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ipod touch ’
May 13th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players
iPhone apps are quickly going mainstream.
Payless Car Rental has announced an iPhone-formatted version of its site for the iPhone and iPod touch:
We recently launched a slimmed-down version of the Payless website for iPhone and iPod Touch users. Simply point your iPhone or iPod Touch to PaylessCarRental.com (or PaylessCar.com).
The iPhone and iPod Touch optimized website also [...]
Tags: Apple, iPhone, ipod touch
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May 11th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players
This is a demo video of the new FlyTunes Internet radio tuner service. FlyTunes delivers music, talk, weather, and traffic to the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.
The video shows the installation process and demos a few stations.
Tags: Flytunes, Internet radio, iPhone, ipod touch, streaming audio
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May 8th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Streaming Video, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players
Orb Networks today announced a new service that streams live TV to the iPhone and iPod touch.
“TV on the iPhone is now real,” said Joe Costello, CEO of Orb Networks. “Steve Jobs may think that buying shows from iTunes is the same as watching TV, but iPhone users know better. When the NBA playoffs are [...]
Tags: iPhone, ipod touch, Orb Networks, Streaming Video
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May 2nd, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General
Another sign that the iPhone is the new laptop: Google announced today that Google News is now available formatted for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Today, we’re happy to announce that Google News is now available to iPhone and iPod Touch users in over 30 countries. This means that you’ll see a full-fledged version of Google [...]
Tags: Apple, Google, Google News, iPhone, ipod touch
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Feb 26th, 2008 |
By Elisabeth Lewin |
Category: General
Abilene Christian University announced this week that they would outfit all incoming freshmen with their own iPod Touch or iPhone, to enable the students to receive homework alerts, answer in-class quizzes, and use about a dozen other web applications the university has developed for the devices.
ACU’s plans for have attracted the attention of executives at [...]
Tags: Abilene Christian University, education, iPhone, iPod, ipod applications, ipod touch
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Feb 23rd, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPods & Portable Media Players
Via a comment on our coverage of the iPod touch app upgrade, Jackson let us know about two ways that people are protesting Apple’s $20 charge for the update that adds several apps left off the initial release.
Jackson’s reaction to the $20 update reflects a lot of early buyers’ attitudes:
I am outraged that Apple is [...]
Tags: Apple, iPod, ipod touch
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Feb 5th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General
Apple today added new models of the iPhone and iPod touch which have double the memory.
The iPhone now comes in a new 16GB model for $499, joining the 8GB model for $399. iPod touch now comes in a 32GB model for $499, joining the 16GB model for $399 and the 8GB model for $299.
“For some [...]
Tags: Apple, cell phones, iPhone, ipod touch, mobile phones, portable media players
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Jan 15th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPhone, iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players
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 [...]
Tags: Apple, iPhone, ipod touch, iTunes
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Jan 7th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Digital Music, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players
At the 2008 CES Show, FlyTunes introduced a new digital music service for the Apple iPhone,
iPod Touch and other portable media players and cell phones:
FlyTunes offers a personalized radio-like experience, with thousands of channels of digital music.
Features:
FlyTunes does not require a receiver or additional hardware purchase - it works with your cell phone or personal [...]
Tags: CES, Flytunes, Internet radio, iPhone, ipod touch
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Oct 17th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players
Apple CEO Steve Jobs today announced that native third-party apps will soon be coming to the iPhone and the iPod touch.
Here’s the text of his announcement:
“Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers‚Äô hands in February. We are excited about [...]
Tags: Apple, iPhone, iphone applications, ipod touch
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