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Video iPods Shipped With Windows Virus
Apple today confirmed that some models of the 5.5G Video iPod shipped with a Windows Virus on board. less than 1% - of the Video iPods available for purchase after September 12, 2006 left our contract manufacturer carrying the Windows RavMonE.exe virus. This known virus…
Apple Officially Releases iPod nano PRODUCT RED
Apple PRODUCT RED iPod nano As widely expected Apple today officially announced the release of the RED iPod nano. The new special edition iPod is only available as a 4GB model and sells for the normal price of $199, $10 of that money going directly…
U2 iPod Revisioned? [Updated]
Since last weeks announcement there has been a bit of buzz around what will happen to the U2 iPod. It appears to be missing the new features which the 5.5G iPod has donned. According to a bit of quick research by World of Apple shows…
September 12th Releases, Updates & Info Roundup [Updated]
Today was a big day in the world of Apple. Updates to the iPod, iPod Nano & iPod Shuffle as well as a new version of iTunes, introduction of iTV and the anticipated iTunes Movie Store, many Apple News sites were busy keeping up. Here…
Apple Updates Fifth Generation iPod
Apple's 5G iPod: Now Updated Whilst updating their iPod Shuffle and nano ranges, Apple also today updated the full-sized iPod (5G) product line. All new iPods now feature the following: Gapless Playback A 60% Brighter Screen Longer Battery Life (details below) Ability to play back…
Apple Updates iPod nano Range
The new iPod nano Apple today released their 'second generation' iPod nano music player. Along with the introduction of multiple colours, Apple also bumped the memory sizes up to 2Gb, 4Gb and 8Gb. All models now feature 24-hour battery life, and a screen that is…
Apple Unveils New iPod Shuffle
Apple's new iPod Shuffle music player Amongst other news, Apple today updated their popular iPod Shuffle music player. The new iPod Shuffle (above), is available in one universal size (1 Gigabyte) and can hold up to 240 songs. Its enclosure is made entirely of aluminium…
iTunes Movie Service…This September?
AppleInsider in an artice citing unnamed sources is reporting that Apple will begin selling movie downloads through the iTunes Music Store. New release movies will be sold for $14.99 and older movies will sell for $9.99 despite efforts by Steve Jobs to sell all movies…
New iPod Advert Featuring Bob Dylan Released
Yesterday Apple aired a brand new iPod Advert featuring Bob Dylan and promoting his new album "Modern Times". The advert which can be found on Apple's website is the usual silhouette style with one of Bob Dylans songs playing.
Apple Teams Up With Ford, General Motors & Mazda To Deliver iPod Integration
Apple today announced a partnership with Ford, GM and Mazda which claims to result in seamless iPod integration. “We’re delighted that Ford, General Motors and Mazda will support iPod connectivity in nearly all of their new models,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide…
Apple Teams Up With Ford, General Motors & Mazda To Deliver iPod Integration
Apple today announced a partnership with Ford, GM and Mazda which claims to result in seamless iPod integration. “We’re delighted that Ford, General Motors and Mazda will support iPod connectivity in nearly all of their new models,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide…
Apple Teams With Coca-Cola
Yesterday Apple and Coca-Cola announced a partnership that would result in 70 million songs being given away. The new Coca-Cola Music website is the main feature of the promotion with complete iTunes integration. In the UK, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, unsigned artists will be encouraged…
Nvidia to Help Power “Video iPod”
The EETimes is reporting that nVidia has won a major contract for the designing of the multimedia chip for upcoming iPods. The current line of iPods use a Broadcom multimedia chip, it seems that the nVidia chip could be powering the long awaited video iPod.
iPod Tops Beer as more “in”
New Jersey based Student Monitor has done its biannual market research and has come up with a revelation. The study showed that college students ranked the iPod as more "in" than beer. Nearly 73-percent of 1200 students voted for the iPod. This time last year…
Quanta Withdraws from iPod Deal, Samsung Claims it has the Chips
Back in mid-march World of Apple reported on a story citing that Quanta Computer had won the contract to produce the up-coming iPod Video. It is now being reported that Quanta Computer never acknowledged the order and that the whole thing has been shifted to…
PortalPlayer Loses Deal with Apple
The iPod chip maker PortalPlayer announced yesterday that it has not been selected by Apple to power some future versions of the iPod. In a statement PortalPlayer said that; “the follow-on to its PP5021 System-on-Chip, which is expected to be available in the second half…
Quanta Wins video iPod Contract
Economic Daily News is reporting that Quanta Computer has won a contract from Apple to manufacture new "video iPod devices". Delivery of video iPods manufactured by Quanta will begin next month; the current video iPod is manufactured by Inventec Appliances, it is unknown why Apple…
Changes Coming to 60GB iPod
AppleInsider notes that Apple has notified resellers that the current top of the line 60GB iPod has officially been put on Apple's 60 day "at risk" list. As with past notifications of such a thing it does not necessarily mean that the product is being…
Apple Posts New iPod Ad
Readers of WOA have been pointing out over the last few hours that American channels such as NBC and during the NCAA Championships a new iPod advert aired. The ad was shrouded in confusion as nothing similar was viewable on Apple's site, luckily they have…
The $99 iPod Case
Along with Apple's other slightly disappointing announcements Jobs made sure that he had a piece of every sector of the iPod accessory market. Today Apple announced a $99 (£69) Leather iPod case, only fits a video or nano and doesn't allow you to use the…