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An Better Alternative to iTunes?

Posted on May 21, 2009 under free ipod downloads | 1 Comment

We have been aware of the Rockbox site for some time - but not being tech geeks, were not able to make good use of it. Why the interest? Well, they offer a quality alternative player to iTunes. Here is what they have to say about their player:

Rockbox aims to be considerably more functional and efficient than your device’s stock firmware while remaining easy to use and customizable. …It is written by users, for users.

Fortunately for us,  a Youtube video has been released just today, that explains how easy it is to download and use the Rockbox firmware.

Check it out!

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Download Legal Music Free!

Posted on May 09, 2009 under free ipod downloads | 5 Comments

Interested in getting free music? Have you heard of “creative commons license”? Well, these are licenses that allow musicians to waive their copy rights for us users - or for other musicians who may want to use the music for further vreative work. In fact:

Creative Commons has been described as being at the forefront of the copyleft movement, which seeks to support the building of a richer public domain by providing an alternative to the automatic “all rights reserved” copyright, dubbed “some rights reserved.” (Wikipedia)

Soundclick is a site that offers musician the opportunity to provide their music through creative commons license. And so offers us the opportunity to download free music!

On the home page there are several options to choose from in the header bar. Click on “Music” and select license songs and beats from the drop down menu. In the header bar under the “license songs and beats” you will see that you can choose the type of license. The drop down menu will give you the choice of “commercial license ($)” or “creative commons (Free)”. Select creative commons and the genre of music you like and hit “go“

For “Pop” for example, the current result is 14,841 licenses have been found!! You will have to register to become a member with Soundclick - but its free and there are over 300,000 songs available on Soundclick through Creative commons license. When you choose a song you want, just click “full” and you will be sent to where you can download to iTunes. Above is one example of a free song from the rock genre.

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iPod - a Weapon of mass destruction?

Posted on Apr 21, 2009 under free ipod downloads, ipod news | No Comment

Interestingly, two reports hit the airways today that reveal that iPods are now considered an essential ingredient in the war on (and by) terrorists!

From the BBC UK came the report of a man jailed today over terrorism charges. In his posession was:

 

a document or record containing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

How does this relate to iPods? Well, apparently part of the “strong evidence” collected was an iPod!!

Now this might sound nuts - except that coincidentally, Newsweek also reported today on the growing importance of the iPod Touch as “an electronic handheld device”, for the military in Baghdad. Aparently this sophisitcated piece of equipment has actually outsmarted current military devices - cheaper by more than 50% and better! Apparently we can now include “making sense of the reams of data from satellites, drones and ground sensors” as part of its capabilities.

And as you can see from the above image - todays reports are not the first linking iPods to military use.

Makes the name of our blog take on a whole new meaning!

The following video, I think you will agree, was a must-include for this post

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Free TV Shows for iPod

Posted on Apr 15, 2009 under free ipod downloads | 1 Comment

If you can be bothered to do the searching, there are several dozen free TV shows that are available on iTunes for iPod. Not all will be to your taste! But here are a few to show you (the best?) that is currently on offer on US iTunes.

Highlander - The Gathering - Sci-Fi/Fantasy
General Hospital: Night Shift - The Heartbreak Survival Guide - Drama
General Hospital: Night Shift - Moving In - Drama
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Welcome to iTunes - Animation<
Ice Road Truckers - Road to Season 2 - Reality TV
Comedy Central Stand-Up - Comedy Central Presents: Stand-Up Hot

In most of these cases there is just the one free episode and the rest cost $$. But, there are quite a few feebies to take advantage of. iTunes is not set up for easy searching - though some media is easier to find that others (Apps are reasonably easy to search through, for example - not much use for non-Touch iPods, though!)

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Free iPod Software That gives you an edge

Posted on Mar 30, 2009 under free ipod downloads | No Comment

How can something so small be so big?

The iPod recently helped Manchester United win the cup in the crucial penalty shoot out against Totenham - and whilst using the iPod technology to advantage was not without controversy, it also shows just how versatile and ESSENTIAL this little gadget has become.

The recent release of the Glacier National Park Notecast for the iPod Classic and iPod Nano shows that football coaches are definitely NOT alone in appreciating just how useful the iPod can be.

They are currently offering their massive 110 interactive pages of software, (complete with photos and comprehensive guide for thePark) for FREE

So if your are planning on visiting this popular park you might want to grab the free download while you can (just click the image to the left to get start free download)

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Best Mobile Games are Made For iPod/iPhone!

