Tomahawk Personal Blog

My iPod shuffle On-The-Road

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Jam-packed with 1GB of classical music contents, as this Apple iPod shuffle accompanied me on the road during my vacation in España and Portugal. Thank you, Steve!

(Picture shown my iPod shuffle stands on a desk lamp pedestal, of a hotel room in España)
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No More iPod for "Dear Leader"!

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Bush Government implements sanctions for North Korea's "Dear Leader" - Kim Jong-il, Apple's iPod is banned to export to North Korea.

Besides, there are many items prohibited to ship to North Korea, including plasma TVs, yachts, French cognac, Rolex watches, cigarettes, artwork, expensive cars like Mercedes Benz & BMW, Harley Davidson motorcycles or even personal watercraft, such as Jet Skis.

Responding to North Korea's nuclear test Oct. 9, 2006 that the U.N. Security Council voted to ban military supplies and weapons shipments — sanctions already imposed by the United States. It also banned sales of luxury goods but so far has left each country to define such items. Japan included beef, caviar and fatty tuna, along with expensive cars, motorcycles, cameras and more. Many European nations are still working on their lists.
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Put Some Music On...

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I heard it through the grapevine. Apple's new iPod shuffle 2 has been selling like hotcakes.

In the meantime, let's take a look the gorgeous iPod shuffle 2 TV commercial. Enjoy!

More on iPod shuffle....

(This post is being updated on Nov 08, 2007)
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iPod nano RED flies to Beijing

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I bought this iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition, 8 GB version from Apple Store Hong Kong. (HK$1,900)

This slim size iPod nano will ship to Halle Tsai, one of the active Mac fans now residing in Beijing.
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iPods In The Air

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CUPERTINO, California—November 14, 2006—Apple® today announced it is teaming up with Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United to deliver the first seamless integration between iPod® and in-flight entertainment systems. These six airlines will begin offering their passengers iPod seat connections which power and charge their iPods during flight and allow the video content on their iPods to be viewed on the their seat back displays.

“There is no better traveling companion than an iPod, and now travelers can power their iPods during flight and even watch their iPod movies and TV shows on their seat back displays,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing. “We’re excited to work with Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United to offer iPod users an even better in-flight experience.”

In-flight iPod connectivity will be available to Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United passengers beginning in mid 2007. Additionally, Apple is working with Panasonic Avionics Corporation to bring even more leading airlines in-flight iPod connectivity in the future.

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Uncle "Santa" Steve

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Mr. Steven Paul Jobs of Apple plays Santa Clause.

Uncle "Santa" Steve gives free iPod shuffle 2 to his employees during the season, everyone works for Apple will be pleased to get one as a token of appreciation from Apple.

Apple iPod shuffle 2 (1GB) retail price at HK$650.00
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Another iPod® nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition

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Apple® today announced a new 8GB model of the iPod® nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition.

(RED) was created by U2 lead singer Bono and Bobby Shriver to engage business in the fight against AIDS in Africa by getting the world’s most iconic companies to make uniquely branded products. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was established in 2002, with the support of the world’s leaders and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, to dramatically increase resources to fight three of the world’s most devastating diseases, and to direct those resources to areas of greatest need by supporting locally-driven strategies. To date, the Global Fund has committed $5.2 billion (US) to more than 363 programs in 131 countries. For more information about (RED) please visit www.joinred.com.
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The Mysterious 6th Generation iPod

A pretty interesting technical article from Apple Developer Section describing on iPod Notes Concepts. We have reasons to believe that the 6th generation iPod will be a Touch-Screen model.

You may check it out at Apple's ADC website,
take a peek here...

Webpage Path:
ADC Home > Hardware & Drivers > iPod

then, look for iPod Notes Feature Guide (PDF) and
download the PDF file (1.5 MB) on your desktop.

Go to Page #10 titled "Advanced Uses of Notes",

Voila! Read the contents of the gray box as follows:

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iPod shuffle Off The Shelves on Nov 03 2006.

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Apple Store Hong Kong indicated that the 2nd Generation iPod shuffle 1GB should be ready for the public, ETA will be on Nov 03 (Friday) accordingly.

Gosh! This tiny dirty gadget is too seductive. I can hardly wait for it.
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Happy Birthday! iPod.

Happy Birthday! 5-year-old on October 23, 2006.

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Poisoned Video iPod...

Small Number of Video iPods Shipped With Windows Virus



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Quoted from Apple's Statement:

We recently discovered that a small number - less than 1% - of the Video iPods available for purchase after September 12, 2006 left our contract manufacturer carrying the Windows RavMonE.exe virus. This known virus affects only Windows computers, and up to date anti-virus software which is included with most Windows computers should detect and remove it.

So far we have seen less than 25 reports concerning this problem. The iPod nano, iPod shuffle and Mac OS X are not affected, and all Video iPods now shipping are virus free. As you might imagine, we are upset at Windows for not being more hardy against such viruses, and even more upset with ourselves for not catching it.
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Help fight AIDS in Africa.

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Choose the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition and Apple will give $10 of its purchase price to the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa.

US$199.00
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How about a U2 iPod nano 4GB?

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Will Apple reveal iPod nano U2 Red? Huh....
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The 5.5th Generation Apple iPod 30GB

Last month, I finally got this 5.5G iPod 30GB multimedia player. Retail Price: HK$1,980.00

Battery power is awesome, last up to 14 hours of music playback when fully charged.

All my music files are in original AIFF 16-bit/48KHz Hi-Fi format, I feel good about it.

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Picture shown The Cleopatra VII kitten.
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