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Although Transformers movie mania has long past, the sweet geek pleasure of the mega-hit Iron Man has sharpened our robo-lens. Hiding in plain sight is the ultimate iPod dock that serves as a mini-speaker system as well as a bona...
POSTED Friday, May 9, 2008
Apple pulled the trigger on the DVD industry today, announcing that movies will now be available on its iTunes Store on the same day they’re offered on DVD. Lining up for the deal are majors such as 20th Century...
POSTED Thursday, May 1, 2008
Canadians have been shut out of the whole iPhone movement (some might say that's a relief) since no service provider in the Great White North had stepped up to make the phone work on their network. That's all changed...
POSTED Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Any avid Apple fan should be aware that new iPhones and iMacs are likely on the way in the next few weeks, so two new devices from Green House are right on time. The first is the Cycloid Speaker (4,480...
POSTED Friday, April 25, 2008
Like melon balls wrapped in prosciutto, playing an iPod through such a vacuum-tube amplifier sounds like a ludicrous combination until you actually try it. Perhaps it has something to do with the warm sound of the aged technology of...
POSTED Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The problem with most iPhone cases is that, by and large, they have to keep the screen clear so you can use it. A touchscreen isn't much good with something blocking it, after all. But that's not the case with...
POSTED Friday, April 11, 2008
Has your iPhone been dropping calls on you? Not giving you the number of bars you were hoping for when you picked it up? Well, don't return it! No, you don't want to do that. Instead, get an ugly case...
POSTED Friday, April 4, 2008
What do you get the man who's a soccer superstar, an international model and married to a Spice Girl? Why, an iPod Touch - but not just any old iPod. To honor David Beckham's 100-cap in official matches, his...
POSTED Friday, April 4, 2008
The PWN 2 OWN hacking contest is on right now at CanSecWest, a huge security conference in Vancouver, and yesterday afternoon Charlie Miller won $10,000 there for hacking a new Macbook Air in 2 minutes. Miller is known as...
POSTED Friday, March 28, 2008
The rumor mill is starting to crank at full force about Apple's next-gen iPhone, which is widely expected to feature a 3G web connection and to come to stores in late June of this year. The latest fuel to this...
POSTED Thursday, March 27, 2008
One of the biggest selling points of the iPhone is the sweet multitouch screen that lets you use your fingers to do any number of things. So it seems kind of odd to me that anyone would want a stylus...
POSTED Thursday, March 20, 2008
Yesterday Apple introduced its iPhone software development kit (SDK), and we at DVICE had a lot to say about it: Charlie White imagined 14 new applications for the phone, while Kevin Hall devised plans that would bring six of...
POSTED Sunday, March 9, 2008
Attention all technology companies: you have three months to get your act together. Start pedaling now because in June Apple may steal your business. Why all tech companies? Because Apple's software development kit (SDK) announcement today revealed the real...
POSTED Thursday, March 6, 2008
It feels like the world just changed. Apple opened up its iPhone and iPod Touch platforms to developers, and putting muscle behind them is $100 million from Silicon Valley moneybags Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Beyers. With that kind of cash...
POSTED Thursday, March 6, 2008
Apple opened up the iPhone and iPod Touch for a wealth of new applications today. In a press conference at its Cupertino, California headquarters, CEO Steve Jobs revealed details about a software development kit (SDK) that will finally allow...
POSTED Thursday, March 6, 2008
Dressed in a casual (and surprisingly male) fashion, world-class stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard has been crackin' wise at the Union Square Theater in New York City about everything from the origins of mankind to hunting bees with flamethrowers. And, of...
POSTED Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Someday, when curved organic LEDs (OLED) are cheap enough, an arc-shaped iMac will actually be possible (to give you an idea, a 11-inch non-curved OLED screen costs $2500 today). Until then, we’ll have to settle for iView, a design...
POSTED Friday, February 29, 2008
Apple unveiled updates to its line of high-end Macbook Pro laptops this morning, upgrading the chipset to Intel's new Penryn line as well as adding the multitouch trackpad that was first unveiled with the Macbook Air. In addition, there were...
