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Hardware iPod

WSJ: Test-Driving the $99 iPod

The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg test drives the new iPod Shuffle in his Personal Technology column: I can understand the allure of shuffle play, and of carrying around just a subset of your music. I most frequently use my larger iPods on Shuffle mode. And, like most people, I play favorite songs more often […]

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iPod music

shuffle Different

What exactly is the iPod shuffle about. It is about extending into the realm of the flash based players while making absolutely sure that it does not cannibalize real iPod sales. Where the iPod mini bested the full scale iPod in every way but storage capacity, the iPod shuffle is either a teaser or supplement […]

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Accessory iPod

Hack Your iPod With Your Mac

Want to change your iPod’s graphics using a Mac? AlterPod v0.3b from Podite is the second release of a cool application for extracting and replacing your iPod’s display graphics. AlterPod can also backup and restore your iPod’s firmware partition to your Mac’s hard drive. To edit the extracted graphic files you’ll need an image manipulation […]

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Hardware iPod

Newer Technology iPod Battery Lasts 22 Hours

Wired’s Leander Kahney reports on the new iPod battery from Newer Technology: After nearly three years of almost daily use, my trusty old iPod was starting to give up the ghost. But thanks to a new install-it-yourself battery, it has a new lease on life — and it’s even better than new. Wired News tested […]

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Accessory iPod

NewerTech Announces High-capacity Replacement Battery for 1G and 2G iPod

Newer Technology, Inc. and Other World Computing (OWC) today introduced an ultra high-capacity 2100mAh Apple iPod Lithium-Polymer (Li-Polymer) replacement battery for all first- and second-generation iPod models. The NewerTech battery is the highest capacity iPod battery on the market and provides 70 percent more capacity than standard Apple stock batteries. It is available immediately for […]