The vast majority of folks I know own a Flip camera. Mostly because I know other media folks that get review units but also because the things are so damn easy to operate. Aside from a few quibbles I have about low-light performance and a not-so-great zoom/AF, I like the Flip line of cameras. But audio quality isn’t very good, so I’m …
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Apple iPod touch (2010) Review: Don’t Want an iPhone? Get This!
“What’s the big deal? It just has cameras and that eyeball display thing, right?”
Sure, if you want to boil it down to the very basics and judge a book by its cover, then, yes, the latest iPod touch update includes nothing more than the iPhone 4’s Retina display (960×640), a front-facing and rear camera. But like any other …
Apple iPod nano (2010) Review: Better Than Expected
“There’s no way a 1.5-inch touch-screen is going to work.”
Famous last words.
Apple’s iPod nano has always been in an awkward position as the middle child in the iPod family. It’s never had the capacity, flair or diminutive size of its brethren but the sixth generation nano is something different. Think of it like the …
We Have the New iPods, What Do You Want To Know?
We just received the new batch of iPods from Apple for review. Anything you want us to check out? We’re really liking the nano so far. Haven’t done much with the touch or shuffle, though.
Apple’s 4G iPods: The Specs Sheet
During Apple’s live announcement of upcoming products, Steve Jobs announced an all-new line of iPods, available in stores next week.
Here’s what we know so far: (Updates as they’re available.)
iPod Shuffle:
Runs VoiceOver
Ability to use playlists and genius mixes
2GB allows for 15 hours of music storage
Available in five …
Skullcandy Lets You Try Before You Buy With Augmented Reality
It’s one thing to wear a set of over-the-ear headphones out in public but it’s another thing when those headphones are loud and ostentatious. Like sunglasses, headphones are becoming more of an accessory than necessity. But sunglasses are significantly more accessible given all the Sunglass Huts scattered throughout the country. You …
Apple Granted Exclusive Use of ‘Liquidmetal’ Casing Material
Liquidmetal is no stranger to the consumer electronics industry. The stronger-than-titanium-alloy material has been used in SanDisk flash drives and MP3 players as well as for high-end phones like the fancy-pants Vertu. It’s also been used in jewelry, medical devices, sporting goods, as a coating for industrial machinery, and even in …
MobileMe iDisk App Update Brings Streaming Music Support, Legal Questions
If you’re a MobileMe subscriber and use Apple’s cloud-based iDisk service, the latest mobile version allows you to stream music files from your storage space directly to your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. That update was pushed out about a month ago and made some headlines as people began to ponder whether Apple was paving the way for …
Rdio Breaks Out of Beta, Available for BlackBerry, iOS and Android
After a short beta period, the latest cloud-based music subscription service Rdio is now available across all platforms (desktop, BlackBerry, Android, iOS) with over 7 million songs. As is standard with other music services like MOG or Thumbplay, Rdio lets subscribers stream playlists and add new songs to existing collections that …
The Next iPod Touch Should Just Be An AT&T-less iPhone 4
There’s a rumor swirling about that a revamped iPod Touch may be in line for Apple and that this particular model would feature a 5-megapixel camera on the back capable of shooting HD video and a front-facing camera that’s capable of FaceTime video chatting.
Good, great, grand. Regardless of whether or not the rumor is true, here’s …
Mobile Music Streaming Service ‘mSpot’ Goes Live on Android
Upload all your music to the web somewhere, then access it on your phone. Sounds simple enough, but legal red tape and spotty network connections have a funny way of impeding progress sometimes. If you’re an Android user, though, you might want to give mSpot a whirl now that it’s out of beta.
You sign up at the site and then download …
Google’s Rumored Music Store and Why It Just Might Work
Rumors of a Google-backed music service aren’t necessarily new by any means but CNET has recently re-fanned the flames by citing “multiple music industry sources” as saying “Google could launch a music service that offers song downloads and streaming music as early as this fall.”
The search engine giant has several things …