The guys over at Methodshop always come up with helpful tips on how to run your Apple gear. So if you’ve got an iPhone or iPod this tutorial is worth a read – even if you haven’t experienced a frozen iPhone – it’s nice to know what you should do when it inevitably happens. Occasionally […]
Our good friends at GizmosForGeeks cruised through CES’08 this year and one of their highly recommend products was the Pinnacle Video Transfer unit from Pinnacle Systems. The point of this device is making the record, copy and transfer of your favorite video (TV, DVD etc) to your iPod [or other hand held device] quick and […]
Unlocking the iPod Touch isn’t too difficult and the transformation allows for some powerfull and fun applications to find their way into your iPod Touch. Take for example, this tutorial which gives you the tools to run Instant Message on your iPod Touch Click for a tutorial on installing Instant Message on your iPod Touch […]
So it turns out a white onion is not only good for salsa, but good for charging iPods too. Here is a video showing you how to charge an iPod with an onion, Gatorade and USB cable. I knew those electro-lights are good for something. For those not interested in watching a 3 minute video […]
Ion Audio introduced the USB turntable a while back. It’s an excellent tool for converting vinyl records to MP3. It’s interesting to see the growth of this product from when I first reported on it. At the time back orders took nearly 6 weeks to fill, now I see them at Costco and every holiday […]
It would be nice to have $250,000 and about 5 years to review every iPod speaker system available in the market. Since that’s not going to happen we did have the chance to review one of the top models, the Klipsch iGroove HG. The original model was released in late 2004 with an updated version, […]
As if you need one more device for storing files you eventually can never find, the iPod Touch can now be used as a USB mass storage device. At this time, the following hack only applies to MacFanBoys – I’ll post a PC solution when found. Per TUAW: You know that “Enable disk use” checkbox? […]
ReplayTV is not the first to introduce a USB dongle for DVR use, however, they are the first to integrate a format easily playable on Apple hand-held devices like iPhone and iPod touch. The Personal HD system bundles both digital ATSC and analog NTSC technology and play over-the-air HDTV signals or old school analog TV […]
Do you have an iPod that is unresponsive? Occasionally an iPod may freeze or fail to respond to your commands. There are a few things you can do to troubleshoot this. Here’s an email from a MethodShop.com reader about an unresponsive iPod: “I’m using a 40GB click-wheel iPod in Windows 2k. It is unable to […]
Tin Man didn’t make the IXOS Speaker System but he would appreciate it. With 1 inch speakers driving 2W of power the end cap speakers perform surprising well, according to Crave UK. These sort of speakers often boast convenient size over quality of performance, but the IXOS worked surprisingly well, and live material sounded particularly […]
If you were watching any of the American football games this past Sunday, then you probably saw the new 3rd generation iPod Nano commercial. The ad features the upbeat and catchy song “1234” by Canadian singer/songwriter Leslie Feist. Here are the lyrics to “1234” used in the iPod Nano ad: One Two Three Four Tell […]
I just received an email from Amazon showing a full line of new iPods. You can pre-order your 8GB iPod Touch for $299, or grab the bigger 16GB iPod Touch for $399. The new and wider iPod Nano’s are also available in 4GB Nano and 8GB Nano models. Check it out.
