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iTunes 8.2.1 brings Pre’s music syncing capability to a halt (updated)
Palm itself had warned that the Pre’s iTunes sync functionality could be broken at a moment’s notice (and at Apple’s whim), but we’re pretty sure no one expected it’d happen this quickly. We’ve been able to confirm that version 8.2.1 of the software prevents the sync from working, meaning that you’ve got to add music [...]
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How To Get Music Onto Your Palm Pre (Now That iTunes Hates You) [Palm Pre]
If you’re one of those unfortunate Pre users that updated to iTunes 8.2.1 without seeing our warning, there are two options. You could either downgrade to iTunes 8.2, or use one of these alternative apps and future-proof yourself.
The problem with downloading to iTunes 8.2 from 8.2.1 is that isn’t quite as straightforward as replacing the [...]
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No One Really Knows How Many Albums Michael Jackson Sold [Michael Jackson]
Some earth-shattering sleuthing from the WSJ: No one really knows how many albums Michael Jackson sold—certainly not 750 million. See, in the barbaric days before album sales were electronically reported to Nielsen SoundScan—1991—it was all guesswork.
Here’s how messed up the Billboard rankings were in the pre-electronic days: It used rankings, not actual sales numbers, assumed [...]
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iPhone OS 3.1 beta 2 released
Unless you have a developer account with Apple, don’t bother plugging your iPhone into iTunes — we promise you’re not going to have access to it — but devs can now get their grubby paws on beta 2 of iPhone OS 3.1. We’ll let you know if we see anything crazy, like usable Gmail, true [...]
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Jul/090
TwitVid for iPhone 3GS: Guess What It Does? [IPhone Apps]
TwitVid’s a free app that tweets videos you shoot with your iPhone 3GS. And that’s pretty much the long and the short of it. (Mostly short.) [TwitVid, iTunes]
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TuneWiki for iPhone Is Now Fully Armed and Operational [IPhone Apps]
TuneWiki, one of our favorite mobile apps, is finally in the App Store in a non-gimped way with full access to your iTunes library (if you close it, it keeps playing through iPod even, like a fake background app).
You get subtitled lyrics (with translations), music maps showing where people are listening to what, internet radio, [...]
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Engadget Podcast 154 – 07.11.2009
The podcast is a little late this week, but for good reason — special guest Michael Gartenberg joins Josh, Paul, and Nilay this week as they sort through the Google-dominated week in news. We’ve got Chrome OS, the myTouch 3G, some more HTC Hero hands-on time (as well as a Magic flashed with the Hero [...]
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Self-Published Kindle Author Lands Deal in Obsolete Ink-and-Paper Format [Publishing]
Author Boyd Morrison wrote and uploaded a book called The Ark, pictured, to Kindle, and found such success that he has now signed a two book deal with Simon and Schuster in that weird, dying papery format your grandparents like.
Morrison made a name for himself through frequent participation in Kindle online communities and self-promotion online, [...]
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The Week In iPhone Apps: Navigation, Inebriation, Multiplication [IPhone Apps]
Oh, I can keep going: financial news aggregation, slideshow presentation, carrier lamentation, lyrical collect-ation, and… and… tethering? Seven out of eight ain’t bad. Anyway, enough of that—here’s your weekly app dump:
Navigon Lite: Hark! Dedicated navigation units are dead, for the iPhone hath slain them! Except no, not at all, because navigation apps are still fresh, [...]
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New RIM ad shows deep appreciation for U2, Apple’s ad team
Yeah, we’re sure there are only so many ways you can feature a bit of Brian Eno-produced stadium rock in space in support of your hip, relevant tech company, but we’d say RIM copped a bit much of Apple’s style in its new U2 ad. Check out “BlackBerry loves U2″ and its iTunes-touting Coldplay inspiration [...]
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SoundAMP hearing aid app for iPhone unleashed on our delicate ears
We’ve just caught wind of a new app for the iPhone / iPod touch… should you be either a little hard of hearing or a little nosy. SoundAMP works a lot like those Sonic Earz you see on the infomercials — you run the app with your earbuds plugged in, and then sit back and [...]
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