POSTED Tuesday, February 26, 2008
It's a good idea to get a case for your iPod to protect it from getting all scratched up in your pocket or bag. But why settle for some generic case that everybody else is buying from the Apple Store...
POSTED Thursday, February 21, 2008
Apple lowered the price of the 1GB iPod Shuffle today to the ultralow price of $49. That’s pretty damn cheap. Like, not-even-worth-stealing cheap. If price is the deciding factor for your MP3 player, you’ve got to get an iPod...
POSTED Tuesday, February 19, 2008
When Apple rolled out the MacBook Air with its solid-state disk (SSD) inside, it felt like a new era in laptop computing had begun. Are solid-state state drives poised to replace those spinning hard disks we've become accustomed to...
POSTED Thursday, February 14, 2008
Last year when Steve Jobs announced Apple TV at Macworld 2007, I wasn't impressed. I expressed my displeasure at the fact that the media was basically giving a free pass to a product that I predicted would be an...
POSTED Thursday, February 7, 2008
Considering both the iPhone and iPod Touch are great devices to watch video on, they need all the memory they can get. After all, what good is a PVP if you can’t fit all three seasons of Lost on...
POSTED Tuesday, February 5, 2008
You've seen the MacBook Air — are you ready for the MacBook Earth, Water and Fire? We weren't either, but then we got our hands on these images of a new generation of notebooks. Ever wanted your computer to...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
A few special, privileged news sources got review copies of the MacBook Air this week. When the reviews first came out, we published a list the machine's five biggest drawbacks: strong criticisms that nearly every reviewer agreed on. What...
POSTED Sunday, January 27, 2008
The MacBook Air may be one of the thinnest laptops ever made, but Apple had to make some sacrifices to shed all that poundage. Did the company go too far? Some reviewers on the Web think so. Of course,...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
Although Apple's new pink iPod Nano will make the company's girly-girl customers happy, there's another demographic whose demands are going unmet. According to a study from industry group NPD, 30 to 40% of kids ages 6 to 10 already use...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
One of the big announcements from last week's MacWorld keynote was the upgrade to the iPod Touch. This upgrade included Mail, Google Maps, Weather Stocks and Notes, all for $20, which was odd given that new iPod Touches would...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
You know that feeling when you gaze into the eyes of your iPod or iPhone and imagine spending the rest of your life with that device? Who wouldn't want to lock into a endless bond with a gadget from...
POSTED Sunday, January 20, 2008
We here at DVICE were all over MacWorld this week. But we weren't the only ones. While there are some writers (and many commenters) who are vehemently positive about every announcement Apple makes, the general consensus about Steve Jobs's...
POSTED Sunday, January 20, 2008
Put that credit card down for a second before dropping those big bucks on a super thin and very gimpy MacBook Air. Even after getting our thoughts on it and seeing some reasons you should buy one, it's time...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
The hype is over, the news has broken, and the backlash is in full swing. We're talking about the MacBook Air of course — the big gust of wind coming out of Cupertino this week. It's one of the...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
The Apple iPhone is 202 days old, and that means we've had plenty of time to really live with it. Tuesday's firmware update added some welcome new features, but the coveted iPhone still isn't perfect. If you're thinking maybe...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
Instead of relying on software, this $200 iRecord PMR100 moves video content — broadcast or prerecorded media — directly from the source to an iPod, PS3 or even a USB thumb drive. It's got S-Video and RCA A/V jacks, so...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
iTornado is actually an update of a PC-to-PC transfer product that came out last year under the brand Data Drive Thru, but with the rate of Windows-to-Mac switchers, there's now an omnidirectional version that works with any combination of...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Why settle for iPod speakers that just sit there? Dragon I (that's "eye," not 1, or so I was told) is a system with four speakers mounted at the end of flexible tendrils. It's got a 3.5mm audio jack...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Armband straps for iPods, iPod Nanos, iPod Shuffles et al, are great for exercising… except for those flopping earbud cords. Grandmax's solution is retractable buds built right onto the Velcro-adjustable arm strap. For $30, there are models for every...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
