Archive for the 'iPod' Category

This is the latest iPod speaker system from Sharp that has an iPod dock. It will be available in black and white and also includes AM/FM radio, front-loading CD player, alarm, sleep timer, etc. Surprisingly, it sounded pretty damn nice, even in the very overcrowded Sharp booth. It will be available in April for $330.

This DK-A10 also has a little brother, the DK-A1, that lacks a lot of the cool movable parts for $230, also available in April. –Travis Hudson

Filed under: Distribution, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand, Other Festivals

You’re a budding short film maker, that is to say a maker of film shorts, and not a height-challenged director, but you have a problem … where do you submit your films for consideration? Besides the Sundance Film Festival and a slew of other places to put your films (YouTube, iFilm, your own blog, etc), none of them really takes much advantage of the short film format and puts it somewhere that allows you take the film with you.

Enter The Flux and their 2007 iPod Film Festival. They’re looking for a few good films under ten minutes in length, and you can win prizes that include iPods (of course) and a Mac Mini. Plus, there will be the glitz and glamor that comes along with your newfound celebrity status to deal with. It’s free to enter, they have several different categories and they want you.

With so many cameras available on the cheap, (your cell phone might even have a built in video feature, check it out Spielberg) it’s high time you unleashed your creativity and made 2007 the year that you finally start making your own movies. After all, Time Magazine named You the person of the year, so you have a lot to live up to. Get rolling and make some magic.

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Idolator got 497 critics, bloggers, and...well we suppose that's it—everyone's a critic or a blogger—to rate the year in music.

Go check out what they've done and see who won the top artists, tracks, and albums of the year. At the very least it makes for some fodder for your fancy new music player you got for Xmas. – Jason Chen

Jackin' Pop 2006 [Idolator]

This week at iLounge: In preparation for next week's massive Apple events, we've created a master list of important vendors to help you quickly get the big picture on what's happening. And we're sending the lawyers after iLounge content thieves! Plus: iPods down Mexico way, and more. All the details, after the jump.

Macworld Expo 2007 is coming, and as always, iLounge is ready for the massive volume of new product announcements that will take place. Three new articles - The Complete Guide to Macworld Expo, part 1 (overview, A-C), part 2 (D-O) and part 3 (P-Z) are now online, and being updated with new product information every day leading up to and through the show. Bookmark them now, and come back to visit for all of the news that's worth sharing next week!

In other news, some blatant, sleazy iLounge content thieves are about to get served. As announced this week on the Your Mac Life radio show, lawyers are going after two sites that have been ripping off articles and photos from iLounge and reposting them as their own. The full story, along with why this was the last resort, not our preference, is here.

Recent reviews include a complete look at Silex's first-ever wireless iPod dock, the wiDock, as well as a great new iPod nano case called Slyder from Marware, and JBL's first pair of in-canal earbuds, Reference 220. We've also taken First Looks at Newer Technology's TRAFFICJamz FM transmitter and car charger, and checked out the iPod scene in Ensenada, Mexico, complete with photos.

In iPod and iTunes news this week, it was reported that Apple was sued for patent infringement over the Nike+iPod Sport Kit. Days later, it was revealed that defunct online movie provider Intertainer has also filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging patent infringement relating to the distribution of digital media over the Internet. More legal trouble came from Luxpro, the Taiwan-based electronics maker behind the infamous iPod shuffle clone. Luxpro said it plans to countersue Apple for $100 million. In better news for the company, the NPD group said Apple once again dominated holiday sales of digital audio players, increasing its market share from last year.

Okay you he-men, this cute shit is not for you, but maybe there's some girlie-girl in your life who would like to have this Emotibud Earbud Set. Thoughtfulness coupled with cutesy sensitivity does have its rewards.

Plunk down your $16 and you get four pairs of these gummy thingamajigs that hook up to your ear buds. Well, not your ear buds, but somebody's. – Charlie White

Product page [PixelGirlShop]

First put out as an imaginary design, these Emotibuds are now actually for sale from Futuronomie. Made to slip over your iPod earbuds, these Emotibuds tell the world you're skeptical, neurotic, starry-eyed, or pacified. Essentially broadcasting that you're totally baked and jamming to some tunes.

Each set goes for $3.95, and should make for a nice gift for your kids. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Futuronomie]