seeking fresh content for your video-enabled iPod? look no further! iTube (Windows only) is a dead simple tool allowing to download any clip from YouTube straight to your player. just enter the URL of the chosen video, and iTube will download the movie, convert it to mp4 (or mpeg, for other players) and update your [...]
iTunes 7 received loads of bad press immediately after last weeks release. especially Windows-users complain about heavily increased CPU- and memory-load, disfunctional download of cover-artwork, problems with certain iPod-models and destroyed installations. this reminds a lot of itTunes 6, which was quite buggy in its inital release as well (lets remember this when iTunes 8 [...]
Apple’s ‘Showtime’-event focussed on digital media just ended 2 hours ago, and like with augusts WWDC keynote, I’m not too impressed with the outcome. check TechCrunch for a brief summary or Engadget for an extremley detailed live-blog + hands-on reports with all products.
as expected, iTMS now sells feature-movie downloads for as low as $13 (pre-orders [...]
the death of my ipod (4G, about 1.5 year old, refurbished by Apple only a few months ago) seems to be only a matter of days. since weeks it’s crashing while playback almost on a daily basis. since yesterday the device isn’t recognized anymore when plugged into the dock. I’ll try to remove the rockbox-BIOS, [...]
The Free iPod Book by iLounge was recently released for download in its second version. the first 80 pages deliver a wide-ranged shopping-guide to accessories like headphones or docks, cases in all kind of colours and shapes, additionial software, car-installment kits and ipod-customization-options. another 70 pages cover the itunes-software and most of it’s lesser known [...]