Announcing MediaMonkey 2.2-- Adds iTunes-like Synchronization for non-iPod Portable Audio Devices

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iPod Mini Sparks Major Battle In
Portable Audio Player Market

iPod Mini Sparks Major Battle In
Portable Audio Player Market 07/23/2004 11:03 PM
Can disks overtake discs in Japan's portable audio player market? By Asahi Shimbun (via MyAppleMenu)

iTunes Catalog adds playlist, iPod and
.Mac options

iTunes Catalog adds playlist, iPod and
.Mac options 11/18/2003 10:28 AM
KavaSoft has released iTunes Catalog 1.2, the latest version of its Mac OS X software that creates Web catalogs of your iTunes music library, displays the cover artwork for each album, and copies album artwork into iTunes...

OneNote 2003 Service Pack 1 delivers
synchronization with Windows Mobile
devices

OneNote 2003 Service Pack 1 delivers
synchronization with Windows Mobile
devices 04/21/2004 08:58 AM

Microsoft Drives a New Category of
Digital Entertainment By Announcing
Availability of the First Portable Media
Centers

Microsoft Drives a New Category of
Digital Entertainment By Announcing
Availability of the First Portable Media
Centers 09/02/2004 12:49 AM
Microsoft Corp. today announced that the first Windows Mobile (TM) -based Portable Media Centers from Creative Labs Inc. will be available to the public tomorrow at Best Buy and Creative.com and in the coming weeks from Amazon.com Inc., CompUSA Inc., Fry's Electronics, Good Guys Inc. and other electronics retailers nationwide. Portable Media Centers from Samsung Electronics and iRiver International will be available later this fall. Microsoft also solidified content sources for Portable Media Centers, with the first online offerings from MLB Advanced Media (MLB.com) and CinemaNow Inc., as well as support from four digital TV tuner card manufacturers and software company SnapStream Media Inc. These announcements give people an increasing range of choices for video content they can watch any time, any place.

