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The number one DAP seems to have daily rumors of what is to come and ShortFlip is putting it all together in one full article.  Touching on the display, user interaction, capacity, wireless, telecommunications, video, and even the operating system, there really isn’t much left to the imagination of what could become of the beloved [...]

If Flext can truly help out with the confusion being felt by mobile users in the UK, then I applaud the effort.

And while some mobile phone companies continue to do pretty well, others such as Vodafone, are dealing with struggles of their own.

Hmm, I suppose that I fail to see why T-Mobile is so ticked off? Do they have something hide or is their customer’s privacy at risk?

HEY! CAN YOU HEAR ME ALRIGHT? No? Maybe you’ve got iPod Ear, then. It’s a new term that describes those starting to lose their hearing because of the ear buds stuffed in ones ear that’s connected to an iPod. Dean Garstecki, a Northwestern University audiologist and professor, is spreading the [...]

Looks like the iPod boombox is going to be the real deal… sooner or later. Apple Computer has registered the trademarks for both iPod Boombox and iPod Hi-Fi in addition to Mobile Me.
With all the talk about a boombox coming from Apple, it looks like something is on the minds of the troops of the [...]

From the looks of things, CES has helped to drive home the fun mobile TV can provide for those who might be interested in such a concept.

THX ain’t just for the home anymore and Lincoln knows that. Today it announces the coming availability of THX II Certification for its MKX crossover and the current availability of it for the Zephyr.
When the new crossover vehicle is released it will be jammed packed with some slammin’ sound. It will include 14 [...]

Sony isn’t taking Apple’s memory deal with Samsung too lightly and has just inked a $1.8 billion deal with Samsung to grab a fifth of all memory Samsung makes for Sony’s PSP. Sony expects to sale 20 million PSP’s next year and will need lots of memory for those units. Sony can not [...]

Give it a year or two and the iPod will beat out the Sony Walkman TPS-L2 released in 1979 as the greatest gadget of the last 50 years. PC World’s Top 50 Gadgets of the Last 50 Years is a trip down memory lane for me as I can remember nearly all of them. [...]

Looks like legal downloads took a 50% increase in downloads over the Christmas weekend according to Hitwise. With an increase of 15% in holiday downloads from last year, Apple and other services such as Napster, enjoyed some ho ho jolliness as well. With the iPod as the number one item on Christmas lists [...]

MobHappy has put together a list of some of the best articles of 2005 posted on our favorite little thing, all things mobile. The list isn’t your average one of things mobile but also how mobile things effected lives of all sorts of people including, “an Amazonian tribe who can’t count past two.” [...]

Remember when Microsoft tried to copyright “windows” back in the 80’s? That was thrown out because it was considered a common word. I guess the same people don’t work for the patent office because it’s issuing all sorts of common “inventions” left-and-right. Ironically enough, Microsoft is the recipient of once such lame [...]

Wow, this iPod craze is coming full circle. Now you can score dates by simply proudly displaying your arctic white cable attached to your iPod. BusinessWeek is telling us that people are iPod jacking (sharing an iPod jack to show others what music they are into), and then trading numbers. I guess [...]

Looks like Apple has a huge hit on its hands this Christmas season with its iPod shuffle in the 1GB size as it’s sold out. You may luck out and find it at a store here or there, but for the most part, these puppies have sold out and kissed 2005 goodbye! If [...]

Check it out. President Bush and his iPod. Wonder what the president of the United States listens to on ones ultra popular DAP? Well sister station to Fox News, Sky News, has a spot on their web site showing just that with some behind the scenes from the Brit Hume interview of [...]

Wow, get NBC to remove its protective claws from treasures like Night Rider (ya I know, I’ve been beating it like a dead horse for the past week and, yes, I loved it as a kid!) and everyone else wants in on the party. I told you last week ESPN is thinking of inking [...]

If you’re wondering what the heck Palm was thinking when it shook hands with its immortal enemy, Microsoft, during that announcement of the Treo 700, then you need to check out what Palm, Inc’s CEO, Ed Colligan, told the New York Times when it asked the same question. Here’s a snippet of that:

No matter that Apple discontinued the neon colored iPods of yesteryear as the mini is making some big bucks for owners on eBay. Commonly fetching more then what the DAP original sold for, Christmas shoppers are snapping up as many minis as they can get.
Dean Jutilla, an eBay spokesman (not for bidding, [...]

Mmm, C|Net gave the editors pick to the Samsung SCH-i730 over the Treo 650 and now we get Strategy Analytic’s report that it’s really the Treo that is the best. Why? Well Palm’s press release states, “The Treo 650’s “Best in Class” performance rating comes from a head-to-head consumer test against the RIM [...]