By Brandon Russell |
The nimble fingers over at iFixit have torn down Apple’s recently announced iPod touch, and things… are mostly the same. Digging into the device’s internals, the website found a logic board that’s pretty much a spitting image of the more premium touch models, with minor…
By Ron Duwell |
Not only did Apple unveil a new model of iPod Touch recently, but the company has also confirmed that the product line has hit the 100 million units sold milestone. “In addition to launching a new model of its iPod touch on Thursday, Apple told me this…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple quietly introduced a new 16GB option for its iPod touch on Thursday. The company previously did not offer its latest iPod touch in a 16GB capacity and instead only stocked the older model. The device is equipped with similar specs as the 32GB and…
By Brandon Russell |
The WOWee One Pro Bluetooth speaker is an interesting little device. It connects to your smartphone and plays music, but it uses surface contact to enhance sound. Through audio-gel technology, the speaker actually resonates through a table and other surfaces for more pronounced bass (frequencies…
By Brandon Russell |
The future is cloud-based. We’re all beginning to rely on streaming music from Internet radio services, and more. We, as consumers, are being shepherded into using cloud-based services and it’s a future built on mobile data, smartphones and a constantly on-the-go lifestyle. Who has time…
By Roy Choi |
Last week we wrote on what the future of the Pod lineup will look like once the iPad mini entered the Apple product portfolio. We stated there is very little room for a device in the $200-$300 price range to maintain a strong presence especially…
By Todd Haselton |
I recently met with the CEO of a high-end speaker company called Libratone to discuss his latest and most affordable product yet, the Libratone ZIPP. It uses AirPlay, which means you can wireless play audio from any number of iOS devices directly to the speaker.…
By Jon Morrison |
Even with the impending arrival of the iPad mini, Apple’s iPod touch lives on, and in a big way. The Cupertino-company wasn’t content to just slap a faster processor and camera on-board; it went all out, and basically combined the most recent three iPhones into…
By Brandon Russell |
Sacrifices had to be made in order to make Apple’s new iPod touch so dang thin. Like, the light sensor had to go. It might not be an issue for some, but others might rue the absence of an auto-brightness function on the new device,…
By Brandon Russell |
For all of Apple’s predictability — iPhone and iPad design, as an example — the company’s approach to the iPod nano has been vastly different. It’s always remained an mp3 player along the way, a stalwart in Apple’s lineup of iPods, but its appearance has…
By Killian Bell |
Getting a new iPod nano this weekend? The first thing you’ll want to do after you’ve unwrapped your new toy is update its software. Apple has already issued a 1.0.1 software update for the device — just days after it began shipping — which introduces…
By Todd Haselton |
iFixit recently took the brand new iPod touch and ripped it apart to reveal the internals and to figure out just how hard it is to fix. As it turns out, it’s not that easy to repair on your own. The site discovered that the fifth…
By Jon Rettinger |
Ever since its September, 2007 introduction, Apple’s iPod touch has largely remained the same, hovering in that “iPhone without the phone” grey area. This generation, announced alongside the iPhone 5, is more of the same, but it’s the biggest update to the lineup yet. And…
By Killian Bell |
Apple has today begun shipping its new, fifth-generation iPod touch. The device was announced alongside the iPhone 5 on September 12, and the first orders are expected to arrive on October 15 — more than a month after they first went on sale. Like the…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung apparently has a new music-centric smartphone up its sleeves dubbed the “Galaxy Music.” It kind of reminds me of the Samsung Beat, an old feature phone that launched on T-Mobile several years back, but with Android and a touchscreen display. According to Telecom-Presse, Samsung…
By Jon Rettinger |
With Apple’s fancy new iPhone 5, the company introduced a new pair of earbuds called EarPods. Weird name, but they’re supposed to be much nicer than what was previously offered. Let’s hope so, because you couldn’t exactly call the older ones “good.” Adequate, yes,…
By Roy Choi |
With the release of the new Lightning dock standard for iOS and iPod devices, converting older peripherals to the new updated devices may be an issue. Apple has already listed options for older docks to the Lightning format, but what about for those of us…
By Sean P. Aune |
For some people, the iPod Nano announcement was the highlight of the Apple press event. A new, bigger screen fronting a very decent load of new features and hardware — all for $149. Well that’s nothing to sneeze at. For an even better idea of…
By Brandon Russell |
Hurricane Apple just swept through the Internet, announcing a ton of new gadgets at its gala in San Francisco on Wednesday. It was quite the spectacle, rife with not only iPhone 5 news, but iTunes, iPods, iOS 6, and even a redesigned set of earbuds.…
By Roy Choi |
AT&T released a press release not long after the Apple iPhone 5 and iPod announcements stating iPhone 5’s availability starting Sept. 21. In this press release, AT&T states customers can choose new data plans or to keep existing data plans. Including the AT&T unlimited data…
By Sean P. Aune |
The moment iPod Touch fans have been waiting for all year long took place this morning, as Apple unveiled its newest model. What we saw were a host of features and hardware that, after first showing up in the iPhone, finally made its way to…
By Adriana Lee |
The iPod Nano line-up got a refresh this morning, as Apple unveiled its newest additions at its press event in San Francisco. So what can iPod fans expect? Here’s what’s on tap: The updated iPod Nano is a tiny device, but with a wider 2.5-inch…
By Adriana Lee |
Apple narrowed the gap between its iPhone and iPod Touch hardware today, as it announced a new “Touch” with a larger 4-inch touchscreen, a 5MP camera (with 1080p video with image stabilization) and a front-facing 720p HD iSight/FaceTime camera. And, of course, Siri now comes on the…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple just announced a brand new fifth generation iPod touch. It’s the thinnest iPod touch ever, just 6.1mm thin, and it weighs just 88 grams. It has the exact same 4-inch Retina display as the new iPhone 5, too, which offers a ton of enhancements…
