All posts containing the tag: "iPod"
Running with Jerry O'Connell is a real Party ... in the U.S.A.
Rebecca Romijn's hubby went for a jog yesterday, when his iPod dropped his favorite tune -- and that Miley song was on ... the Miley song was on ...and Jerry sang along.
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Music, Miley Cyrus
It's not just the highly educated who will be invading DC for the inauguration. Thousands of morons will be flooding in as well -- but fear not, the city is preparing for them too.
The Ritz-Carlton Georgetown will have a 24/7 "iPod butler" on duty to make sure their technology impaired guests can download music on the free iPods they're passing out with a paid room.
FYI -- if you don't know how to use an iPod by now, you're probably a Communist.
Filed under: Politix
They're everywhere -- millions of white ear buds hanging from iPods. It's about time to upgrade to a pair of headphones created by someone who knows a little bit about music.
N.W.A. Co-Founder, producer/rapper Dr. Dre, has teamed up with Monster Cable to create Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, which are supposed to produce what most are lacking -- a rich, deep bass.
You get great sound and you get to stand out from the crowd. Remember, it's gotta be bumpin'!
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Uh oh! Only a few more days until Christmas and you're still racking your brain on what to get that special geek in your life. Don't fret, we have some last-minute gift ideas you can pick up at any electronics superstore!
For the Kids:
It's time you faced facts; getting a Nintendo Wii this late in the game is about as plausible as a discussion about birth control in the Spears household. Instead of waiting in endless lines, pick up the Nintendo DS portable gaming device. It still has the kid-friendly games like the Wii, but isn't in high demand. The best part is that when you are able to finally secure a Wii, the Nintendo DS will be able to talk to it with the latest Pokemon games.
The Teenager:
They can bug you all they want, but you're not going to throw down $400 for an iPhone. Sure it's the greatest iPod ever made, but it's also the most expensive. Instead, pick up an iPod nano. This small little digital powerhouse can be had for $150 and plays MP3s and videos. They get their music and videos -- and you get to pay the rent.
The Adult:
Regardless of how geeky your friend my be, deep inside they still harbor the dream of being a tech-savvy Picasso who has yet to find his or her medium. Here comes the low cost Flip Video Ultra. For $150 you get an easy to use camcorder that fits in your pocket and shoots surprisingly good quality video. The camcorder works with both Windows and Mac, and comes with simple software that allows the budding nerd artistes to share their masterpieces.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
If you've ever wanted to share a new song with a friend, you know how awkward it is to explain it, or the inconvenience of having to cram your earphones into your pal's head.
The updated Osiris G-Bag allows you to share your music without the messy tangle of headphone wires. The backpack is equipped with its own sound system -- complete with external speakers, and it's compatible with all MP3 devices, including the iPod! Listen to this!
The quality of the backpack sound system is enough to impress Chris Brown, who wears one during his concerts.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Apple has just announced a brand new, full touch-screen, Wi-Fi enabled iPod. Gadget geeks, start your engines!
The new iPod Touch will come in 8GB and 16GB, with prices of $299 and $399, respectively. The new Touch will also feature a Wi-Fi music store for downloading your tunes directly to your iPod. Sweet.
Other big Apple announcements today include: The iPhone is now $200 cheaper (8GB version for $399), the regular iPod (now the iPod Classic) is now $249 for the 80GB version and $349 for a 160GB version, and the iPod Nano now has a video screen -- $149 for the 4GB, $199 for the 8GB.
Now if you'll excuse us, we have some holiday shopping to do!
Filed under: Celebritoyz
With the plethora of electronic devices people are wielding these days, unsightly wires connected to chargers have become a major pain. Worse yet, is when you don't have enough power connections on your power strip and you have to decide which device is more important.
Chargepod can help you reign in that tangle of wires! The Chargepod will charge 6 devices at once, with a single power cord! A blue LED will light up when a device is getting juice, so you know when you leave the house in the morning, your gizmo is ready to give you hours of electronic bliss.
And it actually looks cool -- so you don't have to hide it. Power to the people!
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Hot summer days means cool summer nights. You could just toss on any old hoodie while you cruise the night, but as soon as you try listening to your MP3 player or newly acquired iPhone, you get a tangled mess o' wires. Knot no more.
