Music you can wear: iPod apparel

From jackets with built-in iPod controls to belt buckles that house your iPod shuffle, Dan Frakes looks at a slew of iPod accessories that have one thing in common - you'll find them in the clothing section

Hack attack: play games on your iPod for FREE

Adam Pash writes: "Recently Apple announced that you can buy video games for your 5G video iPod for 5 bucks a pop. But what if you don't own a video iPod? What if you're stuck in the world of pre-video obsolescence? Worse yet, what if you don't have 5 bucks? The new games for sale at the iTunes Store aren't for you, and that's not quite so cool. Luckily, you can still play video games like Texas Hold 'Em, Tetris, and Bejeweled (all of which are for sale at the iTunes Store) on pretty much any iPod with a little bit of virtual elbow grease for free. Here's how."

Computerworld: Apple's new iPods are better than ever

Ryan Faas writes: "Apple has released the finest set of iPods to date and it has done so by listening to the needs and concerns of its customers. This new generation of video iPods has raised the bar for many types of portable entertainment devices. Likewise, the new iPod Nanos and the iPod Shuffle illustrate Apple's ability to listen to its customers and deliver an excellent product. If you've been holding off buying an iPod of any kind, now may be the best time to finally spend the money and treat yourself to one."

Microsoft's Allchin proposed tie with Apple

A senior Microsoft executive was so frustrated by his experience with digital music players made by Microsoft’s partners that he proposed turning to Apple’s iPod for salvation, documents made public as part of an Iowa antitrust case reveal. The outgoing head of the Microsoft division in charge of Windows, Jim Allchin, was so distraught by his experience using the music players on offer in 2003 that he considered calling Steve Jobs, the documents show.

160GB iPod classic holds up to 40,000 songs

The new iPod classic now comes with 80GB or 160GB of storage that holds your entire collection of music, photos, video, podcasts and games—up to 40,000 songs or 200 hours of video. Now in its sixth generation, the new iPod classic delivers all the features customers love about their iPods, plus an enhanced user interface featuring Cover Flow and a new all-metal enclosure. iPod classic is priced at just $249 for the 80GB model and $349 for the 160GB model.

Apple unveils iPod touch - WiFi included!

Apple today introduced the new iPod touch featuring Apple’s revolutionary multi-touch user interface that enables users to find and enjoy all of their music, videos and more on its gorgeous widescreen display with just the touch of a finger. The 8GB iPod touch model is $299 (US) and the 16GB iPod model is $399 (US).

A look inside the new iPod nano

How the iPod Touch works

With its widescreen display and WiFi capability, the iPod touch might sound like a big step up from older iPod models. But the iPod touch isn't for everyone. In this article, we'll look at how the iPod touch measures up to the iPod classic and other versions of the iPod. We'll also examine the technology behind the multi-touch interface and the media player's technical specifications.

Is the death of iPod hard drives greatly exaggerated?

Rumors of the death of hard drives in Apple's iPod are greatly exaggerated - so says, wait for it - the hard drive industry. On Tuesday, the industry intelligence company iSuppli predicted the end times for spinning disc drives in iPods, characterizing the latest iPod Classic as "likely the last (iPod) from Apple to employ the venerable HDD technology for storage." Many observers took this news as validation that mini disc drives are going the way of the dodo.

A chat with Apple’s iPod and iPhone marketing czar

Greg Joswiak has what you might call a busy job — he’s charged with marketing two of Apple’s biggest hit products, the iPod and the iPhone. That might sound easy considering the buzz Apple’s product announcements generate, but there’s more to the task than promotion; he works with the company’s engineering teams to decide what the next iPods and iPhones will look like, what features they’ll have, and what they’ll cost. In this interview he discusses the iPod and iPhone’s holiday prospects, and the company’s plans for expansion.

The 20 best iPhone and iPod touch applications

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.

How Apple's trademark for its iPod protects its brand

The iPod shape trademark gives Apple a new weapon in the fiercely competitive market for media players. While competitors may eventually appropriate the iPod's inner workings, as utility patents expire, they will risk litigation if their products come too close to the trademarked shape of the iPod, including its popular circular-touchpad interface.

Moreover, trademark law allows the holder to sue not only manufacturers but also distributors of competing products whose attributes so resemble those of the protected mark that they create the likelihood of confusion in the marketplace

Apple introduces MobileMe Internet service

Apple today introduced MobileMe, a new Internet service that delivers push email, push contacts and push calendars from the MobileMe service in the “cloud” to native applications on iPhone, iPod touch, Macs and PCs. MobileMe also provides a suite of elegant, ad-free web applications that deliver a desktop-like experience through any modern browser. MobileMe applications include Mail, Contacts and Calendar, as well as Gallery for viewing and sharing photos and iDisk for storing and exchanging documents online.