It's mylo, says Joi Ito. The Sony mylo ships in the US September 15. No plans for distribution in Japan. Key quote: "The mylo is a nifty little device that does wifi, Skype (you can hold it up to your ear or use a headset), GTalk (no voice), and Yahoo Instant Messenger. It also has a browser (Opera, no flash), has a photo album, plays mp3 and Windows Media Player
Microsoft’s XBox site has published a document that shows how to turn the XBox 360 gaming device into an iPod accessory: “We’re happy to report that the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system works with MP3 music files on Apple iPod portable audio players, right out of the box. Just connect your iPod’s USB cable into any controller port on your Xbox 360 console, then go to the Media
Apple to shift 37 million iPods in 2005: Apple will sell 37 million iPods in 2005 according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. Given that the company has sold a tad under 18 million so far this year, Munster is expecting much in the last quarter. Apple sold just over 8.2 million in 2004.
[BBC]: A group legal action suit over the iPod nano has widened beyond the United States to includes consumers from the United Kingdom and Mexico. Consumers are alleging that the iPod nano screens are easily scratched. Apple says the problem only affects less than one-percent of its players. The law suit seeks a refund and a portion of Apple profits from player sales (yeah, right). In fact, Apple has agreed
Macworld compares the Walkmand the the ROKR music phones. The final analysis? “Both phones performed well. The Rokr’s ITunes compatibility is a nice bonus, especially for current ITunes users. However, the W800i Walkman phone accommodates my needs a little better: It has comfy earbuds, takes slightly better pictures, and looks good. Alas, it’s too darn expensive. If Sony Ericsson could sign up a carrier that could mark down the price,
Red Herring reports that Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman believes selling music over cell phones is the music industry’s biggest-ever opportunity.
MusicGiants Inc. has launched a new music download service today, reports Reuters, hoping their Windows Media Audio “lossless” format will appeal above the crowd. Are they kidding? It’s reached licensing deals with all the major music labels including EMI Group, Sony/BMG, Vivendi Universal and Warner Music Group. Supposedly lossless files have up to 7 times the sound quality of music files on other commercial music services. As if anyone cares…
The Rolling Stones album A Bigger Bang has been released on a a new secured mini flash card from SanDisk. Consumers can preview and purchase more music from the band’s back catalog, through either a PC or a supported mobile phone (Palm and Windows Mobile only, Symbian phones next year). See more at The Register and Business Week. The cards are only available in the US so far. Assuming they
Music, not Gaming could become more successful than mobile gaming, according to a study released Tuesday by market research firm In-Stat.