Saturday, April 6, 2002
Apple and Volkswagen iPod partnership
iLounger, Ryan S. writes us with news of an interesting partnership between Apple and Volkswagen involving an iPod and more. We are verifying the news and will be posting an update with URL soon:
“Volkswagen and Apple have teamed up in 2003. VW will offer 3 different promo packages for their Jetta line and one of them is bundled† w/ an Apple iPod and has a Harmon Kardon sound system. The car has a center console docking station for the iPod MP3 player and the stereo has FM and MP3CD/CD player.”
Cases: Two new iPod cases from Sweden
Swedish company, Krusell has released two new iPod cases; the iPod Classic Multidapt case and the iPod Handit Multidapt case. We are waiting on price/shipping info and will post it as soon as possible.
“The two cases are compatible with our acclaimed Multidapt-system which makes it possible to use the iPod together with some different clips in iMac colors, as well as a couple of swivel kits, a carholder and even a bikeholder.”
Software: EphPod beta v2.00 released
“EphPod is a program designed to make your iPod work with Windows. You will need a program to let you read Mac drives through Windows for EphPod to work properly. Currently, we recommend MacOpener. It has a free trial, so you can try it before you have to pay for it.”
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What’s new:
- New Look by Christian Petersen
- New Features to go along with look (lots of little things)
- Rudimentary “Synchronize” Feature (it’ll get more full-featured soon!)
- Version Management for later multi-lingual support
- Checks to see if MacDrive is set up properly
- Doesn’t change views all the time on save / delete anymore
- Select All function on the right-click menu for Songs (Also Ctrl+Alt+A)
- Deselect function on right-click menu for Songs (Also Ctrl+D)
Friday, April 5, 2002
Software: NowPod final v1.0 now available
NETsettings NowPod is an application that transfers contact information from
Now Contact 4.x to an Apple iPod.-
Key Features:
- Specify a subset of your contact list to transfer
- Optionally sort names by last name (last name, first name)
- Optionally auto-import on launch
- Optionally auto-save to connected iPod
- Numbers too long for the iPod™ to display are copied to the Notes field
- Optionally specify whether to import home/work addresses and
home/work/mobile/fax/pager numbers - Mac OS 9 compatible and Mac OS X native
Cases: Willow Design iPod case feedback
We’ve been contacted by Willow Design, makers of cases, backpacks, briefcases, etc. They are currently developing an iPod case and wanted to ask us a few questions for feedback.
What better way to get feedback than to ask our readers to send Willow Design their answers to the following questions:
- Would you carry it in your pocket?
- On your belt?
- Over the shoulder on a sling
- Would you want a separate bag for the earphones (given that it would add some cost)?
- Would you want a separate bag for the earphones and charger and cord (given that it would add more cost)?
Copy and paste the above questions into your email.
Send feedback…Software: personaPodX beta1 released
Listed at VersionTracker.com, this software looks amazing in its capabilties. The tabbed areas in personaPodX include; Hub, Files, Movies, Alarm, Contacts, Notes, Notepad, and Preferences. Check it out for yourselves. The beta 1 version expires April 20, 2002.
“PersonaPodX gives you file and contacts management for your iPod. PersonaPodX goes beyond a simple support application for your iPod and becomes a general utility for you Mac by adding an alarm clock, ASCII notepad, movie preview/player and photo preview. A batch file rename facility allows you, for instance, to consolidate directories of digital photographs.”
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Features:
- Maintain all your contact information
- Maintain notes that can be added to your iPod
- Maintain digital photos and take them with you on your iPod
- Maintain your movie files and take them with you on your iPod
- And there is even an alarm clock!
Thursday, April 4, 2002
Software: Eudora vCard Export v1.1.2 released
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New features:
- Added the option to convert nicknames which only have an email address (no real name entered) and use the nickname as either first or last name
Bug fixes/improvements:
- Removed all double “free” of memory which resulted in lots of output into the console.log
AppleScripts for iPod released
“Address Book to iPod (74K)—This application will import the contact data from the Mac OS X Address Book into your iPod. This application offers the ability to sort the contact names by last name or first name.
Version 1.0.1 now adds support for Japanese systems.”“Entourage to iPod (60K)—This application will import the contact data from the Microsoft Entourage application into your iPod. The application offers the ability to sort the contact names by last name or first name. Now supports Japanese systems.
Version 1.0.1 now adds support for Japanese systems and cell, pager, and fax numbers.To download the fully editable project files for this application, visit the AppleScript Studio website.”
“Palm Desktop to iPod (74K)—This application will import the contact data from the Palm Desktop application into your iPod. This application offers the ability to sort the contact names by last name or first name.
To download the fully editable project files for this application, visit the AppleScript Studio website.
“Download script…
For more info…Software: EntourageEvents v1.2 released
“Initial support for recurring events. This includes full support for Daily and Weekly recurrences. For Monthly and Yearly recurrences it assumes that all events fall on the same day as the initial event (e.g. things like “the last Friday of March every year” are not supported). The hope is that this meets the majority of usage scenarios.”
Wednesday, April 3, 2002
iPod 5GB for $269 for UCLA community
Dealmac.com reports:
“A reader notes that the UCLA Computer Store offers the iPod MP3 Player for $269 to members of the UCLA community. That’s $130 off the list price and the best educational pricing we’ve seen.”
Software: NowPod v1.0b4 released
“NowPod is an application that transfers contacts from Now Contact 4.x to an Apple iPod. Your iPod must be upgraded with iPod Software v1.1.”
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What’s new:
- Smart formatting of company names (if no first/last name)
- Optionally do import automatically when launched
- Optionally auto-save results to connected iPod
- Automatically copies long phone numbers to notes field
- Detects connected iPods
- Now correctly importing fax numbers
- User interface improvements
Compatibility: OS 9.1 and OS X
For more info and download…Monday, April 1, 2002
Software: NowPod v1.0b3 released
“NowPod is an application that transfers contacts from Now Contact 4.x to an Apple iPod. Your iPod must be upgraded with iPod Software v1.1.”
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What’s new:
- new preferences panel (under Apple menu in OS 9.x)
- optionally reverse names (last, first)
- optionally include or exclude specific numbers or addresses
Compatibility: OS 9.1 and OS X
For more info and download…Software: Xpod v1.2.0 released
“Looking for an application which can read files on Apple’s iPod? With BITcom Xpod you have the right utility to copy music files on iPod to your local hard disk.
- Added the option to convert nicknames which only have an email address (no real name entered) and use the nickname as either first or last name