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DLO Introduces $70 FM Radio Accessory for iPod Nano

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 9, 2006 - 1:12pm.
Durham, N.C. - Consumer electronics firm Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) has introduced a $70 FM radio accessory for Apple's iPod Nano.
tags: Launches | Pricing | Radio | Music | iPod | CE | Radio Pricing | CE Pricing | Radio Launches | DLO | iPod Nano |

iLoad-c Enables iPod Nano Downloads Over Mobile Music Services

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 28, 2006 - 8:53am.
Campbell, Calif. - Software developer Wingspan on Tuesday introduced its iLoad-c, a device that can download music from a wireless network operator's mobile music download store directly onto an Apple iPod Nano portable player. Campbell, Calif.-based Wingspan said the $199 device will initially be compatible with Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile networks when it ships by mid-summer. The company said it is also looking to enable Wi-Fi capability within the device. Wingspan's other products include iLoad, which copies CDs to an iPod without a computer, and iLoad-v, which records video and music from a cable or satellite TV set-top box directly onto an iPod.
tags: Mobile | Internet | Music | iPod Nano | iLoad-c | Download |

Apple Faces Class Action Lawsuits Over iPod Nano Screen Scratches

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 21, 2005 - 8:16am.
Seattle - A number of law firms this week announced class action lawsuits against Apple Computer, over consumer complaints that the company's new iPod Nano digital music player scratches too easily. Apple sold a million Nanos during the device's first 17 days on sale. The company previously agreed to replace a small number of Nano players whose screens were found to crack easily, buy Apple claimed this was because of a manufacturer's defect. It has maintained that the Nano is made of the same polycarbonate used in other versions of the iPod, and is thus no more prone to scratching. Plaintiffs contend that the devices "scratch excessively during normal usage, rendering the screen on the Nanos unreadable," according to the complaint filed by the Seattle-based law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro in federal court in San Jose, California. An Apple representative declined to comment on the suit for CNET News.com.
tags: Law | Apple | iPod Nano | Screen Scratches |

Apple Acknowledges Limited iPod Nano Screen Manufacturing Flaw

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 28, 2005 - 5:12am.
San Francisco - Apple Computer has acknowledged that a manufacturing issue affecting a small number of its iPod Nano digital music players causes their screens to crack easily, and said that it will replace the defective units. "This is a real but minor issue that involved a vendor quality problem in a small number of units," Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr told the Associated Press. "This has affected less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the total iPod Nano units that we've shipped. And it's not a design issue." A number of Nano owners have also complained on a website called FlawedMusicPlayer.com that the devices' screens also scratch too easily, to the point that they are difficult to read. Apple rebuffed these claims, adding that the Nano is made of the same polycarbonate plastic as other iPod models. "A few vocal customers are saying their Nano is more susceptible to scratching than prior iPods," an Apple representative told CNET News.com. "If customers are concerned about scratching, we suggest they use one of the many iPod Nano cases that are now becoming available."
tags: Apple | iPod Nano | Screen Manufacturing Flaw |

Apple Introduces iTunes Cell Phone, iPod Nano

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 7, 2005 - 5:28am.
San Francisco -- Apple on Wednesday introduced its anticipated iTunes cell phone, a Motorola ROKR handset that includes Apple's iTunes music player software, which will go on sale Thursday from network operator Cingular Wireless for $249. The silver phone features a color-screen display, stereo speakers and a camera, and can add up to 100 songs, podcasts, audiobooks and other audio content from a computer via a USB connection. "It's an iPod shuffle right on your phone," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs, referring to the smallest of its iPod player models, which also features flash-based memory and random playback of songs. Apple also introduced the iPod nano, a new flash memory-based iPod model that is thinner than a No. 2 pencil and will replace the iPod mini line. The iPod nano features a color display and will come in $199, 2GB (500 song) and $249, 4GB (1,000 song) capacities. Finally, Apple announced that carmakers Acura, Audi, Honda and Volkswagen will offer iPod integration with car stereos in their 2006 model lines -- marking more than 15 companies that will release over 5 million cars with iPod support during 2006.
tags: Apple | iTunes | iPod Nano | Cell Phone |