Category: iPod

Share We were, by turns, underwhelmed and pleasantly surprised by the much anticipated Apple keynote this afternoon. To distill it down for you, Apple is releasing a preview of the iPhone OS 4.0 software for developers today, and you can expect to see it available for your mobile device starting this summer. But there's a caveat: only certain devices (the newest ones, to be exact) will get all ...

What it is: DoubleTwist is a music manager and media syncing tool for those who don't want to join, or are looking to leave, the cult of Apple. It has gained particular notability ever since T-Mobile agreed to package the application with some of its Android-powered handsets. What we like: Aesthetically, we find DoubleTwist rather pleasing. While others have described it as "rough," we quite ...

Netflix confirmed in a blog post last night that it plans to continue its march towards mobility. We've seen the streaming app for Windows Phone 7 in action, and the iPad version is already available for you lucky few who braved the Apple store lines. Now we have confirmation that the iPhone and iPod touch will be joining the mobile Netflix party too. We know nothing about timeframe or ...

In September, Steve Jobs unveiled the latest attempt to add value to the digital music download, and to distract people from the Web's vast stores of free and illegal content. The iTunes LP adds photos, lyrics, liner notes, and other bonus content, and offer material not found on file-sharing networks -- all to lure customers into buying full albums instead of individual songs. It's been six ...

Baseball season is upon us, and iPhone owners around the country have started plunking down $14.99 for the new 'MLB at Bat 2010' app so they can stay abreast of their favorite teams and listen to live streams of games. Purchasers of the app found a pleasant surprise when they booted up the new version to listened to the first batch of spring training games... streaming in the background. Yes, ...

Share Getting attention in class sometimes involves adding an enthusiastic wiggle to a raised hand, or cooing an ever so soft "ooh, ooh, me!" But, if you're after a sure-fire solution to grabbing your teacher's eye, blowing up your iPod is always an option. Such was the case, it seems, for one Massachusetts high school student, whose iPod recently exploded "spontaneously" on her desk in the ...

We reported last week on Apple's booting of several sexually suggestive apps after Business Insider identified them in a roundup -- a move that has left many developers irate. In an interview with the New York Times, however, Apple's head of worldwide marketing Philip W. Schiller claimed that the company's rationale for banning said apps was due to "an increasing number of apps containing very ...

Apple is apparently embarking on a puritanical program against the porn that has somehow made it into the App Store. Business Insider did a roundup of racy apps just two days ago, and Apple is doing quick damage control by immediately booting 'Wobble iBoobs' and the like. While Apple expressly denies any apps containing actual nudity, the App Store has seen plenty of thong-laden strip-shows, ...

Share Geek weddings are nothing new to the Switched beat. Video game 'Katamari Damacy' inspired one service, and we've seen one set of marriage vows culminate in a groom updating his Facebook relationship status. In 2010, we'll supposedly see the first weddings... in spaaaaace. Today's tale of geeky nuptials comes to you from that gleaming, subterranean realm known as Manhattan's Fifth Avenue ...

Unless you've just woken up from a 30-year coma, you're well aware that tomorrow Apple will be unveiling its "latest creation." What exactly that is remains to be seen, but the rumor mill has been grinding out a speculated iTablet (or iPad, or iSlate, or iSlab) with the conviction of R. Kelly cranking out sexually explicit slow jams. The Apple branded tablet is rumored to measure 10 inches, run ...

Yesterday, the team behind the original MP3 file revealed a new digital music format, claiming that it will both outclass current digital music standards and encourage users to download their music legally. In theory, MusicDNA has a lot going for it. Users who download songs in the new format will get -- in addition to the music itself -- bits like lyrics, album artwork, music videos, recent ...

In spite of its other perceived failures, the Obama administration has actually succeeded quite admirably at one of its promises: technologically ushering the White House into the 21st century. It has embraced blogging, streaming video, Twitter, crowd-sourcing, and has even created new positions within the government and armed forces that specifically deal with the challenges of running and ...

We saw plenty of cool gadgets at this year's CES. But for every 3-D screen that needed no glasses, and for every hybrid laptop, there was at least one piece (but, more likely, two or three or ten pieces) of utter crap. There were digital photo frames, iPhone cases, video game controller trees -- so many useless and poorly conceived products, in fact, that it was tough to narrow it down to just ...

When Apple launched the iPhone OS 3.0 back in June, one of the features that most thrilled us was the one that allowed apps to interact with specially designed accessories, like docks and blood sugar monitors. Sadly, in the months since, very few new devices have taken advantage of the feature -- especially widely available, consumer-oriented devices. That may change now that iHome, claiming to ...

Facebook's excellent iPhone app just got a new update that brings push alerts to your phone. Because you'll receive an update every time a new friend request, new wall comment, or photo upload pops in among your friends, you'll probably want to adjust the push settings as soon as you install the app. We checked it out early this morning, and it fortunately prompts you to adjust your push settings ...