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Would You Like A Flash-ier iPod?

The latest news flash from around the web is that (according to Adobe) over 7 million iPhone and iPad users requested the Adobe Flash download in December!

Now, the lack of flash on our smart tech devices from Apple, has been a sore point for many.  And so Adobe is kinda rubbing Apples’ nose in it when it reports these figures: “Hey guys, there is clearly a BIG demand for flash”

Apple are way too market savvy NOT to know that there are a LOT of people who would like to have flash capabilities installed inside the iPhone and iPod operating software. So why have they resisted? Well, various reasons have been proposed:

* because it needed to establish its own Apple-controlled iPhone SDK

* to lower the chances of users using the app store, thus lowering Apple’s revenues.

* Flash crashes so often that Apple’s engineers went out of their way to create a new mechanism for running plugins

This is a subject dear to the hearts of many a techy. But do we iPod users care? Is it such a big deal for us? Do we evden know what difference it would make to what we can do, or listen to or watch on our iPods?

We thought we would just ask!

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Free iPod Games Demos

Unlike the great selection of free games available for iPod Touch, the games on offer for the non-Touch iPods cost $$$.

Worse still, there are only about 50 games to choose from. And all except two of them (Reversi and Chinese Checkers that cost $.99) cost $4.99 - at least, in the US.  And to add insult to injury, it is quite hard to find these games in iTunes. (To save you the aggravation, the iPodbomb team have provided  iTunes link for you).

But, lets face it, these $$ games are no comparison with even the free games on offer for the Touch. It just ain’t fair!!

Well, we have something to ease the pain a little. Thirteen of the non-Touch iPod games are made by Electronic Arts (yep, one of the game developers invited by Apple to preview a game on the about-to-be released iPad). Electronic Arts (Mobile) have kindly provided free iPod Game demos of their games. Which means we can trial these games before we shell out $$ just to find we hate the game! Just download the free demo player, choose the game you want to try out - and play!

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Free iPod Music For Babies

Saw this cute pic of this iPod lovin’ baby and the iPodBomb team got inspired take a look and see what we could find to keep the bubs of the world happy!

And we reckon there is a good bit of free iPod Music to keep any iPod-baby happily not crying for hours!

First up we reckon that freekidsmusic have a great selection of free MP3 music  just for littlies.

On the landing page you will see a half a dozen or so new albums. And in the right side column you will see that you can check out all the free music alphabetically (though to be honest, we did not know any of the likely baby stars, so we just browsed at random).

Just right click on the song you want to download, and select “save link as” in Firefox or “save target as” in IE.

When you click on “download” you will get a box opening that gives you the option to open with iTunes. Select that option: Then the songs will be in your iTunes library and you can then sync them to your iPod!

So whether you are  an aunt or an uncle, find yourself baby sitting from time to time or even have a baby of your own. Let us know which free this free iPod baby music makes your baby a fan! (This one is worth sharing - we KNOW you got work mates who are gonna love this! So click the share button below)

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How To Trade Up To The ipod Touch

Angelina Jolie just bought her eldest child an iPod Touch! Does that make you envious? Some little kid has one and you’re stuck with an older iPod when you so want the Touch?

Well, stress no more. We have found a site that will re-cycle your old iPod and give you good $$ in return. Lets say you have a iPod Classic 120GB Black. Well, check it out - nextworth will give you $95 for it:

Or perhaps you have an older generation iPod just itching to get replaced with a cool new iPod Touch? You could even get $$ for that:

So check out what you can get for your older iPod and check out the latest best prices on the iPod touch and do your sums. Could be your lucky day!

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Free Romance Music For iPods

With Valentine’s day the next big event on our calendars it seems a good time to share our find of free romantic music. Jerry Pippin - a radio announcer from yesteryear - has recreated this special programs dedicated to romance - the old fashioned way!

Jerry Pippin - who seems to be a real character - has put together Jerry Pippin’s Words and Music of Love - A Sentimental Journey on the Street of Dreams. Have a listen to some sweet music.

He has also kindly provided an easy  guide to help us download the music to our iPods. But be warned - the instructions only work if you are using IE - annoyingly, Firefox does not let us do this!

If you scroll down you will see that Jerry has several podcasts on this page that we can download - amounting to a coupe of hours of the kind of music that’s hard to find these days. Real classics, real romance!

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Free iPod Christmas Music

The University of Utah Singers are generously providing their beautifully sung Christmas carols for free for Christams!Don’t know who they are? Check out this video for a wonderful preview.

To get the free MP3 Christmas Carols, just go to iTunes and type “chirstmas” in the search bar. That will take you to a results page with a range of music to buy. But if you scroll to the bottom of this page you will find a list of free MP3s that you can download. Just click on “provider” so that all the University of Utah Singers’  songs are grouped together. That way you can easily see the different songs on offer. Click “get” and the University of Utah Singers’ downloads will go straight into iTunesU in your library. They have given us eight gorgeous carols: The Twelve Days of Christmas, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, Love Came Down At Christmas, ?Twas the Night Before Christmas,  We Need a Little Christmas (Mame), Were You There on That Christmas Night?, Sing We Now of Christmas, The Secret of Christmas.

If you love beautiful choir music, then this is a very special opportunity. If you prefer the more pop version of Christamas - we know where you can get 25 free Christmas songs by artists like Lady Gaga, Sixpence none the Richer, and Tori Amos among others. More about those in our next post!

Enjoy… and share!

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How To Play Your iPod Videos On TV

We have shown you how to get free movies onto your iPod. We have shown you how to get heaps of free movies (just use the search bar or categories for more posts on this). Now we are gonna set you up to watch all these great movies on the big screen.

Besides, we just wanted an excuse to share this YouTube video with you. This subtext is kinda hillarious as the makers - HowCast - clearly want us to get that this process is so simple that even a kid (or little old lady) can do it easy! LOL

Tell your friends (and any little old ladies you know) about this post so they can do this too! Just hit the “share” button, below.

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iPod Music, Movies and Games on Sale?

Wherever in the world you are located, if you check the Apple site you will see something like:

And when you click the “Learn more” you will get:

According to some observers, Apple is planning a big cut in prices for some of its gooodies. But, another report reminds us that:

Last year UK bargain hunters got £80 off a 20-inch Imac and a “you’ve dragged me all the way to the shops for this?!” £5 off an Ipod.

So whilst it might just be worth a look, we suggest you don’t get too excited, yet! And it is not at all clear whether Apps, or Music or Movies and other iPod downloads will be included in the sale.

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