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Jobs says iPod classic stays alive

Published on: 24th March, 2011

As Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, has said in an e-mail, the iPod classic will survive for a while. A fan asked him not to put an end to the hard drive MP3 considered the best iPod in all the line, being worried about updates missing at the event on September 1 last year. The company [...]

Apple’s application iTunes juggernaut is ten years old

Published on: 21st January, 2011

The iTunes application of Apple is already ten years old, as it was first launched on the 9th of January 2001, nine months ahead of launching the first iPod in October the same year. The application has reached some major milestones while evolving over the past decade. It was first available as a Mac OS [...]

Despite PC decline, Macs are college students’ favorites

Published on: 15th September, 2010

According to analyst Daniel Ernst from Hudson Square Research, it is almost a rule that fewer college students buy new computers, but Macs are their favorites and have consequently grown in proportion versus other computers. Out of 212 polled students, only about 20 percent have bought a new computer during the last three months, while [...]

Another Zune HD to come in 2011?

Published on: 6th September, 2010

It seems that Microsoft might give the Zune HD one last chance, according to some sources. The device would use, as predicted, at least some features of Windows Phone 7, but would not be shipped until 2011. Its development being in an early stage, most hardware remains unknown, but it is likely to keep relying [...]

Android brought to MP3 players through Philips GoGear Connect

Published on: 1st September, 2010

Philips has unveiled the possibly first full-fledged and globally available, Android-based media player. Providing full Android and access to Android Market and Google Maps, the GoGear Connect focuses on media applications. Some phone-like features are also built-in, by using a camera and the option of synchronizing wireless media over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. The Dutch company [...]

Amazon to prepare the overhaul of its MP3 Store

Published on: 18th July, 2010

It seems Amazon is preparing an important overhaul of the MP3 store. According to unnamed sources, the online retailer is set to relaunch the APIs as well as web services in its store. The sources indicate that Amazon’s partners have to delay its MP3 integrations until the launch of the revamped portal. Aside data from [...]

Direct purchases finally allowed at Zune Marketplace

Published on: 28th June, 2010

Microsoft has started to allow direct purchases for music by credit card at Zune Marketplace. As part of the Bing refresh, this move is meant to make simpler buying tracks resulted from search. It also makes possible for customers to skip buying Microsoft Points which were previously needed when they wanted to get any article [...]

Sony outs Walkman speaker docks with Wi-Fi

Published on: 20th April, 2010

Sony has unveiled a series of new Walkman speaker docks in its homeland. The NAS-V5 and NAS-V7M both sport built-in Wi-Fi and will stream radio from the Internet either from a number of 9,000 pre-programmed vTuner stations or Shoutcast MP3 broadcast. They have CD players and can rip CDs directly to an attached Walkman. The [...]

E-Series Video Walkman announced for Europe by Sony

Published on: 30th July, 2009

The walkman E-series Video mp3 player come in two colours(black or red, it’s your choice), support for rights-managed WMA and WMV formats, five band EQ and an FM radio tuner with one-touch recording. The product will be available from the end of July. No info about the price, but we will keep you up to [...]