19+ Hours to Incomplete iPod
Synchronization

19+ Hours to Incomplete iPod
Synchronization 12/09/2002 01:25 PM
19+ Hours to Incomplete iPod Synchronization [Sorry for the delays in getting this out. Just a bad, bad, bad day so far. Has anything good ever happened to anyone in the history of the universe on a Monday? I mean sheesh. Oh and did I say it was bad?]. I'm writing this with more than a bit of trepidation -- I know no matter how I write this I'm going to take some flack. So let's start with a disclaimer: NOTE: The iPod is a work of great beauty. I bloody well love the little beastie. I mean it's the size of a pack of cigarettes and it can hold 20 gigabytes of music. I really do love it. I wouldn't have spent the @)(#*@ 19+ hours, now would I, if I didn't love it? But .... (And, dear reader, you new a but was coming, didn't you?) The iPod on the PC isn't the effortless thing that Mac folk like to maintain. So here comes my tale of woe. My iPod arrived Friday afternoon thanks to the wonders of Amazon. Having tasks to accomplish I actually managed to put it aside until Saturday morning, believe it or not. Now that's not to say that I didn't take it out of the box and both ooh and ah at it. Even to say that I "fondled" the lovely lines and delicate curves that are the iPod would not be extreme. Like most modern Apple products, the term "work of art" is not out of the question. Saturday morning arrived and, despite much important work, I attacked the iPod with the enthusiam of a vandal sacking rome. Installation was pretty much a snap consisting of one CD and connecting it to the Firewire interface I've been using for months now. Now, as a blog reader and someone who's boring enough to do his homework, I know that the MusicMatch iPod software has been pretty widely "dissed" in favor of Ephpod. Ephpod is from a 3rd party developer and closer to iTunes than is MusicMatch. Since I've never been a MusicMatch fan anyway I figured that I should give it a whirl. And now the force left me and a dark cloud entered the room. Ephpod downloaded in a jiffy, is totally free and looks just plain beautiful. From an interface perspective it made me feel like I was using an iMac -- and that's cool. I clicked on the Add Directory button and told it my MP3 root directory (astonishingly enought -- MP3, can ya believe it?). It started chugging though my MP3 files. And it quickly found that my MP3 ID tags were not in order. An MP3 ID tag is a bit of metadata stored in the MP3 file which has information like Title, Artist, Genre. If the ID tags aren't present then you pretty much can't even select a file to play. Kind of hard to select the Doors "Light my Fire" when it's artist field is blank or has "Artist" in it. Now I have 5500 odd MP3 files. So you know here this is going, don't you .... That's right -- I needed to clean up all my MP3 ID tags -- say 50% of 5500 files times at least three fields (Artist, Title, Genre) -- that's a lot of metadata. Thankfully ephpod just prompts you as it goes and remembers what you last entered. This made cleaning up many of my MP3 files relatively painless. But note that I said "many".... At the roughly 50% stage (49% to be exact), ephpod crashed. [_Go_] Ok then. I reloaded it and tried to add some more files. Crashed. Sigh. I tried deleting some of the files I had added to ephpod thinking I had reached some kind of capacity limit and that if I deleted them I could add more. Crash. I continued to play with ephpod for a bit since it's approach to fixing the MP3 ID tags was damn good. I've used other MP3 tagging tools and they pretty much uniformly aren't good. When ephpod failed to accept any more files, I decided to give it a shot for synching my iPod. That too caused a crash but some music did get to my iPod. That was cool since I could then at least listen to something while I figured out how to deal with my MP3 files and their ID tags. I surfed over to download.com and looked over the different MP3 tools. I did focus solely on the free tools while ignoring the different $20 to $30 / copy utilities. Most of them weren't very good but MP3 Tag Tools [_Go_] wasn't bad. Actually I'd say that most of them were pretty horrible; fine to edit one or two files and lousy for large scale changes. But MP3 Tag Tools wasn't too horrible and I used that to edit a lot of tags. I mean a lot of tags (I don't know what you did Saturday night but I really can't recommend as a hot date "Tag Editing" or 'But Honey, it'll be fun....'). The cats did their best to keep my company but as Daddy did nothing but stare at a screen and mutter about "ID tags" and "Stupid UI choice / Idiot developer" they lost interest. After I did as much with MP3 Tag Tools, I moved over to MusicMatch, the software which was officially bundled with the iPod. I've never been a big MusicMatch fan preferring the simplicity of WinAmp over MusicMatch but it works. Generally. Now you do realize that problems are coming when I say something like that, don't you ? So I started to import my MP3 directory into MusicMatch and, of course, this exposed the different files where I still hadn't gotten the ID tags quite right. Thus began "Tag Session 2" which extended from Saturday night into much of Sunday. Well I finally got everything ready to go. I had edited all my tags and it was time to do a full synch. Coolness was in the air, wasn't it ? Well I started to synch and it took a long ass time. I mean multiple hours. And then it got to about 3700 files when this charming little error occurred. [_Go_]. Yup. Division by zero. Which effectively ended my synch process. It did get 3700 odd music files onto my iPod but definitely not all of them. Total time spent? Approximately 19 hours and all of my music still isn't on the iPod. Now the vast bulk of that wasn't spent actually doing the synch -- the bulk of it was spent normalizing the ID tags in my MP3 files. My guess as to the final Ephpod and MusicMatch functioning / synch problems is that they simply can't handle a music archive of 5500 songs. Given the size of hard discs now a days that's just as dumb as a small collection of brown toads. So I guess that I'll fork my archive into things I'd actually listen to when mobile (rock, punk, new wave, comedy, jazz, new age) and leave things like classical behind since I rarely listen to it. I also clearly have some duplicate files which I can remove to cut down the total number of files. So why were my ID tags so wrong? Well a lot of my CDs were ripped literally years ago when CDDB wasn't as prevalent. I also have a fair amount of ecclectic CDs (Vince Guaraldi Trio, BachBusters) which just don't show up in CDDB. So a lot of music was just stored in MP3artistcd and I'd play the music via filename never really caring much about the ID tags until they actually mattered. Of course, like most of us, I probably have a few files acquired via some kind of peer to peer distribution and those also had messed up ID tags. Oh and if you wonder why I tried a lot (5 +) of different tools but wasn't happy, I can only say that when you have files to modify measured in the thousands, a lot of UI assumptions just don't work anymore. Example: To select the genre of a music piece in MP3 Tag Tools, you have to select it from a combo box. That isn't sorted. Try doing that 1,000 times. Heck even doing it 100 times sucks rocks. So most of my music isn't categorized by Genre. MusicMatch allows you to paste in the Genre which is better but lacks a sortable editing grid like MP3 Tag Tools which means I can't just set all the options quickly directory by directory. Do I regret my purchase? Actually no. Not in the slightest. I seem to have been seduced by Apple's charms in this respect like most other Mac lovers. After all, the MP3 tag normalization would have had to be done no matter what. And since they didn't write the PC software I really can't blame them, can I? (Sure I could but I won't; after all I have been seduced). I do find it astonishing that just trying to synch 20 gigs of music cause the errors that I found. I'd connect the iPod to my iBook and try and do the synch that way but since my iPod now has as big a hard disc as my iBook then that's just not an option. Overall? Would I recommend it? Without questions or reservations. The iPod is just an awesome piece of engineering. Kudos to Apple.

