The upgrades to 2.0 for the iPhone and iPod Touch has arrived. If any one has tried to install upgrades and new applications in other smartphones then they will appreciate just how good iTunes + iPhone/iPod integration is.
I upgraded my iPod touch to 2.0 and added in Ebay app, AOL Radio (with NPR goodness on [...]

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[Uploaded on August 31, 2007 by nobihaya]
The Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen spilled the beans over progress made on getting Flash working on the iphone yesterday:
MACMILLAN: And then just to follow-up was on the Apple iPhone 3G — any update on Flash support within that device? Thanks.

NARAYEN: With respect to the iPhone, we are working on [...]

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The big numbers story this January is that General Motors has held on to it’s spot as number one car manufacturer in the US over Toyota who has beaten Ford for the first time:
Toyota sold 48,226 more cars and trucks than Ford, according to sales figures released today. Toyota’s sales were up 3 percent for [...]

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I don’t know if anyone noticed but this week Hewlett Packard announced 5 new PDAs based on the Windows PDA OS:
The new iPAQ 210 Enterprise Handheld, iPAQ 110 Classic Handheld, iPAQ 910 Business Messenger, iPAQ 610 Business Navigator, and the iPAQ 310 Travel Companion are HP’s ammunition in what appears to be a serious go [...]

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Whilst Apple’s iPod and iPhone products continue to create new sales records, Microsoft’s Zune player pricing continues to slide with discounts ranging from 17 to 20% off retail according to Amazon.

Whereas the iPod at the retail level is sold at list price, online it attracts only a 5% discount at most.
The dramatic discounting for the [...]

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The folks at hideapod.com have released the ultimate anti theft device for your ipod, an iPod cover that is shaped like a brown Zune player.
It’s really very simple. Just tell us what iPod model you want to protect and we provide a gutted and hinged Zune with our custom molded iPod casing adapter. We also [...]

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Microsoft Employees at the Zune Headquarters in Redmond Washington are refusing to give up their iPods. In an attempt to force staff to give up their ipods without retribution, the Zune staff have installed an “iPod Amnesty” bin.

iPod Amnesty Bin
Originally uploaded by fimoculous.
“After been out for a week, the effort has been pretty much a [...]

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Just as soon as I proposed that Microsoft adopt a DRM Free platform in order to compete with Apple, Apple announces DRM free music from EMI on Itunes….
Reacting to Apple’s announcement Monday that it will soon begin selling music tracks from EMI without copy protection, PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster advised investors to look out [...]

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My post on the weekend about the impending doom for Zune created a lot of feedback. Most of it was positive but some was negative and their were the usual supporters from the “Microsoft can do no wrong” cult. Here is some responses to the feedback:
IPod was successful because it was cool
Those of you [...]

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TheZune player continues to struggle against strong competition from it’s own “Playsforsure” partners Creative and SansDisk, both soundly beating the Zune player in sales.
“Apple has dominated sales of MP3 players almost since it entered the market five years ago. In contrast, there are already questions about how sustainable Microsoft’s Zune sales will be. NPD’s own [...]

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