On Wednesday, Apple Ipod is very happy to inform that there is a record of net quarterly profit of $1.61 billion to $1.78 billion. There are cheap iPod in the market. Now revenue has grown up six percent over the $9.6 billion on chart. Digging the gross margin we come to know that it was 34.7 percent and which was equal to the 2007 quarter. The king iPod company was planning to take 2.5 million Macintosh computers during the quarter for nine percent. It was Mac Book, who is giving major refresh models in last October. People were expecting cheap iPod for their rooms.

The unit sales of Desktop were very much slow and it was going down year by year. It is seen that now it is 25 percent only. After checking from Oppenheimer  statement we come to know that in 2007, growth was noticed 53 percent which was higher from the prior year. Cheap iPod is hard to find. Surveys informed us that iTunes stores has the biggest music quarter and has gotten highest sales in Christmas too. Music is not costly to avail but getting cheap iPod is the biggest challenge.

Apple has sold 4.4 million iPhones and iPod but the total sale bring out 13.7 million units. Why Apple is not giving Cheap Ipod to everyone? The company is taking various measures to generate the revenue but they don’t want to think about the consumer’s budget. The sale value of the phones were 2.6 billion which was amazingly good .The store was selling 515,000 Macs roughly 20 percent but having no idea of loosing middle class users . Apple management informed there have some plans in pipelines. However, 25 more Apple stores are coming all over the world but middle class techie savvy are still craving for cheap iPod which they can easily afford.

When Apple introduced the iPhone, it was feared that it would kill the market of iPods. However, Apple has been innovative as the iPhone in the first case is contracted with heavy commitment and secondly, it is too expensive to be afforded by everyone. Finally, they came up with iPod Touch which was an iPhone without a phone. Recently the iPod has been revamped by Apple so that it can deal better with the iPhone 3G. The two devices, iPod Touch 2G and Nano 4G have amazing looks with their sleek bodies. Nano being the slimmest iPod and iPod Touch has inbuilt speakers now.

Apple is porting the iPhone features to the iPods which is nothing unnatural. To meet the demands of the users of not providing FM and sound recording, Apple is also now offering accessories with iPod which have become real popular.

It’s been one year and the iPod Touch has become very popular as an important platform for games. The App Store was opened in last July and it contains games varying from puzzles till shooter games. Not to miss the list, even big game studios like Sega and Konami are also planning some games for the iPods. Sega has released Super Monkey Ball and Konami has announced the porting of some of its big games like Metal Gear Solid and Dance Dance Revolution to the iPod Touch.

To lessen the confusion of choosing so many games, eight games were picked up for the iPhones and iPods. These are Field runners , a tower defence game, I Love Katamari, a puzzle game, Dropship, an arcade shooter game, Orions: Legend of Wizards, a strategy game, Brothers in Arms: Hour of Heroes and Touch Physics, a game on guiding a ball to the end.

An inline controller and FM radio for iPods and the iPhones has been announced by Griffin Technology. This is not only another remote for the iPod but it features an OLED screen that displays what you are listening to. In this way, you can even pocket your iPod and stay with it.

The Navigate also has an FM Tuner in which you can preset 4 stations as favorites. Moreover, a companion for the Navigate is coming up in March known as iFM. It adds an extended function to the Navigate by showing a list of available radio stations based on the current locations. You can even select songs and bookmark them which you have heard on the radio for purchasing it later from the iTunes Store.

A slot racing game will be launched shortly by Freeverse Software for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The game is called SlotZ Racer and will be coming to Apple App Store very soon. The game would give the gamers a chance to race 3D slot cars against a computer. It allows up to three more players to play the game together thus, providing a complete slot car racing experience.

The game would also have tracks that cannot be locked, cars, track locations and championship challenges. It also gives a chance to the gamers to design their own tracks for the game.

A two versions of a Hip Case have been designed for the iPod Nano 4G and iPod classic 120GB. One version is of leather and there is an “eco-aware” version which is made from a natural, corn-based fiber. This latest Hip Case by DLO is of $30 each. It is like a pedestrian flip-style case of the sort which has become very common.

Each Hip Case has a built-in belt clip that when opened shows the screen and controls of the iPod. This is normally obscured due to a large front flap. The earlier Hip Cases released last year were not decently and modestly designed as the latest ones.

Through some independent sources close to Apple, the news has been disclosed that Apple will be launching a large screen iPod Touch device in the Fall of ’09. The screen size would be 7 or 9 inches. Sources have also revealed that Apple is talking to OEMs in Asia about mass production.

For years, Apple has been experimenting internally on large form device but the concern was that the users might not like such a device. However, the iTunes App store has many games and applications which are perfect for touch screen device with an accelerometer. According to Apple, since the time AppStore has been launched in July 2008, more than 300 million applications have been downloaded from the store. The price of the larger iPod is not yet disclosed but it should be more than the current iPod Touch.

It is nothing new to have car stereos that are also iPod-friendly. The thing is, we’re mostly discussing a dock, with your iPod sitting in front for thieves to spot. The CA-IP500 from Fusion Electronics is different. The face flips open so you can insert your iPod like you would a Cassette tape.

Once in its slot, you control the iPod via joystick and touch wheel, just like on the iPod. You’ll also get a dot matrix OLED display, SRS Wos sound shaping, AM/FM tuner, 7-band equalizer, security code, aux-in port and of course it will charge your player while it’s inside. It will cost you $349.

Hewlett-Packard recently launched an application through which users can print pictures wirelessly from an iPhone. IPrint Photo allows pictures stored on an iPhone to be printed using HP's inkjet printers. Users can launch the application on an iPhone; select a photo by touching it, after which a print command is sent to the inkjet printer over a Wi-Fi network. The software also runs on the iPod Touch device.

"Now they need to come out with one to allow you to print PDF files and other documents from your iPhone," Mac Rumors message boards. There are also some apprehensions surrounding the application, because it supports only HP printers.

Apple’s iPod is also being used at a university in Britain as an educational tool for learning X-ray techniques. Thirty five students at the Derby University have been supplied iPods and video tutorials for learning radiographic techniques. Students have to learn this technique fast and perfectly as wrong position could lead to repeat X-rays for patients due to which they will have to be exposed to radiation for longer time.

 It could also result in inaccurate diagnosis as well. The video footage also has a commentary on how the positioning techniques of the upper and lower limbs, skull and chest should be carried out. The university is also using a virtual reality model with a Programme in the radiography department to teach students more about the human skull. By doing all this, the university has looked upon a new technology using the iPod for improving education among students.