Longhorn may trample portable devices

Longhorn may trample portable devices 09/13/2004 11:08 AM
For years, programmers at Microsoft Corp. and elsewhere have worked to make it easier for devices like cellphones and personal digital assistants to work instantly and easily with computers. Now, Microsoft is working to make it a little harder. The reason: As such devices including Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iPods become capable of holding more data, some worry people could use them to steal data or unleash virus attacks on business networks. With its next version of Windows, dubbed Longhorn and due out in 2006, Microsoft is working on technology that will give companies more control over whether to prohibit devices that can easily be used to transfer data to and from personal computers, said Greg Sullivan, a lead product manager.

Press Release - Leading Content
Aggregator NewsGator 2.0 Adds
Synchronization, Online Services
Integration, and Powerful Tools for
Developers

Press Release - Leading Content
Aggregator NewsGator 2.0 Adds
Synchronization, Online Services
Integration, and Powerful Tools for
Developers 01/07/2004 06:31 PM

Latest Version of NewsGator, the Premier News Aggregator for Microsoft Outlook, Adds Support for Multiple Machines and Synchronization with Other Platforms and Mobile Devices, In Addition to Powerful Developer Tools and Other Capabilities.

LAS VEGAS and Denver, CO -- January 7, 2004 -- NewsGator 2.0, a new version of the popular news aggregator, was announced today by NewsGator Technologies at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. NewsGator retrieves news from news sites, weblogs, newsgroups, and other information sources that support the RSS or Atom syndication formats, and automatically integrates the news items into Microsoft Outlook. RSS (Rich Site Summary) News Syndication is an emerging method of staying abreast with rapidly changing information and allows users to sort, organize, group and search news in multiple ways. Using NewsGator, users can read content offline making information readily accessible any time.

Major New features in NewsGator 2.0:

• NewsGator Online Services integration -- NewsGator 2.0 includes tight integration for the new NewsGator Online Services platform, which allows users to take advantage of powerful subscription synchronization capabilities. Users can also read related content displayed on the NewsPage, seamlessly access custom search feeds, and easily locate exclusive premium content.
  
• Subscription synchronization -- When used with the new NewsGator Online Services platform, NewsGator 2.0 allows users to synchronize their subscriptions between multiple machines, as well as other editions of NewsGator available with NewsGator Online Services.
  
• NewsGator Extension API -- NewsGator 2.0 has a powerful new API available for third-party developers, allowing them to build extensions to NewsGator to support numerous new scenarios. With this move, NewsGator extends beyond just an application, becoming a platform allowing developers to build a variety of new applications.
  
• Arbitrary RSS extension support -- NewsGator 2.0 is the first mainstream content aggregation tool to support arbitrary extensions in RSS or Atom feeds. Users or publishers can add arbitrary content into their feeds, and NewsGator is now able to process this custom data. Users can modify the rendering of items, add columns in Outlook, or build custom extension processors in .NET. For example, an extension can be written to add an appointment to the Outlook calendar when a meeting is announced in a feed. The possibilities are particularly exciting for businesses looking to integrate workflow applications with RSS and Atom feeds.

There are many other new capabilities and features in NewsGator 2.0, including support for enclosures and attachments in feeds, customizable rendering, and much more. And while NewsGator has always been tightly integrated with Internet Explorer to allow easy subscription to new feeds, NewsGator 2.0 enhances this integration with single-click subscription to feeds from a web site.

