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BBC iPlayer Comes To iPhone and iPod Touch

By Scott ⋅ March 7, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

The BBC have today launched availability of iPlayer content on iPhone and iPod Touch, making the Apple hardware the first mobile devices to support the streaming TV service. The content is encoded as a 516Kbps stream so it will only play via WiFi on both devices as the EDGE connection of the iPhone is not [...]

Win A Set Of iMaingo iPod Speakers

By Scott ⋅ February 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Fiddyp.co.uk has just announced a competition in which you could win a set of iMaingo portable speakers for iPods and other mp3 players. All that is needed to enter the competition is to write a blog entry linking to Andys competition at http://www.fiddyp.co.uk/contest-win-a-set-of-ipod-portable-speakers-from-imaingo .

Zune 8 Vs iPod Nano Comparison

By Scott ⋅ December 6, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

Roughly Drafted have an excellent blow by blow comparison of the new Zune 8 and the iPod Nano, including an in depth look at the Zune software in comparison with iTunes. Well worth a read.

Get Your iPod Touch Microphone Now !

By Scott ⋅ December 6, 2007 ⋅ 4 comments

It appears that VoIP apps just took a step closer to being a reality for iPod Touch owners. Over at iPod Touch Mods a bunch of hackers have been beavering away trying to produce a plugin dock microphone that will bring voice recording to the Touch and it appears from this article that they have got a working product now.

Apple Launches Web Apps Directory For iPhone And Touch

By Scott ⋅ October 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Apple have officially launched a new Web Applications Directory for iPhone and iPod Touch’s. The Directory has a categorised list of custom applications that can be accessed by WiFi as well as by the cellular ( EDGE ) connection on the iPhone. Categories include Games, Social Networking, Utilities, Search amongst others.

Control iTunes from your iPod Touch or iPhone

By Scott ⋅ October 9, 2007 ⋅ 5 comments

Signal turns your iPhone, iPod touch into an advanced wireless remote control for iTunes. Control playback, browse or search your media library, and edit playlists from anywhere in the house - all from the palm of your hand.

First post from iPod Touch

By Scott ⋅ September 30, 2007 ⋅ One comment

This is my first post to this blog from an iPod Touch. Amazingly the keyboard is remarkably usable. Apple have taken a few obvious tweaks from Blackberry such as auto-capitalising the first letter in a new sentence and adding a full stop when you enter two spaces at the end of a sentence.

iPod Touch’s Are In Transit

By Scott ⋅ September 25, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Only a few days ago Apple unexpectedly changed the estimated delivery date of most UK iPod Touch pre-orders to 4th-5th October after initially declaring 1st-2nd October. Now today it appear they must have got a little ahead of themselves as the status of my order and one or two others that I am aware of [...]

PCMag Reviews the iPod Touch

By Scott ⋅ September 14, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

One of the first full product reviews of the new iPod Touch has just been published at PCMag.com and the conclusions are every bit as good as hoped for.
Check out the review in full here
[tags]iPod Touch, Apple, Review[/tags]