With the recent iPod & iTunes updates, there’s been a surge in news about Apple’s portable media platform. Here are a few highlights: Apple breaks video out with new iPods. iLounge’s Jeremy Horowitz points out that Apple has locked the TV Out feature of the iPod classic and video-capable iPod nano, preventing users from outputting [...]

Apple’s introductions yesterday were largely unsurprising, but Apple managed to deliver its strongest line of iPods ever, take iTunes store into wireless territory, and solidify its entry into the smartphone market. While the event ended the mystery of what Apple would introduce, it raised new questions: Why is Apple¬†stiffing first-adopting¬†iPhone owners? Apple dropped prices on [...]

Apple today unveiled the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, giving users the ability to browse, search, preview, purchase and download songs and albums from the iTunes Music Store over a Wi-Fi network directly onto their iPod touch or iPhone. While more useful Wi-Fi features were a key part of what we expected Apple to introduce today, [...]

Apple today slashed pricing on the iPhone, eliminating the entry-level 4GB model, and dropping the price of the 8GB model $200 to $399. Pricing was the number one problem we identified in our list of 5 things Apple needs to do to fix the iPhone, so we’re not surprised to see the dramatic price cut. [...]

Apple today introduced the new iPod touch, featuring Apple’s revolutionary multi-touch user interface. Highlights First introduced on iPhone, the multi-touch interface uses pioneering new software to present a different user interface for each application. The iPod touch also includes Wi-Fi wireless networking, the first on any iPod, and three applications that use it: Safari lets [...]

Apple today introduced the new iPod nano, bringing video playback, an enhanced user interface featuring Cover Flow, and an new design to the company’s popular music player. Highlights: The new iPod nano features a larger two-inch display with 204 pixels per inch, which lets users watch their favorite movies, TV shows and music videos in [...]

Here’s something we won’t be buying anytime soon – the world’s most expensive iPod. The jewel-encrusted necklace, by Heyerdahl Juvel√®r,¬†is based on the Apple iPod shuffle. ¬†It features 18 karat white and pink gold, 430 diamonds and a US $41,000 price tag. If you’re thinking about getting a couple, note that it’s an exclusive¬†edition of [...]

Homewood Suites by Hilton, a brand of residential suite style hotels, is using video iPods at all of its 204 properties in the United States and Canada as part of their Mobile Training program. One of the goals of the Homewood Suites iPod Mobile Training is to offer employees the opportunity to train directly in their own work environment. [...]

Energizer announced today the introduction of the Energi To Go Portable Power for iPod. This battery-powered device will be available at retail nationwide this fall. The Energi To Go is powered by two Lithium AA batteries. The device features a control chip that maximizes power transfer to the iPod. In testing with Energizer e2 Lithium [...]

For those of you that are bored by the standard iPod accessories, Wei-Lieh Lee and Kevin O’Callaghan have come up with a stupidtacular dog-jacket iPod dock which converts your pup into a mobile boombox. Fortunately for dogs, it’s still just a concept…. via Gizmodo