Apple tonight hit a milestone quickly as it reached over one million users of Ping within the first 48 hours of its going online. The tally represents a third of the three million that have downloaded iTunes 10. ... Read More
Posts Tagged ‘first’
Walkman temporarily outsells iPod in Japan
02
Sep
Sony’s Walkman line has temporarily passed the iPod for sales in Japan once more, researchers at BCN claimed today. Basic players like the S640 helped Sony creep past in August with 47.8 of sales where Apple dropped to 44 percent... Read More
Toshiba jumps into tablet space with Folio 100
02
Sep
Toshiba after months of teases confirmed its launch into the mobile tablet space through the Folio 100. The 10-inch tablet runs a heavily modified version of Android 2.2 and is one of the first major shipping devices to use NVIDIA’s Tegra 2... Read More
Apple iOS overtakes Linux for online share
02
Sep
Apple’s iOS platform has managed to pass a major desktop OS for the first time in web use as it now has more share than Linux, Net Applications found today. It just took the lead in July but held and widened it in August, with iPads, iPhones and iPods taking 1.13 percent; Linux has declined to a new low at just 0.85 percent. The figure doesn’t include Android, though it has far lower share at just 0.2 percent…. ... Read More
Logitech intros new Ultimate Ears in-ear monitors
01
Sep
Logitech’s audio group Ultimate Ears has teamed up with EMI MusicíCapitol Studios to release the first custom In-Ear Reference Monitors. ... Read More
Philips GoGear Connect brings Android to MP3 players
31
Aug
Philips today unveiled what should be the first full-fledged, globally available media player to use Android. The GoGear Connect provides full Android, including access to Android Market and even Google Maps, but has a focus on media apps. The device also builds in some phone-like features with a camera, and the option of wireless media syncing over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi…... Read More
Arcade Fire debuts HTML5-based music video
31
Aug
Google on Monday partnered with the Canadian indie rock music band Arcade Fire to produce the first HTML5-based music video. The project, called The Wilderness Downtown, was overseen by writer and director Chris Milk. It’s set to the band’s “We Used to Wait” song and uses the standard to show Google Maps, a drawing tool and multiple windows that move around the screen…. ... Read More
Rumor: fourth iPod touch design more like first
27
Aug
The fourth generation iPod touch may have had some of its details clarified tonight through a rumor this evening. The design would abandon the curved back of the current model and would have a flat back like the first generation model: similar to the “top of a MacBook Pro, only smaller,” according to iLounge. It would have the rear camera, but a space near the camera would hold a microphone, not a flash…. ... Read More