Category: Portable Audio
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H-P Releases Co-Branded Apple iPod
Reading Time: 2 minutesHewlett-Packard released their version of the iPod on Friday, along with a raft of other digital photography, home theater, and entertainment products. At about the same time, Amazon.com began taking orders for the Apple iPod + hp with 20-gigabyte and 40-gigabyte storage capacities. I have no idea how well H-P’s versions of…
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inMotion iMmini Speaker System to Be Available from Altec Lansing in Late Summer
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA couple of weeks ago, I talked about the inMotion Portable Speaker System after seeing it on an episode of The Lance Chronicles. A miniaturized version of this system has just been released by Altec Lansing called the inMotion iMmini Speaker System. The iMmini Speaker System is optimized to work with…
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Apple’s Quarterly Profits Triple, iPod Sales Nearly Double
Reading Time: < 1 minuteApple Computer reported that its third quarter net profit soared to $61 million, versus $19 million in the third quarter of 2003. It also reported that iPod unit sales reached 860,000, versus 470,000 in the year ago quarter. With numbers like this, Wall Street-types are bound to ask, “How long can…
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Oakley Thump Eyewear with Integrated Portable Audio Player Demonstrated to Lance Armstrong
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Saturday, TDFblog reported that Lance Armstrong was photographed wearing a prototype Oakley product combining sunglasses with a portable audio player. Gizmodo reported on this photo as well, saying that Armstrong wore the prototype during the Prologue time trial, citing a SunSentinel.com article for attribution. These articles were pointed out to me…
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iPod’s Lack of Support for WMA is Impeding Potential Microsoft Monopoly on DRM
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCNET News.com is carrying an article written by John Borland saying that the iPod undermines Microsoft’s attempt to impose its Digital Rights Management solution to copy-protect CDs. In my opinion, this is a manifestly good development, and a reason for people to choose an iPod or an iPod mini over other…
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iPod Cycling
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week, I got back on the road to fitness. Over the last five days, I’ve done five hours of tempo riding on the open roads east of New Jersey Turnpike Exit 8A. For those of you who are not familiar with the area, I’m talking about roads in East Windsor, Washington…
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Is Visual Radio a Nokia Innovation that Will Make a Difference?
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I suggested that it’s a mistake to take Nokia’s innovation potential lightly at this time. My point is underscored by the Engagdet article about Nokia and Hewlett-Packard’s joint announcement of Visual Radio. Until I read this, I hadn’t heard of Visual Radio and I’m still not sure what it’s impact will…
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Altec Lansing inMotion Portable Audio Speakers Turn an iPod into a Stereo
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday, my wife and I had her parents and sister over for a cookout for Mother’s Day. This was the first time that I tried to connect my wife’s iPod to the Sony CFD-440 CD / cassette boombox in our living room. You may remember that I documented the process of connecting…
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Survey Says 1,000 Songs is Enough for Portable Audio Player
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m on record saying that the iPod mini would be a hit, so I want to make sure that Operation Gadget readers see the results of a Jupiter Research survey that indicates that 77 percent of the people surveyed think that 1,000 songs is plenty of capacity for portable audio player.…