macworld.com - 3/17/2009
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by Dan Frakes , Macworld.com Apple’s third-generation iPod shuffle no longer includes the familiar control pad of previous models, instead providing a slim, three-button remote controller on the headphone cable. As we reported last week, this means the new iPod shuffle is not currently ...
ilounge.com - 3/14/2009
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Author's pic By Jeremy Horwitz Editor-in-Chief, iLounge Published:
Friday, March 13, 2009 Category: iPods Pros: Apple’s smallest,...
lightest iPod yet, and first iPod shuffle with remote control functionality. Offers modestly better transfer speeds and ...
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Review: Apple iPod shuffle (Third-Generation)
money.cnn.com - 3/10/2009
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TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Apple Inc. (AAPL) is planning
to launch a netbook computer with a touch screen...
monitor as early as the second half of this year, two people close to the situation told Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday. The mini laptop computers will ...
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Apple Plans To Launch Netbook With Touch Screen - Sources
reviews.digitaltrends.com - 3/24/2009
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With Apple’s minimalistic taste in design, less is
always more. And there’s no better evidence than the...
latest iPod Shuffle, which has no buttons, no display, no expandable media slot, and no removable battery – yet makes up ...
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Third-Generation Apple iPod Shuffle
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Special Chip Required to Control iPod Shuffle
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... Many of you are already familiar with Apple's new third-generation iPod Shuffle which moved controls for the music player from the device itself up onto the headphones. As of right now, no other headphones exist that can control the device besides Apple's own headphones included with the Shuffle. Over the weekend, several news sites reported that Apple will require vendors to include a special "authentication chip" that will be needed to control the player. Two vendors, Vmoda and Schosche, have confirmed the usage of this chip, though they refer to it more as a ...
Apple confirms proprietary chip in iPod shuffle headphones
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MacWorld reports Apple and iPod accessory vendors have confirmed that there's indeed an authentication chip in the headphones of the new iPod shuffle. This chip prevents companies to make headphones for the iPod shuffle without paying license fees to Apple.
iPod-accessory vendors V-moda and Scosche, as well as other vendors speaking to Macworld anonymously, have confirmed these reports, though calling the circuitry a control chip rather than an authentication chip. As with Apples dock connector andmore recentlyproprietary circuitry ...
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