How to Live without Your iPod by John T Jones, Ph.D.
For the price of your monthly car payment you can buy an iPod®. It will store your music and video. If you go on vacation, it will store the shots from your camera–unless you have one of those ancient critters that uses film. The last feature strikes at this old man’s heart. ... Anyway, if I did have an iPod® I would just lose it. ... Here is a list of things to do while scheming to get your folks to fork up the dough to buy you another iPod®: Write that term paper for your English Class that was due last week.

iPod Battery Capacity by Dan Hagopian
In my last article about the 24 Hour iPod Battery we discussed the true capability of such an iPod battery. Now however, I wanted to speak directly about the primary limitations of current battery technology that makes it difficult to truly get an iPod battery to last 24 hours given the... All iPod batteries including the (iPod 3rd Gen Battery, iPod Mini Battery, iPod Nano, Battery, iPod Video Battery, iPod Photo Battery, iPod 4th Gen Battery, iPod Shuffle, and iPod Classic Battery) have all been specifically designed for a battery rating that will perform a single function – to power...

Comparing MP3 Players by Nicky Pilkington
The main benefit of the Digital Age is convenience. MP3 players are one of the most popular components in recent years. They way they work is simple. You simply download your favorite music to an MP3 player and begin enjoying your music. MP3 actually refers to a method of audio compression that... The iPod Photo leads the pack of this level of MP3 players. ... The Creative Nomad Zen Xtra player is highly competitive to the iPod Photo. ... Capable of storing anywhere from 350 to 1,000 songs, micro hard-drive MP3 players such as the iRiver H10 and iPod Mini are your best bet.

iPod Models by Daniel Dwase
1st Generation iPod The 1st generation iPod is the first iPod model by Apple announced on October 23, 2001, the cost of the original iPod was $399 with a 5 GB hard drive. Critics panned the unit's price, but it proved an instant hit in the marketplace, quickly overtaking earlier hard drive... 5th Generation iPod The 5th generation iPod is often called the iPod video or the video iPod was released on October 12, 2005 and it's available in 30 GB and 60 GB capacity models. ... It can also display video on an external TV using the iPod AV or S-video cables with the iPod Universal Dock.

iPod Capabilities by Daniel Dwase
Software iPod Capabilities include playing: 1. MP3 audio file formats. 2. WAV audio file formats. 3.M4A / AAC LC audio file formats. 4. Protected AAC audio file formats. 5. AIFF audio file formats. 6. Audible audiobook audio file formats and 7. Apple Lossless audio file formats. ... iPod Photo (an addition to the functionality of the 4th generation iPod released in late 2004) introduced a color screen, while iPod shuffle (released January 2005) has no screen at all. ... When iPod Mini was replaced with iPod Nano it received a colour screen (and photo capabilty) and starting with the...

New Google Software: 13 Free Downloads that You're Gonna Love by James Bradley
IIf you've not downloaded the newest free software bundle from Google yet, then you've gotta read this... This package includes the latest powerful tools with countless features that will benefit you in a number of ways. There's text, photo, music, and video applications, programs that address... Google Video Player is a tool that plays videos that may be purchased and downloaded from the Google Video website. ... Picasa is a photo organizer that allows you to find all of the photos stored on your computer, and organize, edit, and share them with others.

How Long will My iPod Video Play? by Dan Hagopian
Is it true the ipod video (fifth gen ipod) will hold a charge for up to 20 hours? Let's see! First of all the legal fine print on Apple's iPod page explicitly refers to the 60 Gb iPod Video only being able to play (hold a charge in the battery) up to 20 hours. ... Again in In a iLounge test they found that the new iPod Video played music for 19 hours, 50 minutes, but exceeded Apple’s photo and video claims, playing a music photo slideshow for 4 hours, 47 minutes, iPod-screen video for 3 hours, 23 minutes, and on-TV video for a hefty 5 hours and 24 minutes.

iRiver U10 - The Video Player by Mike Singh
In a new and emerging market of digital media players, a competitive race for the mainstream population is taking place. Everywhere a person looks in this rapidly changing world of entertainment, there seems to be world of digital media players on the move - one after another - with iriver's new... Most other MP3 manufacturers get along with one interface, but iriver uses three of them: to transfer audio, WMP or Windows Explorer needs to be used, with WMP needing to be used for transferring playlist files; when transferring videos, Windows Explorer is used, with a new joint venture between...

Picture Viewers- 10 Multimedia Players and Portable Media Centers Reviewed by Brandon Baumgarten
Recently a friend of mine was planning a Photo Eurail Adventure. He said he was going to buy 4 or 5 more Compact Flash Cards, so that he would have enough room for all of his photos. "Eben," I said, "get a Multimedia Storage DVR. When you fill up a card just transfer your images to it." Then we... Apple iPod Photo 60 GB, iPod Photo 30 GB with Video Playback. ... The photo viewer has direct printing to some Epson printers without a computer (Epson Stylus Photo R300, R320, R600, and PictureMate). ... You can store up to 160 hours of video or up to 1,200 hours of music.

Handheld Ultramobile Gizmos by Julia Hall
Bearing an uncanny resemblance the Dish Network’s PocketDISH, Microsoft recently revealed their new hand held, ultra portable device, with a 7-inch video screen. While not direct competitors in the strictest sense, both the PocketDISH from Dish Network and the Origami from Microsoft share an... For example, both can store and play photos (400,000 photos with the PocketDISH), both devices can show video content, and both can play video games. ... For someone primarily interested in storing and sharing photos, listening to music files, and watching video content, the PocketDISH from...