
Steve Jobs once called Flash the No. 1 reason his devices crash. What changed his mind? With a terse, five-paragraph statement issued Thursday morning, Apple (AAPL) reversed a five-month-old policy that had sparked an industry-wide debate, a government probe and tens of thousands of words of heated commentary -- including Steve Jobs' own April...
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iPods are great nifty little devices that allow you to take music off of your computer and carry it around town with you inside a magical Apple electronic device. But what happens when you want to transfer the music that’s on your iPod and put ...
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Sony's smart-aleck front man has been trash-talking Apple's game players since June Steve Jobs claims Apple (AAPL) makes the world's No. 1 portable game player, but Marcus Rivers isn't buying it for a second. "That ain't built for big-boy games," says Sony's (SNE) trash-talking front man for its portable PSP game player. "That's built...
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Tags: aapl, Advertising Age, apple, Apple 2.0, ds, ios, iphone, ipod touch, Marcus Rivers, mobile, Nintendo, psp, SNE, Sony
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Glowing notices across the board for Apple's (AAPL) latest "iPhone without the phone" CNET's Donald Bell: "The iPod Touch is the best iPod yet, offering all the fun of the iPhone experience without a carrier contract or monthly bill." Engadet's Joshua Topolsky: "With the addition of HD video shooting, the new Retina Display, and...
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“This thing is thin!” says iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens, who just performed a teardown of the 4G iPod touch. “So thin that there is literally no room for the 5 MP camera in the iPhone 4.” Here’s what he found: * The 4th Generatio...
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We're all busy people, and I'm sure that many of us missed the iPod/Apple TV SteveFest on the first. Once again, Neil Curtis, master of cutting to the chase, has created a three-minute version of the 75-minute presentation. Previously, Neil did a ver...
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Tags: Found Footage, FoundFootage, ipod, ipod nano, iPod Shuffle, ipod touch, IpodNano, IpodShuffle, IpodTouch, neil curtis, NeilCurtis
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Apple's official iMovie app for iPhone has been updated to version 1.1. The new update requires iOS 4.1 and is compatible with the new iPod touch. It also adds the ability to split up video clips, automatically loop music for a longer videos and updat...
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Tags: app store, apple, AppStore, iMovie, ios, ios41, iphone, ipod touch, music, update, version, video
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FCC pictures of the brand new iPod touch's internal tech show that the device has a vibrating motor inside of it. According to Apple, the motor will be used with FaceTime, but presumably, it'll work when any app calls for vibration. That should help f...
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The wait for iOS 4.1 is over for iPod touch and iPhone users. Apple released the update around 2PM EDT today, and you can get it now by plugging your device into iTunes and clicking the "Check for Update" button if it doesn't prompt you automatically.
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Bug fixes, better photos, 99-cent TV rentals and new ways to play games with friends As Steve Jobs promised last week, Apple (AAPL) released a major update Wednesday of the operating system that runs its iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G. The new iPod touch released today comes with the software, called iOS...
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