News Archive for 05/06/28

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Apple offers free iPod to students who purchase Macs

06/28, 1:40pm

Apple offers free iPod

Educational customers who buy a Mac through September 24th will get a free iPod mini and a chance to save up to $480 when combined with their student discount. "Choose an iBook, PowerBook, iMac or Power Mac, then select your favorite 4GB iPod mini." Alternatively, stuents can apply the $180 savings toward the purchase of a higher priced iPod. With the student discount, iBooks are available starting at $950, PowerBooks at $1400, and iMacs at $1200. (Find this story and other iPod news every day on iPodNN -- the best resource for iPod news.)

New iPod lineup from Apple features photos, color

06/28, 8:45am

New Apple photo-iPods

Apple today announced new photo capabilities for its entire line of iPods, creating "a single line of white iPods that all feature color displays with the ability to view album artwork, photos and play slideshows in stunning color." The "simplified" white iPod photo lineup features a 20GB model, holding up to 5,000 songs priced at $300 and a 60GB model, holding up to 15,000 songs priced at $400 as well as a color iPod U2 Edition. Apple also said that, starting today a software update for Click Wheel iPods will deliver an easy-to-use Podcast menu to the new podcasting features in iTunes 4.9 (released early Tuesday morning). The menu will feature bookmarking within a Podcast and the ability to display Podcast artwork in color. Apple also reduced pricing by $20 on the iPod U2 Edition and the 1GB iPod shuffle.

iTunes 4.9 "taking Podcasting mainstream"

06/28, 8:35am

Podcasting mainstream

Apple today announced it is "taking Podcasting mainstream" by building everything users need to discover, subscribe, manage and listen to Podcasts right into iTunes 4.9, the latest version of its digital music software released this morning. iTunes users can now easily subscribe to over 3,000 free Podcasts and have each new episode automatically delivered over the Internet to their computer and iPod. “Apple is taking Podcasting mainstream by building it right into iTunes,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Podcasting is the next generation of radio, and users can now subscribe to over 3,000 free Podcasts and have each new episode automatically delivered over the Internet to their computer and iPod.”

Briefly: iTunes phone launch?, Yahoo mail overhaul...

06/28, 7:50am

iTunes phone launch?

In Brief: French newspaper giant Le Figaro reports that the iTunes phone--jointly developed by Apple and Motorola--will launch on Tuesday, with at least one American phone carrier agreeing to support it.... Lehman Bros. raised its fiscal 2006 earnings estimates for Apple to $1.32 from $1.30 per share, citing continued expansion of distribution with HP on the iPod and Wal-Mart, but told clients it believes Apple will be temporarily locked in a trading range "until a meaningful new product cycle emerges or proof that PC is growth is coming from "halo" effect rather than price point expansion and channel fill.".... Yahoo is planning to overhaul its free Web-based e-mail, which expected to be available as a private beta later this month.... AMD has filed a wide-ranging antitrust suit against Intel, accusing it of maintaining its monopoly in the PC processor market.... Executives from Apple's retail division are reportedly looking at locations in Berlin for the company's first German retail store, which could open within a year.

Apple releases iTunes 4.9 with podcast support

06/28, 4:10am

Apple releases iTunes 4.9

Apple today released iTunes 4.9, a major update to its audio application for organizing/sharing music, purchasing songs, and managing iPod music. "With iTunes 4.9, you can now browse and subscribe to podcasts from within the iTunes Music Store. Podcasts are frequently updated radio-style shows downloadable over the Internet. You can also transfer podcasts to iPod, for listening on the go." It is available via the Mac OS X software update. Readers note that once iTunes 4.9 is installed, a new "Podcasts" heading appears under Source; however, there are not any Podcast Directories currently appearing.