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- Great 2001 iPod Image From TUAW
Great visual joke from TUAW. Link....
Great visual joke from TUAW. Link.
lkahney - Have Your Rush iPod Etched With Pills
Phillip Torrone of Make magazine and Adafruit Laser Services, a laser-etching etching service for iPods and MacBooks, has kindly offered to etch OxyContin pills for free onto any Rush Limbaugh iPod. If you recall, Limbaugh is offering eight free iPods...
Phillip Torrone of Make magazine and Adafruit Laser Services, a laser-etching etching service for iPods and MacBooks, has kindly offered to etch OxyContin pills for free onto any Rush Limbaugh iPod. If you recall, Limbaugh is offering eight free iPods engraved with his signature as an incentive for his email newsletter (see here).
Phil writes: "If any of your readers wins one, I'll etch pills all over it for free with my laser. We can then auction it off and give the $ to a group Rush hates."
Send mail to Pete or I at the email addresses listed at right. Also include suggestions for a suitable charitable organization.
lkahney - 100 Million iPods and the Explosive Growth of iTunes
Apple on Monday triumphantly announced it has sold 100 million iPods in five years with a big splashy ad in the New York Times and across the front page of its website. Apple claims the iPod is the "fastest selling...
Apple on Monday triumphantly announced it has sold 100 million iPods in five years with a big splashy ad in the New York Times and across the front page of its website. Apple claims the iPod is the "fastest selling music player in history." That may be so, but it's not yet the biggest seller: Sony sold 340 million Walkmans (and others sold countless millions of knockoffs).But Apple watchers are actually more interested in the growth of iTunes. Carl Howe at Blackfriars Marketing notes that iTunes has now sold 2.5 billion songs -- 1 billion more songs than 6 months ago. These numbers are only semi-official (Jobs mentioned them casually in an interview), but if Apple is now selling 1 billion songs every six months, that's a very sharp growth curve.
Also, Howe points out that Apple is also beginning to dominate online sales of movies and TV shows. Wal-Mart revealed on Monday that its online movie store sold just 3,000 movies in the first month. By contrast, Apple sold 125,000 movies in the first week.
"Once you've bested the largest American retailer, the sky is the limit," Howe writes.
lkahney - Video of Super Mario Bros. Running on AppleTV
Dig it. Within six months, the Wii and the AppleTV will be one device. Via Gizmodo. Technorati Tags: apple, appleTV, software...
Dig it. Within six months, the Wii and the AppleTV will be one device.Via Gizmodo.
Technorati Tags: apple, appleTV, software
Pete Mortensen - RSS Reader for AppleTV in Beta -- Video Support Coming
AppleTV just got one step closer to being a full-fledged replacement for a stand-alone Web-browsing device thanks to AppleTV RSS Plugin from twenty08 software. The fun little app adds a new channel to Apple's hackable box, and then you can...
AppleTV just got one step closer to being a full-fledged replacement for a stand-alone Web-browsing device thanks to AppleTV RSS Plugin from twenty08 software. The fun little app adds a new channel to Apple's hackable box, and then you can make it display your favorite RSS feed. <cough>US, for example.</cough>
The little application will soon support ATOM feeds and video RSS. Can't wait. This is all nice, but it still can't compete with what's officially supported on the Nintendo Wii, which has a headline news reader, weather and even a complete browser. Isn't that crazy?
Via Digg.
Technorati Tags: appleTV, software
Pete Mortensen - iPhone Might Eat Into iPod Sales? You're Kidding Me!
We're entering a new phase of iPhone speculation. Last fall was Phase I: Ludicrous predictions from people who have never seen one. January until now has been Phase II: Potshots and Idol Worship. And now on to Phase III: Summaries...
We're entering a new phase of iPhone speculation. Last fall was Phase I: Ludicrous predictions from people who have never seen one. January until now has been Phase II: Potshots and Idol Worship. And now on to Phase III: Summaries of the obvious.
I submit as the beachhead indicator of Phase III these comments from UBS Specialist Tony Andersson, who concludes that, brace yourself, iPhone sales could have a negative impact on iPod sales. Phew! Are you breathing again yet?
Technorati Tags: apple, iphone, speculation
I mean, who could envision a device that Apple CEO Steve Jobs described as a combination of a widescreen iPod, a breakthrough cell-phone and a revolutionary Internet browser would sell where before an iPod would have sufficed?
Certainly not anyone paying attention. But then, that's why they pay bank analysts the big bucks. Remember this one thing: Apple places big bets to win (and sometimes loses), but they also had to bring out the iPhone as the multimedia phone market grows more sophisticated. Those things threaten the iPod, and Apple took a pre-emptive step to stem the tide. Period.
