Comments on: iPod turns five years old, looking back, looking forward

By: Hmmcast #27: Memories » Make You Go Hmm

Hmmcast #27: Memories » Make You Go Hmm — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:05:23 +0000

[…] Most Hmm-worthy posts from October 21, 2006 - November 3, 2007 - iPod turns five years old, looking back, looking forward (5) [oct 23] - Create a Google coop custom search and connect to an Adsense account (6) [oct 24] - Don’t Rush to an idiotic conclusion, Limbaugh (7) [oct 24] “I love the idea of adult stem cell research. According to clinicaltrials.gov there are a lot of open trials using adult stem cells. The main argument for using embryonic stem cell is that there is hope a benefit may someday be found. Adult stem cells have benefits now. Seems to me we can avoid the controversy and focus studying what has *demonstrated* to be useful.” – Comment by Dean in Des Moines — October 24, 2006 @ 11:39 am […]

By: Salil Maniktahla

Salil Maniktahla — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:47:52 +0000

What about Bluetooth? That seems like a much more logical and valuable addition to a portable music player than WiFi, which has been tried in the past, but never really caught on thanks to the significant power demands of WiFi.

I’ve been waiting for a BT-enabled iPod for over a year now.

And if Microsoft were smarter, they’d focus on touting their Windows Mobile devices as iPod killers, which they kind of are, thanks to A2DP / HDCP, rather than create a new mp3-only player from scratch. That’s like walking into Apple’s back yard and setting up your tent.

By: Rob O'Daniel

Rob O'Daniel — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:25:14 +0000

My wife bought me an iPod Mini last year for my birthday, so this year, I returned the favor in buying her an iPod Nano V2 for hers. We’ve had quite a bit of experience with other MP3 players in the past and we’re both really happy with our Pods. But neither of us use iTunes (we don’t even have the software installed), opting instead for Anapod Explorer to shuffle MP3 format music files to & fro.

By: TDavid

TDavid — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:40:46 +0000

Thanks for the links, orangecrush, honestly I’m still trying to work my way through Sirius. There is a lot of content on there for $12.95/month. I will probably check out XM when baseball season rolls around again next year (I know, it’s just winding down now).

By: orangecrush

orangecrush — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:29:39 +0000

TDavid. You can get a free 3 day trial to XM online. http://xmro.xmradio.com/xstream/registration/registration.jsp?userForward=default

Sirius also offers a 3 day trial. http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/Page&c=FlexContent&cid=1107357214273

You could give XM a test spin to see what’s up.

By: FranciscoIV

FranciscoIV — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:54:20 +0000

Just bought my youngest daughter a Nano, about to buy one for my Wife, that makes 4. Besides those one shuffle and one 2nd gen 20Gb iPod, both of those were stolen…

I think I’ll wait the the 1.g TB version for myself….