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The Pope Gets an iPod

You just gotta report this - now everyone’s got an iPod. Who is there left for apple to sell to?

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A group of Vatican Radio employees gave Pope Benedict XVI a brand new iPod nano loaded with special Vatican Radio programming and classical music.

To honor the pope’s first visit to the radio’s broadcasting headquarters, the radio’s technical staff decided the pencil-thin, state-of-the-art audio player would make the perfect gift.

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Engadget | Labels hit back at Apple, now want share of iPod revenues

Engadget reports that Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman, is suggesting labels should get a cut of iPod revenue because revenue from the Tunes Music Store is not enough for them.
Is he implying that it is legal music downloads from iTMS that is selling iPods? Did he ask Sony for a cut of revenue from […]


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CNET News.com | Problems surfacing with iPod Nano screen

cnet reports that iPod nano buyers are less than impressed with the durability of the nano.
“The most widespread complaint about the otherwise highly praised device seems to be that the color display screen gets scratched extremely easily”

Having an iPod color, it’s screen is nothing to rave about either, and is becoming more difficult to read […]


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Playlist: Review: iPod nano

Well since I’m never gunna have an excuse to get my mitts on one, I’ll have to rely on other’s reviews.
Playlist have given the nano, 4.5 out of 5 and say:
A clear color screen, responsive and manageable controls, photo viewing, fast syncing, and impossibly thin. In my view the iPod nano is a nearly perfect […]


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Apple launches iPod nano. Hello nano, goodbye mini.

Apple have discontinued their hugely popular, multi-colored, hard disk based iPod mini, replacing it with a quite stunning, stark white or black, flash based, iPod nano. These will likely sell like iced water on a hot day.
“Take everything you love about iPod and shrink it. Now shrink it again. With 2GB (500 songs) and 4GB […]


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Think Secret | iPod mini to move entirely to flash and color, shuffle and phone details emerge

No surprises really. I expect Think Secret to be spot on with these rumors
Read more: Think Secret - EXCLUSIVE: iPod mini to move entirely to flash and color, shuffle and phone details emerge


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Engadget | Worm burrows into shipping Zen Neon

Wow, if things aren’t bad enough for Creative in their quest to compete with the iPod, now this.
Worm burrows into shipping Zen Neeon - Engadget - www.engadget.com


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