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Macworld: Belkin Announces TuneCast II FM Transmitter

All you itrip bashers have to remember that the FCC regulates the amount of signal these things are alloud to transmit. I would assume all companies attempt to take full advantage of it. Ever think that it may just be your car, and/or area you’re attempting to transmit in? I live in the San Francisco Bay Area (extremely crowded air waves) and if I’m in one car, I get perfect reception, better than most radio stations, but if I’m in a different car, I get horrible reception, and cannot even get a good signal. It more than just your transmitter.

Posted by Lance on January 5, 2004 at 8:19 PM (PDT)

Macworld: Belkin Announces TuneCast II FM Transmitter

Can’t wait to see a review of this product. Is the transmission range better than that of the iTrip? What about audio quality? Battery life?

Posted by ketsugi on January 5, 2004 at 8:18 PM (PDT)

DJs look to iPod as the next turntable?

Blaah:  It’d be SO much easier to just burn a cd and use it in a CDJ or the new technics CDJ’s that have a platter.  Final Scratch is not yet stable, and it doesn’t have anywhere near as many features the new Technics decks will have, and it costs about the same.

Carrying around an iPod and FS etc just adds extra variables.  I’m all for technology, but well, I just can’t see it being more then a hinderance in this case.

—djway

Posted by djway on January 5, 2004 at 8:08 PM (PDT)

iSportCase iPod case for $20

Doesn’t look like it covers much… of the front, anyway. The back seems pretty well covered, but I care more about averting damage to the front.

Posted by lukester on January 5, 2004 at 7:42 PM (PDT)

DJs look to iPod as the next turntable?

If it would be standard for every club to have a FinalScratch setup that can read from firewire HDs, that would be the way to use the iPod in the future for DJing….

Posted by Blaah on January 5, 2004 at 7:33 PM (PDT)

Macworld: Belkin Announces TuneCast II FM Transmitter

It looks ugly to me…
I like iTrip better.
Also compare the price
I bought my iTrip for 30 bucks at compusa and this transmitter costs 50!

Posted by Don on January 5, 2004 at 7:30 PM (PDT)

Mini iPod concept designs

Those Toshiba micro drive will not be in mass production until 2005 and will cost around 280$.

(nice try)

Posted by altos on January 5, 2004 at 7:29 PM (PDT)

Macworld: Belkin Announces TuneCast II FM Transmitter

I’m assuming it’ll be more powerful than an iTrip if it takes a AA/AAA.  The iTrip only gets a little bit of power from the remote plug.  The power of the transmitter is likely to get stronger with the power of the battery.  But I don’t know how much the FCC makes them limit it.

The iTrip promises 10-30 feet of operation, and I seldom get more than about 5 to 8 feet.  Which is fine for the car, but it gets annoying at other times.

Posted by dethbrakr in Tacoma, WA on January 5, 2004 at 7:14 PM (PDT)

Macworld: Belkin Announces TuneCast II FM Transmitter

um…maybe by dc cable they mean it is a dc power convertor that you plug into your good ol’ ac power socket at home.

Posted by m0nkey on January 5, 2004 at 6:58 PM (PDT)

iTunes Music Store coming to Japan

and the australians…

Posted by m0nkey on January 5, 2004 at 6:45 PM (PDT)

Macworld: Belkin Announces TuneCast II FM Transmitter

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Posted by Sam on January 5, 2004 at 6:44 PM (PDT)

Macworld: Belkin Announces TuneCast II FM Transmitter

Ok, what’s the difference between the grey version that “connects to your car’s cigarette lighter to provide extended power while on the road”, and the white version, that “includes only a DC cable for optional battery-free operation”. Isn’t the cig lighter plug DC? Kinda confoosed here… (maybe I’m just an idiot ^_^

Posted by Sam on January 5, 2004 at 6:43 PM (PDT)

CNET: Music downloads decline after RIAA lawsuits

hmmm…i know some of my friends have stopped d/l music due to the lawsuits…

i personally completely quit after deciding it was morally wrong :D.

