Items tagged with 'IPO'
Electronic Arts bets iPod good for video games
Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod has conquered the portable music market, is making inroads in video, and may turn out to be a video game player as well, game maker Electronic Arts Inc. is betting. Many potential gamers already carry iPods, easily the most popular portable music players sold. Now they can listen to music... Read More
The Real iPod Killer
Mark Cuban's kind of an interesting jerk. Let's give him his props: the man can do real world arithmetic. And he did some to test the viability of a business model that Microsoft and/or Google could use to make the the iTunes business model as dead as disco: There has been speculation that Google is offering 100mm... Read More
Can Zune catch iPod?
Can Microsoft's Zune media player catch the iPod? That's the question being asked in this article, which states that Microsoft hopes to sell 1 million Zune players by mid-2007. That number doesn't even come close to the iPod, but the Zune is brand new and is only available in U.S. for now. MS plans... Read More
Misspelled Wizpy Beats Oddly Capitalized iPod
iPods are nifty. But you are immune to their charms if you don't want to stick in earbuds and listen to music. They don't do anything that isn't fun. The Wizpy does what the i-Pod does, and a whole lot more. Sporting a 256,000-colour OLED screen, the Wizpy looks like any of of number of would-be iPod killers,... Read More
iPod Doesn't Let You Copy Your Own Music. Or Does It?
It's easy to load your music onto an iPod. It's that ease of use that made the little player the industry standard. But you're locked out if you want to transfer your music off your iPod. Wired News examines a half dozen software solutions that allow you to retrieve your goodies from your iPod. There are a number... Read More
Big Brown Strange Thing That's Not An iPod Now Available
Well, this kind of make it official. Here's a review of Microsoft's Zune player, and it's featured on a news outlet with Microsoft in its name: msnbc, and they no likey much. Lately I've been playing with the fruits of that insomnia: Zune, due for sale on Tuesday. I should say, Zune Version One of many to come.... Read More
NVIDIA to acquire iPod chipmaker PortalPlayer
It looks like NVIDIA has made a strategic move and purchased PortalPlayer, a company that has historically developed semiconductor, firmware and software platforms for portable multimedia products such like personal media players, like the iPod, and personal wireless entertainment devices. "NVIDIA Corporation said... Read More
Is It Really The iPod Age? Not So Fast.
Does that little mp3 player that made Apple a player again really define a generation? Michael Agger in Slate doesn't think so, even after reading The Perfect Thing, Steve Levy's ode to the iPod: Levy, a senior editor at Newsweek, is a prime example of the boomers who think the iPod is revolutionary. But really,... Read More
Five Years Later, iPod Still Driving Apple Forward
Maybe you saw it coming, maybe you didn't, but the music world has seen a drastic change since the birth of Apple's iPod. Five years old on monday, Apple has forever changed the way we listen to music, the way we buy music, and the way music is advertised. Apple has seen enormous growth in its company because... Read More
Video iPods Infected With Windows Virus
No, the headline isn't a mistype. Apple as revealed that a small number of video iPods contain the Windows RavMonE.exe virus, which they say found it's way onto iPods shipped after Sept. 12th. This virus won't be any trouble for Mac customers, and can be removed by using free Anti-Virus software found on Apple's... Read More
Still Waiting For My iPod For Books; Flying Car
Is Sony's portable text display gadget called the "Reader" poised to become the iPod for books? Sooner or later, text displayed on some sort of handy portable screen is bound to make ink-on-paper books obsolete. The question always is, just like a long car ride: "Are we there yet?" Blake Wilson at... Read More
How About An iPod For Your Television?
The iPod sold a gazillion and became an industry standard because it took existing formats and made them fundamentally easier to enjoy. We've all noticed that we never run out of remotes to throw at the television when politicians appear on the screen. That's because we have so many hanging around, and... Read More
iPods at War
Ars Technica has published an article on the use and impact of consumer electronics in war zones by US soliders. Not exactly hardware related, but interesting reading to say the least. "American servicemen have always brought along a piece of home to whevever they have served. In Afghanistan and Iraq, that piece of... Read More
70 percent of US autos to be iPod compatible
Apple has been hard at work devising agreements with major auto manufacturers to integrate IPOD compatibility into their new product line. In the end, the estimate is over 70% of new models will be IPOD ready. Surely, Microsoft has their work cut out for them if Zune is to be a viable IPOD competitor. "Seamless... Read More
iPods = Lightening Rods?
Talk about bad luck. Mowing the lawn and listening to some tunes on your iPod one second, struck by lightning the next. This is exactly what happened to one unlucky teenager. And to make matters worse the guy has to shave his head now because all of the melted plastic stuck in his hair just isn't workin' for... Read More
iPod Resurrection - MP3 Player Repair
Auphan Online had published a good article detailing their own iPod surgery. If your iPod's having some problems and your all out of ideas, might as well go the frankenstein route. "Your iPod. Its sleek, its sexy, and now... its not working. Is your iPod giving you the Apple equivalent of the Blue Screen of Death? Don't... Read More
Apple iPod prices to decline
Apple Computer Inc. expects the average selling price of its iPod digital music players to decline in the current quarter from the prior period, the company's CFO said on Wednesday. "We expect them to be down a little bit in the June quarter," Apple's Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said. He also told Reuters... Read More
Apple's 60-gig iPod 'at risk'
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Apple may be phasing out its 60-gigabyte Video iPod, according to one analyst who tracks the company. The company has told its distributors that the 60-gigabyte iPod, which launched in October and retails for $399, is "at risk" until the end of April, meaning that it could be discontinued... Read More
New Studies Urged For iPod Link to Hearing Damage
Health experts in the US have been urged to once again study the age old question: do loud noises damage your hearing? While not everyone knows exactly how loud music needs to be in order to cause some sort of hearing loss, there is a common sense limit that many people just choose to ignore."The survey, by the American... Read More
Apple Introduces 1GB iPod nano
Do previous iPod nano's have more space than you need, and cost more than you want to pay? To help those of you out, Apple is releasing a 1GB version of their popular iPod nano. As Digital Lifestyle Magazine reports, they're 1GB model should hold around 240 songs, and cost $150."Depending on the size and length, the 1GB... Read More
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