The iPod Building Block Speakers are cool and colorful iPod accessory for anyone who owns an iPod be it oldot young. It acts as a stereo speaker system and mini docking station. The accessory looks similar to those plastic construction building blocks but you can’t actually built things with it.

The portable plastic iPod accessory is easy to use. You just have to plug your iPod right into the building block docking station. The two tiny speakers are located on the front of the device. It is available in a rage of colors and is compatible with all docking iPods.

When it comes to talking of iPod docks, Logitech’s name always come as of the premier companies but only as premium, higher end, luxury devices. The latest is the Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere 2. Its slim, sleek and light weight makes things more convenient.

 Logitech is also providing as excellent carry case that has also room for the charger and the wireless IR remote. The packaging also includes a set of iPod dock converters for all models. This also includes for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The best part of this dock is that it doesn’t require any external power source. The dock charges its internal battery along which it charges any iPod that’s docked with it.

Two small Scottish companies of Glasggow, Picsel (Research) Ltd and Picsel Technologies Ltd have filed a lawsuit against Apple’s hot-selling iPhone and iPod Touch devices. They say that Apple has incorporated Picsel-patent technology that facilitates rapid redrawing of content displayed on the screen of the devices. According to the company, this technology allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to zoom and pan across documents and web pages without waiting for a long time for the screen to be refreshed.

The Picsel companies say that they have invested million of dollars in developing this technology. Still, the lawsuit does not ask for any re-compensation for damages.

There are some new accessories introduced for Apple’s iPod. One such accessory is the Ewoo’s HandMusic dock for Apple’s iPod which has a remote controller that mimics the look and feel of an iPod. So, now you can connect your Apple’s iPod to a home stereo and control your iPod through this remote. The remote has a radio link of 2.4 GHz and allows you to create play-lists while browsing through your iPod’s music, photos and videos.

The dock sports an LCD screen of 1.8 inch and has inputs for analog audio and video. The dock is priced at $170.

Shenandoah University has been giving out a MacBook laptop computer and an iPod Touch to all its 430 fresh students. To follow the pattern, there are several other universities who are also making Apple products mandatory to use and handing them out to their students.

Over decades, college students have been very fond of Apple’s sleek products. However, now since the college authorities would themselves be handing out Apple’s products to students, it proves that Apple will have certain importance with college students also. The iPod Touch was given to students so that they can “check in quickly”, as stated by the senior vice president and vice president for academic affairs.

There is now a 240GB upgrade available for all 5G owners and will offer enough disk space for the entire collection of iTunes which will include videos, pictures and 5G iPod games.

The 5G iPod video is the best iPod for storing high data. It offers a number of features like a power connector at the bottom and feed video out of the ear jack. It also has a disk mode for portable storage. There is no need for an adapter jack for listening with standard headsets. All these features plus an upgrade of 240 GB makes the 5G iPod rock!

Talking of new releases, there are for sure two games which tok us to the shop. Silent Hill: The Escape features original gameplay, detailed graphics and spine-chilling sound effects created specifically for the iPhone. In this first-person, 3D shooter survival horror game, players navigate through various levels from an abandoned hospital to a cold subway with a dull flashlight while fighting off monsters and faceless nurses.

The battery of the flashlight slowly dies throughout the game, limiting the player’s vision as they search for a key to escape the monster-infested labyrinth. DanceDanceRevolution S Lite: The worldwide sensation that started the dance game craze doesn’t miss a beat on the iPhone. DanceDanceRevolution S Lite is the first installment in the popular videogame franchise designed exclusively for the iPhone and iPod Touch. In this addictive music rhythm game, players tap the arrows on the control pad as they appear on the screen.

Microsoft Corp accounted last week that sales on its Zune MP3 player came down by 54 percent during the last quarter. The Zune rival, Apple Inc's iPod, grew more than 3 percent in market share and is seen as the lead music player. While the software giant is cutting dissections that don't have improved sales, some analysts wonder if Zune is on the way out.

Microsoft Zune sales dropped $100 million during the quarter. Last week, Microsoft declared a workforce cutback of 5,000 employees. Most of those employees work for divisions that aren't making sufficient profits in a time when most technology companies are cutting costs. However, it will probably take more for the software giant to remove its Zune multimedia player from its product line.  For example, the Xbox 360 console is still hurting Microsoft with costs. The company is losing money each time the gaming console is sold.

Since its release in July of 2008, the Pandora Internet radio iPhone app has been one of our favourites and a reliable top download from Apple's iTunes App Store. Pandora's organized and sensitive interface, united with its unique skill for song recommendations, makes it an ideal no-fuss app.
In version 2.0, Pandora adds several new features without deterring the simplicity that made the original app so great. Users can now listen to 30-second previews of bookmarked tracks directly within the app, without bouncing over into the iTunes store. You can also send links to songs now, as well as stations, to contacts from your address book.

Accelerometers are the in thing now days, with Apple's iPod Touch leading the way. The iPod Touch has also plugged itself as a gaming platform, which has to annoy Nintendo. Also, there's the Nintendo Wii, which uses both an accelerometer as well as a motion-sensing device.
That way it's no surprise that Nintendo has patented a ‘direction’ card for the Nintendo DS, according to Silicon-era. It's important to note that the patent covers the ‘DS Houi Sensor Card,’ with ‘Houi’ meaning "direction". Though it hardly specifies either an accelerometer or motion-sensing device. Either, however, promises a new generation of oddly bobbing, bouncing gamers on the go.