You knew those iPod earbuds had stems for a reason, and now we've found it — to clip cute little earring-like buds to them. These Budclicks are just $10 bucks each and come in 16 different styles, eight for...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Sure most Macs come with built-in web cams, but not all do (think Mac Mini, for example). Now, instead of purchasing expensive webcam peripherals, cameraless Mac users can use their expensive iPhones as webcams. The twins over at Mac...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Gotta love Apple: Only the reclusive Cupertino company could command such a massive amount of attention for such underwhelming announcements. Oooo, HD movies on iTunes, only two months after Vudu started doing it. Then there's Apple TV Part 2,...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
iPhone users will soon find a few new features on their beloved trinkets, all thanks to a free upgrade of the phone's firmware to the latest version 1.1.3, available today. Topping the list is the ability to pinpoint your exact...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Sir Steve of Cupertino just dropped some bombs at Macworld, the biggest of which being the announcement of a new MacBook Air ultraportable laptop. The thinnest laptop in the world, it measures a mere 0.16 inches thick at the...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
As expected, Apple announced it would offer movies for rental through its iTunes (they really need to think about renaming that) store, starting today. Steve Jobs said in his keynote that Apple has deals with all the major studios...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Backing up your data with Apple’s Time Machine is easy — as long as you have a hard disk permanently attached to your desktop. With those sleek MacBooks, it’s more of a hassle, since you need to plug your...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Apple and Steve Jobs like to tease. The signs adorning San Francisco's Moscone Center hint at something ephemeral, but Jobs is likely to introduce something more solid during his annual MacWorld keynote, due to start any minute now –...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
OK, this is brilliant. This concept design is supposedly what would happen "if Apple made a Foleo," and I can't disagree. It's a small laptop shell that features a dock for the iPhone in front of the keyboard. When you...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Steve Jobs' Macworld keynote is tomorrow, and insiders expect that one of his many announcements will be to offer video rentals over iTunes. Apple will charge $4 for a movie download that can be viewed within 24 hours. Any...
POSTED Monday, January 14, 2008
Excalibur Electronics is introducing some of the oddest iPod docks we've seen yet. Our favorite is the Volcano Lamp model (pictured above), which retails for $120. A Lava lamp and an iPod dock: why didn't anybody think of this...
POSTED Tuesday, January 8, 2008
The rumor mills are churning at full speed in anticipation of MacWorld, which is coming up in just a couple of weeks. So what should we expect? Well, according to some "experts" who have dug around talking to Apple's suppliers,...
POSTED Friday, December 28, 2007
Can you imagine a world before the iPhone? It's difficult, isn't it? But there was a time earlier in the year when instead of reviewing the iPhone, we were making predictions about it. In April I wrote a column...
POSTED Thursday, December 27, 2007
Are you tired of waiting for Apple to release a MacBook tablet for you to fawn over? Sure, there have been rumors about them for months now, but there's nothing coming out of Cupertino currently that looks anything like the...
POSTED Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Apple fans mourned Thursday when Think Secret, one of the Internet's most popular Apple rumormongering websites, agreed to shut down in a legal settlement of an Apple-filed lawsuit from 2005. In exchange for shutting down, the site's owner Nick...
POSTED Sunday, December 23, 2007
We can't imagine that a folding cardboard boombox will get terrific sound out of your iPod, even with working speakers. (Having to clarify that the iPod speakers you're selling actually work is kind of a warning sign right there.)...
POSTED Tuesday, December 18, 2007
A Brazilian ice cream company has figured out a great way to give away iPod shuffles in an upcoming contest: freeze them in popsicles. Yep, they're giving away 10,000 iPod shuffles to people who are lucky enough to buy...
POSTED Thursday, December 13, 2007
One of the big selling points about the new Zune 2 portable media player from Microsoft was that you could sync it with your computer using WiFi. That means you could just walk in your house, and as soon...
POSTED Wednesday, December 5, 2007
MacWorld is coming up in about a month — you know, the place where they announced the iPhone last year — so you know the rumor mills are about to start churning at full force. This year's rumor? Ultraportable Apple...
