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Music can shape lives, define generations and cross borders. The invention of the iPod has made it even easier to create and access your very own personal soundtrack to life. Capable of storing thousands of individual tracks, this definitive MP3 player is an essential piece of equipment for any music lover and has proven to be an international sensation.

Techfocus offers an extensive range of iPod Accessories to enable you to use your iPod to the max, so you can listen to your favorite tracks anytime, anywhere.

Here are some of our bestsellers:

1. iPod Car Charger: This charger plugs into the cigarette lighter of your vehicle. It has a built in fuse to prevent any damage to your iPod should there be problem with the electrics on your vehicle and it also prevents your iPod’s battery from overcharging.

2. iPod Mains Travel Charger: This device recharges your iPod’s battery and is an essential item for any iPod owner. It will also work in Europe with the correct adapter and prevents the battery from overcharging.

3. iPod Nano Silicon Skin: A stylish silicone skin for the Apple iPod Nano. It protects your iPod from any unwanted knocks and scrapes. It is also compatible with our armband, making it ideal for use when exercising.

4. iPod Nano Aluminum Case: A stylish aluminum case with neoprene lining for the iPod Nano. This case is very light and fits perfectly around your Nano, the neoprene lining prevents scratches on the inside and the hard aluminum prevents knocks and scrapes on the outside. All buttons and sockets remain accessible when the skin is fitted.

5. iPod Foldable Portable Speakers: This handy speaker set has built-in volume controls and produces a very high quality crisp sound when connected to an iPod.

6. iPod Nano Sports Armband: A stylish sports armband for the iPod Nano. This armband is made from a quality porous material which prevents it sticking to your skin, ideal for use when exercising.

Techfocus specialises in iPod accessories, Creative Zen accessories , PC Peripherals and GPS accessories.

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By: Denis

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The Problem

It is probable that in your home, more than one person owns an iPod / MP3 player of some description. It is also probable, that one person seems to have been delegated the task of updating everyone’s iPod and managing iTunes.

If you are reading this article…it is probable that you are at least fairly computer literate, and therefore probable that you are that lucky, lucky person in your household.

Sure, being the sole manager of your household’s music has its advantages – you have complete control of your music, you can update your own iPod whenever you want, and I suppose with some clever deviations from the truth you could loosely call yourself a DJ, a sure way to pick up girls in your local club.

However, once your mates start asking why the hell you have the latest McFly album (which you innocently downloaded for your girlfriend / sister / roommate) on your iPod…a better solution is needed.

The Proposal

If you have even a basic wireless network in your home then there is a simple solution. By using what is known as a ‘Network Attached Storage” (NAS), you can attach a hard drive to your home network, on which you can store all of your music.

When you used any of the computers in your house, they would detect the NAS as another hard drive on your computer, meaning that from any PC in the house you could:

Play music

Download music from the iTunes store or other (totally legal, of course) places

Create a new playlist for your iPod

Synchronise your iPod

Sound appealing? If so read on!

The Possibilities…

There are many ways to add a NAS device to your home network - the main one I will discuss here is the simplest – you buy a NAS device, problem solved. These are relatively new, especially to the home market. If you take a look at http://www.scan.co.uk/ you will see a number of them ranging from £86 to £650. None of them there are particularly bad, but personally I use the Western Digital’s MyBook series and have had no problems with them. The instructions you need to follow however will be almost identical regardless of which product you buy in the end. For more info on choosing a NAS please look at the “Choosing a NAS” section at the end of this article.

The Solution

Once you have purchased a NAS (I like that acronym…) you simply plug the Ethernet (usually yellow or blue) cable into your router or modem. If you have a PC connected to the router via Ethernet, as opposed to wirelessly, don’t worry - you don’t need to plug the NAS into the computer directly.

It is beyond the scope of this article to cover plugging the NAS to a plug – if you need help, give your household Microwave company a call…they seem to specialise in telling people how to plug things in (for legal reasons you may have to lie and say its your Microwave by the way….you could try running the term “Network Attached Storage” by them but…)

Anyway – when you power up your PC, the NAS should be pretty much plug and play – the NAS will show up as another hard drive (viewable from My Computer) or possibly a network location, depending on how it was designed.

Either way, now all you have to do is move your music to the new hard drive. First, go to iTunes, click the Advanced tab and then click “Consolidate Library” - this will simply make sure all your files are in one place (My Music for Windows by default), so if you have downloaded files to random places over the years, it will move them to My Music.

Now close iTunes and simply move or copy your music folder into it from your local drive. Once this is done, you may want to delete your local copy to save space, and so you can be sure iTunes is no longer using the ‘old’ library.

Now to add the new library to your home computers simply go to File (in iTunes of course) -> Add folder to library -> select the folder you just copied everything to.

You can now install iTunes on all PCs in your house, and link them to the NAS!

Extra: Choosing a NAS

NAS devices can be a simple “hard drive in a box with an Ethernet port bunged on the back” affair – in which case the only real factor in making a decision is getting a balance between cost and space.

I would recommend you be generous with the storage capacity – a 320gb model is little more expensive than a 160gb in most cases, and it will obviously allow for future expansion of your (totally legal) music library. In addition, you can also use it to store documents, backups etc in the future.

