Portable CD MP3 Player

Here’s another new product designed to fit the on the go iPod lifestyle. The iBikeMount, announced yesterday by Strata Systems, is priced at $30 and should be available on March 15.

The iBikeMount, said Strata Systems, is specifically designed for the ultra thin iPod nano. It secures the iPod to the handlebars of bicycles, exercise machines and strollers for a convenient means of hands-free access. No tools are reportedly required to attach the iBikeMount and the device weighs a lightweight 1.4 ounces.

A lot of Windows users have ripped many of their CDs using Windows Media Player’s default audio codec, WMA. With the popularity of the iPod, many users have noted with dismay that they can’t play WMA files on their iPods. Luckily, iTunes provides a simple way to convert your WMAs to MP3s so you can play them anywhere.

Answer:

To convert to Windows Media Audio (WMA) files to the popular and ubiquitous MP3 format , simply drag the WMA files into your iTunes library.

High-Fidelity Speaker System for iPod Redefines the Home Stereo System

CUPERTINO, California—February 28, 2006—Apple® today announced iPod® Hi-Fi, an all-new high-fidelity speaker system that works seamlessly with the iPod to redefine the home stereo system. iPod Hi-Fi delivers breathtaking acoustic performance and room-filling sound unlike any other speaker system designed for the iPod in an innovative, all-in-one design that can be powered from a wall socket or by six D-cell batteries. iPod Hi-Fi is easily controlled by the Apple Remote for an amazing stereo experience in any room in the house.

If you are looking for ways to fill up your iPod, and want the ability to refer to an encyclopedia anywhere you go, then a software called Encylopodia may comes handy for you.

Encyclopodia is a free software project that brings the Wikipedia, which is one of the largest encyclopedias on the world, on the Apple iPod MP3-Player. It has been successfully tested on a third-generation iPod and on an iPod mini, but it should also work on other iPod generations.

You can download and install Encyclopodia for free here.

The Godzilla of digital-musical players far outsells rivals from local consumer-electronics giants like Sony. After all, it’s so kawaii (cute)

Spend any time hanging around Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya retail and fashion conclave, and you will doubtless see electronic shops galore hawking MP3 players such as Sony’s (SNE ) Walkman, Toshiba’s Gigabeat, and the Panasonic D-Snap brand. Yet a determined young couple on hand recently — Megumi Mizuno, 22, and Takaaki Tokuyoshi, 17 — bypassed them all, making a straight shot to the Apple (AAPL ) outlet. Why? They’ve been infected by the near-global iPod obsession.

Scholarship at Juilliard School of Music to be Created

CUPERTINO, California—February 23, 2006—Apple® today announced that one billion songs have been legally downloaded from the iTunes® Music Store since it was launched less than three years ago. The billionth song “Speed of Sound” was purchased as part of Coldplay’s X&Y album by Alex Ostrovsky from West Bloomfield, Michigan and as the grand prize winner he will receive a 20-inch iMac®, 10 fifth generation iPods and a $10,000 gift card good for any item on the iTunes Music Store. In addition, Apple will establish a scholarship to the world-renowned Juilliard School of Music in his name to commemorate this milestone.

iPod shuffle Now Starting at Just $69

CUPERTINO, California—February 7, 2006—Apple® today unveiled a new 1GB iPod® nano for just $149, offering the same features as the 2GB and 4GB iPod nano models and holding up to 240 songs or 15,000 photos. The new 1GB iPod nano’s ultra-portable design is thinner than a #2 pencil and features Apple’s patent pending Click Wheel and the same gorgeous color screen as the other iPod nano models. In addition, Apple announced that the iPod shuffle is now more affordable than ever with the 512MB and 1GB models priced at $69 and $99 respectively.