Posted on Mar 26, 2009 under free ipod downloads | No Comment

IGF (Independant Games Festival) ran the first-ever IGF Mobile competition in 2007 (a contest set up to promote innovation in portable games) and it was a huge success. They ran it again in 2008 - with winners announced yesterday at the Independent Games Festival Mobile Award Ceremony at the IGF pavilion.

These winners were selected from a huge 105 entries that had developed games for a wide selection of platforms - from mobile phone handsets (such as the iPhone), to PDAs, and handheld game consoles including the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS.

On offer was $30,000 in prize money across six categories (two $10,000 prizes and five $2,000 prizes) -plus the chance to showcase the game to visitors at their pavilion from March 25 -27 (yeah, if you live in San Fran you really should go and take a look at what is happening at the show!)

And the winners were nearly all for games developed for iPod/iPhones!

IGF Mobile Best Game (winner gets $10,000): Fieldrunners (Subatomic Studios) for iPhone/iPod touch (top image)

In this game players have to defend and control the field using a various upgradeable towers, tactics and strategies against waves of unique land and air fighters!

Innovation In Mobile Game Design: Galcon (Hassey Enterprises) for iPhone/iPod touch

Galcon (left) is a high-paced multi-player galactic action-strategy game. Platyer send swarms of ships from planet to planet to take over the galaxy.

Achievement In Art: Fieldrunners won this also - iPhone/iPod touch

Technical Achievement: Real Racing (Firemint) for iPhone/iPod touch (right)

Players compete in races (and can unlock new cars and tracks along the way). One compelling aspect of this game is that players can compete against their friends - and compete against the best in the world across the globe.

Audio Achievement: Zen Bound (Secret Exit) for iPhone/iPod touch (left)

Zen Bound is a calm and meditative game of wrapping rope around wooden sculptures - a simple task that can become surprisingly complex.

The Next Great Mobile Game - Presented by NVIDIA: Reflection (Team Reflection) - is the only game not intended for play on the iPod - and is for Nintendo DS.

Best iPhone Game (winner gets $10,000) - Presented by ngmoco: also won by Zen Bound for iPhone/iPod touch.

If these games are not to your tatse - you can check out the rest of the entrants on the IGF site.

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Free iPod TV Show - Feeding Romance!

Posted on Mar 10, 2009 under free ipod downloads | 1 Comment

Let us introduce you to the joys of watching free TV shows and videos on your iPod through Wizzard.tv! Now the blog post we just directed you to is about Zunes, but its even easier for iPods because the iTune link is provided on every show! Well, Wizzard have just added a great series of videos - available straight from iTunes - from the GetMarried.com network.

You can get a good idea of their quality from the YouTube video (the whole video is devoted to providing ideas for the wedding bouquet):

GetMarried has produced shows since October 1st, 2006 - so there are a lot of resources there! Currently only the three most recent weekly shows are available on iTunes. But they are free!

And they cover some pretty original ideas - for venues they suggest theaters, art galleries and more and the wedding cakes they preview acttually take their inspiration from some of the great artists.

If nothing else, the TV show is full of glitz and glam and are very well done. Which explains why GetMarried is the most-watched wedding entertainment program on TV!

Oh - and BTW - they have a great sweepstake going as well.

All you have to do is register on the getmarried.com website (provide contact details for yourself and some basics about your fiance and wedding date) (details here) and follow the directions given.

Use the “share” button below to let your friends know that this TV show is now available for free in iTunes - especially if they like to plan their future wedding!

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Free Music, TV and Movies for our iPods - What’s the catch?

Posted on Feb 10, 2009 under free ipod downloads | No Comment

Would you sign up for a free trial that gave you 25 free songs to keep for your iPod? Or two weeks of TV viewing from your iPod? Or 5 days access to movies to download to your iPod?

		Would you sign up for a free trial that gave you free music, TV shows, or movies
	Yes No
	View Results Joomix.com - Myspace Polls

Lets face it, the free stuff is bait - mighty attractive bait - but bait it is! Because in order to get it, we have to sign up for membership and then remember to cancel our subscription before the free trial ends (otherwise we get charged). Now, if we were sure that we could take the bait and not get hooked, then I think most of us would take the bait!!

Anyway, that’s my reason for avoiding free trials. What’s your?

		Main reasons for avoiding free trials
	not interestede in free music, free TV shows or free Movies Don’t like having to sign up for membership Don’t like giving my credit card details Poor quality of choices given other
	View Results Joomix.com - Myspace Polls

Now we have put some thought into this and are currently designing a way to avoid the “getting hooked” part of the set-up. We expect to have our “keep it free” system up and running in the next few days, so keep checking back.

Then we will let you in on some of these “free trial” deals - which are real sweet, if you can avoid the pitfalls!

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