These basic models will typically cost between £80 and £120. If you stretch the budget a little further, you can get the excellent “Asus WL-700gE NAS Appliance” (http://www.trustedreviews.com). This is not only a NAS device, but also a router with firewall, and acts as a “media and print” server – so you can connect all your PCs wirelessly to one printer, and stream TV etc. It can even be used to download files without a computer running through the night! I have not used it myself, but it has excellent write ups.

As stated earlier in the review, if you are looking for a simple NAS box, I’d recommend the Western Digital MyBook series, but LaCie and other companies also produce good devices.

If you have an old hard drive lying about, you should be able to find an adapter to give it an Ethernet port, but by the time you have bought that and an enclosure for it, it would probably be more cost effective to just get a separate NAS device.

If you have any questions , feel free to contact me at james AT pimp-my-ipod DOT com – this is my first article here but I intend to post more and maintain my existing ones to keep them up-to-date.



By: PimpMyiPod

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Audio has become a very popular medium of communication and marketing online, especially through the use of podcasting.

The use of audio is also boosted by the increased adoption and use of audio mp3 players, especially Apple’s iPod.

A check of Apple’s second quarter earnings in 2006 showed that Apple has sold more than 8.5 million iPods. In fact, Apple has cumulatively sold more than 50 million iPods since the company first introduce the stylish model to the market.

It’s no suprise then that there’s a great demand for audio based products especially with millions of iPod owners out there. Most iPod owners use iTunes, a free software from Apple that most iPod owners use to search, organise and download music. Every day, millions of iPod owners use iTunes to search for the latest audio products be it music cds, videos or podcasts to download to their iPod or other mp3 player device to listen.

How then can business owners reach out to the tens of thousands, perhaps even millions of iTunes users to gain new subscribers and potential customers?

The answer lies in podcasting.

iTunes support the use of podcasting and allows anyone who has an iTunes account to submit their podcast to iTunes. What this essentially means, is that iTunes has given you permission to broadcast and advertise your message to your the millions of iTunes users, many of which will become your subscribers and customers if you provide good valuable content in your podcast.

Of course not everyone will download and subsribe to your podcast. Then again, even if you only have 0.1% of the total estimated iTune users downloading your podcast, we are talking easily at least a few thousand new subscribers and customers.

The secret to successful podcasting and serving your intended target market lies in podcasting’s ability to service a niche market. Most people can find general information readily available quickly.

What people want is in-depth information, instruction, and entertainment specific to their area of interest. It is easy for them to find a web site that will post all the baseball scores in their favorite division. What they might be looking for however, is information, instruction, and entertainment related to their baseball team, which might not be readily available at the click of a mouse.

People who want to find out more about the industry, do not want to scour the Internet for a couple hours each day looking for analysis and information and top experts.

Podcasting brings all of that to them.

If you are looking to break into the iTunes market through the use of podcast, but are not sure what to podcast about, this might be the place to start.

Don’t worry right now about advertising, just look for a niche markets to serve.

The farther you drill down into the niche, the better chance you have of getting your podcast heard. So rather than podcasting on cars or books, drill down further.

Let’s say you’re a car enthusiast or a book enthusiast.

Here are a couple examples of drilling down to become more specific on your area of interest.

From the idea of cars, drill down for specific niche market ideas. For example, car to automobil car racing to stock car racing to nascar to nextel car series to current year’s coverage to coverage of a specific race team or driver.

In the example above, I started with the broad category of cars and slowly drill down to more specific markets.

Using this strategy, business owners can take a look at the types of service and products they currently offer to come up with their own podcast to serve their intended target market.

Once they’ve identified their own niche, business owners can then create their podcasts and submit their podcast to iTunes. Starting a podcast is easier than what most people think.

In fact, using Google’s AudioBlogger, you can just call a number and record your message. Your podcast will be automatically created and stored, ready for use.

However, for business purpose, it’s critical to lay the foundation right the first time to ensure success when podcasting for business needs. Business owners need to consider other podcasting issues such as formats of podcasting, technical issues like bandwidth, developing the content for niche podcasting and more.

Once business owners have mastered the ‘blueprint’ for podcasting success, they can repeat the strategy again for other services and products they would like to market.

Now you can unlock the power of your voice and reach out to thousands of potential customers.

What are you waiting for? Start podcasting today!.



By: Brandon Hong

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Alright. So I have an Ipod Touch. This is the third time it broke. I sent it back to apple and It is on back order. They said about 2-3 moths til’ I will get money or a new one. So, I decided I am going to buy a cheap mp3 player while I wait for that. I really can’t live without music. This what I found. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8031583
How would I put songs on there. Would it be like this one http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7942214 where you record the music…? Thanks

jooking7 asked:


I am planning to get the ipod nano 8g and i had the ipod mini 4g before. I had the mini for 2yrs and someone i know thinks that that is a very short time for someone to have an ipod or mp3 player. I think that 2 yrs is pretty long for an ipod. How long is an ipod mini supposed to last when used daily and frequently?
is having the ipod for 2 yrs a long time?