Apple seems to have missed the memo that there is a recession on:
“The New York Times’ Brad Stone reports that Apple announced boffo earnings for the just-concluded third quarter: Net income was up to $1.67 billion, a 47 percent increase over the comparable quarter last year. The company sold more computers — 3.05 million — [...]
Apple, coming down from a long tradition of stiff prices, has lowered prices on its entire iPod line. The most jaw-dropping deal, for example, is the $120 price cut to the 32GB iPod Touch, which is now being sold online for $280.
Here’s a complete breakdown of the new prices (and you can click on the [...]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the center stage for the first time after a liver transplant to announce new products such as an iPod with built-in video camera. The 54-year old CEO (speaking in a soft voice) received a warm welcome from the crowd.
He said, “I’m very happy to be here today, I thank everyone [...]
August 2009 – For the first time in 4 years, Sony Corporation’s Walkman digital music player outsold APPLE Inc.’s iPod in Japan. The Tokyo-based Japanese electronic research company (BCN Inc.) said as of August 30, Sony’s market share of its portable music players climbed to 43% which is just slightly higher than Apple’s 42.1%.
BCN said [...]
iPods and iPhones have long evolved from being just music playback devices. With high pixel density and high quality screens, the iPod is way past its photo phase and is in full-blown game and media mode. But it takes a bit of creativity and genius to recognize the iPod Touch as a release platform for [...]
The image you see above is a car… or what used to be a Saab 9-3 in Sweden. A massive fire engulfed it and turned it into a sad, charred skeleton. What caused the fire? An official cause hasn’t yet been identified, but investigators are very suspicious that an iPod did it. With no signs [...]
Confusion. Novelty. And in the end, a brilliant article written by a 13-year-old in BBC Magazine. The Sony Walkman launched 30 years ago and galvanized the world of portable music. It was the iPod of its time. And it was given to UK thirteen-year-old Scott Campbell in exchange for his iPod.
I think his account [...]
Schoolgirl Sophie Frost and her boyfriend Mason Billington, both 14, stopped to shelter under a tree when a storm struck as they were walking near their homes.
Doctors believe Sophie survived the 300,000-volt surge only because it travelled through the gadget’s wire, diverting it away from her vital organs.
She will be thankful she was wearing her [...]
AFP is reporting on the “ear-switch”, a new gadget from Japan that allows you to change songs by sticking out your tongue or raising your eyebrows. And that is truly just the beginning.
These headphones utilize infrared sensors resting in your ears, that pick up tiny changes due to different facial expressions and actions. But the [...]
Even though I don’t waste my time with purchasing a Shuffle (since I would feel redundant pairing one with my fairly functional video iPod, which is more than helpful at the gym), it’s still cool to see Apple continue to outdo itself.
Apple’s got a guided tour of their new, even teenier Shuffle. (I can’t get [...]