NewsGator 2.0 works with Microsoft Outlook 2000 or later, and will be available on January 19, 2004 from http://www.newsgator.com. Pricing is $29 (U.S.) per copy, with quantity discounts available.

Roundup: Portable Data Storage Devices

Roundup: Portable Data Storage Devices 09/09/2004 11:50 PM
G4 Tech TV Sep 10 2004 3:51AM GMT

Security Risks Associated With Portable
Storage Devices

Security Risks Associated With Portable
Storage Devices 06/22/2005 02:28 AM

TiVo to allow transfer of TV shows to
portable devices

TiVo to allow transfer of TV shows to
portable devices 01/04/2005 10:50 AM
National Post Jan 4 2005 1:48PM GMT

Low-Cost Storage Proliferates for
Portable Devices

Low-Cost Storage Proliferates for
Portable Devices 01/06/2005 05:05 PM
Hitachi, Maxtor and Zetera unveil at CES low-cost storage wares for home and mobile environments.

Portable Media Center Devices Arrive
Today

Portable Media Center Devices Arrive
Today 09/02/2004 04:04 PM

Microsoft's Portable Media Center is set to release today. Digital Media Thoughts reports that two units, the Samsung Yepp (pictured here) and the Creative Labs Zen are already listed at Amazon.

These are neat little doo-dads, but it seems like a device for a pretty small niche. You'd need to have a long commute to get any mileage out of one of these things. If you're an air traveler, you probably already own a laptop that can do most of this stuff for you. Call me a curmudgeon, but unless the price falls significantly, I don't really see these taking off.

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FAQ | Sound advice for problems
concerning audio devices

FAQ | Sound advice for problems
concerning audio devices 08/01/2004 03:24 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Aug 1 2004 7:41AM GMT

Portable Audio For Snobs

Portable Audio For Snobs 02/05/2005 09:39 PM

How to make your iPod an audiophile's dream. By Evan Cornog, Slate

FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop
Storage Devices Compared

FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop
Storage Devices Compared 04/05/2005 01:27 AM

By James Galbraith and Jeffy Milstead, Macworld

Mix Wi-Fi and Portable Digital Audio,
Get Aireo

Mix Wi-Fi and Portable Digital Audio,
Get Aireo 01/18/2004 09:17 PM

5.5 oz. MPEG-4/Audio Portable From
Archos

5.5 oz. MPEG-4/Audio Portable From
Archos 08/28/2004 02:55 PM
Slashdot Aug 28 2004 6:18PM GMT

5.5 oz. MPEG-4/Audio Portable From
Archos

5.5 oz. MPEG-4/Audio Portable From
Archos 08/28/2004 01:05 PM

FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop
External Storage Devices Compared

FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop
External Storage Devices Compared 03/17/2005 03:10 AM

By James Galbraith and Jeffy Milstead, Macworld

Panasonic D-snap Audio Portable Players

Panasonic D-snap Audio Portable Players 03/19/2005 02:45 AM

Panasonic introduced a few portable audio players yesterday that we forgot to mention (although they leaked way back in October), in the "D-snap Audio" line. We'll start with the "SV-SD100V" and "SV-SD90" square-shaped players with SD card slot (and only an SD card slot). They also have a mirrored organic EL display, and compatibility with MP3, WMA and AAC. In fact, the SV-SD100V throws in an FM tuner and voice recorder.

Also announced were the "SV-MP720V" and "SV-MP730V." Their interesting "two block" design actually won Panasonic a design award. The two units vary only in capacity, color variations and price. Both are MP3 and WMA compatible and have an FM tuner/voice recorder you probably won't ever use. A sort of disappointing 10-hour battery life on these.

New Panasonic player roundup [TechJapan]

Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A
Scroll Wheel

Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A
Scroll Wheel 01/22/2004 02:10 AM
Slashdot Jan 22 2004 2:52AM GMT

Evolution of Portable Audio Photo Essay

Evolution of Portable Audio Photo Essay 02/05/2005 10:17 PM

I'm so glad we invented Canada. The CBC's new Arts section has a great short feature on the history of digital music, from the first transistor radios [pictured] to the latest in tiny white music bricks. It's even worse than I am about the iPod, though, so don't expect a surprise ending. Writer Matthew McKinnon does float an interesting idea, though: if music hadn't broken free of the 'one family, one radio' format, we might not have the endless variety of music we have today.

