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Qualcomm has quietly shown an example receiver that would give the iPhone and iPod touch FLO TV reception. Despite assertions that the company would use iPhone OS 3.0 support for native hardware, the demonstrator mimics the strategy used for the Softbank 1Seg tuner in Japan and pipes vide...

By Brian X. Chen Steve Apple is mighty protective of its iPod trademark, and if you violate it, you’ll get no sympathy from Steve Jobs. Apple recently sent a letter to software company Little App Factory, requesting that it change the name of its most successful applications: “iPodRip,” an app that enabl...

By Paul Hartsock Google just keeps invading new territories, and its latest target is your computer's operating system. It's officially released the open source code for its Chrome OS, an operating system that will turn up in third-party vendors' netbooks. Those devices should start selling next year. W...

By Jesus Diaz It is important to remember that 96 times out of 100 worldwide, people choose a PC with Windows, that's a good thing. Even in the toughest market, which would be the high end of the consumer market here in the U.S., 83 times out of 100 people choose a Windows PC over a Mac.

By Dan Nosowitz Motorola Droid: Sure, Matt may have called the Droid "the second best smartphone you can buy," the best being the iPhone 3GS, but Apple haters will find plenty to love about the Droid—and plenty to loathe about the iPhone. I won't rehash our review (or Verizon's intimidating "Droid Does" a...

By Adam Frucci Apple told The Little App Factory to change the name of their popular app iPodRip, as it had the word iPod in it. The CEO sent a passionate letter to Steve Jobs, and he got a response. Dear Mr. Jobs, Best, John Devor And Steve replied: Steve Sent from my iPhone

By BrianB The touchscreen Samsung YP-R0 has now made it to Korean retail stores. As we noticed before, this PMP doesn’t really stand out. Samsung has had some nice Yepp PMPs, and for a time we have even put them side by side with the iPod Touch for comparison. Not anymore. I’m sure the UI is pretty [...]

By Lia Espina This event has made me wonder, what if Psystar won and installing OS X on non-Apple machines became a norm? How will that affect the sales of Apple laptops and desktops? We all say that Apple is actually selling it’s hardware more than their software that’s why they don’t really care much ab...

By Tom Johansmeyer Once upon a time, Mac users could brag they were much safer from malicious electronic attacks. After all, in the days before Google (GOOG), when Microsoft (MSFT) was the only uber-player in town, Windows was the perpetual malware target. Phishers, however, aren't discriminating; they'...

By news@ilounge.com (Charles Starrett) Apple has released software version 1.0.2 for the fifth-generation iPod nano. According to the release notes, the new firmware fixes normal/slower/faster audio podcast playback, allows Genius Mixes to now work with Nike+iPod, and fixes an issue with Voice Over and the headphone contro...

By news@ilounge.com (Charles Starrett) The latest edition of iPodweek, our weekly newsletter covering all things iLounge, is coming later today. iPodweek is a weekly summary of the best iPod news, reviews, and feature articles we’ve published, and it also features giveaways and iPod accessory discount offers from various c...

By Charlie Sorrel The software is where the magic happens. Available for Mac and PC, the applications will allow you to schedule and record shows, automatically splitting tracks and adding them to iTunes, from where they will magically appear on your iPod. Think of it as a TiVo for the radio.

By BrianB The second iPhone worm of the week carries with it a lot more risk than the first one. According to Intego Security, this new iPhone worm that is known as iPhone/Privacy.A uses the same hole that ikeeex found a few days ago to change the hacked iPhones’ background image into Rick Astley’s phot...

By Mike Szczys Here’s a collection of simple hacks you can do in between larger projects. After the break we’ll look at converting an iPod from hard drive storage to Compact Flash, build an LED desk lamp using LEGO and USB power for charging, and use an Arduino shield to add network control at the touch of a [......

By David Winograd Irene's Spirit [US$1.99, iTunes Link] puts a fortune telling spirit into your iPhone or iPod touch (with the exception of the first generation iPod touch) as long as you're running OS 3.0. TUAWWho you gonna call? Irene's Spirit haunts your iPhone or iPod touch originally appeared on The Uno...

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By news@ilounge.com (Charles Starrett) Apple has released an update to its Remote application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Remote allows iPhone and iPod touch users to control their iTunes installations or Apple TVs directly from their devices. New in version 1.3.2 is compatibility with iTunes 9 and Apple TV 3.0, as well as unspec...

A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 282. Apple updates everything consumer. New iMacs. New Unibody Macbook. New Mac Minis. New Magic Mouse. New Airport Extreme and Time Capsule. New Apple Remote. Other new stuff. Levinson leaves Google board, sticks with Apple. Ap...

By Jason Chen It also still supports line-in and still acts like an iPod/iPhone dock, and works fine in those respects too. With the low price and improved featureset, I think the Mint Studio is a pretty good buy for people who want cheap multi-room audio that can also function as an iPod dock. [Mint]

By Allan David Reyes As usual, this PwnageTool is only available for the Mac OS X. Windows users will just have to content themselves with blackra1n or you can ask their Mac using jailbreaking buddies for a custom IPSW file which you can use to restore their iPhone/iPod Touch to.

By lionel@macbidouille.com (Lionel) Improved compatibility with camcorders using the iFrame video format Improved compatibility with importing video captured on the iPod nanoFixed problems with resizing the iMovie window during playback  The update is recommended for all users of iMovie '09.

A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 281. Predictions for Apple 4Q call. New mouse to go with new Macs. Rumors on Mac Tablet shift to media device. Snow Leopard adoption going strong. More iPhone carrier choice in the Great White North. AT&T will allow Skype an...

