A breakthrough in technology could see the memory capacity of devices such as the iPod increase by 150,000 times, Glasgow University researchers claimed.
Two experts said they had developed a molecule-sized switch which means that data storage could be boosted without having to increase the size of devices. The biggest iPod MP3 player currently available can [...]
April 17, 2008
Categories: Hardware, iPod . . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: No Comments
*UPDATE* (2/29/08): If you happen to own an iPhone, and you happen to have updated to the 1.1.4 firmware, you can now easily jailbreak, activate, and unlock your phone with a couple of simple solutions. As you may have heard, iNdependence 1.4 beta 5 is out, which will do all sorts of non-Apple approved things [...]
February 26, 2008
Categories: Apple, Handheld, Hardware, News, iPhone, iPod . Tags: Hacks, Jailbreak . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: No Comments
If you’re like me, you take one or more of your DVD movies, TV shows, podcasts and other content with you on your iPod or iPhone when traveling. Heck, I even take stuff for long car trips across town, or to watch when I’m sitting in the waiting room at the doc’s office.
Most of the [...]
February 21, 2008
Categories: Apple, How To, Videos, iPhone, iPod . . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: 4 Comments
Hot on the heels of Auntie releasing a selection of videos for sale via the iTunes Store, we somehow missed yesterday’s sneaky revelation that the BBC is intending to release some form of the BBC iPlayer for iPod touch and iPhone “in the coming weeks.”
Why on earth is this important? The much-maligned quarter-billion-dollar iPlayer project [...]
February 20, 2008
Categories: Apple, Videos, iPhone, iPod . . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: 1 Comment
Apple today announced new iPhone and iPod models with larger memory capacities to solve the ever growing craze for more portable storage. This move doubles the amount of memory that was previously available on the top iPhone and iPod models. Both new models (the 16GB iPhone and the 32GB iPod Touch) will sell for US$499.
Apple [...]
February 5, 2008
Categories: Apple, Hardware, iPhone, iPod . . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: No Comments
Pole Position: Remix was seen floating around the iTunes Store in a couple of banners last week after the Jobs keynote, but wasn’t put up for download until yesterday. This is a first for iPod games: it’s a 3-D racing game. This looks like a really cool game that could keep you company on your [...]
January 22, 2008
Categories: Apple, Games, Gaming, iPod . . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: 1 Comment
According to Information Week, sources “with knowledge of IBM’s plans” have confirmed that IBM will be releasing a version of its email client, Lotus Notes, for the iPhone (and iPod Touch) at the Lotusphere conference next week. Plans for this were announced in October last year after Steve Jobs announced an iPhone SDK coming in [...]
January 18, 2008
Categories: Apple, Software, iPhone, iPod . . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: No Comments
Though there was plenty of other news at the Keynote today, iPod Touch users got a little love thrown their way today — for a price. Master Steve announced that effective immediately, there are five new apps available for the Touch: Mail, Stocks, Notes, Weather, and Maps. Oh, and it will set current Touch owners [...]
January 15, 2008
Categories: Apple, Hardware, OS Updates, iPod . . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: No Comments
Listening to music non-stop has never been easier since the iPod came along. Be that as it may, it seem future versions of Apple’s MP3 player are to be adapted to prevent users from playing tracks at full blast through their earphones for too long. Amid growing fears that listeners could cause irreversible damage to [...]
December 24, 2007
Categories: Apple, Business, iPod . . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: 1 Comment
Listen up iPod Nano (3rd Generation), iPod Classic and 5th Generation iPod owners! Your ability to abstain from buying iPod games could be challenged, for Apple have quietly released Sonic the Hedgehog for your favorite pocket music players. Yes, the Sonic the Hedgehog. I can wait here — you go celebrate this gaming icon making [...]
December 18, 2007
Categories: Apple, Fun, Games, Gaming, iPod, iTunes . . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: 1 Comment
The MiShare is a matchbox-sized $100 Linux appliance that interfaces between two iPods and allows you to transfer files back and forth between them. This’d be great for bands that want to share their work with people who show up at gigs, and for sharing your CC-licensed music with friends at school or work. Too [...]
November 29, 2007
Categories: Gadgets, Linux, iPod . . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: 2 Comments
The software developer Voice Bank announced that it displayed its prototype software for delivering manga on Apple’s iPhone/iPod portable devices at the International Comic Artist Conference in Hong Kong on November 17. Voice Bank also posted images of The Digital Manga Project’s software in operation.The Digital Manga Project is named after the Digital Manga Association [...]
November 19, 2007
Categories: Anime, Apple, iPhone, iPod . Tags: Manga . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: No Comments
gpSPhone is a GameBoy Advance emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch. To use it, of course, you’ll need an iPhone that’s been hacked to use third-party apps, but that’s a small price to pay for quality time with such memorable Nintendo classics as Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga and Mega Man Battle Network. The [...]
November 15, 2007
Categories: Fun, Games, Gaming, iPhone, iPod . Tags: Emulator, Nintendo, ROM . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: 1 Comment
This steampunk iPod skin achieves a nice little trompe l’oeil effect of a cutaway window exposing the massive, bulky gears of your little MP3 player.
November 14, 2007
Categories: Apple, iPod . Tags: Gelaskins, Skins . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: 1 Comment
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here is the first picture from a jailbroken 1.1.2 iPod Touch courtesy of hacker planetbeing. Congratulations to all the iPhone/iPod team, including Pumpkin, Edgan, Dinopio, Drudge, Kroo, and all the rest. Details will be forthcoming as the method gets debugged and safety-features put in-place.
*UPDATE*: As [...]
November 9, 2007
Categories: Apple, How To, iPod . Tags: Hack, Jailbreak . Author: Vash the Stampede . Comments: No Comments