Posted by m0nkey on January 5, 2004 at 6:40 PM (PDT)

iChicken video

m0nkey liked it.

Posted by m0nkey on January 5, 2004 at 6:36 PM (PDT)

Macworld: Belkin Announces TuneCast II FM Transmitter

cool…hope it works better than my itrip.

Posted by jc on January 5, 2004 at 6:25 PM (PDT)

iPod ads "do a terrific job of seducing and selling"

I think you have to have some idea of what an MP3 player is before you see the iPod commercials, but it’s painfully obvious if you do.

I had an iPod before the commercials but they still made me want to yell “I’VE ALREADY GOT ONE BECAUSE I’M JUST THAT COOL.”

I actually did yell that at the television on more than one occasion.  Made others look at me oddly.

Posted by dethbrakr in Tacoma, WA on January 5, 2004 at 6:13 PM (PDT)

Mini iPod concept designs

I don’t know why nobody makes the connection with Toshiba.

Toshiba announced 2-4gig Hard Drives at CES. 

Apple already has a partnership with Toshiba for the current iPod drives. 

Ya think just possibly maybe that Apple will use these new 2G and 4G drives in the MiniPod?

2+2=5 folks.

Lawrence.

Posted by Lawrence on January 5, 2004 at 6:04 PM (PDT)

iPod ads "do a terrific job of seducing and selling"

they are stupid adds that dont sell or inform about anything…i cant tell you how many times i had to describe what an ipod is to someone after they have seen the commercial

Posted by systimax on January 5, 2004 at 5:41 PM (PDT)

Mini iPods to use new Cornice 2GB hard drive?

I just had another thought actually.
Apple could simply be using these in a new generation of standard iPOD’s.
I mean they use less power so bung a few of those into an iPOD and you could technically have a longer lasting iPOD.
6-8 hours just doesn’t cut it for me.

Posted by Jon on January 5, 2004 at 5:22 PM (PDT)

Mac: iPodScripter 1.0 Released

WTF?!!! THIS HAS BEEN REMOVED?!

That was an awesome app.  stupid ####### at the littlea pp factory taking it down.  podworks is better than ipodrip—it was their only good product!

Posted by frank on January 5, 2004 at 5:18 PM (PDT)

Mini iPods to use new Cornice 2GB hard drive?

I think that it does make business sense.
Sell it for half the price of a 10gig one (if they go for the 4gig like people are saying). I mean if the hdd only cost around $70 they could make money off a $200 mini-pod
I already have a 20gig 3g ipod, but i’d definately get a min-pod if they were announced tomorrow. I’d end up just giving to my brother, but I just love having the newset gadget of the moment, just so if it creeps in to a conversation I can say “oh I have one of those”.
Sad I know.

Posted by Jon on January 5, 2004 at 5:13 PM (PDT)

iTunes Music Store coming to Japan

what about the europeans?

Posted by Jon on January 5, 2004 at 5:04 PM (PDT)

Mini iPod concept designs

WHERE DID SPYMAC GO?  It’s just gone like,...GONE!

Posted by Bobensein on January 5, 2004 at 4:55 PM (PDT)

Mini iPods to use new Cornice 2GB hard drive?

Wake up people !!!  This so called “mini-Pod” is non-existance !!!  I don’t understand why people in the net is talking like it is for real !!!  Please ...  use logic and think about it a little more.  Business wise, cost wise, technology wise, they just don’t make sense !!!!!

Posted by Poddy in Love in Singapore on January 5, 2004 at 4:43 PM (PDT)

AppleMatters: Next To The iPod Everything Else Is Ugly

Well, I guess some prefer a designer shirt from Gucci, while some thinks that since I am just buying a white T-shirt, why not buy it from K-mart ??!  Well ...  to me, iPod is from Apple ...  it comes like certain status !!!!!  And how can you ignore that outlook ?!!!  As for the others MP3 players, I can’t really every bare looking at them after having my iPod ...  Most of them look like SHxT !

Posted by Poddy in Love in Singapore on January 5, 2004 at 4:34 PM (PDT)