Blog on iPod and iPhone

This has been out for a while, but in the same booth where Engadget found the Watch Your Bag crapgadget there’s a giant blacklight dock that will pulse to the beat. Oh, and it has speakers. You can opt to leave the black light on if you want (no sync to music), or have it [...]

“I wish I had a nickel for every time somebody asked me that,” Steve Jobs said as the question “Why doesn’t Apple offer a stripped down Mac that is more affordable” flashed up behind him during Macworld 2005 keynote. Today, that stripped-down computer celebrates its seventh anniversary. The Mac mini has had its demise predicted [...]

I have kids, and I live over three hours away from our nearest family. I know how difficult it is to entertain a car full of kids while driving, which is why the Ubergizmo post about the Philips In-Car screen kit caught my eye. It’s simply a pair of LCDs that strap to the back [...]

The nominations are in, and the poll is ready to go! The TUAW Best of 2011 awards are all about you — the readers — and what you think is the cream of the crop of Apple or third-party products and software. To vote, select one entry from the top nominations made by readers. We’ll [...]

The goose is cooked, the cookies crumbled, the wrapping paper thrown away and the relatives released to their neutral corners. Finally, you can get down to the post-holiday fun of setting up your new iPad, or transferring your data from your old PC to your new Mac! Unfortunately, the end of a long day of [...]

My taste in music isn’t great (I still love you, George Michael), but I know good tunes when I hear them, thanks to growing up in a house where my mom blasted Bob Dylan while washing the floors. Everyone appreciates music, whether it’s listening on your iPod or creating music of your own. Check out [...]

My taste in music isn’t great (I still love you, George Michael), but I know good tunes when I hear them, thanks to growing up in a house where my mom blasted Bob Dylan while washing the floors. Everyone appreciates music, whether it’s listening on your iPod or creating music of your own. Check out [...]

Apple has updated the Apple TV’s software to version 4.4.4, though Mac Rumors and several other sites note that it’s not yet clear what improvements the update offers over 4.4.3. The Apple TV’s software remains significantly out of step with other iOS-powered devices; iPads and newer iPhones and iPod touches are now capable of running [...]

One of the nicest things about Apple’s iOS mobile operating system becoming ubiquitous is that accessory manufacturers are coming out with some wonderful devices that work with your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. The latest is one that new parents are going to love: the iBaby Monitor (US$199.95) from iBaby Labs. Of course, you don’t [...]

It’s a decade of iPod today, and that’s what we’re talking about tonight. Bring your iPod stories, your expectations for the future, and your good humor to that weekly confab we call the Talkcast. Since it’s really all about you, the community, why not call in? To participate, you can use the browser-only Talkshoe client, [...]