Is the shuffle really an iPod?

I caught a little flack earlier today when I mentioned I don’t consider the iPod shuffle to be a “real” iPod. Many people correctly pointed out the term “iPod” is Apple’s to do with as they please, and they alone should be able to decide what does and does not qualify as an iPod. If [...]

Review: Altec Lansing T612 Digital Speaker System for iPhone and iPod

When the portable inMotion speaker designers at Altec Lansing released the non-portable M602 Digital iPod Speaker System a year and a half ago, the appeal was obvious: as a combination of metal-grilled speakers and an iPod dock, M602 offered an audio experience close to the popular, similar Bose SoundDock at two-thirds the price, with added versatility in the form of bass and treble adjustments, video-out, line-in, and USB sync features, as well as…

Review: 32GB iPod touch

The inclusion of Mail, Stocks, Maps, Weather, and Notes has transformed the iPod touch. Now, not only is it a solid and attractive portable media player, but, finally, a darned fine Internet communications device as well. The 32GB model may well be worth a look if you’ve held off on buying a touch.

Report: iPod shipments tracking towards first yearly decline

Shipments of Apple's iPod digital music players could see their first yearly decline come the end of the company's March quarter, investment bank Piper Jaffray said Monday. In a research note to clients, analyst Gene Munster said he's analyzed th...

Backstage: New York City: iPod + iPhone Central, in Photos

Over the past several years, we’ve published a series of feature-length international iPod reports from major cities outside of the United States; this week, we wanted to turn the camera on a major domestic destination—New York City—in a slightly less formal way. Though I spent most of Friday meeting with investors there, I took the time to visit all of the local Apple Stores and, of course, do some iPod- and iPhonespotting around…

Article: iDesign: The Art of JBL’s iPod Speakers

Gather tiny speakers. Place them inside a plastic box. Put an dock on it and make it shiny. Then quadruple whatever the parts are worth and try to sell it. This recipe for iPod speaker creation—attempted by hundreds of cooks over the past six years—is, in one word, stale. But before it became so passe, it was polished to near-perfection by two companies that defined the iPod speaker market for an entire generation of customers and cloners.…