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 audio quality than prior shuffle, replaces ...
money.cnn.com - 3/10/2009
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money.cnn.com —
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
apple.com - 3/11/2009
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apple.com —
iPod shuffle and Apple Earphones with Remote plugged
in. Its size will leave you speechless. Good thing...
it also talks. The world’s smallest music player also happens to be the world’s first talking one. Two things that make the iPod shuffle one ...
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iPod shuffle - VoiceOver. Multiple playlists. 4GB.
eff.org - 3/14/2009
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eff.org —
Even as it attacks DRM on music, Apple
is continuing to add more DRM to its own...
hardware (we recently documented all of Apple's various hardware DRM restrictions). The latest example is the new iPod Shuffle . According to the careful reviewers at ...
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Apple Adds Still More DRM to iPod Shuffle
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Apple's New iPod shuffle Garners EFF Criticism
Tech-Ex —
... a few days ago, I noted that ehey had (somewhat amazingly) reduced its size (again). But as iLounge noted, it also has a new Apple authentication chip, and that got the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ...
Apple's New iPod shuffle Garners EFF Criticism
DriverHeaven.net —
... a few days ago, I noted that ehey had (somewhat amazingly) reduced its size (again). But as iLounge noted, it also has a new Apple authentication chip, and that got the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ...
More 3G iPod Shuffle drama
Fudzilla —
... 3G iPod Shuffle and everyone is waiting for Apple to release these. We didn't think it was a great idea from day one, but this "new" control system seems to be getting worse and worse for every day that goes by. You could always make the Shuffle live up to its name, by using your own headphones and just switch it on, as it'll still play your music, but you won't have any means to control it. You can find Boingboing's ripped apart controller unit here and iLounge's report here
Apple iPod shuffle chip restricts use of 3rd party headphones
DV Hardware —
... , but inside this talking digital audio player lurks a shocking secret. iLounge found out the headphones of the new shuffle contain some kind of authentication chip. ...
So what is that mystery chip inside the new iPod shuffle's headphones?
Hardware 2.0 —
March 16th, 2009 So what is that mystery chip inside the new iPod shuffle's headphones? Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 8:18 am Categories: Apple Tags: Headphone , Apple iPod , Shuffle , Apple iPod Shuffle , Apple Inc. , Chip , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Late last week it emerged that the headphones that Apple developed for the new iPod shuffle contain a mystery chip marked 8A93E3 . Is it a DRM chip that will force those who want to make third-party headphones for the shuffle to sign up to a ...
Apple Suicide: Obsessive Control
Today @ PC World —
... and the new VoiceOver feature is rendered obsolete. The assertion came from iLounge during its recent review of the new iPod Shuffle . The blog, famous for its detailed product reviews, doesn't say how it knows Apple included an authentication chip in the new headphones, only that it has. A further investigation by BoingBoing discovered ...
Apple licensed authentication chip required for third-party Shuffle headphones
Neoseeker News Feed —
... device have been moved from the device itself to the headphones. Use of existing headphones would require an adapter that contained the controls, which most people assume will cost $20-30. At the time, I didn't think this was as big of a deal as everyone was making it out to be. This is an iPod after all, and there are bound to be dozens of manufacturers creating third party headphones for this little MP3 player. It should only be a matter of time. Apparently it isn't so simple. In a review of the new iPod Shuffle , iLounge breaks the bad news to the world. Apple is going to ...
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Third-Generation Apple iPod Shuffle
reviews.digitaltrends.com 3/24/2009 —
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 ...
Apple Deals Out a New iPod shuffle
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 3/11/2009 — Apparently tiny wasn't enough of a description for the iPod shuffle, as Apple on Wednesday unveiled a new miniscule version of their smallest iPod. As you can see from the comparison with the older version above, it's significantly smaller; Apple says it's 1/2 the size. Despite the size ...
Apple iPod shuffle 3G Review
everythingusb.com 5/5/2009 — Apple's 3rd generation 4GB iPod shuffle once again breaks new ground, this time by eliminating its trademark circular control ring and shrinking its physical size to unbelievable proportions. Truly a sight to behold, and now with double the ...
iPod shuffle review: where we're going, we don't need clicks
arstechnica.com 3/24/2009 —
The third-generation iPod shuffle is here, and not a soul saw it coming. (These days, that's a rarity.) Apple's new buttonless wonder has been making waves and ruffling feathers in the days since its introduction, so we took some time ...
Talking iPod Shuffle Review
hardwaresecrets.com 4/27/2009 — Review of the new version a.k.a. 3rd generation of iPod shuffle which is even smaller than the original shuffle and... talks
Apple restyles iPod Shuffle
go.theregister.com 3/11/2009 — Controls off the player onto the earphone cable Apple has quietly revamped the iPod Shuffle - removing all its control in the process.…
Apple's New iPod shuffle Garners EFF Criticism
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 3/14/2009 — When Apple introduced the new iPod shuffle a few days ago, I noted that ehey had (somewhat amazingly) reduced its size (again). But as iLounge noted, it also has a new Apple authentication chip, and that got the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) stewing . Apple purportedly uses these chips ...
Apple, vendors confirm iPod headphone-chip rumors | Accessories
macworld.com 3/17/2009 — 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 ...
Camera Apple iPod 2009 Players Delayed?
i4u.com 9/8/2009 — Tomorrow Wednesday September 9th Apple is supposed to unveil new iPod players at the Only Rock and Roll media event in San Francisco. All rumors point to video cameras integrated in new iPod touch and iPod nano players.
AppleInsider reports now that the...
'Talking' iPod Shuffle spills guts —
The Register 3/13/2009
Player disassembled in pictures Want to see the inside of Apple's new iPod Shuffle? Those crazy take-everything-to-bits guys at iFixit.com have pulled one apart to satisfy your curiosity.…
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