POSTED Wednesday, December 5, 2007
According to Taiwanese computer maker ASUS, Apple is in the process of designing a new tablet computer and they've hired ASUS to do the manufacturing. Apple hasn't confirmed the story, obviously, but ASUS has been hired by them to...
POSTED Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Have you heard? Mac's newest OS, Leopard, hit stores on Friday. It's the biggest product launch since Apple's last product launch, and so far Leopard has garnered the same swooning reviews the press so frequently gives Apple products. Putting...
POSTED Sunday, October 28, 2007
If you are a true fanboy of everything Mac, and you are super-excited about the launch of Leopard (the latest operating system from Apple), then celebrate by purchasing a gold-plated MacBook Pro. Computer Choppers has upped the bling quotient...
POSTED Friday, October 26, 2007
Today, Apple announced that OS 10.5, otherwise known as Leopard, will go on sale on October 26. 10.5 is the sixth iteration of the OS X operating system: some innovations include an updated Finder that's easier to keep clean,...
POSTED Tuesday, October 16, 2007
When news of the new iPod Nano first leaked out onto the tech blogs last month, I was, like many, underwhelmed. Perhaps unconsciously tapping to our hard-wired aversion to obesity, I agreed that the squat design looked like crap compared...
POSTED Monday, September 24, 2007
People have plenty of legitimate criticisms of Apple's computers, but, generally speaking, their design isn't one of them. Apple is pretty much universally regarded as the leader in computer design, consistently raising the bar in terms of aesthetics and...
POSTED Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Last week we looked at some comments about Apple's iPod announcements. This week, the professional reviews began to appear. Results aren't conclusive on the iPod Touch, since it's only just becoming available (though PC Mag has already called it...
POSTED Sunday, September 16, 2007
This week, Apple announced the iPod Touch, while new iPod Nanos and "Classics" hit stores. More controversially, the company slashed the price of its iPhone by $200, enraging early adopters (until they were promised a $100 Apple credit). Those...
POSTED Sunday, September 9, 2007
While some were understandably thrilled by Apple's announcements yesterday, some early iPhone customers felt like they'd been wronged. Of course, Apple announces upgrades and lowers prices without warning frequently, but these customers weren't expecting such a huge drop in price...
POSTED Thursday, September 6, 2007
Didn't you hear? Apple unleashed an entirely new lineup of iPods today. But that's not all! Here's a rundown of some of the smaller news items you might have missed in the product explosion:Ringtones on the iPhone: for an...
POSTED Wednesday, September 5, 2007
With the new iPod Touch taking top spot in the iPod roster, the venerable original is starting to look dated. But Apple is definitely not discontinuing the bestselling music player — especially since it's the only one in the...
POSTED Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Apple didn't just unleash their hot new iPod Touch today. Oh no, they also dropped an updated version of the iPod Nano. Just like the rumor mill predicted, it's a fat little guy, shorter and squatter than the last...
POSTED Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Apple unveiled the next generation of iPods a few minutes ago at one of Steve Jobs' trademark wowie-zowie this-is-the-greatest-thing-ever keynotes at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The highlight of the event was clearly the all-new all-sexy iPod Touch,...
POSTED Wednesday, September 5, 2007
It happens all too often. You turn your back, and bam! Your iPod is gone. It's been pinched. Jacked. Stolen. In fact, well over 50 million iPods have been taken illegally. One tragic murder has been attributed to a...
POSTED Thursday, August 16, 2007
Logitech has just announced a really slick-looking iPod "speaker system," otherwise known as a fancy iPod dock. It's called the Pure-Fi Dream Bedroom Music System for iPod, and it has sweet new motion-sensing technology inside, bringing it to a...
POSTED Thursday, August 16, 2007
Ever since the iPhone was released, legions of hackers and tinkerers have been racing to see who could unlock and modify the much-hyped device first. Well, it looks like someone might have gotten the somewhat-coveted prize, as the ability...
POSTED Monday, August 13, 2007
Apple just announced new versions of its all-in-one iMac computer. Featuring a new design with brushed aluminum and glass, it's certainly a slicker upgrade to the older models. Like the MacBooks, the new iMacs have an iSight camera built...
