Topic: Audio and Video Devices

Apple: Box By Box

BY Michael Fitzgerald
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:25 AM

Apple's profits come from its high-margin hardware, but while those machines all look great, they are not without their shortcomings. Here, Michael Fitzgerald, author of the "Prototype" column for The New York Times, assesses Apple's competitive vulnerabilities.READ»

APPLE | Comment

Sony's New Boombox Eats Your iPod

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Sep 11, 2008 at 6:45 PM

Lots of boomboxes have iPod docks, but none swallow your iPod so completely as Sony's [NYSE:SNE] new ZS-S4iP. Naturally, Sony found a new way to make their product names impossible to remember -- use lowercase AND capital letters, ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

New Details on iRiver Spinn Multimedia Device

BY Fast Company staff
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Sep 10, 2008 at 4:56 PM

The Spinn will come in 4, 8 and 16GB iterations with DAB radio (in the UK) and Bluetooth as well.READ»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS | 3 comments

Apple: the "Microsoft of Music?"

Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jul 28, 2004 at 12:23 PM

Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich was quoted as saying that the recent alliance between Apple and Motorola could turn Apple into the "Microsoft of music" and make the iPod the "defacto standard in digital music." Milunovich ...READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

Loudeye, Nokia Get on Mobile Music Wagon

Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Aug 10, 2004 at 12:35 PM

Earlier, I commented on the alliance between Apple Computer and Motorola to stream iTunes music into cell phones. Now, rivals of both companies have joined hands to turn out a competitive form of portable music. Digital-media ...READ»

APPLE IPOD | 2 comments

Steve Jobs Announces New iPod Nano and Other iPod Updates

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Sep 9, 2008 at 2:17 PM

At an event in San Francisco this morning, Steve Jobs announced a new version of the iPod Nano and of the iPod Classic. It now has an aluminum shell with a long form factor and an oval shape, and is now "the thinnest iPod ...READ»

I-PHONE INNOVATION | Comment

Is there a market for I-Phone in Asia ?

BY Damien Duhamel
Relevancy Score: 100
Sat Aug 23, 2008 at 5:42 AM

Apple just launched its mobile phone in Asia. I won’t extensively comment on the technicality of the phone, neither will I comment in its look. I am sure that - like most Apple products - we will all agree that the iPhone looks ...READ»

3G | Comment

Bose Intro's Yet Another iPod Dock

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 11:14 PM

If ever there were a saturated market, it might be the ubiquitous iPod dock: the speaker-with-charging station device that everyone and their mother has on their kitchen counter. Not happy with this level of market permeation, Bose ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS | 4 comments

Welcome to the iHousehold

Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Jan 7, 2005 at 12:25 PM

My husband and I finally -- belatedly -- joined the iPod nation over the holidays. I received one for my birthday in December; he got one from my parents for Christmas. As a result, I'm fast becoming one of those white ear-bud ...READ»

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News: Flash

Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Jan 11, 2005 at 2:43 PM

A flash-based iPod and a mini Mac were the big news at this morning's annual MacWorld conference (chronicled minute-by-minute by Engaget). Accompanied by pop star and Esquire columnist John Mayer, Apple CEO Steve Jobs discussed a ...READ»

ENTERTAINMENT | 3 comments

IPOD instead of AAPL?

Relevancy Score: 100
Sun Feb 27, 2005 at 9:08 PM

Watching the Oscars here, and the best line of the night so far didn't come from Chris Rock, but from Robin Williams, before announcing the winner for the best animated feature. Although "The Incredibles" did go on to win the award, ...READ»

INNOVATION | 7 comments

Present Innovation

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Feb 28, 2005 at 10:31 AM

Yesterday was my birthday. And amongst the many cards and gifts I received were two particularly wonderful presents. I got an iPod Shuffle from my wife and her sisters. And from my brother I received tickets to see Spam-a-lot, the ...READ»

BLU-RAY | Comment

Toshiba Shipping DVD-to-HD Player

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 11:20 AM

Still fresh off the defeat of its HD-DVD format by the Blu-Ray alliance, Toshiba [OTC:TOSBF] isn't just limping around with a case of the hi-def blues. In fact, the company is releasing this month a new standard DVD player that ...READ»

