May 24th, 2005 by Chi An
Chairman Steve Jobs said Sunday night that support for the radio-like programs downloaded from the Internet will be included in the next version of the iPod software, iTunes, due within 60 days.
Jobs made his announcement at “D3: All Things Digital,” a technology conference sponsored by the Wall Street Journal in San Diego. His remarks were reported by several technology journalists in the audience.
The Apple chairman was “slightly dismissive of populist programming,” said Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media Inc., a technology publishing company.
“Current plans call for podcasts to be free downloads,” wrote Mena Trott, co-founder of Six Apart Inc., and also in the audience. “Users will submit their podcasts and Apple will be hand picking the content it makes available to iTunes users.”
Before his speech, Jobs also met with Adam Curry, the former MTV disc jockey who has tirelessly promoted creation of radio-like programs for download. Later in his own podcast, Curry reported he was “able to provide a lot of input,” and told Jobs the iPod hardware should also record. “I can guarantee you this is going to happen,” Curry said.
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May 21st, 2005 by Chi An
SLAPPA is currently accepting pre-orders for their new ShockShell ($35) case for iPod mini. The ShockShell mini is available in 6 different designs, each with a variety of color choices.
Total Impact Industrial Ltd, a leading manufacturer of storage units for digital products, today announced the release of their newest storage product, the SLAPPA® ShockShell™ Case for the iPod mini.
The SLAPPA ShockShell Case for the iPod mini is expanding SLAPPA’s current line of iPod storage products. Similar to SLAPPA’s other award-winning products in it’s attention to detail and high-quality craftsmanship.
The SLAPPA ShockShell is offered in 6 different designs, each offered in a variety of colors to suit the diverse personalities of SLAPPA’s customers. Each design has been incorporated into the PVC outer body, ensuring it can never rub off and its appearance will remain as sharp as the day it was purchased.
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May 21st, 2005 by Chi An
Shure have just released their E4c earphones. These are the in-ear type with various mouldings (sleeves) that fit on to the actual phones so you can get a comfortable fit.
The E4c’s do superbly and it seems that bass, midrange and treble have all improved. A big advantage of using in-earphones is that they block off almost all external sound (which can be detrimental to your health if you use them in a situation where you need to hear things going around you). Not being distracted by external noise means the volume of the device you’re listening to can be turned down, which has two advantages i) battery life is extended and ii) more importantly, there is less distortion and notes sound truer.
While sitting on the underground you could just hear the station announcements on the public address system, but not much else. The music playing was ambient dance music and you could really make out the nuances etc. Unfortunately the only downside of blotting out everything made you realise even more how miserable everyone looked.
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“Wow, another great earphone from Shure”
This is my first impression of the Shure’s E4c. You have no doubt against the quality of Shure’s stuffs. if you want excellent sound reproduction, noise isolation and good looks, go for it. But remember, the retail price is around US$370 USD299.99!
May 20th, 2005 by Chi An
PalmOne Inc.’s new handheld with a built-in hard drive makes it possible to jam more rich content than ever into your pocket.
PalmOne Inc., the world’s biggest maker of hand-held computers, began selling Wednesday a new device that combines business and entertainment functions and targets Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod Photo digital players.
The LifeDrive mobile manager has a 4-gigabyte micro-disk drive that can store and play digital music, photos and video, as well as access data generated by business programs from Microsoft Corp., Stephane Maes, PalmOne’s director of product management, said in an interview.
{ Source; PalmOne LifeDrive; Apple iPod Photo }
The world’s largest maker of hand-held computers is trying to gain back the market leadership, which lose to the Pocket PC. A PDA now is not just a PDA.
Let see how does Apple react to the PalmOne’s move.
