Apple’s iPod Hi-Fi was a pretty lame product announcement, apparently made even lamer by the device’s lack of video out ports and no ability to sync the iPod while it is docked in the Hi-Fi, I was surprised to find that the iPod Hi-Fi lacks any sort of video output, considering the photo and video…
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I already own an iPod mini, and if/when Apple releases an 80gb iPod I’ll be right there to scoop it up. Currently I’ve got 7,644 songs on my hard drive occupying 57.7 gb. But now Napster is preparing to unveil a new ad campaign with an interesting message — I’d have to be an idiot…
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The Mac Mini is the perfect move for Apple. Personally, I can’t wait to get my hands on one. This is a much better approach than Apple’s “Switcher” effort. I don’t want to switch — I have way too much invested in Wintel software and hardware to suddenly switch and go with a Mac-only solution.…
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Jim Roepcke makes the case for Apple developing its own infomercials to highlight how much better the Mac OS X is compare to Windows XP. It’s not a bad idea, but I think the problem is that most of the things that make Mac OS X truly superior to XP are geeky things that the…
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CNET notes that a web site setup to complain about Apple’s iTunes service has backfired somewhat with people using the site to flame Real. Well, duh. Real has treated its customers like crap for years, so it’s hardly surprising that few people exactly want to rally around it. Real’s major complaint against Apple is that…
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I was really hoping Apple would announce a 60gb iPod this week, but like the rest of the world I was disappointed (the price drop on the 40gb iPod tempts me, but my music collection is currently 56.2gb, so I’ll hold out a bit longer). About a month ago I picked up an iPod mini.…
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I’m not exactly the biggest Apple booster, but I have to say I am genuinely impressed by the iPod Mini. Much of the criticism of the product seems to be a) that it’s expensive (umm, it’s an Apple product, WTF did you expect?) and b) that it’s not that much smaller than the iPod. I…
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ArsTechnica has a nice analysis of the pros and cons of iTunes for Windows. The main drawback to the software and service, of course, is the lock-in with the iPod, Some other issues have been highlighted by competitors out to deflate Apple’s party balloon. Dave Fester, the General Manager of the Windows Digital Media Division,…
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Billboard is reporting that Apple’s iTunes Music Store sold 275,000 music tracks and 99 cents apiece in its first 18 hours of being open. Hmm.. what do you know — if you offer music at a decent price and with minimal DRM restrictions, people will actually pay for music off the net rather than downloading…
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Wow. Everybody was up in arms at Metafilter, Slashdot and other places over the alleged domain hijacking of MacSlash.Com, which is now a generic Dotster “coming soon” page. The MacSlash folks insisted their domain name had not expired which had me worried because I’ve been relying more and more on Dotster. Turns out, Dostser did…