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So, you’ve got one of those fancy new video iPods…why not load it with your favorite radio stations, podcasts and TV shows? Here’s an easy way to record streaming audio and video from the web and convert it to play on your iPod:

Replay A/V now available with FREE BONUS software:  Replay Converter - A full fledged video and audio file converter. Convert video and audio files to 36 different formats. Just choose your files, pick the desired output format and go. Replay Converter is fast and easy to use. Quickly and easily convert video to run on your new iPod!

This software is super easy to use, I love being able to record shows I may not be able to watch while I’m working that I can load onto my iPod and watch when I have the time. It doesn’t get much easier than this, check out their site for more detailed specs and info. 

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The folks at Dale & Thomas are doing it again. They’re offering samples of their gourmet popcorn for free. If you’ve never tasted this stuff, now you can get free samples, the only cost is paying shipping.

I admit I am a bit of a popcorn purist. I can never pass up movie theatre popcorn made with coconut oil…but I am hooked on Dale & Thomas. The chocolate drizzle is amazing! They’ve got a huge variety of flavors, so you’re bound to find something you like.

They offer a great assortment of gift options, including popcorn tins, bowls and more. They even have special assortments for business or executive gifts.

Why not check out a sample today?

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio, Portable Video

Now that all the RDF has worn off, a few of the hard facts about Apple’s latest are coming to light, and one of the nasties has to do with video output. Apparently the new iPod classic and iPod nano don’t get along too well with currently video docks and cables on the market — that is to say, pretty much not at all. A select few products with the ’spensive Apple authentication chips built-in do allow you to turn on TV out, like Apple’s Universal Dock, iPod Hi-Fi (which doesn’t have video output anyways) and the $600 Zeppelin from Bowers and Wilkins, but if you’ve sprung for products such as the Memorex iFlip and Sonic Impact Video-55 in the past, you’re out of luck for the time being. It seems logical to us that Apple has the ability to unlock this function for existing docks if it so chooses, but for now you can always drop a fifty on those new component cables from Apple — and pray for a repeat in the “contrite open letter” department.

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Originally by Paul Miller from Engadget on September 7, 2007, 2:51pm

Filed under: Features, Wireless

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment:

Last week’s Switched On discussed some of the promise of WiMAX as delivered through Sprint’s Xohm service. There are at least three larger open questions about the prospects for WiMAX, particularly as an embedded technology. First, we now know more about how the service will be offered, but we don’t know at what prices it will be offered, at least for the blanket subscription. Web surfing on an EV-DO connection may not quite rival a home broadband experience, but it’s often more than adequate for most Web tasks. WiMAX will certainly have to be priced significantly below the $60 per month that today’s operators charge as an add-on to a wireless subscription or whatever they may lower prices to by 2008 and 2009.

Second, while the idea of not charging a subscription for embedded access is a step toward ubiquitous wireless access for devices, it is far from a guarantee of adoption, particularly in a competitive consumer electronics category. Embedding such products exacts a premium both at the cash register and in terms of battery life. Both the PSP and Nintendo DS include WiFi, but digital camera manufacturers have struggled with it outside of the professional market and it isn’t in any mainstream camcorder.

While the Zune and especially the Sansa Connect have some interesting features built on WiFi (as should the Slacker portable player due later this year), neither has come close to rivaling the iPod, which (at least up until this point) has lacked an FM radio, much less a a data radio. However, there’s a strong argument that WiFi’s limited coverage makes it far less useful than WiMAX (imagine if you could only use your cell phone at home or at a coffee shop).

Last week’s column discussed some of the niche devices that are slated to appear early in the Xohm rollout. However, while there are certainly strong pockets of growth among digital cameras and MP3 players, their overall growth is slowing in the U.S. (and camcorder units are declining) as average prices drop, making it more difficult to cram in new features such as WiFi and WiMAX. Saturation is driving this more than cannibalization from the cell phone.

Xohm can help its own cause. If it can breathe new life into existing devices or help spur new popular ones (say, a wireless, portable DVR / video viewer), it will drive demand and differentiation from the cell phone. However, as Sprint embraces retail consumer electronics, it will see that — on some level — the enemy is itself, a familiar position for a company that has juggled hosting the wireless networks of Helio, Disney Mobile, its cable joint venture Pivot and its own Boost.

Continue reading Switched On: The WiMAX Window (Part 2)

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Originally by Ross Rubin from Engadget on September 7, 2007, 2:56pm

Filed under: Peripherals, Wireless

Those still not satisfied by the range of portable 3G routers currently on the market now have another option to consider from CradlePoint, which recently introduced its battery-powered CTR-350 travel router. It’ll either connect directly to a cellphone or to a USB modem (or a wired Ethernet connection if one’s available), giving you an instant WiFi hotspot compliant with 802.11 b/g standards, along with all the usual security measures you’d expect from a router of any sort. What’s more, if you’re in a pinch, the router can also be used to charge any cellphone that supports charging via USB, although you’ll of course need to find a more conventional way to charge the router itself. If that sounds like the peripheral that you’re mobile office has been missing, you can order the router now directly from CradlePoint for $150.

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Originally by Donald Melanson from Engadget on September 7, 2007, 3:04pm