ears

by Eric Benderoff [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[28.Nov.07] :. This might be hard for some people to fathom, but there are digital music players made by other companies beside Apple. But before you think I’m about to write some type of heresy—iPod...

Meet Apple’s new star, the Mac computer

by Troy Wolverton [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[31.Oct.07] :. SAN JOSE, Calif. - For years, Apple has really been two companies: a mature, slow-growing one paired with a new, dynamic one, with the upstart driving the company’s renaissance. Apple’s...

Improvements to iPod line lost in shuffle

by Eric Benderoff [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[12.Sep.07] :. A few interesting things were overlooked last week amid the uproar over the iPhone’s sudden price cut: Apple Inc.‘s new line of iPods. The iPod Touch is a direct descendant of the...

It’s hard for bands when Generation iPod just wants to press shuffle

by Jon Bream [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[11.May.07] :. MINNEAPOLIS - Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman, 22, was doing what many people of his generation do: multi-tasking. As he cruised through suburban Chicago, bellowing at the driver in front of him,...

Digital music industry finally faces reality

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[9.Apr.07] :. When Apple Inc. called a news conference last week, reporters on the tech and music beats believed they knew what was coming: CEO and Beatles freak Steve Jobs was going to make the announcement...

EMI, Apple rock digital music world

by Troy Wolverton [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[3.Apr.07] :. It’s taken more than 10 years, but the music industry is finally starting to make peace with the MP3. In a groundbreaking move, EMI Group announced Monday that it will let digital music...

Shuffle play

by Rob Horning

[8.Aug.05] :. If you were born after 1971, you probably don’t care about this, but oldies stations are disappearing. This is, of course, inevitable, as what constitutes an “oldie” must evolve...