Articles about "apple ipod"Should you upgrade to the new Apple iPhone 3G?
I have a RAZR with Verizon and keep lusting after the Apple iPhone. Now that they have a new 3G phone coming out, do you think I should terminate my contract a few months early and get one?...
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A pal of mine was telling me how he'd had some problems with his Sony PSP and that as a result of a particularly bad moment to have his battery die, it was now "bricked". What does that mean?...
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Searched for a few things on your site and I hit pay dirt! Thank you. I'm am nonetheless uncertain on how to pick a MP3 player. I don't know what factors to take into consideration in order to guide my...
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I had my old Mac laptop, an iBook, stolen and now that I have a new one, I realize that I can't get the music off my Apple iPhone which is driving me crazy! Is there some way to sync...
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I have a Mac mighty mouse [ed note: actually, it's an "Apple Mighty Mouse"] device and am going crazy without my right-click capability. Is there some solution or something I can hack, or am I stuck having to buy something...
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I am a big fan of my Apple iPod, but I can't figure out how to have it automatically download the most recent podcast from the podcasts I subscribe to. I think there's something I can do in iTunes to...
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Before I buy a fancy new SDcard, can you tell me how many photos, TV episodes or songs will fit on a 512KB, 1GB and 2GB card for my Sony PSP?...
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One of the features added to the latest revision of the Apple iPhone operating system that's garnered quite a bit of attention is the ability to save Web page bookmark icons directly on the main screen of the phone. Experimentation...
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It was about four months ago that my 4GB Apple iPhone showed up and, after an initial scare that it was broken from dropping it - screen down - on a hard tile floor, connected to the network, replacing my...
Continue reading about Four months of the Apple iPhone: Thoughts... I'm now running Leopard on my MacBook Pro and Mac Mini!
Somewhat inadvertantly, I have been thrust into the world of the latest Mac OS X system, Leopard. Some months ago, I bought a top-of-the-line Apple MacBook Pro from my friend and colleague Jeff Walker (thanks Jeff!) and have subsequently had...
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Hi Dave, was wondering if you had any advice for me? I've been given an old iPod which has been formatted by a Macintosh. Is there any way of reformatting it for Windows XP. I've just downloaded Itunes 4.7 and...
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Just read about Amazon's new online music store that features millions of songs for sale without any digital rights management junk. Yeah! My question, before I jump in, can I access the store on my Mac, and if so, can...
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Maybe I'm the one dim bulb in the chandelier, but why do so many people want to unlock their iPhone, and for that matter, what does it mean to unlock the phone anyway? I can't read any Apple-related Web site...
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Dave, I saw your earlier article about how to convert a DVD for your iPhone, but that was written for Windows XP users [see How to put your DVDs onto your iPhone]. Do you have a similar article about how...
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I know I can go to the Apple iTunes Store and buy movies to download onto my iPhone at a rather painful $10-$15 per movie but there are two problems. First, the selection is extremely limited, and, worse, I already...
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I'm stumped. With my iPod I simply drag and drop the music I want to take with me from my library onto the iPod on the left side of iTunes, but my Apple iPhone doesn't allow me to do that....
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I have a new Apple iPhone and am having fun with it, but I can't figure out how to download photographs or pictures onto it. Is there some trick or technique? Also, in case it makes a difference, I don't...
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I spent a fair amount of time on the phone with Leslie Brooks Suzukamo, Telecom, Technology and Energy Reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Our topic of discussion? Whether the new Apple iPhone is going to be a good...
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I forgot the code to unlock the maximum volume limit on my iPod nano, is there some way to hack around it or otherwise get rid of it? I can't even hear my music when I'm on the bus!...
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Like you, I am highly impressed with the Creative Labs Zen Vision:W [see my review] but it's darn frustrating that Creative only makes its software available for Windows computers, not Mac. I know about the XNJB application that lets me...
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Through some stupid moves on my part, I now have a trashed Mac and an iPod that is full of music. Problem is, every time I hook up the iPod to any other computer, iTunes promptly wants to empty it...
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I've been using Google Calendar for a while, but would like to have a backup of my calendar in Apple's iCal program so I can dump a copy of it onto my iPod and other iCal-compatible devices. But how the...
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[This is the second part of a series of high tech buyer's guides we're releasing here at Ask Dave Taylor to help address many of the questions that we receive about confusing new technologies and gadgets. The first article addressed...
Continue reading about Digital Video Buyers Guide, Part 2: Mobile Video on the Go Why did Sony make PSP music downloads so difficult?
I've been reading through your site. I see a lot of problems with the Sony PSP music downloads. Why did Sony make this so difficult for the buyers of their product. Why not just get a class action lawsuit against...
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I just bought a new Apple iPod Shuffle second generation and before I plug it in, want to know how it's going to sync with my Mac and what I should expect. Is there any software I need to download,...
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I got my hands on a tiny new Apple iPod Shuffle, 2nd generation, and it's amazingly cool, but I'm a bit baffled by what all the different flashing patterns mean. Is this some sort of Morse code or something? Help!...
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I'm a happy subscriber to your splendid Blogsmart News newsletter and was glad to get a link to the amazing results with adwords lecture you did with Joy in the latest news. But I can't save it? How the heck...
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Do any of the following describe a problem you're having with your iPod? My iPod nano won't power on! My iPod mini won't shut down or is frozen! I can't get songs to transfer from iTunes to my iPod! My...
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Dave, I’m thinking of joining a few programs and becoming an affiliate. Are there categories of products for newbies that are “easy” to sell? What categories should I stay away from?...
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Now that I have downloaded PSP firmware version 2.8, and successfully updated my PSP (now showing the correct version when prompted), and having spent some considerable time finding a wireless hotspot, and getting access to it I have enabled the...
