Latest iPod News

I was just watching the Guided Tour on Apple's site for the new iPod Touch and noticed a nifty new feature that I'm hoping gets rolled out to the iPhone. At one point, the narrator notes that if you w...more

Continuing the Wish List series, here's our list of features we'd like to see in the iPhone's iPod section; the number after each item represents how many editors, out of seven, requested that featur...more

If you're looking for yet another way to get custom ringtones on your iPhone, the folks at Mac Rumors have discovered a little workaround for iTunes 7.4. Here's the scoop: change an AAC file's suffix...more

The ability to summon playback controls without having to "slide to unlock" may be one new feature that you'll see on the iPod before on the iPhone, but it's not the only trump that the new product ha...more

I recently reported that iTunes 7.4 killed custom ringtones installed by Ambrosia Software's $15 iToner. Thanks to quick work by the Ambrosia team, those ringtones are dead no longer. Just-released iT...more

If, like me, you watched yesterday's Apple presentation and, when Steve Jobs announced custom ringtones from the iTunes Store, thought "Interesting, but I'll continue to use Ambrosia Software's $15 iT...more

As I said over at Macworld last week, carrying around an iPhone hasn't yet freed me from the tether of carrying around my 30GB iPod as well. Since they're about the same size, I often find myself slip...more

So I spent much of last night and today trying to turn my bricked iPhone into something other than an emergency cell phone. I went through the various methods outlined on the Web for downgrading the f...more

The iTunes Wi-Fi Store is undeniably the biggest upgrade in the iPhone's 1.1.1 software. The ability to buy music from your phone is quite possibly a killer app for the phone, and one that I've been l...more

You've been waiting with bated breath since the Beat Goes On special even last week, and now that patience has been rewarded. Ringtones have started to appear on the iTunes Store this morning, so go f...more

We've said it before and we'll say it again: Steve Jobs—the real one, you understand—needs a blog. Stat. Until then, the Apple hot news page will have to suffice for bombshells such as thi...more

You've done things the Apple way, eschewing hacks and products like iToner to put ringtones on your most advanced mobile phone evar. Finding a CD of your favorite artist that actually has tracks you c...more

Today's the day that Starbucks begins its iTunes Wi-Fi Store promo at locations in Seattle and New York. (You may remember that Steve Jobs announced this partnership with Starbucks during Apple's Sept...more

Thanks to legal wranglings between rival German mobile operators Vodafone and T-Mobile, the iPhone is available as an unlocked option, albeit a rather expensive one. But just how is such unlocking ac...more

iPhone updates come in three sizes: wee, not so wee, and—well, you get the idea. While iTunes 7.5 (also for Windows) and QuickTime 7.3 are probably worth upgrading to simply for the bug fixes, i...more

Voyaging into the heart of darkness that is Moscone Center for 2008's edition of Macworld Expo? Wouldn't it be nice if you could somehow use technology to guide you to precisely the places you want to...more

What happens to old iPhones? They go to heaven—and become iPod touches....more

Sudoku fan? Overwhelmed by the 19 (and counting) versions on the App Store? Dan Frakes has taken them all for a ride and picked out the cream of the crop....more

Urbanspoon is a great idea for adventurous diners and a lot of fun to play with. But the iPhone app suffers from a few flaws in its first incarnation....more

If you've been frustrated by Apple TV’s painfully-slow menu navigation, Apple’s new Remote program for the iPhone and iPod touch may be the answer....more

VirusBarrier x5 has been updated to support the iPhone and iPod touch, according to Intego....more

There are new iPod and iPhone cases available from various vendors....more