If you want to rip DVDs to use on your iPod or iPhone, the free OS X app Instant HandBrake makes it a no-brainer.
Instant Handbrake is a stripped down version of HandBrake, a general video ripping tool. Stripping away the extra options makes the app a lot less confusing for casual users.
Here’s how you can [...]
There’s a fun post on the 10 Weirdest iPod Accessories over at PC Mag.
Our favorite is probably the Dreamgear i.sound Plasma, above. It’s a psychedelic plasma globe that has four integrated speakers, giving you a “custom-designed electro-magnetic lightshow dance to the beat of your music.”
Of course, if you really want to see weird iPod accessories, [...]
Apple yesterday released the delayed “Take Two” interface for Apple TV. We’ve gone through the update process and tested it out, and here’s our thoughts on the new functionality and interface, with an emphasis on social media.
The update process is painless. Navigate to Settings and choose Update Software, and Apple TV will take care of [...]
A new report refutes claims that portable music players, such as Apple’s iPod, interfere with cardiac pacemakers.
Howard Bassen, a researcher with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Rockville, Md., led a research team that measured the magnetic fields produced by four different iPod models: a fourth-generation iPod and an iPod with video, and an [...]
Alberto Frias Transport “perceptual pod” isn’t like other iPod accessories:
The Transport is a $16,000 composite fiberglass waterbed pod;
It is handmade & numbered for authenticity;
It has a built-in full-spectrum LED lighting system;
It has a remote control so that you can control the built-in sound system and lighting effects; and, best of all…
The Transport offers “a sensual [...]
At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show - the largest North American music industry convention, Numark introduced an interesting iPod Turntable.
The TTi iPod turntable is a turntable that includes a Universal Dock for iPod, USB audio interface, a metal platter and pitch control, making it one of the most versatile turntables ever produced. The included software [...]
CNBC has an interesting interview with Steve Jobs, in which he confirms our take away from his MacWorld announcements: Apple is killing off the DVD:
Don’t underestimate the power of the new iTunes movie rental service either. I asked Jobs whether this meant the format war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD was over, with Apple the big [...]
Tooble is a new program for OS X that automatically downloads, converts and imports any YouTube video to play on your video iPod, iPhone, AppleTV, or even on your computer with iTunes.
Tooble’s browser lets you search YouTube, play videos, select the ones you want and then download them and load them into iTunes.
Here’s how it [...]
When Steve Jobs initially introduced the iPod touch, we were surprised at the things that Apple had decided to leave out. We wanted to know why Apple had handicapped the iPod touch, which buyers were expecting to be an iPhone without the phone:
Why doesn’t the iPod touch have Google Maps, Stocks, Notes & Weather? These apps [...]
Apple today announced iTunes Movie Rentals featuring movies from all the major movie studios including:
20th Century Fox
The Walt Disney Studios
Warner Bros.
Paramount
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Lionsgate
New Line Cinema
Users can rent movies for as low as $2.99 and watch them on their Macs or PCs, all current generation iPods, iPhone and Apple TV.
“iTunes Movie Rentals [...]