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Archive for March, 2009
Max Payne 3, Coming Winter 2009
Mar 24th
Yes you read it rite, Max Payne 3 is finally Coming. The wait is until Winter 2009.
Bookmark – Max Payne 3
Nine Inch Nails Releases Free Download of NIN JA 2009 Tour Sampler
Mar 21st
Just Got this in Email.
The NIN/JA 2009 tour site is now live at ninja2009.com and features a FREE download with exclusive, previously-unreleased music from Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction, and Street Sweeper. You can also browse tour dates, photos, videos, and listen to streaming music. http://www.ninja2009.com
The tracks will be available in MP3, FLAC Lossless, WAVE Lossless, Apple Lossless formats.
iTunes 8.1 adds iPod iCon to your My Computer View
Mar 16th
Updating to the latest software of some of your favorite software is what every techie always looks out to. Being a techie myself so do I.
Updating has benefits while sometimes does not but lets talk about iTunes 8.1 ,iTunes 8.1 now adds a cool icon to your My Computer view. This icon will matches up to your iPod that you are syncing with iTunes. For me it is the iPod Touch and it added a cool Touch Icon to my My Computer view.
iPod Touch iCon
Right Clicking on this Icon in the My Computer view gives you more information about your iPod which includes the serial number and the Firmware version.
This icon certainly looks chic, way better that what we earlier used to see which was a default portable player icon that windows assigned. Wished it rendered information like Microsoft’s Device Stage would have done, it shows as a “Digital Camera” in the Details Pane in Vista.
Any ways Kudos Apple 
Apple Releases New iPod Shuffle now with Voice Over
Mar 11th
Apple has now upgraded its iPod Shuffle line which will be the 3rd Generation of this model.
The upgrade will be seen in the models Design as well as will consist of new controls. The Shuffle now sports a vertical design. This design will be missing the regular operation buttons.
iPod Shuffle 3G
The buttons now are moved over-out rather, the buttons will now be available on the ear phone cord rather than on the player itself. These buttons will also host the new “Voice Over” feature that Apple has introduced with this Player.
The Ear Phone cord will have 3 buttons , 2 Volume Control buttons while one in the Center will act as the “Play” ,”Pause” ,”Next Track” ,”Previous Track” button. The Voice Over feature can be used by this very Center button.
The Buttons function this way
- + Up - Volume Up
- - Down – Volume Down
- | Middle Button -
Play/Pause: Single click
Go to next track: Double click
Go to previous track: Triple click
The Voice Over Feature
To hear the title and artist of the song playing: Press and hold center button. To move between playlists: Press and hold center button and release after you hear a tone. When you hear the name of the playlist you want, click to select it
The Voice Over Feature is unique in its kind, you can now just speak into on the ear phones and get the player to play the Track or the Song without even touching the buttons. If you have created Playlists, speak into the mic the playlist name and viola the player plays the playlists. If thats not all, the player also announces the Artists, the Albums and even your Playlists for you to choose from.
Apple’s Site says this about the feature “iPod. iTunes reads your song information, then uses the new VoiceOver Kit to generate the announcements for the songs, artists, and playlists on your iPod shuffle.”
Voice Over will also available in other languages.
The player does look promising and looking at the size of it ,it sure does pack a punch with the new added “Voice Over” feature.
But there is always a but, better not loose those ear phones, also the people who do not like the default ear phones will be dissapointed, which seems to be quite a chunk of iPod Users, me included. But well as the saying goes “Necessity is the mother of invention” I am sure lots of ear phone manufacturers have already geared up to cater this demand.
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