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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: Apple targets adult products named “Pod”

It’s no secret that Apple is clamping down on the term “Pod.” Lawyers from everyone’s favorite fruit company have gone after Web sites, products and magazines using the term “Pod” in their name. Who does Apple council have in their cross hairs next? Adult toy manufacturers.

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: NVIDIA to acquire PortalPlayer for US$357M

PortalPlayerIf you’ve ever scrolled deep into the Legal menu on an iPod you’ve probably seen the logo pictured at right. PortalPlayer is most popular for providing the audio chips for the Apple iPod.

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iPod

iPod shuffle (G2) Disassembled

Mitsunobu Tanake, PhD who runs the excellent Kodawarisan site, sent me a link to a Japanese site that has already disassembled the microscopic second-generation iPod shuffle.

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iPod

Fake iPods in Chinese Electronic Store

What looks like an iPod Mini nano… is nothing more then a bad copy. Upon taking a closer look the iPod letters look odd, the USB connector on the bottom is badly fitted, the User Interface (while in Color) still sucks compared to the real iPod.

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Accessory

REVIEW: XtremeMac MicroMemo iPod Microphone

XtremeMac’s MicroMemo is a new voice recorder for the iPod that captures 16-bit audio at 22 kHz and 44 kHz to the hard drive.