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dTunes is an all in one music player for iPhone

by Shawn Brown on November 10, 2008

dTunes offers an alternative method for playing media files on your iPhone. What dTunes offers that the iPod player does not, is direct access to music ad video download sites. You can download music, video or even torrents directly to your iPhone. Using dTunes is very simple, just search for the song or artist you wish to listen to and select the option you wish to download or stream to your ... continued »

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AT&T planning iPhone U-verse IPTV interface

by Chris Davies on September 16, 2008

AT&T are planning to integrate the iPhone with their U-verse distributed internet and video service, giving users the ability to remotely control the system from their cellphone screen as well as load digital content onto the Apple device.  U-verse combines IPTV with digital PVRs and internet access for distributed home media; AT&T recently announced rolling upgrades to the system which add whole-house high-definition recording and playback. "We're looking at the whole ... continued »

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NBC exec criticises iTunes pricing, anti-piracy security

by Chris Davies on April 18, 2008

When NBC started making conciliatory gestures toward Apple back in January it looked as thought the network's TV shows might soon be back on iTunes.  Of course, that hasn't happened, and the two companies are still arguing over how media is priced and whether Apple is using, as many analysts suspect, iTunes as a loss-leader to pull in new iPod buyers.  Now NBC's chief digital officer, George Kliavkoff, has cranked the ... continued »

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uShow video recording & sharing app for iPhone

by Chris Davies on April 17, 2008

Omitting video recording is just another of the bizarre decisions Apple made with their generation-one cellphone, but if the past year has taught us anything it's that whatever iPhone developers set their mind to, they usually achieve.  In this case, it's a video recording app for the handset.  Called uShow, it currently seems to be in closed beta. continued »

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NetBlender BD Touch remote controls Blu-Ray, enables WiFi media copying

by Chris Davies on April 11, 2008

Developers NetBlender have just announced their BD Touch software for the iPhone and iPod Touch.  Using the official Apple SDK, they've come up with an app that links your handset, via WiFi, to your Blu-Ray player; not only can you control it remotely, you could use it to transfer content from the player to your iPhone, direct from the Blu-Ray menu structure.  It'll also let you manage a media library ... continued »

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iTunes films supplied at higher resolution than iPhone should support

by Chris Davies on April 8, 2008

After reading about the iPhone for a while, memorising facts from its spec-sheet is just an occupational hazard.  So, Apple's cellphone has a maximum screen resolution of 640 x 480 for compatible content... doesn't it?  Ars Technica say no, and they've been playing with video that encoded at 720 x 576, 25fps on both the iPhone and the iPod Touch, a figure that's funnily enough exactly the same as a PAL DVD.  ... continued »

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NBC suggest Apple iTunes reunion might be coming soon

by Chris Davies on January 21, 2008

Having yanked their content from iTunes after arguing with Apple over the prices charged for video - and accusing the company of slashing the cost of shows such as The Office and Scrubs so as to promote iPod sales - NBC are now apparently close to making up.  In a Financial Times report about network CEO Jeff Zucker, the NBC head-honcho suggests working relationships are beginning to be patched up: Mr Zucker appears to have patched up relations with Apple ... continued »

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