studiowhiz ramblings

I’ve been pondering recently about a large (maybe) section of the market that Apple & iTunes haven’t tapped. See here in New Zealand you can’t buy an iPhone (well not legitimately anyway), but see I don’t need one (I want one!!) as I have a perfectly good (terrible, useless, horrible - did the designer EVER try to make a phone call on this thing?) iMate JasJam.

My JasJam is 3G (the iPhone is not), my JasJam has WiFi, and my JasJam has external storage in the form of SD Cards (iPhone does not). This makes the JasJam a perfect all in one device for playing all the wonderful music I have on my iTunes & iPod. I also like to go to Starbucks & I have an iTunes account … but I don’t have iTunes Wireless Store access.

So why is there no iTunes for my Windows Mobile? Why can’t I plug my iMate into my MacBook Pro and sync my iTunes music & podcasts? Heck I might even consider paying for it (bwa ha ha ha.. like fun!).

To you my readers I ask: what Mac (OSX 10.5) software is there that can sync my audio with my iMate & what Windows Mobile software is there to play it?

If you hadn’t heard Apple are running their MacWorld conference at the moment. This is the ‘holy of holy’ events for any true Mac aficionado. At these events Steve Jobs has a keynote speech in which he reveals the direction for Apple in the coming year - oh and he throws out any new hardware.

Well I have to say all in all I’m rather disappointed. I mean he announced 4 new things today and none of them have the usual ‘wow’ factor I’ve come to expect from Apple. Read the rest of this entry »

Over at Gizmodo I found a like to some really rad new headphones that do away with the MP3 player altogether. No more needing to lug a big iPod around, instead simply slot your SDCard in the slot and away you go. These are currently being shown at CES and haven’t yet hit the SkullCandy site.

» Gizmodo - check out the Gizmodo storey
» SkullCandy - check out their funky headphones and other gear

Update: Jan 25 2008: Well folks it’s all over, MacHeist is done and $488 003 was raised. However true to form the MacHeist guys thought that wasn’t the best number, so they’ve added $21 997 to the amount to bring the final total to $500 000 raised for charity.

UPDATED: more apps are now available. Purchase now using this link & help raise even more money for charity

Every year a bunch of guys get together to raise some funds for charity. They call themselves “MacHeist” and with the offer they have for us this year - well we might as well be robbing them blind.

MacHeist is fast becoming a regular event. Each time a bunch of Apple software companies are asked to provide software at massively reduced cost. This year there are 10 fantastic apps on offer for the low price of $49.00 - over $340 down to $49.

I have been looking for a personal finance app and was about to spend $39 for one I found, then I found MacHeist which happens to have Cha-Ching as part of the package. That and 25% of the $49 goes into the charity fund, and I walk away with a sweet bundle.

There are 3 apps (Snapz, CSSEdit & Pixelmator) still waiting to be unlocked. To unlock these MacHeist needs to hit certain targets. They need to sell 5000 bundles to unlock CSSEdit. Lets help them get there ey!

To find out about any of the apps, head over to MacHeist now.

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