By Nilay Patel Wow, judging by our tips jar we'd say you're all pretty darn excited about Geohot's Blackra1n jailbreak, which lets you open up iPhone OS 3.1.2 devices including the iPod touch 3G and new iPhone 3GSs -- but you can't unlock yet, so don't get any big ideas about switching carriers. Windows-onl...

By Joachim Bean In just a little under a month after iPhone OS 3.1 was released, Apple has just released an update for the iPhone OS, upgrading it to 3.1.2. This update fixes the widely reported issue where the iPhone would not wake from sleep, and also fixes an issue involving video playback and cellular servi...

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By Mel Martin USA Today has released AutoPilot for the iPhone and iPod touch, and it looks like a winner. This free app [iTunes link] lets you plan your trip, informs you of flight delays, gives you quick links to hotel, rental car and airline phone numbers, gets you the weather for your destination, and p...

A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 280. Mac fans ready to buy rumors. iTunes 9.0.1. Apple got their accounting rule changes. Rumors of iMac redesign. Apple comes clean on green. Is Apple collaborating with Intel on Lightpeak? Apple sends out unwanted Windows upd...

By BrianB The actual iPhone 3G/3GS unlock here at iPhone Unlocking Solutions. The current generation phone, iPhone, has the features of a PC, an iPod, a digital camera and a mobile phone. It is one of the most preferred phones having features of networking and browsing. But it gets expensive to buy an i...

By macensteph@macbidouille.com (MacEnsteph) Resolves issues browsing the iTunes Store.  Addresses a performance issue where iTunes may become unresponsive.  Fixes a problem where iTunes may unexpectedly quit.  Fixes a problem syncing Podcasts in playlists to iPod or iPhone.  Fixes a problem sorting albums with multiple discs.  Ad...

By jesse@ilounge.com (Jesse David Hollington) The single most common question we get from our readers by far is how to recover their content from their iPod back onto their computer. These questions are usually precipitated by users suddenly discovering that their iTunes library has become corrupted or erased, or that their compute...

By news@ilounge.com (Charles Starrett) Amidst a slew of announcements Wednesday—new iPods, iTunes 9, and so on—Apple quietly lowered the price on its iPod touch 3.1 Software Update. Previously priced at $9.95, the update is now only $4.95 for iPod touch users running Software 2.x or earlier. Customers who purchased an iPod touch af...

By Brian X. Chen We all miss Steve Jobs, even though his employees might not. Nobody can deliver a keynote quite like ol’ Steve. CNBC’s Jim Goldman said on Twitter that Jobs is “very likely” to appear at the Apple event. That’s good news, and if true, his return would make this a very momentous event.

A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 275. Snow Leopard coming this Friday. Apple's looks for slight growth this quarter. iTunes tops music sales charts. Continued speculation on September 9th music event. Apple responds to FCC. Tablet reportedly under the Eye...

By news@ilounge.com (Charles Starrett) Apple has released Software Version 1.04 for the fourth-generation iPod nano. According to Apple’s release notes, the update fixes an issue which resulted in some incorrect daylight savings date settings, now correctly displays Thai song information tags when syncing in disk mode, an...

By Victor Agreda, Jr. Remember our chat about driving and using your iPhone? Flicktunes makes controlling the iPod in your iPhone (or touch) much easier when you have to focus on other things -- like driving. Flick your finger left or right to navigate your playlist, up or down to start or stop the music. The album...

A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 273. Apple looking good in Q3. Details of Microsoft's retail plans emerge. Apple's own retail store news. Netbook, iPad/big phone, tablety thingy watch. Apple brewing "Cocktail" to spur album sales. Apple updates it's Stud...

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By nobody@flickr.com (_gem_) yes, it works, the new 2.2 firmware update on the 1st generation iPod Touch now allows it to accept dock-based microphones. but the 1st generation iPod Touch won't be able to use the new earbud-mic combo released by Apple though. just dock-based microphones like this Macally iVoicePro.

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By Adam Pash 2.) iPhone headphones with mics don't work with the iPod touch, so if you're using an iPod touch you'll need a Touchmod mic. The Touchmod mics come in a variety of flavors, from the simple dongle that plugs into the syncing port to the headphone-and-mic combo that works much like the iPhone he...

By Lt. Connie Murphy Author's Note: Because Gus/Murphy is adorable and sweet I had to write some. Especially since bigkitty75 wrote such adorable fic for me. Also, I got hit by the all dialogue bug. Or maybe I'm being lazy on descriptions, who knows?! --- “Come on, Shawn, you owe me for rearranging my iPod.” “Dude,...

By Lauren Guitar freak iPhone/iPod Touch owners might want to get their calloused fingertips on this one. PocketGuitar is a Google Code project by a guy called Shinya Kasatani that allows you to play not just boring, virtual-guitar chord progressions on your iPhone or iPod Touch. The application w...

By Adam Pash Last week we showed you how to install third party apps on your iPhone or iPod touch, and since then a new firmware preview has leaked its way to the 'nets with saucy new features that—once released—may tempt you to abandon your jailbreak for the newly introduced features. Fact is, until the...

By Charles Starrett Apple has released its iPod software version 1.2.3 for fifth-generation iPods. According to the release notes, the update simply contains “bug fixes,” which a new Apple support document says incudes an issue where “iPod does not display any songs or content on the device after updating to...

By ace@tidbits.com (Adam C. Engst) Tonya and I have been thinking about buying an iPod touch so we don't have to buy an iPhone, or rather, so we don't have to pay a monthly fee just to own an iPhone that we wouldn't use much for calling. Of course, that raises the question of just how much of an "iPhone without the phone" the iPod tou...