By masquerading their Pre as an iPod, Palm was able to sync the Pre to iTunes — a “feature” which Palm refers to as “Palm Media Sync”. Apple then disabled this unsupported feature when it released iTunes v8.2.1. Apple even responded to the issue of unsupported media players with this support article — iTunes: About [...]
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Today, Apple announced that HD Movies are available to Rent or Buy on the iTunes Store. Movies can also be pre-ordered from the iTunes Store and will be downloaded to your computer on their release date. HD Movies on the iTunes Store
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Here’s a rundown of what Apple announced at today’s Let’s Rock event. •iTunes 8 is released. It features a new “Genius” button and sidebar that can automatically create playlists and suggestions based on a selected song. iTunes will also communicate (anonymously) your listening habits back to Apple so that the Genius feature can get smarter. [...]
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Apple announced today that new movie releases will be available for purchase the same day as their DVD release. The film studios involved in this are 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and First Look Studios.
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For a limited time, you can get a free $15 iTunes gift card with the purchase of a refurbished 4GB or 8GB iPod nano (current generation). In order get this offer, you must use the link below or the link to the right. The refurbished iPod nanos are already a terrific deal, but to get [...]
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I just stumbled across this today while looking at some 512px x 512px icons. While the subject of the detail is nothing special, it is the attention to detail that amazes me. Around the inner ring of the CD is the text: iTUNES 7 120806 APPLE 2006 click the image for larger view
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24 hours to watch a movie rental from start to finish is way too short, in my opinion. I don’t know how many times I have fallen asleep before a movie is over, and only get back to the movie at the same time the next night. By then, my time would be expired on [...]
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Over 5 million copies of Leopard have been sold so far making it the most successful Mac OS ever. Apple announced Time Capsule, a wireless backup drive available in 500GB ($299) and 1TB ($499) versions. Backup your laptop without wires. In addition to being the best way to back up a Mac, Time Capsule is [...]
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InformationWeek writes that on December 31, 2007, a lawsuit was filed against Apple that charges the company with maintaining an illegal monopoly on the digital music market. The complaint takes issue with Apple’s refusal to support the Windows Media Audio format. “Apple’s iPod is alone among mass-market Digital Music Players in not supporting the WMA [...]
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Would you like to create your own ringtones for your iPhone? Here’s how Apple recommends to do that. Here’s what you need to do it: GarageBand 4.1.1 or later iTunes 7.5 or later iPhone with software version 1.1.2 or later To create a custom ringtone Set up a cycle region that covers the area you [...]
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