POSTED Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Are you exhausted by the barrage of iPhone stories out there? Even complaining about them has become cliché. There just aren't many other new gadgets to write about in July (like TV pilots, most gadgets launch in the fall)....
POSTED Sunday, July 22, 2007
The problem with the iPhone and iPod being so insanely popular is that they aren't just popular with tech lovers, they're popular with thieves as well. The expensive little gadgets are everywhere, and those white earbuds are just begging...
POSTED Friday, July 20, 2007
Are iPhones already too ubiquitous for you? Do you not feel special and unique anymore? Well, that's a shame. It's the whole reason you dropped $600 on a phone, after all. But don't worry: there are ways to make...
POSTED Friday, July 20, 2007
In what could be great news for a few people and terrible news for the rest of us, Apple has applied for a patent for a karaoke iPod. Yes, an iPod that tells you the lyrics of the song...
POSTED Thursday, July 19, 2007
I'm pissed, and feel more than a little ripped off. I made an assumption, and we all know what happens when you assume. Back in April, I wrote about EMI working with Apple's iTunes to make the EMI catalog...
POSTED Thursday, July 12, 2007
Last week, I told you I'd let you know if waiting 13 hours in line for an iPhone was worth it. Yes. Oui. Affirmative. Si. Uh huh. Yup. Ja. You betcha by golly. D'UH! Is wicked cool still an...
POSTED Sunday, July 8, 2007
Were you worried that you might have to dilute the Appleness of your iPhone be pairing it with a Bluetooth headset from Jabra or Sony Ericsson or some other heathen third-party manufacturer? You can chill out, because Apple has unveiled...
POSTED Friday, June 29, 2007
I'm an idiot. It's about 5:15am and I have a nearly 13-hour wait before the iPhone goes on sale at the Apple Store beneath the crystal cube at Grand Army Plaza in New York City. The sky is a...
POSTED Friday, June 29, 2007
Apple is working its way up to the iPhone launch by dropping little nuggets of updates on the super-hyped device. First it was a new screen and increased battery life, now it's YouTube functionality. Pretty sweet, right? Well, sort...
POSTED Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Apple just had its big fancy keynote at their Worldwide Developers Conference, where they went over their upcoming OS, Leopard, in detail. There wasn't a ton that we didn't already know about, but some highlights include a better document...
POSTED Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Sure, you've got a laptop, but don't you sometimes feel like it's a bit too big and usable? Perhaps it could be more gimmicky? At least it could prove to everyone that you have way too much time on...
POSTED Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Apple's MacBook Pros got an upgrade today, getting a bump to Intel's Santa Rosa chipset. The faster Core 2 Duo processors are coupled with LED-backlit LCD screens, more memory, 802.11n Wi-Fi cards, and better Nvidia 8600M GT graphics. They...
POSTED Tuesday, June 5, 2007
The iPhone is coming! The iPhone is coming! Yes, the phone that everyone's been awaiting anxiously since January is imminent, and the release date was just made official. Mark your calendars: June 29th is the day the phone hits....
POSTED Monday, June 4, 2007
The iPod lovers down in the iLounge yesterday released the third edition of their iPod book, with 116 pages of Apple-accessory goodness. Most notable are the multiple pages of iPhone accessories. They're the first of their kind, and they...
POSTED Friday, June 1, 2007
iTunes just got an upgrade, getting things prepped for the DRM-free AAC sales as well as adding some new features. Dubbed iTunes Plus, the new version will allow you to either download DRM-encased files for the standard $0.99 or,...
POSTED Wednesday, May 30, 2007
LG, clearly a company with its fingers on the pulse of consumers everywhere, has filed a patent for a washing machine with a built-in dock for either an iPod or a Zune. Yes, a washing machine with an iPod...
POSTED Tuesday, May 29, 2007
If you bought an Apple MacBook this month, as I did, then you probably won't be happy to hear that as of this morning, Apple upgraded its entire MacBook line. The two white MacBooks and one black MacBook on...
