Archive for January, 2006

Wall Street Bullish on Apple

Posted: 18 January 2006 by Kathy E. Gill in Economics, Innovation, Personal Technology

The Street is bullish on Apple. Oh, My, i s right. I remember when Apple could do nothing right … OK, not going there. While Wall Street’s having a cow over Apple’s recent 20% top-line upside preannouncement and the news that it shipped 14 million iPods, the real story for Apple is truly, simply, digital [...]

Make Any iPod a Video Recorder

Posted: 3 January 2006 by Kathy E. Gill in Convergence, Personal Technology

Lusting after the latest video iPod, but you just bought a Nano? Check out iSee, which turns "any iPod, iPod mini or iPod nano into a full-fledged video recorder/player." In effect, your iPod becomes a hard-drive after you slip it into the iSee 360 "wrapper" with its 3.6" high quality LCD screen. The $249 unit [...]

Disney, NBC Expand iPod Offerings

Posted: 3 January 2006 by Kathy E. Gill in Convergence, Media, Personal Technology

The Financial Times reports that Disney is adding "near-instant replays of the current ‘Bowl’ series of American football games and news from its ABC television network" to the offerings for video iPod owners. NBC made some programs available last month, including the Tonight Show; CBS and Fox are expected to follow. At this writing, two [...]