News Archive for 07/02/27

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iTunes beats RealPlayer

02/27, 8:35pm

iTunes is fastest growing media player

Apple's iTunes is the fastest growing media player and is set to surpass RealPlayer in popularity later this year. A new report claims that iTunes saw growth of 47.5 percent over the past year, while the other streaming media players had single-digit growth. At current growth rates iTunes users will exceed RealPlayer users by the second quarter of 2007, Website Optimization reports. Over the past year, the number of unique users of Apple's iTunes player grew by 47.5 percent, the report said. Over the same time period, RealPlayer users grew by 9.1 percent, QuickTime by 8.7 percent, and Windows Media Player grew by 2.0 percent accordingd by Nielsen//NetRatings.

Marware Sidewider Spectra

02/27, 5:05pm

Marware Sidewider Spectra iPod Nano case

Marware today revealed the Sidewinder Spectra plastic hard-case for 2nd generation iPod nanos featuring a patented slide-out headphone cord stow and removable dock connector cover. The front of the case is clear whilst the back is available in colours matching the ipod nano range. The front opening is tapered to allow comfortable access to the clickwheel, whilst access to the hold switch and headphone socket is unhindered. The cases also include an optional adhesive clip base and are priced at $25.

160GB Wolverine player

02/27, 2:50pm

Wolverine ships 160GB portable media player

Wolverine Data today began shipping the Wolverine ESP portable multimedia player with 160GB of storage, offering double the space of Apple's top-end 80GB video iPod. The new player features a 3.6-inch TFT LCD display, and can record TV shows as well as FM radio. Measuring 5.3 x 2.8 x 0.9-inches, the Wolverine ESP 5160 weighs 10.2 ounces and features a built-in 7-in-1 card reader that accepts popular memory card formats. Photographers can offload RAW files from various cameras including select models of Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, Olympus, Kodak, Pentax, Konica Minolta, Panasonic, Contax, Leica, and Sony. Users can also view, zoom, rotate, and evaluate the EXIF as well as Histogram information from JPEG, bitmap, TIFF, text, and RAW images directly on the player. The Wolverine ESP 5160 is priced at $550, with an 80GB model also available for $380.

Ms. Pac-Man for video iPod

02/27, 1:50pm

Apple offers Ms. Pac-Man for video iPod

Namco Networks today released Ms. Pac-Man for the video iPod via the iTunes Store for $4.99. The release marks the 25th anniversary of the classic video game and serves as the companion to the original Pac-Man that launched when iPod games were first released in September of last year. Ms. Pac-Man is the second Namco game produced for the video iPod, challenging players to navigate the character through four different mazes while evading ghosts. Ms. Pac-Man is charged with chomping all of the pellets on the screen to proceed to the next level and specially placed 'power pellets' enable players to temporarily gobble up the ghosts to send them back to their start locations. Ms. Pac-Man features 256 maze levels with the 'coffee break' animated intervals available in the original coin-op arcade version. The iPod version also features arcade game cabinet art as well as a tutorial level.