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Okay, so I knew it was just a matter of time before someone came out with downloadable movies, but I never thought Amazon would be first out of the starting gate! However, I just read about the new Amazon Unbox...
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I just got a cool new RCA Lyra RD2312 Mp3 player and am really impressed with how small it is. My problem: I have a Mac and am basically clueless about how to get music out of my iTunes library...
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I'm thinking about buying an Apple iPod and was actually contemplating the Dell DJ until I read that Dell's discontinued their own brand of MP3 player. Now there's another device on the horizon, the Microsoft Zune. Darn. What can you...
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I love my new RCA Lycos Mp3 player but am finding that listening to the same dozen songs over and over again is getting, dare i say it, boring. A friend turned me on to audio books and now I'm...
Continue reading about Where can I find free audio books? How do I limit the volume on my son's Apple iPod?
My son is really into what he calls "speed metal" and I call horrible loud noise. Even when his headphones are clamped to his head I can hear the guitars and singers screaming into the mic. I seem to recall...
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I have a new Apple iPod that I've been playing with on my brother's PC, but now I want to pair it to my iMac. Every time I try to do that, though, it refuses to do anything and I'm...
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I've just bought a new Apple iPod Mini and am really excited about getting started loading my music onto it, but I can't figure out how to do so! Windows Media Player can synchronize music with the iPod, but the...
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I bought a new RCA Lyra RD2312 MP3 player and have liked it overall (though don't tell my boyfriend I still have a bit of iPod Nano envy) I have found that on occasion it freezes up on me and...
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Dave, I just wanted to know how many songs does a PSP 2G memory card hold? I want to buy a good one that holds a lot of music so I can listen to whatever I want on my Sony...
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I just got a new iPod Shuffle and it's definitely cool, but I really have no clue what all the lights mean on the unit. Can you illuminate?...
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Hey Dave! I just got a Toshiba Gigabeat F40 and I sort of figured out how to download music onto it and all but random pictures that were on my computer downloaded on to my mp3 too - I don't...
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I have to admit it, I'm new to the mp3 game, heck I didn't leave my room for a week when the Xbox 360 came out. I just got an iPod Nano and it came with a 25 dollar itunes...
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Recently my PSP was stolen, I know who stole it but I also need proof. He only took the PSP console, battery, game and memory stick. I have also found out each PSP has their own individual ID and...
Continue reading about How can I recover my stolen Sony PSP? Why does iTunes and my iPod show multiple titles for the same album?
I don't get it. When i put songs on my ipod nano it lists two album titles (the same titles) for that artist. I can't seem to fix it... thanks...
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How do i charge my Ipod when it's fully dead? My ipod died completely where it is showing a dead guy thing and i have a cord to connect into my computer. I plug it in and it doesn't do...
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Alright, Dave. I'm darn frustrated. My husband and I both have Macs and he also has an iPod -- that I bought him! -- but when I plug his iPod into my Mac, I can see the music in iTunes...
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I had an iPod connected to my old computer and now I want to put it on my new computer, but when I hook my iPod up to my new computer all the music is going to gets deleted off...
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I really love my new Sony Playstation Portable (PSP) and while most of the games are kinda lame, there are enough good ones that it's a great companion on my daily commute. I bought a few UMD format movies, but...
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I think that the Apple iTunes Music Store is very cool and it's nice to be able to buy episodes of TV shows, but they don't have the shows I like to watch, like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,...
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I just got a new Motorola SLVR cellphone from Cingular and it's very cool, but somehow I can't figure out how to use the iPod area of it. How do I hook it up to my Mac and download some...
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I have a Samsung mp3 YH-820. I already transferred songs to it but i can't hear them. What can I do?...
Continue reading about Transferred my MP3 songs to my Samsung YH-820, but can't hear them? How do I back up photos on a Wolverine MVP?
I've been looking at the Wolverine MVP as a possible iPod Video alternative that also has the ability to back up my photographs when I'm in the field: amazingly, it reads CompactFlash, SmartMedia Cards, Multimedia Cards, SD Memory Cards, Memory...
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I have a new Apple iPod Video and have been really enjoying its music capabilities, but I'd also like to add some pictures to its photo album from my PC. But I'm darned if I can figure out how the...
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I have an iPod that I've been using on my Mom's macintosh, but now I want to use it on my PC. How do I get my PC to see the iPod, and then how do I connect the...
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I love my new Archos AV-700 portable media system. It can record video directly, has tons of disk space, is a music player, photo album and can show movies in a variety of formats. None of which are compatible with...
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Please can you help me as my new ipod nano will not turn off! I am holding down the play button as usual but there is no response, it's just stopped working. I only bought it at Christmas....
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Hey there. I want to know if I can use my iPod as a portable disk drive for my different Windows computers? My girlfriend was showing me how she can do that on her Mac, but I was wondering if...
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I just got a Sony PSP - darn neat gadget, I gotta say - and want to know what kind of cool software utilities people have written to help me use my PSP with my Windows PC or my daughter's...
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I'm running iTunes v 4.9 on my Mac (running Mac OS X 10.2.8). I screwed up somehow and deleted my old music library trying to fix a diiferent problem. I learned my lesson on that. I have on older v...
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Dave, I've been reading about various tricks that marketing folks use to gain more traffic for their Web site through paid advertising and just came across deceptive keyword bidding, but I'm not clear what that really is. Can you...
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Dave, I hate to be the last one to the party, but what's podcasting, and why aren't you offering podcasts on your site?...
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I have an iTunes/iPod problem. In August I created a library on one of my computers with about 150 songs. I then created another library on a different computer. I now want to put my old songs from the first...
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