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March 31, 2007

iPod goes

Filed under: Humor, iPod Family, Odds and ends Can you think of a better way to start the weekend than with a nice set of photos of a burnt and melted iPod? Nope, we couldn't either. This set of destroyed iPod images is brought to you courtesy of Digg, where the submitter writes that the iPod exploded while charging "in a shower of sparks and smoke". Journalists say "if it bleeds, it leads". TUAW says if it goes boom, there's room. Or something like that. Enjoy the photos. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Posted by Doug at 05:08 PM

Missing Features on Apple TV May Affect

The Apple TV is missing some key features, and in the short term that may disappoint investors. It may be better to wait until the iPhone surge later in the year, according to SeekingAlpha on Friday.

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Posted by Ryan at 05:02 PM

iPhone May Ship June

Apple is saying only that its iPhone will ship in June. Cingular, however, is being more open and is telling customers the combination iPod/smart phone will be available on June 11.

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Posted by Peter at 04:26 PM

iTunes TV Review - Lost Episode 3.14, "Expos

At long last, after a season full of vamping and stumbling around mysteries unexplained, we have our first truly brilliant episode of Lost--one that's largely devoid of bigger questions but instead focuses on a handful of characters and a much smaller mystery delivered in almost a classic "cozy" fashion.

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Posted by Matt at 03:18 PM

'Connoisseur Plans' offer eMusic tracks for 25

Independent digital music reseller eMusic is now offering "Connoisseur Plans" that provide subscribers with music for 25 cents each, a better value than before.

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Posted by Michael at 02:43 PM

You Control: Tunes supports iTunes

You Control: Tunes 1.5 is a new release of the software that lets you control iTunes from the Mac OS X menu bar, now with iTunes 7.1 support and other new features.

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Posted by Joe at 12:59 PM

TUAW Tip: temporarily prevent your iPod from

Filed under: iPod Family, Software, Productivity, Tips and tricks, iTunes, TUAW Tip Out of the box, the iPod is designed to work seamlessly with iTunes, so the system automatically syncs (by default) when you connect your iPod. This is typically fine for most users, but what about those times when you don't want this tag team to kick into gear for one reason or another? Perhaps you just had a library goof-up, and you need to use iPodRip to recover some playlists or media files before iTunes syncs and blows either away, or perhaps you're just in a hurry and don't have time to sync down that new 1.5GB movie you just bought, though you you still need to dump some files over for work or class. Whatever the scenario, there are a couple of simple ways to arbitrarily prevent iTunes from working its magic on a case-by-case basis. The first method, I feel, is the least intrusive and most useful: assuming iTunes is running, all you need to do is hold down cmd+opt (possibly ctrl+alt on Windows, though I don't have a machine to test that on) when connecting your iPod to make iTunes look the other way and not begin a sync. The iPod should mount on your desktop and even appear in iTunes, but it simply won't sync. You're free to go about your business and eject the iPod as quickly as it mounted, with no argument from iTunes. The second method assumes that you have enabled hard drive use for your iPod, and you don't have iTunes set to automatically start when you plug the 'pod in. In this case, simply quitting iTunes when plugging in your iPod will solve your problem altogether. Simply do your business and eject to get on your way quickly. Permalink | Email this | Comments