Mar 27 2009
While I’m temporarily distracted with other things, have a look at this great list of the 25 (Most Wanted) Tips For IPhone 3G.
I found the item on “How To Switch Punctuation Keys To Alphabet Keys Quickly” to be very useful.
[ Via Digg ]While your flexing your iPhone muscles, did you know that you can Use iPhone headphones as a remote for Keynote?
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Mar 21 2009
When Apple announced the new 3rd generation iPod shuffle, it moved the device’s controls to the earbud cables. The fragility of these earbuds necessitates the availability of replacements. The new replacement earbuds not only include the shuffle’s controls, but they also feature a mic for use with the iPhone.
Obviously, the mic won’t be of any use for iPod shuffle users, but will the controls work with the iPhone or any of the other current iPods?
Yes, they will…and maybe that’s a tad obvious, but I thought it was worth a mention.
Below the fold, I’ve included a simple chart of what the Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic does on iPods and the iPhone.
| Â | 3rd Gen iPod shuffle | Other iPods | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|
| + | Volume Up | Volume Up | Nothing |
| - | Volume Down | Volume Down | Nothing |
| Single-click | Play/Pause | Play/Pause Song or Video | Play/Pause Song or Video |
| Double-click | Next Track | Next Track or Chapter | Next Track or Chapter |
| Triple-click | Previous Track | Previous Track or Chapter | Previous Track or Chapter |
| Click & hold | Hear current song name | Nothing | Nothing |
| Click & hold and release after tone | Hear and choose playlists | Nothing | Nothing |
| Mic | Nothing | Nothing | Serves as a microphone for phone calls and voice recording |
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Mar 11 2009
Apple announced its newly designed iPod shuffle today. It’s nearly half of the size of the previous model and now it talks to you. The same VoiceOver technology found in Mac OS X now enables the iPod shuffle to speak your song titles, artists and playlist names (oh, yeah, you can have multiple playlists now!!).
This is now the third generation iPod shuffle and you’ll find all of its controls have moved from the device to the earphone cord. This means, with the press of a button on the supplied Apple earbuds, you can play, pause, adjust volume, switch playlists and hear the name of the song and artist. It also means if you’re one of the multitude of people that prefer not to use Apple earbuds with your iPod, you’re out of luck when it comes to the shuffle until third party adapters come along:
The new iPod shuffle comes in silver or black at a capacity of 4GB selling for USD$79. The new iPod shuffle requires a Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later and iTunes 8.1 or later; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista, Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 3) or later and iTunes 8.1.
As this is a Mac website, I don’t usually list Windows PC requirements in the posts I make here, but thought I would this time since I’m going to talk about an interesting difference in using the 3rd Gen iPod shuffle on a PC than on a Mac: it talks funny on a PC. Watch this guided tour and at about 3 minutes and 24 seconds in you’ll hear what VoiceOver sounds like for PC users.
You might have noticed the mention of iTunes 8.1 in the shuffle’s requirements. iTunes 8.1 was released today as well. Here’s its list of added features:
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