Brin g the Noise [CBC.CA via Colli sionDetection]

Download audio to your PlayStation
Portable (PSP) with FeedDemon

Download audio to your PlayStation
Portable (PSP) with FeedDemon 03/28/2005 06:26 PM

Last week I picked up a new PlayStation Portable (PSP) in the hopes that I could use FeedDemon to download podcasts and other audio files to it. Turns out it's possible, but it wasn't as straightforward as I would've liked.

In my case, I decided to use the PSP's USB connection to copy downloaded audio directly to the PSP's memory stick. Just in case other readers are struggling with this, here's how to do it:

1. Select "USB Connection" in your PSP's settings and enable the USB mode - this must be done in order for the PSP's memory stick to be mapped to a Windows drive letter
2. If you haven't done so already, create a folder on the mapped drive named PSP, then create a subfolder of that named Music
3. Open FeedDemon's FeedStation utility, then click the Options toolbutton and switch to the Podcasting tab
4. Place a checkmark in "This Folder" to copy downloaded podcasts to a local folder, then enter the path to your PSP's music folder (in my case, this is I:\PSP\Music)
5. Click OK to save your settings

The next step is to simply use FeedDemon to download your favorite podcasts, then let FeedStation take care of automatically copying them to your PSP.

Note: My PSP came with a feeble 32MB memory stick, which is far too small for storing audio. So if you plan to use your PSP to listen to podcasts, make sure to invest in a much larger memory stick!

Sony Shows Portable Audio, Video Player

Sony Shows Portable Audio, Video Player 05/28/2004 12:28 PM

Altec Lansing inMotion iM3 Portable
Audio System

Altec Lansing inMotion iM3 Portable
Audio System 12/22/2004 01:13 AM

For the shelf-space conservative iPod fanatic, an iM3 would make a great audio addition. By TheTechLounge

USB Server adds USB devices to a network

USB Server adds USB devices to a network 04/12/2004 04:57 PM
Keyspan is now shipping its USB Server, a device that allows you to add USB printers, scanners, and HID devices to a network, making them accessible by any Mac connected to it.

egrips™ and StuffBak Partner to Provide
Custom Loss Protection and Recovery
Services For Portable Devices.

egrips™ and StuffBak Partner to Provide
Custom Loss Protection and Recovery
Services For Portable Devices. 06/09/2004 02:30 AM
StuffBak to support custom ID labels that fit perfectly in the egrips™ cut out provided for this purpose. egrips™ and StuffBak partner to combine the stylish, non-slip, protective surface of egrips™ with the loss protection and recovery services of StuffBak. [PRWEB Jun 9, 2004]

Dspfactory announces worlds lowest power
Sub Band Codec for audio Bluetooth
devices

Dspfactory announces worlds lowest power
Sub Band Codec for audio Bluetooth
devices 12/09/2003 03:44 PM
CanadaIT.com Dec 9 2003 2:22PM ET

Microsoft's PlaysForSure Logo Program
Attracts New Industry Partners and
Expands to Connected Televisions, New
Portable Devices

Microsoft's PlaysForSure Logo Program
Attracts New Industry Partners and
Expands to Connected Televisions, New
Portable Devices 01/06/2005 12:17 AM
Today at 2005 International CES, Microsoft Corp. announced broad, additional support for the PlaysForSure™ logo program - both for devices and upcoming services. In addition to many portable music players that are PlaysForSure-verified, there are now new televisions and DVD players designed for PlaysForSure compatibility that feature built-in connections to wireless or wired home networks for the easy playback of photos, as well as subscription-based music and video via a Windows® XP-based PC. At CES 2005, D-Link Systems Inc. and Digitrex debuted connected high-definition (HD) TVs, HD displays and DVD players designed to be part of the PlaysForSure logo program, and Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. demonstrated a concept plasma display. In addition, a range of new color-screen, mini-hard-drive portable devices supporting both music and photos are designed to be PlaysForSure-verified, including the Gateway MP3 Photo Jukebox, iriver H10 and the Samsung YH-925 and YH-820. First announced at Microsoft's Digital Entertainment Anywhere launch event in October, the PlaysForSure logo is designed to help consumers with Windows XP-based PCs choose devices and online music and video stores that work together, taking the guesswork out of compatibility.

