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Podcaster returns under jailbreak

Podcaster, the application rejected from the App Store that allows you to stream and download podcasts directly to an iPhone or iPod touch, is now being distributed via Cydia, the open-source installer used to place applications on jailbroken iPhones and iPod touches.

Christopher Breen | Oct 7, 2008

Updated HandBrake encodes more than DVDs

HandBrake, the tool many people use to convert their DVDs to forms playable on other devices—including iPods, iPhones, Apple TVs, and on Macs via the QuickTime Player application—is being updated to convert not just DVDs and Video_TS folders, but many other kinds of video as well.

Christopher Breen | Oct 2, 2008

First Look: Second-generation iPod touch

With the second go-round of the iPod touch—introduced this week as part of Apple’s annual spring iPod line overhaul—Apple takes another step in the right direction by adding those two desirable physical features: external volume controls and an internal speaker. Along the way, the company also slimmed down the case and, rounding the iPod touch’s edges in style not unlike the iPhone 3G’s.

Christopher Breen | Sep 11, 2008

iPod touch

When writing about the multimedia capabilities of the iPhone, I called it “the iPod that’s really a phone”. You could say that the iPod touch is the iPhone that’s really an iPod. After all, the touchscreen iPod shares much of the interface and design of the iPhone.

Christopher Breen | Oct 21, 2007