iPod touch

The iPod touch is hot now

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Did you become the proud owner of an iPod touch recently? You’re not the only one, as my most popular MacTips tutorial shows.

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Kindle ebooks come to Kiwiland

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The Kindle app for iPhone becomes available for Kiwis, along with many Kindle ebooks.

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TradeMe safer now; TradeMe goes mobile

In the last couple of days I bought goods from two separate TradeMe auctions. In both cases the goods arrived promptly and in excellent condition. It’s been the same for everything I’ve bought on TradeMe and for that matter the few items I’ve bought on eBay. There are cheats and frauds about though, and many [...]

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Paid software upgrade adds features to iPod touch

After watching the Macworld 2008 Keynote live blogging I found that Software Update wasn’t bringing up the goods so I downloaded and installed iTunes 7.6. That gave me the 1.1.3 update for my iPod touch, and offered me a paid software upgrade. After a bit of updating and unplugging I now have fancy new features [...]

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Gmail improved on the iPod touch and iPhone

Nice! I often read emails on my iPod touch, using Gmail via Google Apps. I seldom write any on the iPod though because entering addresses can be a pain, and typing isn’t that friendly either. But now Google have updated the interface for iPod and iPhone, and it’s very handy indeed: — New Gmail for [...]

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iPod touch gets smart with Safari bookmarklets

There are lots of websites that need passwords: blog logins, banks, forums — the list is endless. On my Mac I use 1Password to manage all my various passwords — it works beautifully. It even has the ability to store a file on my iPod touch that contains my passwords; it requires a password to [...]

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29 concerned fish in the Address Book

After writing this post on Oddity 59 — Fish and Chips in Wellington: The problem is, the Best Fish Guide assigns fish to one of 3 categories. The rankings reflect the state of each fishery from Green (Best choice), to Amber (Concerns), to Red (Worst choice). The Green column is empty. But how to remember [...]

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Video Podcasts on the iPod touch

“Uh oh. There’s something wrong here: why does the video podcast not have video?” That may be a question you’ve asked if you’ve tried to watch a video podcast on your iPod touch (or perhaps other iPods). I asked it the first couple of times I tried to watch a video podcast. But it turned [...]

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iPod touch in a Nutshell

After considerable searching I discovered that the perfect case for the iPod touch or iPhone is made right here in New Zealand by Nutshell.

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Tips for using iPod touch with Twitter, Gmail and RSS feeds

Some techniques for using an iPod touch to check emails, tweets and RSS feeds.

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