Nov

4

More of the same… and a zebra crossing

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Download dads lead the iPod generation | Money | The Observer
iTunes is an a la carte model: you see the track you like and pay your 79p. A big drawback with iTunes is that it has inbuilt digital rights management (DRM), which prevents you playing ‘your’ music on anything other than an iPod [my emphasis], [...]

Oct

9

Save the World (no mention of cheerleaders)

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In the continuing quest to rebuild the compilation tape that, as I recall, was the soundtrack to our 1985 summer holiday (along with ‘Brothers In Arms’), and while looking for this week’s free single of the week, I was surprised today to see on the iTunes Music Store that George Harrison’s catalogue has just been [...]

May

29

iPod DAB radio

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Almost two years after I blogged about this, Broadcastnow.co.uk reports:

Manufacturer Roberts Radio and digital technology company Frontier Silicon have joined forces to develop the UK’s first DAB/FM plug-in for the iPod.
Digital radio stations will be able to reach a potential audience of millions by opening up their services to iPod users.
The device, which is “about [...]

Sep

15

My biggest musical regret…

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In 2001, Kate and I made a big mistake: we bought tickets to see Depeche Mode at what was then the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester. It’s not that we dislike them, it’s just that we consequently did not have enough money to see James perform one week later at the same venue.
Ordinarily this would not [...]

Jan

5

The Gadget Guru » Uncap Your iPod

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As suggested by The Gadget Guru » Uncap Your iPod, I’ve just downloaded GoPod. Further news once I get the chance to use it but my iPod irritation is similar to his.
One of my few irritations with my 4G iPod has to do with the volume when I connect it to the deck in my [...]

Aug

25

iPod DAB radio

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Various people have criticised the iPod because it doesn’t include an FM radio. To my mind, that’s like criticising a walkman for not including short wave. For pity’s sake, folks, life has moved on.
Sarcasm aside, I haven’t chosen to listen to FM radio for the best part of two years. These days, I listen to [...]

Aug

25

iPod, therefore I listen…

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No gadget has had such a profound effect on my listening habits than the iPod. Mine is one of those music collections in which tracks get lost, sometimes for years at a time. Since my iPod arrived, I have been travelling to work listening to a radio station that appears to mirror my musical tastes [...]

Apr

6

I’m still waiting for an iPod

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Foolishly, when I received an email stating that my iPod had been dispatched via TNT Nederland, I assumed that the thing was in the Netherlands and would arrive shortly.
Indeed, until today, I had been leaving work swiftly on the off-chance that TNT would arrive sometime between four and five o’clock. It didn’t help that Apple’s [...]