Salling Clicker 2.2 adds support for new
devices, more

Salling Clicker 2.2 adds support for new
devices, more 07/19/2004 11:27 AM
Salling Software AB announced on Monday the release of Salling Clicker 2.2, an upgrade to the company's utility that allows you to use your cell phone or PDA as a remote control for your Mac. The new version adds support for Sendo X, Motorola A925, Nokia 7610, palmOne Zire 72, TapWave Zodiac and Sony Ericsson T637, as well as limited support for Sony Ericsson's K700 and Z1010 phones until the company provides firmware upgrades. In addition, Salling Clicker 2.2 offers integration with Elgato's EyeTV, Slim Devices' Squeezebox audio player and other audio/video players; the ability to use Symbian OS smartphones to initiate connections; slide title previews for PowerPoint 2004; and more. This is a free upgrade for existing users, while new ones can download the application and use it for 30 clicks of the remote control device before paying the US$19.95 license fee. Salling Clicker 2.2 requires Mac OS X v10.2.8 or higher.

IntelliTrack Adds Support for Wireless
Devices from American Microsystems Ltd.

IntelliTrack Adds Support for Wireless
Devices from American Microsystems Ltd. 02/01/2005 09:17 PM
IntelliTrack Inc., the leading manufacturer of affordable bar code tracking software, announced today that its entire product line now supports the American Microsystems Ltd. (AML) Wireless (RF) Terminal, model M7100. [PRWEB Jan 28, 2005]

Allegro serves iTunes to Universal Plug
& Play devices

Allegro serves iTunes to Universal Plug
& Play devices 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
Allegro Software Development Corp. has announced that its Allegro Media Server software is coming in March. Allegro Media Server bridges the gap between iTunes music libraries on Mac or Windows computers and Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)-based digital music players. To find out more, MacCentral spoke to Allegro President Bob Van Andel.

MediaMonkey v2.2

MediaMonkey v2.2 06/08/2004 03:25 PM
An easy-to-use organizer for serious music collectors. It catalogs, tags, and organizes CDs, MP3, OGG, and WMA audio files. It rips, converts, creates mixes, and automatically levels volume as it plays. [Freeware 4.05 MB]

Using iTunes As An Audio Processor

Using iTunes As An Audio Processor 09/13/2004 08:00 PM
I've been working on an audio restoration project that's helped me to discover new ways to use my existing tools. The one that I simply can't live without is the Volume Logic plug-in for iTunes made by OCTiV software. Let me explain why. By Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network (via MyAppleMenu)

iStopMotion 1.8 adds Audio Sync

iStopMotion 1.8 adds Audio Sync 03/19/2005 02:07 AM
The new version of Boinx iStopMotion lets you now add a soundtrack to time your animation to a soundtrack. It has some more improvements and news - the new timeline looks great. Visit the website for...

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Samsung adds audio players

Samsung adds audio players 07/27/2004 09:26 PM
The Yepp YH-820 and the Yepp YH-920 are set to launch in the United States in the first week of September.

iPodder - iTunes audio feeder.

iPodder - iTunes audio feeder. 09/12/2004 05:27 AM
iPodder 0.1e released.

Analysts: iPod Division Could Lead To
Other Devices

Analysts: iPod Division Could Lead To
Other Devices 05/21/2004 01:01 AM
"By creating an iPod division, Apple is establishing the device's relevance is much more than just playing music." By Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral (via MyAppleMenu)

iRiver Adds Ogg To Audio Player Firmware

iRiver Adds Ogg To Audio Player Firmware 12/24/2003 09:18 PM
Sesse writes "iRiver has just released firmware updates for its iFP-300T and iFP-500T flash memory-based audio player series. According to a news story on ...
Grok Description matches for Announcing MediaMonkey 2.2-- Adds iTunes-like Synchronization for non-iPod Portable Audio Devices
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MediaMonkey 2.2.740 Beta 5 Released

MediaMonkey 2.2.740 Beta 5 Released 04/09/2004 06:34 PM

Digital Music Superguide: Everything You
Need To Know About Using Your Mac, iPod,
And Stereo To Play Your Music Throughout
The House

Digital Music Superguide: Everything You
Need To Know About Using Your Mac, iPod,
And Stereo To Play Your Music Throughout
The House 06/02/2004 08:56 AM
To help you get the most from your music, we've put together a package with insights on ripping and organizing your music collection. We'll also show you how to pump the sound all around the house, beyond the limitations of your Mac's tinny speakers or your iPod's headphones. And you'll discover how to create your own songs with GarageBand. By Christopher Breen and Michael Gowan, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

Bluetooth wireless stereo adapter for
the iPod debuts

Bluetooth wireless stereo adapter for
the iPod debuts 01/07/2004 06:45 PM
TEN Technology has announced the naviPlay, a Bluetooth wireless stereo adapter and remote control for the iPod...

