The world has too many video formats. We mere mortals are dazzled by the cacophony of audio codecs, video codecs, and file containers. Too frequently the "same" format becomes incompatible as you move from one player to another, or go cross-platform. Some Windows Media files play fine on Windows, yet trip up Windows Media Player for Mac. An MPEG-4 file made on a Mac may not play on a Windows machine. Your QuickTime files on the desktop become wasted space on the SD card in your Palm or Pocket PC. Now we have the iPod that does video, with a predilection for H.264.
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I knew that the iPod photo plus iPod Camera Connector would work with my Nikon D70; it's on the compatibility list. I was hoping it would work with my wife's new Olympus C-70Z (C700Z in the US), and it did. I wasn't sure if it would work with my old Sony DSC-F717, and it did. I was pretty sure it would not work with my USB 2.0 card reader, and it.... did!
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They have finally reached a settlement in the long-running class action against Apple who, by settling, must feel some guilt for exaggerating the battery life of earlier iPods. Typically the compensation offered only applies to US citizens and resident entities, and loyal customers in the rest of the world are given the cold shoulder. Americans and inter-dimensional aliens before second-class humans please, ladies and gentlemen...
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My first generation iPod just didn't hold a charge anymore. A timely article on Wired about Newer Technologies 22-hour battery for first and second generation iPods came my way...
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When smart announced the smart fortwo cabrio edition i-Move, they also announced plans to sell an iPod car integration kit as an accessory for the fortwo and roadster models. This kit requires an iPod with a dock connector—excluding earlier iPods. If you own a smart and an original iPod, what options are available to unite the two?
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Use an original iPod as a medium for large PC-Mac file transfers...
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