Where Napster gave people the option of what specific music and songs they wanted to listen to, the iPod gives music lovers the choice of where and when they can enjoy their favorite songs. In addition to choice, convenience and spawning off a slew of generic and knockoff MP3 players, the iPod and its capabilities have also opened up music to places and experiences where it has never gone before. Today, with digital music files, iTunes, and, of course, the iPod, your music goes with you everywhere at all times. With the Apple iPod, or the Apple iPod Nano, thousands of songs can come with you for a quick jog, short bus ride or even a jaunt to the grocery store. Because music accompanies us wherever we are (check out any mall, grocery store, sporting event or the next time you’re on hold), we may be oblivious to the control the iPod gives people. The Apple iPod is a culture-changing product, not by making music more mobile, but by making our music and your music more portable. Read more

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by David Smith

Apple Ipod’s have become almost ubiquitous of MP3 players, and perhaps the new iPhone smartphone from Apple can become the new standard of smartphone’s everywhere.

The iPhone is a stunning new smartphone built around it’s very capable multimedia capabilities, internet connectivity, as well as a 2.75G quad-band GSM network connection system. It offers a 2.0 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi connectivity capabilities for connecting to the internet, and of course it’s very impressive touch screen user interface system, with a virtual keypad as its main “mobile phone” input system. The phone’s touch system is known for its cutting edge technology, being truly groundbreaking there is nothing quite like it. Its storage features are quite impressive, boasting a 4 gigabyte and 8 gigabyte model for potential users to choose from. It comes with an internal iPhone battery, which powers the iPhone impressively, the raw power fueling the iPhone and its boasted features.

According to Apple, the iPhone battery has a talk time rating of eight hours, while internet usage time is estimated at six hours, depending on the video format the battery should last up to seven hours, twenty-four hours of podcast and music playback, and a very impressive two hundred fifty hours of standby time power.

The iPhone battery shows the experience that Apple has gained through it’s iPod products. It completely blows away the competition. Consider the top competitors to the iPhone. For instance the Nokia N95 only has a talk time of about 4 hours. The Samsung Blackjack only has a talktime of about 5.5 hours, the Palm Treo, and the Blackberry Curve 8300 only come in at about 4 hours of talk time which is doubled by the iPhone battery.

Compared to it’s competitors, the Apple iPhone’s battery life is very impressive.

Not all is roses with the Apple iPhone however. The iPhone battery is internal and cannot be removed, while it’s competitors have easily replaceable batteries.

I’ve owned a Palm Treo for years. Myself and many other Treo users know about our battery life issues, for that reason I often have a battery replacement with me and charged. So in case the battery goes dead, I can quickly replace it with the backup battery. This cannot happen with the iPhone, you must recharge the battery to be able to use it again.

If there ever is an issue with the battery, or the battery naturally loses it’s life due to age you’ll find the other major issue with the iPhone’s battery. In the event that you need the iPhone battery replaced, you’d need to bring the phone into an official iPhone shop to have an technician replace the battery.

The least of your worries with an iPhone should be the battery. This phone will perform remarkably, and hopefully will last long beyond the normal 2 years of life most phones enjoy.

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Windows Media Player 11, Rhapsody and Samsung’s own bundled software can all manage the P2, each delivering content from different sources and in different ways. It’s not as automated as Windows Media Player’s setup, but it definitely offers specific control over which files are on the device, and it’s not difficult to select the entire library. The transfer process with Windows Media Player 11 was much easier than with the Samsung software and offered more features than the Rhapsody player (although didn’t add access to all of Rhapsody’s catalog); we literally plugged in the device, opened WMP11, and it asked us if we wanted to sync our library. BMP files, however, the integration between the music and the photo viewer is quite poor; we wish they had included a complete set of music controls within the slideshow itself, something we hope they fix with future Blue Wave updates. We loved the 3-inch widescreen, we loved the way it handled user-generated content and loved that we had so many options for both the media we put on the device and the way we decided to actually transfer the media to the device. We would have liked to see Samsung launch the device with the Bluetooth calling feature, the menus weren’t as easy to navigate as we would have liked, and they still haven’t nailed the touch screen technology. Read more

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According to the online petition, fake MP3 and MP4 players are being sold on eBay that claim to offer higher storage capacity than they actually have. These players are being listed as having 2GB\4GB and 8GB (Gigabyte) of storage capacity but in reality they have much smaller memory modules that have been manipulated (hacked) so that they read as larger than their true capacity. The petition has attracted 1733 signatures who all claim to be eBay members that have been mislead and purchased fake MP3 or MP4 players. All items listed in the ‘MP3 Player and Accessories’ category are required to mention only physical memory capacity in the title and compressed capacity if applicable should be mentioned only in the listing description. Read more

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In this week’s edition of the Wired Gadget Lab Podcast, Dylan Tweney, Daniel Dumas, and Jose Fermoso discuss the launch of the Zune 2 , review its giant leap over its brown-and-down predecessor, and take bets over its ability to overtake the market-leading Apple iPod. Additionally, the Lab keepers talk about Warner Music chief Edgar Bronfman’s recent and very odd change of heart regarding the iTunes pricing model, compare notes on the Canon EOS 40D review by Jackson Lynch, and go over the latest mail room breakout item, the new MP3 shades from Oakley. The podcast below requires Quicktime (you can download it right here ), or you can find the flash version at the top right corner of the Wired Gadget Lab page during the week. The Wired Gadget Lab Podcast is sponsored by Kensington. Read more

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LONDON — Bluetooth chip pioneer CSR plc (Cambridge, England) has started shipping a single chip MP3 reference design platform with an electronic bill of materials (eBOM) of less than $10. As well as including full gerbers, software and circuit diagrams, the BlueCore Player example design includes all the hardware needed for an MP3 player in a space that is less than 45×60mm. It supports the Bluetooth Audio Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) to control stop and start playback and volume control, and the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) for high quality audio streaming. The BlueCore Player is also available with audio menu navigation to run through the tracks, artist names and playback modes without the need for a screen and thus reducing the BOM costs further. The road-map for the BlueCore Player series suggests that next year, v2 will be offering several software upgrades, including FTP Bluetooth profile for music transfer, other audio codec support, including AAC, AAC+ and WMA as well as Clear Voice Capture capability and enhanced echo and noise cancellation. Read more

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