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Griffin Evolve Wireless iPod Speakers Review
Company Creates Wood Sound Systems For iPods
Apple: Rumors Keep On Coming, But Numbers Will Surprise - iPod Sales Down
Life After iPod
The State News's Lindsey Poisson says:
After weeks of not having my iPod handy, I'm undergoing severe withdrawal pains. I wrote this column expecting to find an answer, but I'm not entirely sure I've found it. What helps is how other people have responded to my iPod query. Each discussion has zeroed in on the same subject - personalization.
The little thing literally expired the first day of classes this semester, without a chance for me to say goodbye. After about two years of moderate use, it had a good, long life. However, now I'm alone in this world.
No David Bowie, The Killers, Nine Inch Nails or the latest podcast from National Public Radio's "Wait Wait -- Don't Tell Me!" Just silence as everyone else on campus walks around plugged into earbuds.
Technically speaking, it's a problem that could easily be solved. Given the time, money and inclination, I could probably pick up another -- probably one much better than my old-school iPod shuffle. Consumerism is just neat like that.
However, the issue goes deeper than the iPod itself. It's the need for the iPod. I "miss" an inanimate object - something I don't usually do....
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Griffin Evolve Wireless iPod Speakers Review
The Register's Barry Schertel reports:
Griffin makes some pretty cool bits and bobs for the iPod and iPhone, but its crowning achievement to date has to be the new Evolve iPod dock and speaker set.
At first glance, the Evolve is nothing much more than an iPod dock - a fairly trendy looking iPod dock, but an iPod dock nonetheless. Then you pick up the speakers and notice they are completely wireless.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/18/review_griffin_evolve_wireless_speakers/
Company Creates Wood Sound Systems For iPods
GateHouse News Service's Bob Tremblay reports:
Owners of iPods who want to hear their music without headphones typically have to buy a sound system made out of plastic.
Now they don't, thanks to Sprout Creation. The product creation company based in Wayland, Mass., has released Vers (pronounced like the line of poetry), a brand of sound systems made from handcrafted wood.
Its debut product, Vers 2X, sounds better, looks better and is more environmentally friendly than the plastic products on the market, said Dave Laituri, who founded Sprout Creation last year with Tim Trzepacz.
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http://thekansan.com/stories/021608/business_20080215001.shtml
Apple: Rumors Keep On Coming, But Numbers Will Surprise - iPod Sales Down
SeekingA\lpha reports:
Once again Apple gets hammered in the press. This time by Sandy Berger, FBR analyst, who figures that second quarter 2008 unit sales of iPods and iPhones will be down 60% and those of macBooks will be down 50% from last quarter's results. He arrives at these estimates by gauging Apple's suppliers....
But before investors lose too much heart, consider the following:
Q2 unit sales traditionally do go down after the booming holiday season. It's awfully hard to match those Christmas iPod gifts in January through March. iPod sales are seasonal. Look at 2007 unit sales for the iPod. They went from 21 million in Q1 to 10 million in Q2 for 2007. A drop in iPods is expected; anything otherwise would be very unusual......
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