2007

MWSF: iPhone & iTV

Unless you have been living in a bubble for the last twenty four hours you know about the two new Apple products to be announced at MacWorld San Fransisco.

MWSF: iTunes Music Store Update & Paramount

Two new updates from the world of the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) during the MacWorld keynote.

EGO Waterproof Sound Case for iPod

Atlantic Inc., introduces a waterpoof speaker for the iPod.

Apple's 1 Billion Profit

Apple released their earnings on Wednesday evening selling over 21 million iPods in the 4th quarter of 2006.

Vortex Game Demo Available on iTMS

Apple is offering a free demo of the Vortex game in the iTMS (iTunes Music Store).

Apple iPod Shuffle Now in Five Colors

In traditional Apple style, the Apple store rebooted this Tuesday morning and when it came back up had four new iPod Shuffles in various colors.

Lionsgate & Free Sesame Street Shows

Apple announced yesterday that they have added Lionsgate movies to the iTunes Music Store. Today they are offering four free Sesame Street shows.

MediaFork - DVD to iPod Converter

A great new easy to use DVD to iPod converter based on the open-source Handbreak code.

Apple Airport Extreme 802.11n Review

A review of the new Apple Airport Extreme base station that supports the new 802.11n high speed wireless protocol.

iTunes 7.1.5 & Quicktime 7.1

An Apple release of software that gets ready for the new Apple TV.

iPodTips Turns Two

We are very please to announce that today is our 2nd anniversary or providing good news, tips and reviews for all your iPoders out there.

Apple Releases iPod Shuffle Reset Utility 1.0

Apple released a utility to reset your iPod shuffle that works with both old and new iPod shuffle models.

Buy TV Shows Before They Air on iTunes

In a pretty shocking little bit of functionality Apple's iTunes now offers the ability to buy TV shows before they air.

Walt Reviews AppleTV - Ours On The Way

Walt Mossberg, of Wall Street Journal reviews the Apple TV while ours is still heading towards us from China.

Apple TV Review (40GB)

A review of the first generation Apple TV which is the 40GB model.

iPod Tips Reviews The 40GB Apple TV

Our Apple TV made it's way all the way from China last week just for this review.

Apple's Leopard, Mail Notes & iPhone for GTD?

Based on what we know and some of what we don't know we put together a GTD (Getting Things Done) scenario for Apple's 10.5 Leopard, Mail, Notes and the iPhone.

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Apple & EMI - DRM Free Music

Apple and EMI held a press conference today and announced that available in May 2007, consumers would be able to buy higher bit rate (256 AAC) DRM free music from the iTunes Music Store for $1.29. Consumers would be able to upgrade to for $.30.

iPhone - Talk To You Soon

Apple sent out an email to everyone who signed up for information on the new iPhone yesterday.

New iQuiz Game for iPod Just $.99

A new iPod game available today from the iTunes Music Store called iQuiz which is an updated version of the free one on the iPod.

What application features can we expect from the iPhone?

A quick look at some of the features found in Mac OSX applications and how they might apply to the iPhone. This article is part wish list, part thought process with some predictions thrown in for good measure.

Palm Foleo Hands On & New Features

We got a chance to put the Palm Foleo through its paces here at the iPod Tips labs and found some interesting features.

Three iPhone Ads & June 29th Release

Apple just released three of their iPhone teaser ads which include a few more snippets of information as well as the big one that it will be released Friday, June 29th.

First Look at iPhone Calendar (updated)

Apple sent out an email today telling people to get read for the June 29th iPhone release but also included the first images of the iPhone Calendar. We took a look and came up with the following.

Notes on the iPhone?

There are a ton of questions about the iPhone most of which are about SDKs and how will the touchscreen work for input. It seems like nobody is asking the most basic question which is where are the notes?

iPhone Has 8 Hours of Talk Time

Apple today released news that it has increased the talk time on the Apple iPhone by 3 hours. The also said the new iPhone surface will be high impact glass.

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Revolutionary iPhone a Crappy PDA?

A new update to the functionality on the forthcoming iPhone might make it a crappy PDA and huge setback for Palm/Treo user adoption.

How AT&T Screwed The Pooch for Apple & The iPhone

Once in a great while you get to witness two different companies working together on a product or service and see how they are just polar opposites. In this case AT&T could be the biggest and most fatal flaw for Apple. From piss filled alleys, poor management to crappy planning this is the story or our quest for an iPhone.

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8GB iPhone Review Part 1: The Good, Bad & Needed

There are a ton of reviews out there so we will make ours try to stand out by getting to the upside and downside of the new Apple iPhone in a multi-part series of articles.

iPhone Review Part 2: Treo Vs iPhone

The second part of our multi-part review on the new Apple iPhone. This one will look at the differences between the iPhone and the Palm Treo.

iPhoto 08 Quick Review

We got our hands on iLife 08 yesterday and headed straight for our favorite application, iPhoto. Here is a quick review of some of the better features.

New .Mac Backup & Strategy

Backing up is hard to do but here are a few good strategies to help you achieve backup bliss.

CopyTrans - New iPod Tips Sponsor

We are pleased to announce CopyTrans our first and newest official sponsor of the iPod Tips.

Apple iPhone Update 1.1.1 With iTunes & Starbucks

Apple releases a new release to the Apple iPhone and brings a new fun feature which we review.

iPhone vs Google's Andriod

Although not much is known yet about the new Google cell phone platform named Android, let the speculation on how it will effect Apple and the iPhone begin.

When is the iPhone coming?

When are you buying the iPhone?

AppleTV - Boon or Bust?

AppleTV - Boon or Bust?