AppleInsider | Report: iPhone could make or break Apple's bank:
Pete Mortensen - IPod Didn't Save Soldier's Life -- And It Was An HP Model
Everyone is loving the story of the iPod that allegedly saved the life of U.S. Infantryman Kevin Garrad in Tikrit (read more at Gadget Lab). Though it seems like the perfect story, there is actually more to this tale than...
Everyone is loving the story of the iPod that allegedly saved the life of U.S. Infantryman Kevin Garrad in Tikrit (read more at Gadget Lab). Though it seems like the perfect story, there is actually more to this tale than you might assume. First of all, the iPod didn't save his life. His body armor did. And it isn't even an Apple model. Click through for the rest of the story.
From Havana Lion:
The armor stopped the bullet.
The iPod was how Kevin Garrad found out he was shot. This is the real story.
Kevin said he got into the fight with the insurgent and afterwards he did not know he was even shot. He said he returned to his bunk after the patrol, put on his earbuds and began to clean his weapon.
He said: "you get into a ritual out there."
No music came on. He dug around in the pockets where he kept the iPod and pulled out the twisted hunk of metal that is in the pictures. He said that was how he found out that he had been shot during the fight. He was happy that his armor worked.I've been surprised that Apple has gotten all of the press on this, as well, because this model came out during the very brief era when HP was selling iPods themselves, logo and all. I'm not surprised that Apple is taking advantage of this opportunity, including shipping Kevin a new iPod, but I am surprised HP hasn't gotten in on the press push. After all -- they sold the amazing machine, not Apple.
Pete Mortensen - iScroll2 Brings Two-Finger Scrolling to Older PowerBooks -- But Not Mine.
One of Apple's greatest feature introductions of the last few years is the use of two fingers to turn a PowerBook or MacBook trackpad into a two-button wonder. It's an incredibly elegant solution that feels significantly better than awkward multi-button...
One of Apple's greatest feature introductions of the last few years is the use of two fingers to turn a PowerBook or MacBook trackpad into a two-button wonder. It's an incredibly elegant solution that feels significantly better than awkward multi-button Windows trackpad laptops.
But it also only works on 2005 or later PowerBooks, which left, well, almost everyone out of the party. Until now. iScroll2 is an open-source project that promises to bring the two-finger scroll dance to older PowerBooks. It's very early in development, so try it at your own risk. My 2003 12" PowerBook is not supported, so I'm still out in the cold. Anyone got it working? Is it worth our time?Via Digg.
Technorati Tags: Software
Pete Mortensen - Make Your Own iPhone
If you can't wait until June for the real iPhone, buy this $3 paper iPhone cutout on eBay instead. The seller, who has has 96.9 % positive feedback, claims it's the "most accurate" paper model on the market today. It...
If you can't wait until June for the real iPhone, buy this $3 paper iPhone cutout on eBay instead. The seller, who has has 96.9 % positive feedback, claims it's the "most accurate" paper model on the market today. It boasts advanced features like:1. Real Rounded Corners
2. Images of the top and bottom of the iPhone
3. Cingular icon has been replaced with AT&TThe seller has even made a high-quaility, pre-assembled paper iPhone for an extra $3. It even includes a thich cardboard insert for extra rigidity. Link to the assembled Paper iPhone auction.
lkahney - Special Edition Rush Limbaugh Vandalized iPod
Drug-addled nutjob Rush Limbaugh is giving away eight, 80-gig video iPods, one a week for eight weeks. The bad news: you have to sign up for his email newsletter "Rush in a Hurry." Even worse, he's vandalized the iPod with...
Drug-addled nutjob Rush Limbaugh is giving away eight, 80-gig video iPods, one a week for eight weeks. The bad news: you have to sign up for his email newsletter "Rush in a Hurry." Even worse, he's vandalized the iPod with an engraving of his signature. How about a handful of painkillers instead?
lkahney - London iPod Flash Mob Attracts 4,000 Silent Dancers
Pix by Chris John Beckett About 4,000 dancers reveled to the sounds of their own iPods at an impromptu flash mob at London's Victoria train station on Friday, according to the Evening Standard. A deafening 10-second countdown startled station staff...
Pix by Chris John Beckett About 4,000 dancers reveled to the sounds of their own iPods at an impromptu flash mob at London's Victoria train station on Friday, according to the Evening Standard.
A deafening 10-second countdown startled station staff and commuters before the concourse erupted in whoops and cheers. MP3 players and iPods emerged and the crowd danced wildly to their soundtracks in silence - for two hours. University of London student Lucy Dent, 20, was among the flash mobbers. She said: "It was my first flash mob and I'm hooked. I've been dancing non-stop since we began. "I didn't even notice the commuters. When you get into the dancing you're oblivious to them and forget you're at a railway station."
Says Flickr user vandanger: "It lasted almost two hours before the police intervened. It was great."
lkahney
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