Ipod

Daily Tip: How to set your Music app to stop playing after a set amount of time

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, Nov 18, 2011 a 12:10 am

Like to go to sleep listening to your iPhone's Music app and curious how to get it to "sleep" after a set period of time? One of the most annoying things is waking up a few hours later and it is still playing. Especially true if you are listening to an Audio Book and have to scrub back through hours of audio to find where you stopped listening.

Well there is a better way! You can set your iPod to stop playing after a set amount of time. It is really easy to do and we will show you how.

Photos under glass and the future of design and touch interaction

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011 a 2:55 pm

Former Apple engineer Bret Victor over at Worry Dream has an interesting article up about the future of touch technology. The main focus of the article is how we interact with with devices like the iPhone and iPad using our hands. His main point is that our hands are meant to interact with objects and feel things in a more "tactile" way that simply "photos under glass".

Review + Giveaway: RF3 LIVE Natural Wood Stereo Earphones

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011 a 11:15 am

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If you're looking for a stylish pair of headphones without a hefty price tag - the RF3 LIVE natural wood stereo earphones may be worth taking a second look at. Everything from the design of the actual earbuds down to the elegant packaging makes these headphones stand out from a lot of others in the same price range. But what about the most important feature of a good pair of headphones? Sound quality. Follow along to see how we felt they performed.

Daily Tip: How to create a time-based reminder in iOS 5

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Oct 27, 2011 a 10:26 pm

Now that you have iOS 5 you also have the brand new Reminders app that comes built-in. You've got a few choices when it comes to how to set up a reminder. If you'd like to set a reminder that will alert you of an event at a certain time, the Reminders app couldn't make it any easier.

iPod turn 10

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Oct 23, 2011 a 6:20 pm

Happy 10th birthday, iPod!

Motorola announces the MOTOACTV, looks like an iPod nano watch

By chrisoldroyd, Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011 a 4:06 am

Motorola has announced that it will soon be releasing a watch that looks very similar to an iPod Nano. The MOTOACTV comes out of the box as a watch so you don't need the accessory strap like you would with an iPod nano.

It is 46mm square and powered by Android. It features a GPS system, heart rate monitor and wait for it.... Bluetooth so you can use it with wireless headphones; of course it is an MP3 player too. It can also pair with your phone and you can then read text messages and other alerts as well as answer calls using the 1.6-inch touchscreen.

So, a lot of what TiPb has been asking for in an iPod nano watch,

Let's talk iPhone by the numbers: 250 million iOS devices sold

By Leanna Lofte, Friday, Oct 7, 2011 a 7:20 pm

Just with every past Apple keynote, Tim Cook began Tuesday's Let's talk iPhone event by discussing numbers for devices sold, apps downloaded, percent market share, etc. Let's take a look at those numbers:

Update your 2010 iPod nano with new watch faces now!

By Georgia, Wednesday, Oct 5, 2011 a 1:16 pm

If you bought a new iPod nano in 2010, don't worry, Apple has already pushed out an update to bring you all the new features, including big icons and 12 new watch faces -- today! That's right, just plug into iTunes, hit update, and you'll be ready to rock everything from a classic timepiece to Mickey Mouse and... wait for it... ANIMAL!

What's really super sweet is that the watch faces know what color nano you have an match themselves accordingly. So if you have a golden nano, they'll be colored differently than if you have a silver one, for example.

It's great that Apple pays such attention to detail.

Apple removes click-wheel games from iTunes, iPod classic next to go?

By Andrew Wray, Friday, Sep 30, 2011 a 8:01 pm

Previously, users could access and download click-wheel games for the iPod classic by clicking on a drop down list next to the App Store button within iTunes, but it looks like the option has now been removed completely. With Apple gearing up to announce the next iPhone on October 4th, this could mean they're making preparations to remove the classic from the iPod lineup altogether.

Daily Tip: How to adjust icon labels and transparency with Alphacon [jailbreak]

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Aug 23, 2011 a 3:05 pm

Wondering how to easily and quickly adjust the transparency of your icons or turn off labels? If you Jailbreak, you may want to check out Alphacon. Other apps like Winterboard allow you to do this but if you want something much more simple, Alphacon is it.