APPLE | Comment

Apple To Announce Streaming iTunes From Anywhere?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Aug 8, 2008 at 12:03 PM

About a million-and-one Apple [NASDAQ:AAPL] patents are uncovered every year by ambitious fanboys, but few ever bear the fruit of products that actually come to market. Nevertheless, a lot can be said of Apple patent-scanning, ...READ»

ALARM | Comment

Sony Announces Three New iPod Alarm Clocks

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Sep 19, 2008 at 8:03 PM

Last week saw the announcement of a cool Sony [SNE] boombox that inahles your iPod as if it were one of its own organs. Now there's word that there are several more iPod dock boomboxes on the way from Sony, though the next few are ...READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

The iPod: Apple's Innovation Strangler?

BY Saabira Chaudhuri
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Oct 8, 2008 at 4:42 PM

Tech columnist, Don Reisinger, on how Apple has stopped innovating with the iPod, how it's stifling innovation in its market and why the player needs to die. READ»

APPLE | Comment

Should Apple Fear Web Radio? You Bet.

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Dec 9, 2008 at 3:54 PM

The term “Internet radio” is reminiscent of those DVD/VHS combo players that were popular a few years back: a hybrid of two technologies, one embraced the future while the other clinged to the past. And if Slacker radio is any ...READ»

MICROSOFT | 2 comments

Microsoft Goes on iPod Offensive: New Zunes/phone in June?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue May 12, 2009 at 6:15 AM

Microsoft must really feel the heat from Apple's success. In a new ad campaign, the technology behemoth targets the hidden costs of iPod ownership. There's also a confusing leak pointing to a potential Zune-based phone that's due in ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | 2 comments

Why Apple's iPhone is Not the Next iPod

BY Saabira Chaudhuri
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 11:06 AM

Apple's latest creation is unlikely to dominate the cell phone market the way the iPod has impacted the digital music market.READ»

NIKON D90 | Comment

Canon's Rebel T1i Out: Does 1080p Video At Entry Pricing

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Mar 25, 2009 at 4:43 AM

Canon's Digital Rebel cameras have always been hard-hitters among entry-level DSLRs, but Canon is poised to sew up the market with its new T1i--a camera that's a clear response to Nikon's D90. Primarily, it's because the T1i not ...READ»

89S3E3 | 1 comment

Longshot Rumor: iPod Shuffle's "DRM Chip" is a Microphone

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Mar 23, 2009 at 12:43 PM

The new iPod Shuffle caused a whirlwind of controversy last week for no particular reason--the Shuffle's not the world's most important product, and requiring special headphones is no great shakes. Enraged commenters even thought ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY | 2 comments

Start Engine, Insert Flash Card, and Crank It Up

BY Greg Spotts
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Jan 5, 2007 at 9:00 AM

Honda, Infiniti and VW are offering Compact Flash and USB ports on some 2007 models, allowing you to enjoy your digital music collection without a stand-alone MP3 player. Just transfer a gig of music files from your PC to a Compact ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY | 2 comments

Can Apple Disrupt the Mobile Phone Industry?

BY Greg Spotts
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Jan 11, 2007 at 11:00 AM

It's official: Apple has announced the iPhone handset, featuring a gorgeous design and a sparkling, innovative user interface. Will Apple function as a mere handset vendor, or a disruptor/transformer of the mobile phone ...READ»

INNOVATION | 1 comment

Innovation Lessons From 'The Big Apple'

BY Richard Watson
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Dec 13, 2007 at 10:09 PM

Ten years or so ago Apple Computer was almost bankrupt. Fast forward and Apple (the company no longer uses the word computer) is now regularly cited as the most innovative company in the world. So what can we learn from the comeback ...READ»

FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS | 2 comments

Why Your Future Clothes Will be Stuffed with Electronics

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Feb 5, 2009 at 9:51 AM

Reading about the Zegna Freeway jacket--it's got high-visibility LEDs in the back of the collar for improving "safety in urban outdoor travel situations"--made me realize how close the future of clothing may be. Wearable electronics ...READ»

Topic: Audio and Video Devices

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