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Addicted to iMovie08
As I mentioned in an earlier post I've started to experiment with iMovie '08 and have been having a blast editing and building my own videos. At this point I'm using short video clips taken from our camera (a Canon SD800 IS - the image stabilization ...
Top 5 Things To Improve the iPod Touch
After having the iPod Touch for almost two months I thought it would be worth posting some thoughts on some improvements that I'm hoping that Apple will make in version 2 of the device. Some of the fixes below are relatively small while others call f...
Fun with iMovie 08
I've been somewhat delinquent in my postings over the past week as things have been fairly busy at work and I've been working on finishing reading and writing reviews of several new books. However after spending some time tonight working with iMovie ...
Convert old cassettes to digital and listen on your iPod - Mac Version
If you're like me you've got a number of cassette's still kicking around that don't exist on your iPod or in your digital music collection. I finally decided to address the problem and convert a number of these tapes into digital. Here's how its done...
Top iPod touch questions
Here are my answers to the two most common questions I get about my iPod touch are:How is the battery life?Battery life in my experience has tracked fairly closely to Apple's specs which are LINK. Time will tell how well it holds up, since I'm a heav...
Shure 110 ear phones review
By no means am I an audiophile but after a number of years of iPod use on a daily basis I opted to upgrade the ear phones with the purchase of an iPod touch. Previously, I had been using a cheap replacement pair of ear bud style headphones and grew t...
Huzzah! Apple announces SDK for iPhone & iPod Touch
GREAT NEWS!Following on the heels of the rumors from yesterday regarding the potential for Apple to relent and open up the iPhone and iPod touch platforms to third party developers - this announcement was posted on Apple's site today:Let me just say...
A call for Apple to open the iPhone & iPod touch platform.
Well, we knew it was bound to happen sooner of later the iPod Touch was hacked last week through a browser exploit that created a small enough hole in the OS and the hackers forced their way in. There is now a full scale automated hack with a OSX and...
How to make your iPod a great study tool!
Students listen up! Here is another use for your iPod and possibly a great way to get your parents to upgrade you to a new iPod with more capacity. My significant other is taking a graduate level university course and records all the lectures due to...
iPod touch Thoughts & The Future!
This is the third post in the series on my experiences and impressions of the iPod touch look here for:Part 1 andPart 2.Ok now that I've lived with the iPod touch for several weeks I thought it would be worth coming back and revisiting some of my in...
Fun with the iPod touch
Now that I've iPod touch a couple of days I thought that I'd come back with some further thoughts on the device. Possibly the biggest surprise so far with the device is the use of videos and photos. While I expected to use the regular iPod functions...
iPod touch Thoughts in the first 24 hours
I just picked up a new iPod Touch 16GB model yesterday and wanted to post some initial impressions on the device, and its likely impact on the future direction of consumer music devices. To start this off I'll admit that while I'm an Apple fan in ter...
