In the week since Apple announced its “Let’s Rock” event, the organization’s spokespeople have assured all observers that this would be a really critical launch, with bigger news than just a refresh ...

My proposal for a re-think of the iPod family. What would the iPod family look like if built upon modern mobile ideas like interconnected devices communicating with bluetooth, and wearable devices ?

Just a day before Apple announced upgrades to its iPod family, Microsoft did the same for its Zune. With the nearly simultaneous upgrades, the media players are pretty closely matched: They cost about ...

The new iPod shuffle: tiny, inexpensive and ever so cool. It's no secret that I think the iPod is a life-changing device and that anyone and everyone who cares about music even a little bit should ...

In the beginning (OK, in 2001), there was the original 5GB iPod—and we were lucky to have it. But in the past four years, Apple has made things a bit more complicated, adding several new members to ...

Come, pull up your chairs. Closer. Closer. Good. Now listen closely, we’re here today for one reason: it’s the iPod‘s birthday and I’m going to tell you why it’s the greatest gadget ever. The first ...

The iPod “with video” (which I’ll heretofore refer to as iPod video because, well, it just sounds better) has generated a good amount of buzz since its announcement a few weeks ago, and with good ...

The iPod, which has had its own tab on the Apple.com web site’s homepage for over 13 years, today disappeared from Apple’s homepage and menu bar — replaced with and subordinated under a new Music ...