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Apple has dropped the price of the iPod Shuffle to $49 (from $79) today. The $49 iPod Shuffle stores 1GB of songs or up to 240 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format. Meanwhile, a new 2GB model has also been introduced at $69.

“At just $49, the iPod shuffle is the most affordable iPod ever,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing. “The new 2GB model lets music lovers bring even more songs everywhere they go in the impossibly small iPod shuffle.”

The Shuffle is still available in the same colors: silver, blue, green, purple and red. The 2GB model won’t be available until later this month.

Apple has dropped the price of the iPod Shuffle to $49 (from $79) today. The $49 iPod Shuffle stores 1GB of songs or up to 240 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format. Meanwhile, a new 2GB model has also been introduced at $69. (more…)

Neues 2 GB Modell zum Preis von 65 Euro

München, den 19. Februar 2008 - Apple hat heute bekannt gegeben, dass der kleinste Digital Music Player der Welt ab sofort zu einem noch günstigeren Preis von 45 Euro inkl. MwSt. erhältlich ist. Zudem gibt es für 65 Euro inkl. MwSt. ein neues 2 GB Modell des iPod shuffle. Der beliebte iPod shuffle ist in seinem Aluminium-Design und mit dem integrierten Befestigungs-Clip gerade einmal 4,1 cm groß und wiegt nur 15 Gramm. Er ist in fünf Farben erhältlich: Silber, Blau, Grün, Lila und als (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition. (more…)

La reciente solicitud de patentes de Apple apunta a transformar al iPod en un sustituto del GPS. Según la revista AppleInsider, el concepto de Apple es un software que incluirá a 4 componentes esenciales que permitirán a los usuarios pedir direcciones desde un punto de partida hasta un destino. La respuesta a tales pedidos será dada en forma de “podcast”, lo cual significa que las instrucciones serán habladas, además de los mapas visuales que serán enviados.

Inicialmente bautizados como ‘podmaps’, este nuevo concepto de Apple se describe de la siguiente manera:
• el usuario se conecta a un servidor remoto antes de su viaje, y le dice donde quiere ir.
• el servidor crea un archivo de video o de audio, así como imágenes de mapas, y luego envía esto al usuario.
• el usuario carga esto en su iPod y lo escucha antes de abandonar la casa o mientras maneja.

Ésta puede ser la razón por la cual Apple no ha lanzado aún ningún aparato con capacidades de GPS. Parece un concepto inteligente, pero hasta que llegue el lanzamiento del “podmap”, quédate mejor con el GPS de tu teléfono.

via: wired.com

Apple’s recent patent application points to making the iPod a substitute for GPS. According to AppleInsider, Apple’s concept is a software that will include 4 core components that will allow users to ask directions from a starting point to a destination. The answer to such a request will be in Podcast form, meaning the instructions will be spoken, aside from the visual maps that will be sent.

Initially christened as ‘podmaps’, this new concept from Apple is described to work this way: (more…)

Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Interactive Media, 19 Entertainment, FremantleMedia and Apple, for the first time, have partnered to bring music fans all of the contestant performances from Season Seven of television’s most popular show exclusively on the iTunes Store. Kicking off with the “American Idol” Top 24 semifinalists this week, customers can purchase music performances for 99 cents per song, and viewers will be able to purchase the full video of Top 12 finalist performances for $1.99, starting March 11. In addition, beginning today, fans can pre-order performances of their favorite contestants from the iTunes Store, which will be automatically downloaded the day after the show airs. (more…)

Music & Video Performances Available the Next Day LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Interactive Media, 19 Entertainment, FremantleMedia and Apple(R), for the first time, have partnered to bring music fans all of the contestant performances from Season Seven of television’s most popular show exclusively on the iTunes(R) Store (http://www.itunes.com). Kicking off with the “American Idol” Top 24 semifinalists this week, customers can purchase music performances for 99 cents per song, and viewers will be able to purchase the full video of Top 12 finalist performances for $1.99, starting March 11. In addition, beginning today, fans can pre-order performances of their favorite contestants from the iTunes Store, which will be automatically downloaded the day after the show airs. (more…)

Other World Computing developed a new Superdrive optical drives for basically all Apple computers. Áccording to the company, they designed the newest, fastest, and quietest SuperDrive technology from Pioneer, including 20X DL SuperDrive DVR-115D to read and write DVDs, CDs, and dual-layer DVDs. Capacity for dual layer DVDs is 8.5GB at speeds of 10X; regular DVDs for 4.7GB capacity at 20X; and CDs for 700MB at 40X. For most Macs, teh upgrade should be fairly easy.

http://www.macsales.com,

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Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.

- Via TechFever Network http://www.techfever.net / PressRoom 2.0 [Press Release 02/12/2008 ]