POSTED Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Just when you think Apple has run out of creative ways to control an iPod, they wow you with a patent that you totally couldn't have thought up on your own. This one is especially unique and cool, although...
POSTED Saturday, May 12, 2007
This sexy concept design is called the Mactab, and, predictably enough, it's a Mac Tablet. Featuring a super-thin design with a stand and an equally-thin wireless keyboard, it looks like a tablet we might actually want to use. That...
POSTED Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Lots of cars now have ways to get your iPod hooked up to send tunes right to the car stereo, but just because your setup has a cable running out of it or you have an FM transmitter doesn't...
POSTED Tuesday, May 8, 2007
If you've caught the digital downloading fever and can't get enough of the TV shows and movies offered through iTunes, you'll want to get the most of your purchases. After all, the iPod itself isn't the best way to...
POSTED Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Need to get access to someone's Mac but don't have the awesome hacking skills necessary to bust through their passwords? Just get a MacLockPick, a USB thumb drive that'll cut through any Apple Computer's security like a hot knife...
POSTED Monday, April 30, 2007
Rumors are flying around the Internet about Apple considering adding a subscription service to their iTunes Music Store. That would mean those of you out there who don't feel like dropping $.99 per track would be able to pay a...
POSTED Friday, April 13, 2007
Let's not deceive ourselves. Apple TV isn't the first device to do what Apple TV does, not by a long shot. It suffers many shortcomings. But for reasons that become self-evident the moment the familiar Apple logo appears on...
POSTED Tuesday, April 10, 2007
It's been a long time coming, but Apple has finally released its 8-core MacPro workstation. At the heart of this super system are two 3.0-GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processors that should run circles around other systems out there. The...
POSTED Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Are you riding the wave of the future, watching videos on all sorts of formats and on different devices? If so, then you know how much of a pain converting formats is. If you're an Apple fan and have...
POSTED Tuesday, April 3, 2007
In a surprising and awesome move, Apple and EMI announced today that they'll be putting EMI's catalog of music on iTunes in DRM-free format. That means you'll be able to buy music with no copy protection, allowing you to listen...
POSTED Monday, April 2, 2007
It's been a while since Apple updated Boot Camp, that seemingly miraculous app that lets you boot up Windows on a Mac, and now it brings in 32-bit Windows Vista support with its newly-released Boot Camp 1.2. Apple says...
POSTED Thursday, March 29, 2007
If you're a designer of any kind, you know the importance of color in your work. Without the right color scheme, you might as well just quit and go drive a garbage truck for a living. That's what makes this...
POSTED Wednesday, March 21, 2007
If you're embarrassed about your love of Passions so much that you refrain from watching it on your iPod in public, don't worry. Now there's a way for you to enjoy any embarrassing video, be it a soap opera...
POSTED Friday, March 16, 2007
Apple's move to include an Apple Remote with all the company's computers has gone a long way toward making people think of them as entertainment centers. But the thing is, whenever I bring my MacBook anywhere, I always forget...
POSTED Friday, March 16, 2007
I love it when products combine the old and the new in a great, clever way. Unfortunately, this is not one of those products. I mean, yes, it combines old and new stuff, but great and clever? Not so much....
POSTED Wednesday, March 14, 2007
The iTower Omega is one part speaker, one part shrine to your iPod. Standing 4 feet high, it's an imposing design that's sure to draw attention wherever it's placed. Then, of course, there's an iPod dock right on the top...
POSTED Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Gimmicky iPod cases are a dime a dozen, so it's hard for one to stand out. Especially for me, as I use that crappy pouch that it came with to keep my iPod from getting scratched in my pocket and...
POSTED Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Image by Matt Krueger At a time where a story announcing that the iTunes store might carry Beatles music warrants coverage in The New York Times and new iPod shuffle colors creates a flurry of fuss across the blogosphere, the...
POSTED Thursday, February 15, 2007
If you're really, really worried about getting your iPod stolen, you might feel more comfortable if you knew you were protected with somewhat extreme measures. Sure, this iPod locking case is big, bulky, and awkward, but no one will...