The Ultimate Hoodie Microfleece can keep you from getting snarled in your cord mess by utilizing its integrated wire management system. Your cables are actually inside the hoodie -- no more snagging on random obstacles! The hoodie's lightweight microfleece is thin enough that you can control your devices through the fabric, yet thick enough to keep the chill out, while chilling. Add 11 pockets to carry change, keys and bottles -- and you've got the greatest hoodie ever invented! It even has a secret pocket for your, uh, vitamins.
Expect hoodie aficionado Lindsay Lohan to be sporting one of these ... while hiding from TMZ cameras.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
Surfboard art goes political! 
After losing a heat in the Rip Curl surf contest in Chile, reigning eight-time Foster's ASP World Champion Kelly Slater was photographed rockin' a surfboard with a statement. The board art mockingly puts Abu Ghraib images in the iPod silhouette advertisement style.
Slater is not known for having much to say on anything -- except winning. Guess he does now ... or maybe he just digs the wicked graphics!
Filed under: Hot Bodies
It's gonna be a long lost summer for "Lost" fans after tonight's season finale. Message boards will be abuzz with the latest wacky theories, TMZ's resident "Lost" expert, Daniel, will return to his summer job at In-N-Out. How will we pass the time?
Fortunately, Apple and Gameloft have just released the official "Lost" game for the iPod. The storyline was created by the "Lost" writers, and you can play as Jack, Kate, Locke and Sayid. Sorry Daniel, no Charlie. Explore the island and its many challenges from the palm of your hand.
The "Lost" game is only available on the fifth generation iPod. Watch for Daniel's "Lost Diary" tomorrow, before he heads back to working the grill!
Filed under: TV, Celebritoyz, Lost
Everyone remembers the glasses worn by Geordi LaForge from "Star Trek: The Next Generation." They gave Geordi the ability to see like you and me -- and of course, made him look like a dork.
Well, if you're unconcerned with your appearance, yet concerned with the ultimate private video viewing experience, then the Digital Video Eyewear is right up your movie-viewing alley. The eyewear attaches to your personal DVD player, Video iPod or Zune. You can even watch field-sequential content in 3D if the DVD supports the format.
Since you can't see the stares you're likely to get while wearing this thing, they're the perfect glasses for the film buff on the go.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
The amount of iPod music docks on the market is staggering. Still, with all the choices, most players are a sterile black or white player with absolutely no character.
Roth Audio is coming to the rescue with their MC4 music cocoon. The retro-looking music dock uses 4 glowing tubes that not only give the player its unique look, but adds a warmth and distinction that you can only get from tube based amps. You can also plug in other audio devices using the plethora of inputs on the back. Any hardcore audiophile or guitar player will tell you that when you're looking for clean warm sound, the tube is the only way to go.
Of course, no amount of warmth will fix Fergie's latest album.
Filed under: Celebritoyz
If a proposed bill passes in New York, you won't see pedestrians in Manhattan bopping along to their iPods.
State Sen. Carl Kruger is planning to introduce legislation to ban the use of gadgets -- iPods, Blackberrys, cell phones, etc. -- while crossing city streets. Careful Sen. Kruger, you don't want to cross Steve Jobs!
"We're talking about people walking, sort of tuned in and in the process of being tuned in, tuned out," Kruger told WCBS-TV in New York. "They're walking into speeding cars. They're walking into buses. They're walking into one another and it's creating a number of fatalities that have been documented right here in the city."
Kruger's bill calls for a $100 fine, and would apply only to big cities in New York state, which already has a law banning the use of cell phones while driving, unless a hands-free device is used.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Enjoy the spotlight Apple -- while it lasts. Apple, as you don't need me to tell you, introduced the $499 iPhone yesterday, and in so doing sent Apple's share price soaring by six percent. Close-competitor BlackBerry stock plunging by even more. To put that in perspective for you: Apple, Inc. is now worth $6 billion more than it was 48 hours ago, and the iPhone won't even be available until June.
