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February 9, 2008

Personalize Your Apple iPod Tattoo

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Advice – On iPods and MP3 Players MP3 Players, you can put numerous photographs, videos, data with vast amounts of information.

An Apple iPod tattoo?

Now before you mothers out there get all freaked out, it’s not what you think!

The latest rage is to dress up your Apple iPod with your own personal Apple iPod tattoo. That’s right. The iPod, not the child!

Most iPod owners looking to tattoo their iPod make up their own image in Photoshop. But not everyone is geared up to using Photoshop or even spending their time going through the steps needed to get your tattoo ready.

Enter the HP people. The HP web site has some very cool Apple iPod tattoos ready made and ready to be printed out and applied!

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You can put that special someone on your iPod, a scanned sketch for you artists or your favorite pet. Actually you can use anything that can be made into a computerized digital file to create your personal Apple iPod tattoo. We have another iPod article posted at our web site if you do want to do everything on your own to add that special touch.

But HP is making it very easy to personalize your iPod player by helping you to display cool graphics, unique pictures or your favorite album cover art on your iPod with their easy to print, easy to apply, and easy to remove tattoos!

Advice – The least pricey model of iPods is the iPod shuffle. These of course range in price a great deal again based on the memory.

And HP will make sure you’ve got the tattoo supplies you need as well. HP Tattoos use specially designed paper to fit your iPod to make it very, very easy to tattoo your Ipod!

HP has a gallery of iPod tattoos which includes some of the hottest artists today and their album covers as well as other designs. You can click on the different tattoo images and HP will show you what it will look like on an Ipod! How great is that!

And don’t forget the HP Activity Center as well where you can find tons of other images that you can use to create your iPod tattoo. Your only limitation is your imagination.

But HP also has a section where you can upload your own file from your computer and create your own special tattoo. You simply browse your computer for the file in GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP or TIF format and you can even edit it online to get exactly what you want.

Advice – With the increasing popularity of these peripherals, another need is repair. With more and more use, unlike any other gadget, iPods will have a fair share of wear and tear.

Note that maximum file size you can use is 4MB but that will give you a great looking tattoo to print out. You will also need Adobe Acrobat to see the finished image. If you don’t have your own free copy you can download Adobe Reader at www.adobe.com.

Once you are ready with your finished image you can Download and Print. You can also download project instructions that will walk you through the printing process as well.

IPodComet – The #1 Converting IPod Download Site. Features Unlimited IPod Downloads Including Movies, Songs, And Tv Shows, Plus Free DVD-to-iPod Software.

Personalize your apple Ipod tattoo your way. What a great idea. Your Apple iPod never looked better!

Lee MacRae runs a website called “Pass The Ipod” where he shares his personal love of everything iPod. Visit http://www.passtheipod.com/

Find your HP tattoo at http://zmamgmwspro06-f.tay.hp.com/activitycenter/us/en/music/tattoo.jsp

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February 6, 2008

New iPod Accessories

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Advice – The one element with iPods that really drives cost is the amount of memory. So if you are looking for the least expensive iPod model then you will want to purchase one with a smaller memory card.

With the ever-increasing popularity of the iPod and all its various forms, it follows that more and more accessories will become both important and appealing to iPod owners. Here are three new accessories that iPod owners may want to consider purchasing.

Podolock
The Podolock is a hard acrylic case for the iPod mini that helps to secure it from theft or unauthorized use. Along with the case is a cable that goes through the top of the case that enables the user to dock the iPod to a table, steering wheel, or other stable base. With the increasing numbers of iPods being stolen, cases like these may become handy for iPod owners. Podolocks will begin shipping next month and will be available for about $20, with the cables ranging from about $10 to $20.

The Ipod Book Play, learn and work with you Ipod like you never thought possible.

TuffWrap Accent
TuffWrap Accents are new cases for iPod Video that will protect the devices from scratches and bumps. Optional inserts protect the screen and click wheel. There are three options for these two-tone silicone cases: blue and gray, yellow and black, red and black. The cases also feature ribbed sides for a more secure grip, and the texture of the overall case prevents the iPod from sliding unnecessarily. TuffWrap Accents sell for about $29.95.

Iconz
Iconz are stylish and fun durable cases that feature a logo, icons, or images that cover the face of the iPod Video. The backs of the cases are translucent, and the Iconz feature play-through control for the click wheel and integrated screen protection. Available images include cartoon and/or movie icons such as the Superman or Batman logo, your favorite MLB team, or your NBA team. Iconz with NBA images including a team and, in some cases, a player are available for the iPod Nano. Iconz for the iPod Video are available for about $29.95, while the Iconz for the iPod Nano are available for about $24.95.