Creative expands its music player line

Creative expands its music player line 01/06/2005 02:41 PM
The company's new offerings include a 1GB flash-memory based device, plus a 6GB player that holds 3,000 songs.

Creative to double digital music player
lines

Creative to double digital music player
lines 09/02/2004 10:32 AM

Mac-to-Blackberry synchronization app
launched

Mac-to-Blackberry synchronization app
launched 09/15/2004 07:15 PM
In what may someday may be nicknamed the Macberry, Information Appliance Associates [IAA] announced this week a product called PocketMac Blackberry, a synchronization application that will give RIM Blackberry users the ability to do two-way synching of Mac and RIM data.

Mac OS X gets Blackberry sync support

Mac OS X gets Blackberry sync support 08/20/2004 06:23 AM
PocketMac to the rescue

BlackBerry in Sync with Apple
(NewsFactor)

BlackBerry in Sync with Apple
(NewsFactor) 08/20/2004 04:49 PM
NewsFactor - Information Appliance Associates is offering an application that links the BlackBerry mobile e-mail platform with Mac OS X, further extending BlackBerry's considerable reach.

iPod Player Elevates Portable Music

iPod Player Elevates Portable Music 12/14/2003 09:02 AM
By M. Scott Skinner (Arizona Daily Star via MyAppleMenu)

iPod Shuffle Music Player Amazes

iPod Shuffle Music Player Amazes 04/10/2005 05:54 AM

My tests of the new shuffle show a surprising sophistication. Perhaps most interesting is the shuffle's audio quality. By Al Fasoldt, Syracuse Post-Standard

Netgear's Wireless Digital Music Player

Netgear's Wireless Digital Music Player 01/07/2004 07:13 PM
It's looking doubtful that I'm going to get any sleep over the next five days; every time I turn around there's another gadget worth blogging....

iPod mini: Smallest 1,000 Song Music
Player

iPod mini: Smallest 1,000 Song Music
Player 01/07/2004 02:05 PM
iPod mini, the smallest portable music player ever to hold up to 1,000 CD-quality songs, is encased in an ultra-portable, lightweight anodized aluminum body available in five stylish colors. [Jan 6]

HP to sell portable music player based
on iPod

HP to sell portable music player based
on iPod 01/08/2004 08:27 PM
SiliconValley.com Jan 8 2004 8:12PM ET

iPod Music Player Winning Over Japan
Fans

iPod Music Player Winning Over Japan
Fans 08/19/2004 09:47 AM
The iPod is proving a colossal hit on the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony's own turf. The tiny white machine is catching on as a fashion statement and turning into a cultural icon in Japan, much the same way it won a fanatic following in the United States. Although Apple doesn't release regional sales figures, six of the top eight selling music players in Japan are iPod models, according to a market research company. By Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press (via MyAppleMenu)

HP unveils new models of iPod digital
music player

HP unveils new models of iPod digital
music player 04/12/2005 11:49 PM
Boston Globe Apr 13 2005 4:30AM GMT

HP adds iPod minis to music player line

HP adds iPod minis to music player line 06/05/2005 11:20 PM
HP announced today it is adding the 4GB and 6GB Apple iPod minis to its line of digital music players. HP also unveiled its new HP Printable Tattoos for the Apple iPod mini from HP, which allow consumers to personalize their digital accessories with artwork, designs and photography. During the next six months, HP will roll out more than 300 new images, including album art from the hottest bands and recording artists, as well as unique artwork. The Apple iPod mini from HP as well as HP Printable Tattoos and accessories are available to consumers in the United States and Canada online at hpshopping.com starting June 5, with availability at major retailers, including Radio Shack, Sears and Wal-Mart to follow.

