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Finis XtreaMP3 review
May 15, 2010 Leave a Comment
Looking for a fully waterproof alternative to the iPod for your workout?
Nine years after Napster
July 26, 2009 Leave a Comment
Nine years ago Sunday, a federal judge made a decision that changed everything
Spotify your musical needs … coming soon?
May 19, 2009 1 Comment
Considering the shear unsuccessfulness of most streaming music platforms, one might thing that streaming music can’t be more than a novelty. Napster is barely a thought in today’s music marketplace, Rhapsody shares a laughable market, and the Zune Marketplace is just sort of puttering along in the background. When users have the uber-intelligent Pandora and [...]
iTunes sucks. There I said it.
March 2, 2009 39 Comments
There are two pieces of software out there that are more greedy and bloated than Apple’s music-playing, music-downloading title: AOL Instant Messenger and Microsoft Internet Explorer. I hate iTunes. I’m sick and tired of Apple getting a pass on quality control just because they gave us the Holy Roman iPod Empire and, by a roll [...]
Macworld 2009: Big changes for iTunes
Jan. 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
With its customary flair for sexing up the art of gizmo glorification, Macworld 2009 didn’t disappoint with some big reveals today. Topping all the charts was Apple’s latest update to its iLife suite, touting major retrofits of iMovie, iPhoto and GarageBand. The changes range from a better system for organizing photos in iPhoto to more [...]
Marantz SA8003
Dec. 12, 2008 2 Comments
The music coming out of your iPod doesn’t sound as good as it would coming from a CD. Period. [...]
Logitech Squeezebox Boom
Dec. 9, 2008 Leave a Comment
One of the funnest things about the Logitech Squeezebox Boom is listening to Radio One London from an apartment in Boston.
Altec Lansing iM237 Orbit MP3
Dec. 1, 2008 Leave a Comment
When you get something like the Altec Lansing Orbit Mp3 and a crisp, clean sound with great bass and highs (read the back of the box, they quoted me) it’s easy to realize why name is still the first thing audiophiles look at when they buy a toy.
iTunes upstages Wal-Mart as top music retailer
April 4, 2008 Leave a Comment
Apple proudly boasted on Thursday that their highly successful iTunes Store has passed Wal-Mart as the top music retailer in the US. iTunes has sold over four billion songs to over 50 million customers since opening in 2003. “We launched iTunes less than five years ago, and it has now become the number one music [...]
Kiddie MP3 player released
Feb. 15, 2008 1 Comment
Calgary-based Peapod Toys has released a children’s MP3 player called the SweetPea3. It’s a fully-functional, yet remarkably simply music device that plays 256MB of MP3 or WMA audio. The SweetPea3 is battery-operated with an A/C adapter for charging/plugged-in use. It’s meant to be used by ages 0-8 — school age children, toddlers and even infants. [...]
New iPhone and iPod touch models!
Feb. 5, 2008 Leave a Comment
Apple announced Tuesday that they are adding new models of the iPhone and iPod touch with double the storage capacity. The iPod touch now comes in a 32GB model for $499, joining the 16GB model for $399 and the 8GB model for $299. “For some users, there’s never enough memory,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice [...]
A 21st century boombox, Altec Lansing iM9
Feb. 1, 2008 Leave a Comment
An 80s child, I grew up during the last days of cassette tapes (the term mix-tape had to come from somewhere, it’s not just the CD you burned from your iTunes downloads). With cassette tapes, we had boomboxes. They came in all shapes and sizes, and depending on the age, they were very, very analog. [...]
Belkin’s RockStar
Jan. 3, 2008 1 Comment
Belkin’s new RockStar ($20) is out to make everyone feel like their own personal DJ. The device lets you mix your music on your iPod or other music player, and up to six people can listen to it on their own headphones. You could also select to mark other audio jacks as inputs an allow [...]
Now it’s MP3 spam…
Oct. 18, 2007 1 Comment
Internet security firms are reporting a new trend in the “pump-and-dump” spam world — e-mails containing MP3 advertisements. McAfee Avert Labs reported the phenomenon yesterday. “The spammed MP3 attachments promote a company enjoying huge success in Canada and expecting amazing results in the USA,” wrote McAfee’s Vinoo Thomas “These audio files are of very poor [...]
