| I left my phone where? Gadgets often get left behind on business trips
The minute that Scott Karambis passed through security on his way out of Logan Airport in Boston he realized his new video iPod was still onboard the Midwest Airlines plane. "It was one of those endless days," said Karambis, an advertising executive from Beverly Farms, Mass. "The plane was delayed and I was half asleep and I just didn't keep my things together." .
Wi-Fi iPod, Real Soon Now
Having given the obligatory warning regarding a site that routinely reports on future developments that fail to develop, DigiTimes is now reporting that a WiFi iPod, presumably the 6G iPod, has been contracted for production. Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) will produce the Wi-Fi modules and Foxconn will perform as the OEM system assembler, according to Taiwan portable music player component makers. The only other information relates to a shipping date sometime in the second half of 2007. Sure, this is weak, but it doesn't take a news or rumor site to get this one right. The "true" video iPod is inevitable, so the question then becomes one of timing, and the most likely introduction would be before Christmas. All good and well, but since this article is sourced from DigiTimes, and it's Friday, further speculation is in order regarding a product that has been rumored for years.
Final Cut Pro Upgraded
The hero of modern technology, Steve Jobs, announce today many new and exciting product upgrades from the world of Apple Inc. With the release of the iPod back 2001, Apple was able to change the technology world and start on a path to make a serious dent in a PC driven world. While Apple is still trying to make a bigger dent into the PC dominance it has emerged at the leader in mp3 technology and also the leader in video editing software.
Final Cut, the leading video editing software was the first major Apple announcement. Final Cut Server will be a new and improved management system for Final Cut. The features include: media asset management: catalogues 100 file types, proxy generation, keyword searching, access controls. Workflow automation: workflow templates, watch and respond system, review and approve tools, automated encoding and publishing.
TiVo To Bring TV Programming To Apple Video iPodTM and PSPTM ...
TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO ), creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders, today announced an enhancement to its current TiVoToGo feature that will allow TiVo subscribers to easily transfer recorded television programming to their Apple iPod or PSP devices. The enhancement will include exclusive capabilities such as TiVo auto-sync that will allow subscribers to choose if they want new recordings of their favorite programs easily transferred to their portable devices via their PC. Every morning the devices can be loaded with new programs recorded the night before. "The increasing popularity of mobile devices for viewing video such as Apple's iPod and the PSP device demonstrate the enormous consumer demand for entertainment on the go," said Tom Rogers , CEO of TiVo .
The pod that changed the world
There have been countless mediocre inventions. (Shampoo and conditioner in one bottle. Are there really that many people who think two bottles are too complicated?) And then, once in a blue moon, there comes along a WGI. (A Wicked Good Invention.) WGIs change the way we live. They make us wonder how society ever functioned in their absence. Refrigerators. Blue jeans. The toothbrush. iPods. iPods are wicked WGIs. As of last Monday, Apple had sold 100 million iPods worldwide, making the device the fastest-selling music player in history, since it debuted in November 2001. (To compare, it took Sony a decade to sell 50 million Walkmen.) Whether you own one or not, you can't deny that this invention has forever changed the way the world listens to music.
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