IPod Music Player Winning Over Japan
Fans (AP)

IPod Music Player Winning Over Japan
Fans (AP) 08/19/2004 04:25 AM
AP - When Sony Corp. President Kunitake Ando showed off the new Walkman meant to counter the assault by Apple's iPod portable music player, he held the prized gadget at the gala event upside down.

PocketMac offers RIM Blackberry data
sync solution

PocketMac offers RIM Blackberry data
sync solution 08/19/2004 03:19 PM
Information Appliance Associates announced on Thursday the release of PocketMac Blackberry Edition, which enables RIM Blackberry handheld owners to sync personal data with their Macs. The software can sync any Blackberry with Entourage v. X and 2004 contacts and notes, Address Book, Now Up-to-Date Calendar, Contact and Tasks, iCal and Stickies notes. In addition, the application fully integrates with iSync, offers support for serial- and USB-based Blackberry devices and automatic sync on connection with the computer. Pricing is US$29.95 and Mac OS X v10.3 and 14MB of hard drive space are required.

Toshiba tilts digital music player line
at iPod

Toshiba tilts digital music player line
at iPod 09/27/2004 08:42 AM
Big drives, unusual contoller, pastel shades

HP to Sell Own Version of Apple iPod
Music Player (Reuters)

HP to Sell Own Version of Apple iPod
Music Player (Reuters) 01/10/2004 01:32 AM
Reuters - Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N) said on Thursday it will soon sell a digital music player based on Apple Computer Inc.'s (AAPL.O) wildly popular iPod player, and it announced plans for a home "entertainment hub."

Apple's pint-sized iPod music player
flying off shelves (AFP)

Apple's pint-sized iPod music player
flying off shelves (AFP) 12/25/2004 05:22 PM
AFP - It can store 10,000 songs, but weighs mere ounces, slips easily into a pocket, and has flown off the shelves as one of the most desirable Christmas gifts of 2004: Apple's iPod digital music player seems to be every hip youngster's favourite stocking filler.

iPod mini Joins Successful Music Player
Line (06-Jan-2004; 1.7K)

iPod mini Joins Successful Music Player
Line (06-Jan-2004; 1.7K) 01/07/2004 05:38 PM

StylusCentral.com Launches New Line of
Accessories for Apple iPod Digital Music
Player

StylusCentral.com Launches New Line of
Accessories for Apple iPod Digital Music
Player 08/09/2004 02:05 AM
StylusCentral.com, the leading online e-tailer of accessories for mobile devices, has launched a complete line of accessories for Apple Computer’s iPod digital music player. Those who enjoy listening to their tunes on their iPod players can fully accessorize their devices at StylusCentral.com. [PRWEB Aug 9, 2004]

iPod and the Car Stereo

iPod and the Car Stereo 01/04/2005 08:49 AM

App le's iPod rocks car-stereo makers: It looks like L awyer Milloy was way ahead of his time.

Looking to capitalize on the digital music player's sales success over the holidays, auto electronics makers are rushing to develop plug-in adapters that let drivers pick tunes from their iPods using the controls of their car stereos.

It's a market that can't be ignored: Some retailers sold out of Apple Computer's iPod during the holiday shopping blitz. Analysts estimated Apple sold more than 4 million iPods during the holiday rush; that could push the number of iPod users to 10 million.

BMW Integrates iPod with Car Stereo

BMW Integrates iPod with Car Stereo 06/21/2004 08:32 PM
Clive Owen will be pleased; BMW and Apple today unveiled the first adapter that directly interfaces the iPod with a car stereo system. By simply attaching an iPod inside the glove compartment, BMW drivers can control their music libraries through the car's audio system and steering wheel. The BMW iPod Adapter can be installed in 2002 or later models, including the Mini Cooper. It supports up to five unique BMW playlists, which simulate the car's CD changer.

iPod uses Bluetooth to become stereo
remote

iPod uses Bluetooth to become stereo
remote 12/22/2004 01:33 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 21 2004 3:50PM GMT

Alpine's iPod car stereo system

Alpine's iPod car stereo system 02/10/2004 02:52 PM
New in-car audio system from Alpine that can connect directly to an iPod and let you select tracks using your car stereo:With a simple one-cable...

Announcing MediaMonkey 2.2-- Adds iTunes-like Synchronization for non-iPod Portable Audio Devices

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