Advice – Ease of Operation – If you are ‘technologically challenged’, you will have no difficulty with the iPod. There are only 5 buttons on the front of the unit that are used for operation, that’s it! The screen does most of the work.

http://www.ipodinsight.com

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February 3, 2008

Apple iPod – Why Apple Dominates the Mobile MP3 Player Market

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Advice – iTunes Downloads – click ‘Edit,’ then click ‘Preferences in the iTunes application. Next, click the ‘iPod’ tab, then click ‘Videos,’ and then ‘Automatically update all videos. The iTunes application will copy the movie to your iPod automatically. To play back your movie on your iPod, click ‘Videos,’ then click ‘Movies’.

Noticing a growing market for mobile MP3 players, Apple released the original iPod in late 2001, and it was quickly destined to be a huge success. It was exactly what people wanted.. It had a simple interface, it had a large storage capacity, and it was extremely attractive and recognizable. It was only compatible with the Apple Macintosh though, which extremely limited their sales possibilities.

The iPod did end up driving up Apple Macintosh sales though, since a small percentage of people actually migrated over to the Macintosh computer just so they could use an Ipod. It wasn’t enough to drive sales of the iPod up though, Apple needed a bigger market, they needed the Windows market, which was (and still is) much larger than the Macintosh market.

In 2003 Apple released a new iPod that came with iTunes, which was compatible with both Macintosh and Windows systems. This was when the real explosion of sales occurred, since so many more people could use them with the Windows platform.

The iPod Keys to Success

  • Simple Interface – The Apple iPod has an extremely simple interface, needing only a few seconds of use to be able to master it.

    Advice – Over the course of the past couple of years, there’s been a real demand, a real buyer’s craze for Ipods and MP3s. Music lovers from different parts of the world have been scrambling to find the latest when it comes to these types of portable music players.

  • Large capacity – The current regular ipod has a 30 or 60 gigabyte storage capacity, which 30 gigabytes equals about 6000 songs. Even the smaller versions have a larger than normal capacity.

  • It’s visually attractive – They made it look very sexy, appealing to just about everyone, and is now extremely recognizable.

  • Windows and Mac compatibility – When they crossed over to the windows market, they more than tripled their market, literally reaching anyone that owned a computer

    These are the things that really make the Apple iPod dominate the mobile MP3 player market, reaching over 70% of the market share. Apple never simply wanted to dominate the market with one product though, they’re still releasing new products at an alarming rate, each of which are doing extremely well.

  • iPod Mini – This was Apple’s first iPod spinoff, attempting to appeal to a younger market, being the first to come in different color, and it was much smaller than the original iPod. It didn’t have as large of a capacity as the original, but it was still large enough to hold a lot of songs.

  • iPod Nano – Apple retired the Mini, and came out with the Nano, which was even smaller than the Mini, at about a quarter of an inch thick. The nano has exploded onto the market with it’s extremely small size, and has capacities of 1, 2, and 4 gigabytes.

    Advice – There are a number reasons why there has been so much exhilaration about both the Ipod and the MP3. Indeed, there are four significant reasons why people around the world, why music lovers of all ages, have become so excited about Ipods and MP3s.

  • iPod Video – This was a replacement for the basic iPod, and the most recent addition to the iPod family of products. the iPod Video not only plays songs like the original, but plays video files as well, and they bumped up the capacity to 30 and 60 gigabytes.

  • iPod Shuffle – The iPod Shuffle is Apples first attempt at the flash drive market, since all of their other products have spinning hard drives. The shuffle replaces the user interface with just a few buttons, and prides itself on the “shuffle” feature, after it’s name. It is the smallest of the iPod line, at about the size of a usb memory stick, and has capacities of 512 megabytes and 1 gigabyte, appealing to those that don’t need much space and want something extremely small.

    The iPod has created a whole slew of other markets as well, from audio companies implementing ipod connectivity support in car radios, clothes companies creating ipod pockets, and other third party companies creating tons of ipod accessories, like carrying cases, protective sleeves, docking stations, the list goes on and on.

    It’s no wonder why the iPod dominates the market, with Apple’s ingenious marketing strategies, great features, and appealing looks of their products, the iPod is destined to dominate the MP3 player market for some time.

    Advice – Convenience – When I try to explain to people how much I love my iPod, the biggest and best feature for me is the fact that I can carry my entire music library in the palm of my hand! And it’s very small, exceedingly lightweight and I’ve also found it to be durable as well.

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    This article taken from Computer Discounts Guide – Apple iPod Guide. View the website for more helpful guides.

    Donny Duncan, the author of Computer Discounts Guide has been in the computer field for over thirteen years.

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