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Apple's next big thing
Juniper Foo | Feb 23, 2006
The Apple machine is revving up again. Once again, it's crunch time as the Cupertine team posts teasers to the press on the launch of mysterious, "fun" products. The date: February 28.
Will we be seeing new iPods? Can it be that the "fun" products will include a smart phone or even a table PC? According to Jasmine France from our sister site CNET.com, people are hoping for a new iPod but think it will end up being a PDA or new iBook, perhaps with table functionability.
As usual, Apple's keeping mum with the media. Only this time, instead of hinting at which product it will be targeting, the company has gone even more mysterious by just displaying a picture of a calendar with the date Feb. 28 on the invite and the line: "Come see some fun, new products from Apple."
What we do know is that the MNC has filed a patent for a touch-screen interface for the iPod. So that has at least fueled conjecture that a sixth-gen music player may be in the works.
iPod gets a free lunch
Edvarcl Heng | Feb 20, 2006
The iPod certainly has it good. Even without a single penny of sponsorship, it has made news at the Winter Olympics in Torino as the music player of choice for the US snowboarding team. According to reports, Olympic athletes have been seen plugged into the ubiquitous audio device during practice and competitions.
The US snowboarding team has even gone high-tech. Eschewing boring winter coats, these athletes look spiffy in the Burton Snowboard jacket which has iPod controls incorporated in the attire. Speakers integrated into the hood thump out tunes to the likes of AC/DC's Back in Black.
Perhaps in the next games, the athletes might even be chatting with their loves ones through Bluetooth MP3 headsets as they barrel down a half pipe. Either the commonly held assumption that competitive events require absolute focus and attention is really a myth, or we'll be seeing several crushed iPods heading for Torino's dumpsite.
Is this iPod shuffling to its grave?
Edvarcl Heng | Feb 08, 2006
The first and possibly the last iPod to ship without a display, the iPod shuffle gets a taste of sibling rivalry in the form of the 1GB iPod nano. With the new nano priced at S$268 (US$176.32), it now means that potential iPod shuffle (1GB) owners can "upgrade" to a Click Wheel and a color screen for a mere S$90 (US$59.21). When you get a foot stuck in a grave, life must truly be random
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Engineered like no other MP3 player in the world
Edvarcl Heng | Feb 02, 2006
We saw our fair share of MP3 copycats, but to paste the DaimlerChrysler AG-prized logo all over your product sure sounds like libel quagmire to us. All we got to say to this manufacturer from China is--you got the balls, man. Maybe it's a case of too much testosterone, too little grey matter? Or maybe the designers are just plain Mercedes-mad. No pricing available for this 256MB, radio-equipped player yet.
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