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The all new Apple iphone is right here! look at the pictures below on Unboxing First Apple iPhone with a great look
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The ipod has quickly transformed itself into a household word, such as Duracell, Kleenex, the walkman, qtips, and coke. These are not the actual names of the product, but rather the brand name. Brand recognition is what every company aspires to achieve. Apple, once again has succeeded in a best way possible. The ipod is the defacto portable audio device to own.

Your ipod can be used as a portable hard drive with this tip, you can put an operating system on it with mojopac, and of course there are many software packages to organize your playlists, update your album art, and synch your music.

Now you can use the power of the internet to enhance your ipod. Several new services have launched on the internet in the fashion of web 2.0 products and services. All of them geared towards integrating your musical tastes into the internet, and you daily lives. Share your playlists, or download someone else’s; check out what others are listening to, or discover new music. These are some of the newest websites and services. This list below is worth a… listen!

Mobunga – Your Guide to Video Downloads for iPod, PSP, and Mobile Phones
Mobunga is a community-driven site designed to help video fans find the best mobile video content that’s available on the Web. Most people have mobile, active lives, and they shouldn’t be forced to restrict their videos to the desktop.

Grooveshary – Discover New Music
Grooveshark is an online service that rewards you for sharing, reviewing, and discovering new music. Get rewarded for sharing your songs and music, Keep all of your current songs and import your own playlists, Discover music and receive personalized recommendations, Sync your library with any player from iPods to iRivers.

Uplayme – Play Music. Meet People. Discover New Songs.
A Simple way to meet people and find new music just by playing songs on your computer and your iPod. Download the software and uPlayMe finds people who are playing the same music and shows you what they’re listening to. You can chat with them, visit their pages on other sites like MySpace, or just find new music to listen to.

Audiozue – Show the World what’s got you Grooving
With audiozue you get real-time iTunes satistics posted to your MySpace, Blog or Website. Show you friends what you’re listening to. audiozue have a great selection of soundtrack templates for your blog or website. One click sends your friends to the iTunes Music Store where they can preview and download songs from your soundtrack.

Fedafi – Make RSS and Podcasting Easy
Fedafi makes RSS and iTunes valid podcast feeds easy. It’s an application that anyone can install on their own website and use to generate valid RSS and iTunes Podcast feeds. No technical knowledge needed, no XML to learn, absolutely everyone can now use RSS for their business. Add RSS as a marketing channel to your business today.

Sonicswap  - Share Playlists with Thousands of your Closest Friends
SonicSwap offers music playlist sharing built around social networking and collection analysis. Patent pending search technology returns playlists based on your ability to play them. Members run a software accessory called BOINK in parallel with iTunes to connect with friends through music.

jiwamusic – Create and Share Playlists
JiwaMusic is a new experiment that allows its users to search for an artist or a track; load a track originally composed by them on the JiwaMusic servers, Create some playlists and share their playlists.

Twones – Share your Playlist
Twones is the the ultimate way to make friends and find music. Sync your iTunes and iPod library with Twones and discover new music and friends. share your playlist & share your identity.

Fiql – Playlist Sharing Community
Playlists are everywhere – on the radio, in magazines, on message boards and blogs and most importantly in your music collection. As storage increases and the limits of the single album are long left behind, it’s becoming harder and harder to manage music… and that’s why why fiql was created . More than just a repository of playlists of all kinds, FIQL is a place to be introduced to new music by looking at other people’s playlists and to share with others your playlist and music interests.

webjay – Playlist Community
WebJay allows users to publish their music playlists on the web.

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XtremeMac Ipod Recorder

Finally, a portable recording solution that integrates into your everyday life without any extra gadgets or power supplies and cables! For the commuter, the public transit user, or the “quick…record it before I forget it” like me, the XtremeMac Ipod recorder is a welcomed innovation! Can you tell I love it? even before I’ve used it? Not at all obvious!

The recorder plugs into the bottom of the ipod (with video, and nano 2G)and seamlessly integrates with it. It has a built in speaker, as well as a standard 1/8” mini (3.5mm) stereo jack. Included is a flexible mini goose neck type microphone that can be detached from the unit. You may choose to use a line in signal from your computer sound card, or from any other low level input source. There is a line and mic input selector switch to handle the impedance and input levels. You may also purchase a lapel microphone, or use a different condenser microphone. I find it especially useful for recording a band, my lyrics or memo’s. The included mic can be easily propped up and ready to record anything.

The included microphone records in mono with two quality settings. Specs are here

To record with a mic in stereo, you will require a separate powered microphone. The built in line in will accept stereo recordings from your computer however. Your recordings will be saved as voice memos on your ipod and will automatically be imported into itunes on your next synch. The controls are adapted to use your ipod’s menu and selector wheel to start, play pause and delete the recordings.

Retail price(USD) $59.95 MSRP
Manufacturer’s website: Comments: Great innovation! Solid construction, great gadget for musicians, writers, memos. I wish it could record in stereo through the mic.

These are the official Red Zune images, just take a look below:
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Sony NW-E010 MP3 Walkman provides a direct USB connection, a 3-line color display, and an integrated FM tuner. The player comes with 1GB or 2GB capacities and an impressive 30 hour battery life.
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Further to my article (getting stuff for – really?) there are alternate methods to get those goodies for free. These are called paid referrals, referral trading, and conga lines.

Paid referrals and referral trading is a simple concept, where you trade referrals with others. Each helping the other complete their required offers and get the freebie. You complete an offer under their referral code for them to receive the signup credit, and they reciprocate for your free site offer. http://www.refstop.com/ is an example of a community driven website that helps users’ trade referrals. As I mentioned in my previous article, I paid for referrals (pay4trade) which you can do as well. Paid referrals cost somewhere in the $5 – $50 range depending on the value of free item you are after, and the amount of time you wish to advertise the pay 4 trade. Refstop.com charges you a fee to advertise your trade t its members which typically costs $5 – 15 for 10 days. Site members can rate each other on how quickly they completed the offer, and how quickly they were paid for the signup. I spent $60 in advertising, and $180 in referral costs. Each of my signups made $20 on average for completing an offer under my referral account.

Conga lines are like chain letters, where you signup on a list, and graduate up a level as new people are added to the list. These are quite popular, however very hard to manage. Here today gone tomorrow.

Offers vary from medicine to audio clubs. Each offer has different nuances. Many offers will require a credit card to sign up, and will require an ongoing subscription. Other offers may allow you to cancel after a trial period ends, and often will refund your complete costs. It is your responsibility to learn the conditions and ask questions before you take the plunge. Offers may automatically renew a subscription without your consent – which you gave upon your initial signup, and will require you to call them and have the subscription cancelled. Check availability in your country, they may charge you additional shipping. In my case, I had to signup 2 additional referrals to get shipping to Canada. I opted for the paypal cash instead of the 10 referrals for the xbox 360.

Best advice:
- decide on what item you want, estimate its value in a retail store
- research the different websites for the cost (number of referrals) and how much it may cost you to get this item
- check the websites for the offers that you can complete
- check community websites, forums, and other groups to get opinions and advice
- verify that offers are valid in your country, if you get the free item, does it cost more to ship to you?
- what is the general opinion of the site’s reliability, technical support, policies, referral completion time limits
- is the item new, or refurbished (which it may very well be)
- how will you get signups (you cannot spam, if you get caught, they will negate your account)
- will you use conga lines, or referral trading sites

Helpful links: (for your information only, I do not condone or have affiliations with these sites)

Wikipedia (general information)
http://www.refstop.com/ (referral trading, user forums, and pay4trades)
conga lines (general information about conga lines)
forums (refstop user groups)