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Using your iPhone in the city? Be careful!

by Mike Schramm (Jan 18th, 2010)

I've lived in big cities for almost ten years now, first in Chicago and now in Los Angeles, and I could have told you exactly what this New York Times piece does: that you've got to be careful while using your iPhone while walking the city streets. ...

CES goes down to the docks

by Mike Schramm (Jan 5th, 2010)

It's CES time yet again, and that means that everybody and their business partners will be showing off iPhone and iPod touch accessories that do all sorts of crazy things, from the useful to the useless. Here's two interesting docks that Engadget ...

Ford to offer iTunes tagging in their cars

by Mike Schramm (Jan 2nd, 2010)

Just as 2009 was ending, Ford announced that they'll be offering a new option in their cars for 2010: the ability to "tag" any songs you happen to hear on the radio for later purchase in iTunes. It'll be an option, so it won't come standard in the ...

Simpsons Arcade (sort of) released on iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Dec 21st, 2009)

If you happened to be wandering around a St. Louis, Missouri arcade in the early nineties, you'd probably find a young me, playing the Simpsons Arcade game (either that or the Avengers game, I loved that one too). It was great: beat-em-up action, ...

More than one way to stream Bluetooth

by David Winograd (Dec 20th, 2009)

Want an easy way to use the Bluetooth in your iPhone/iPod touch to stream music to your traditional stereo? The new Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver, announced this week, should do the job nicely. It's a little dongle that connects to your stereo ...

The birth of the iPod

by Mike Schramm (Dec 9th, 2009)

Wired has an interesting look at the early days of the iPod, and what's most fascinating is just how fully formed the idea of the iPod and iTunes was. The idea itself originates from a company called PortalPlayer, where hardware designer Tony Fadell ...

Rumor: Steve Jobs will appear at Sept. 9 event

by Dave Caolo (Sep 1st, 2009)

Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster is having a busy week. First, he predicted that the iPhone will go non-exclusive in the US by next year, and today he's suggesting that Steve Jobs will appear at Apple's September 9th press event. We fully expect new ...

Apple confirms Sept. 9 press event

by Dave Caolo (Aug 31st, 2009)

At last Apple has begun distributing invitations to a press event scheduled for September 9th. The image on the invitation, which features a classic silhouette dancer, pretty much confirms our suspicion that this particular dog-and-pony show feature ...

Current iPod SKUs are disappearing

by Dave Caolo (Aug 29th, 2009)

If you're looking to own a current-generation iPod, you best buy one before they're gone. Ars Technica notes that vendors inside Apple's Authorized Reseller network are reporting that dwindling stocks aren't being met with new shipments, lending ...

Open the iPod bay doors, HAL: iPod spotted on STS-125 space shuttle mission

by Steven Sande (May 22nd, 2009)

What's nicer than to come back into a nice, cozy space shuttle after a hard day fixing the Hubble Space Telescope, taking off your sweaty space suit, and the listening to some tunes on your iPod? TUAW reader Brandon pointed out a photo (below) from ...

Frozen iPod returns from the grave

by Mike Schramm (Apr 30th, 2009)

Andrew sent us this great story -- he found an iPod classic in the melting snow of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. It had apparently been there "since early winter," and was frozen solid... as is the case, we'd imagine, with most things left outside ...

TUAW Holiday Giveaway-tacular Part Four: iPhone party

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Dec 27th, 2008)

Plenty of folks are probably getting iPhone gift cards this season, and for anyone who wants to make their iPhone the hit of the party (later, once you've actually purchased and activated the thing) here's a lineup for you: some speakers (which fit ...

TUAW Holiday Giveaway-tacular Part One: the active iPodder

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Dec 24th, 2008)

For the next 5 days we're giving away a bunch of stuff from our friends at Dr. Bott. Check back each day for a new chance to win a bundle of goodies, each with a theme. Today the theme is "the active iPodder," or all those folks you see running ...

"Next Christmas, the iPod will be dead, gone, kaput."

by Mike Schramm (Dec 12th, 2008)

It's the end of the year, a time of reflection, in which we look back at the year that was and what happened during. But The Independent isn't stopping there -- they went back and dug up some of the world's most famous incorrect predictions. And yes, ...

Optoma's palm-sized video projector looks great

by Dave Caolo (Nov 14th, 2008)

Optoma's tiny Pico projector has caught our attention. This small device (50mm x 103mm x 15mm) weighs four ounces and features up to 2 hours of battery life, an LED lamp with a lifespan of 20,000 hours and mini USB connectivity. The manufacturers ...

iPod 101: Make your iPod speak menu items

by Cory Bohon (Nov 11th, 2008)

If you have a current generation iPod nano or classic, then you have the ability to access spoken menu items throughout the iPod. This is an accessibility feature that Apple built into the current iPod line, but I found that feature is handy while ...