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In case you hadn’t heard, Viacom is suing Google for $1 billion. Guess what for? You guessed it. YouTube. The BBC has a bunch to say about it. More►

It seems the hottest accused knock-off isn’t a total rip. Or is it? According to readers who obviously can read the Meizu forums, the company CEO (according to those readers) has apparently made a post, in which he defends Meizu. More►

Like trained lap dogs a good majority of the online world is slobbering on the shiny knob of Apple and the yet to be released iPhone. Countless acolytes have submitted their sonnets of praise and worship for the still unreleased device. The Apple iPhone will no doubt be cool but could the community please not do the same thing with the iPhone that was done with the iPod, namely dubbing every potentially equally cool, if not cooler device a “Killer”. More►

The tiny tike of the Apple iPod family now comes in a variety of colors. Still 1GB capacity and the potential to play your music for up to 12 hours, but specs aren’t the focus with the Shuffle, they’re just cute. Cute enough that you now know what you must get for Valentine’s Day. Besides silver, now the iPod shuffle is available in pink, blue, green and orange. Pick up a handful and spread the love. Apple’s iPod shuffle.

Edit: This has been declared as not true and not happening.
Talk about big moves. This is bound to ruffle the feathers of pretty much every carrier. Not only does Cingular have the iPhone exclusive, rumor has it that the “largest wireless carrier in the US” will provide FREE service to users who jump ship from their current carriers and join the iPhone lovefest. More►

Despite the wave of enthusiasm expressed over the announcement of the Apple iPhone, Apple did in fact make another announcement, Apple TV. No waiting either, you can buy Apple TV right now (shipping Feb.) as it doesn’t need to wait for FCC approval.

Apple TV, like the recently announced, yet still unreleased SlingCatcher, lets you reverse sling (or should I say AppleBox) send media from up to five of your computers to your TV. More►

“Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything…”

If, there is anything, that should be considered a must have gadget, this is it. The thousands of sacrificed virgins, the swearing off of other handsets, the faith, the patience, the trust of your inner-being, it all finally bears fruit. The Apple iPhone is reality.

Steve Jobs and MacWorld have essentially stolen all of the power from CES with the iPhone announcement. The device is a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a mobile phone and a internet communications device… all rolled into one. The iPhone. More►

Got this is my email earlier today but just read it. Here’s the scoop Nike Moire, tracks all your vital stats (distance, time, speed, calories etc…) while you do your thing (walk, run, jog, etc). Nike who’s core business is athletic shoes despite the boom in urban fashion partnered with Apple who happens to have a device that can be found in gyms worldwide, the iPod. More►

When Microsoft can steal the thunder with a one page website, with nothing on it, you know something has gone terribly wrong.

When company press releases are about accessories, colors, and feature announcements (we should have had from the start) something has gone terribly, terribly wrong.

No, it’s not Apple’s fault all alone. We as a society it seems are coming out of the iPod trance.

The iPod will give us video and touch screens and forever be the icon, but mobile phones are giving us touch screens, video and music all the same.

For iPod to survive it needs to be seen as a lifestyle device not simply a media player. The iPod also must have content. We are in the era of the PSP, the Nintendo DS, Windows Mobile and 8GB hard drives on mobiles.

It is time for the iPod to grow up. We have asked for it long enough. We want iPod phones and we want iPod video. We want it so bad that people are creating false images, news outlets are reporting false stories. It’s getting bad.

These items must come if the iPod is to stay on the playing field. Apple must change the public perception of the iPod as to what it is as a device into something greater or Apple will have it’s number retired and the iPod sent to the Hall of Fame.

Yes, I know iPods are still selling, but the market is evolving and as I have revealed in the earlier portions of this long tirade, it is only a matter of time before the next “RAZR” is an iPod killer.

Why wait until then? Adapt now ahead of the curve. Produce phones. Evolve past audio. Completely.

Not simply emblazon iTunes on another manufacturers handset, but work to evolve the device into something which captures the times and presses us forward all in one fell swoop the same was done with the iPod…in the beginning.

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