New Crop of Portable Players Nips at IPod
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At least a dozen portable music players are angling to steal sales away from Apple Computer Inc.'s wildly popular line of iPods this holiday season. In the past month alone, five companies have unveiled their iPod challengers - pocket-sized players with hard disks that can store anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 songs.
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A new generation of smaller, sleeker and cheaper MP3 players from the likes of Sony, Rio, Creative and Rave MP are hitting the market this fall, and they all have Apple
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Kyle Monson writes for PC Magazine, âAppleâs cool new iPod Shuffle makes the perfect tiny gift for shoppers on a budget, active adults, or kids without a huge music collection.â
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The buzz over Apple Computer&#39;s next iPod music player has reached a fevered pitch after one web site posted details and a mock up drawing of the new device, which stores
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Apple&#39;s overhaul of its iPod roster brings about several appealing developments: video on the Nano; a wireless version of the iTunes Store; and an iPhone without the, um, phone.
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A few years ago, when MP3 players were establishing themselves as the hot cool thing, the next step seemed clear: What if you could take along not only music but movies, television programs, home video and still pictures in a high-tech box svelte enough
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CANNES, France -- With an eye on the success of portable music players, mobile phone makers are going after would-be iPod buyers by building high-quality players into their handsets.
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As Apple Computer&#39;s IPod has become a cultural phenomenon akin to Sony&#39;s Walkman, the market for IPod accessories has exploded--some of the biggest names in computer and home audio have responded with speaker systems specifically made for the IPod (and
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âThe second-generation iPod shuffle is impressively small,â writes Mike Kobrin for PC Magazine, âand the built-in clip makes it ideal for working out, running, or just casual listening.â
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By Lancaster New Era, Pa.  Jan. 29--A local company is offering a way for users to fill portable  video players -- such as an iPod -- with unlimited amounts of video without  paying extra fees.
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Apple will be getting some stiff competition in the coming year. A slew of manufacturers will soon offer players utilizing small 1&quot; hard drives that help propel the iPod and allow them to compete more favorably in the market.
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It seems like a cool idea â-unglasses with a built-in digital music player and speakers. No headphone cables to untangle as with most portable players.
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Are the devices in this picture interesting enough to make you buy a Zune instead of an iPod?
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As of yesterday&#39;s Apple announcements, the newest breed of iPods -- called the iPod touch -- include a multitouch interface, a WiFi connection, widescreen video display, and the Safari browser. But are the new iPods pointing to the future of portable media players, or merely holding on to an old-style music system that is about to undergo another radical change?
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Reviewing the newly redesigned iPod shuffle for USA TODAY, Edward C. Baig writes, âItâs hard to imagine a yummier portable music player. Apple has fashioned another winner.â
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Taking us through the highlights of each of the new iPods, David Pogue (New York Times) anoints them âthe best players you can buy.â iPod touch, for example, offers âthe iPhoneâs spectacular widescreen video playback, wireless Wi-Fi Internet features and its now-famous two-finger touchscreen operating system.â And wireless access to iTunes:  âYou can browse or search the catalog, listen to 30-second samples, buy songs for $1 eachâand download them directly to the iPod.â These iPods, Pogue says, âare nearly impossible to beat; there are other 160-gigabyte multimedia players, for example, but theyâre much bigger and more expensive than the iPod classic. And if you do value things like beauty, software elegance and trouble-free computer integrationâwell, good luck resisting that new Nano.â
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Apple's iPod is the 800-pound white gorilla of the digital music market. But a number of new music players, on the market or in the works, have Apple in their sights.