I can see why. I recently steeled myself and managed to program -- slowly, painfully -- a few new numbers into my Motorola RAZR V3 cell phone. With its agonizingly slow web connection and painfully awkward text-messaging, being thin really is about its only redeeming quality. Fortunately, as Nicole Richie can tell you, being extremely thin is often enough to keep your name in the papers. When the RAZR came out in July 2004, it stopped traffic; Aircraft-grade aluminum, chemically-etched keypad numbers, all in a package less than 14 millimeters thick. Back then, we all agreed that cell phones were evil, and while they all more or less sucked for anything beside making a call, they were necessary. The least they could be was elegantly unobtrusive.
Steve Job's latest invention aims to contravene those assumptions. In addition to being a phone, it's got a multi-touch screen, scrolling navigation and a 2-megapixel camera, as well as the iPod music and video player. Daily Variety even put news of Apple's new, albeit limited, movie download agreement with Paramount Pictures on its front page the other day. (If you think your monthly cell phone bill is scary now, wait until it includes the price of the six movies, ten shows and eighteen songs you bought with it.)
More, I don't know about you, but my cell phone has taken so many beatings from me, it's considering taking out a restraining order. In contrast, I treat the iPod my wife gave to me like it's a Fabergé egg. I shudder to think what will happen to Apple if the five or six hundred dollar iPhone proves to be as delicate as it is expensive. Rather than use it to order 4,000 lattes, Jobs would have impressed me and the CES audience far more if he'd simply dropped his iPhone to the floor, as I've done a million times, then nonchalantly continued his prank call to Starbucks.
One other thing that leaves me head-scratching: Why would a guy so meticulous about what tech geeks refer to as "the user experience" throw-in with a bunch of chuckleheads like the phone companies? Ultimately, a phone is judged by its provider, and as anyone who's called directory assistance can tell you, the phone companies will deny that a restaurant you just drove by even exists -- especially when you need the number in a hurry.
It appears Wall Street's analysts share the same worries; this summer we'll see if Jobs can revolutionize chewing the fat the way he did spinning the wax.
Filed under: City Of Industry
Very few products have dominated the landscape the way the Apple iPod has. The personal music player market is raking in about $4 billion a year, of which iPod has a very large chunk. Coupled with iTunes, it has virtually danced its way through a few years of competition-free dominance. Now comes the anticipated challenge from someone with the bucks to go against the market leader. Microsoft. Yep, the behemoth finds itself in the unfamiliar role of underdog in this face off.
Microsoft launched its Zune device this week with some significant fanfare. The Seattle giant hooked up with the Secret Machines, Queens of the Stone Age, Red Hot Chili Peppers, rapper T.I. and others, throwing concert "launch parties" around the country. Chairman Bill Gates himself strode onstage at the Seattle gig to give away one of the devices to a lucky concertgoer. In a world where the iPod has such vast saturation, Zune needed some hoopla to get some attention.
The concerts were a smart move in an attempt to gain some rock "street cred," particularly by using some hip bands like QUOTSA and the Secret Machines. The "taking it straight to the people" approach included utilizing music bloggers to get the word out. Zune ads started popping up in top music blogs last month, and Microsoft shrewdly invited bloggers to the launch parties -- although not all the bloggers it wooed are impressed with the new toy. Maybe that's why they've started their own Zune blog?
Microsoft faces an uphill battle to penetrate the iPod's market share, particularly among folks who've amassed a large iTunes library. For example, when you install your Zune software, an option will appear to allow you to import your iTunes library. But, a Microsoft rep tells TMZ that he questions the legality of transferring songs on your computer (that were purchased from iTunes) over to Zune device. Beyond those types of questions, there is the "comfort" factor people have with exisiting devices, and of course, iPod has huge name recognition and brand loyalty. I'm one of those people that has even adopted "iPod" as a generic term for all mp3 players. A five year head start by Apple will make Microsoft's race to catch up a difficult one. Then again, nobody expected these guys to dominate the computer software world the first time they faced long odds against established players. The "mp3 player wars" will be fun to watch, and hopefully, consumers will benefit from the competition. Right now, both devices are priced at $249. Will we see some price wars in the coming months? Count on it!
Filed under: Music, Sound Bytes
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