POSTED Friday, February 9, 2007
Winter isn't over yet, folks, so you need to keep thinking about staying warm out there. That doesn't have to mean you don't get to have convenient portable music. Nike has just announced their unfortunately named Hatphones, which are, you...
POSTED Saturday, February 3, 2007
Now that you've run out and bought a new iPod Shuffle in every color, you'll probably want a way to charge your new accessories on the go. After all, one isn't always near an outlet. Just charge up the...
POSTED Friday, February 2, 2007
Yes, this is a stethoscope that attaches to an iPod. No, it isn't for lousy doctors who want to listen to Pink Floyd while also checking on your heart. It actually records heartbeats, allowing doctors to listen later on...
POSTED Thursday, February 1, 2007
Steve Jobs didn't need to get into his black turtleneck to get us excited about the latest development from Apple: brightly colored iPod shuffles. Today the company rolled out new versions of its tiniest MP3 player in pink, green,...
POSTED Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Each week Adam Frucci takes a closer look at the latest gadget buzz in his column, Shift. Image by Falon The iPhone looks pretty sweet. Yep, it's got that fancy touchscreen that you can use two fingers on, it changes...
POSTED Thursday, January 25, 2007
While everyone's been waiting for Apple to get around to adding Blu-ray players to their computers, MCE Technologies went ahead and did it themselves. Now you can add a Blu-ray burner to your already-expensive Mac Pro for another $700. Oh...
POSTED Thursday, January 25, 2007
Getting TV shows onto your iPod just got a whole lot easier. What, it's already easy if you download them from iTunes? Well, then I meant that getting TV shows onto your iPod just got a whole lot freer. Better?...
POSTED Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Steve Jobs didn't announce a new version of OS X during his keynote. He didn't really talk about iLife, or new computers, or upgraded iPods. But he did introduce the iTV, or rather, Apple TV, as it's called now....
POSTED Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The rumors are true. Yes, there will be an iPhone this year. And, yes, it will be called iPhone, despite reports to the contrary. It comes in 4-GB ($499) and 8-GB ($599) models. The iPod interface looks pretty great....
POSTED Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Controlling your iPod while driving can be dangerous, what with you trying to divide your attention between the road and the little screen in your hand. The man won't let you hold your cell phone while you drive, but your...
POSTED Friday, January 5, 2007
It's rare that great leaps are made in the field of shower radios, one of the most low-tech gadgets out there. But hey, if it plays audio there's gonna be an iPod-friendly model released eventually… let's call it Jobs' Law....
POSTED Wednesday, January 3, 2007
How come the prices on digital cameras from different retailers can range over $100 while the best discount you're likely to get on a new iPod is $5? This Slate article makes a convincing attempt to explain the phenomenon....
POSTED Tuesday, December 26, 2006
There are plenty of iPod transmitters out there, but they all make you find a place to stick your iPod while you're driving. Yeah, it's sending your music to the radio, but it's annoying trying to keep it from...
POSTED Tuesday, December 26, 2006
People love sticking their iPods into objects that iPods haven't been stuck in before. After all, an alarm clock with an iPod dock is nothing new, but a projector? Yeah, that's a new one. It's actually kind of a cool...
POSTED Wednesday, December 13, 2006
We really like the Nike + iPod sport kit, but the fact that they expect you to buy a special pair of shoes just to use it is pretty weak on Nike's part. We already have shoes that we like...
POSTED Tuesday, December 12, 2006
In theory, having your music play throughout your entire house would be a great thing to be able to do. It's convenient, right? But honestly, how often are you wandering throughout your house for long enough that you need...
POSTED Monday, December 11, 2006
For the two or three of you out there that have managed to pack your new 80-GB iPods to the gills, good news! Toshiba has just unveiled a 100-GB 1.8-inch drive, the same size and brand used in your...
POSTED Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Kevin Rose, Digg founder, possible millionaire, and star of this controversial BusinessWeek cover story, dished some supposedly top-secret specs about Apple's rumored upcoming "iPhone" on his weekly podcast, Diggnation. Not trusting the wacky summaries making their way through the...
POSTED Monday, December 4, 2006
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