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Apple has nicely segregated its iPod line targeting mapping the needs of the users. Amongst this line features iPod Nano, it sits nicely in between the no-frills Shuffle and small computer-like iPod Touch. iPod Nano is currently in its fifth generation and this time it boasts some new features that ups the Nano family from [...]

 
What started as an attempt to give music aficionados and iPod lovers a way to enjoy music and video on a large touchscreen-enabled device has now transformed into multi-functional one. iPod touch in its third year, now efficiently works as a PMP, a gaming console and supposedly for many, a small tablet computer. The latest [...]

 
Apple products come with three qualities– simplicity, sleek body and minimalistic design. The latest 3rd Generation iPod Shuffle boasts all the three qualities but I think Apple may have gone too far with minimalism. The new iPod Shuffle is totally different from its predecessor and adopts a flash drive-esque form factor with just one button [...]

 
iPhone/iPod Touch users can now update their device OS to v3.1.2 that promises to fix few issues related to network disruption, waking from sleep mode and occasional crash during video streaming.
The update is about 240MB big and can be downloaded after connecting the iPhone/iPod Touch to iTunes.
As for jailbreakers and unlockers, steer away from the [...]

 
At a press event today, Bose unveiled the newest addition to its SoundDock family. The SoundDock 10 is a nifty dock that not only supports iPods and iPhone, it also brings in support for auxiliary input to connect different music players as well as a Bluetooth dock to play music from any Bluetooth enabled device. [...]

 
Fifth gen iPod Nano and third gen iPod touch were announced last week and the iFixit folks quickly took to their beloved task – to dissect (or rather teardown) to reveal the innards of these babies. As for iPod Nano, Apple has crammed the new hardware in the same chassis as before with camera being [...]

UPDATE: Indian pricing and availability below.
Apple’s much anticipated rock and roll event is over and have updated its iPod line, in addition to revealing iTunes 9 and iPhone OS 3.1. Starting with the oldest, the iPod Classic’s storage has now been bumped to 160GB for the same price of $249.

Moving onto the smallest iPod, the [...]

 
Sony has got a reason to celebrate. The pioneers of portable music who sells Walkman branded players, have for the first time in Japan surpassed sales of Apple’s iPod in more than four years. This verdict comes from an electronic research firm, BCN who claimed that the Walkman players share for the week ended on [...]

 
Just as rumored, Apple is indeed holding an event for September 9. US publications have started receiving the invite and there are no prizes for guessing it will be a music-centric event. We’re expecting some new iPods with camera, iTunes upgrade and possibly Steve Jobs sighting after his recent medical leave.
[Via Engadget]

 
Last week, Mediamemo hit the nail by suggesting an Apple event for September 7 week and now its affiliate site, Digital Daily has got the exact date. According to their source close to the company, the event will take place on September 9 (that’s 09-09-09) in San Francisco and will be music-centric. It means that [...]

 
New pictures and a video of the next gen iPod Touch has arrived, pretty much confirming of what we had seen last week. This leak comes from the hosts of the Maxim Radio talk show, Covino & Rich and is more believable because of the clearer, hi-res shot and also the picture of the board [...]

 
Look, what has surfaced in one of the buzzing Chinese forums. These photos apparently represent a prototype of the third gen iPod Touch that will have a camera. We’re not vouching for these shots but hope it is the real deal.

 
We do know about iPod Touch’s next powerpacked feature and here is a source of Wired claiming the same thing along with another extra yet nifty feature. According to him, Chinese OEMs for Apple products are already producing the next gen iPod Touch fitted with a camera and a microphone.
The second generation of iPod [...]

 
This has got to be the oddest lawsuits in recent times and yes, you have to LOL. Gregory McKenna sued the iPod company because they conspired with the Italian Mafia threatening to kill him. How? Via words inserted in some songs on his iPod.
The lawsuit claims that McKenna bought two iPods, Shuffle from eBay [...]

 
Future iPods will feature cameras, claims a new rumor. Techcrunch’s Asian source is of the opinion that Apple is looking to add camera to the whole iPod line except the Shuffle. To further substantiate the claim, Macrumors published few cases of the supposedly next-gen iPods. While the iPod Touch case (above) suggests that the camera [...]