While Apple may shun CES in favor of their own show later in January, that isn’t going to stop Scosche, one of the better know accessory makers, from showing off at the annual event starting on January 7th.
Scosche is bringing a great range of products to the show including the tapSTICK, a protective cover for the Shuffle with a three-button design for playback. 
The company will also be bringing the reviveLITE II, an iPhone/iPod charger which features an additional USB port for charging additional devices.  The reviveLITE II also …

If you’re all about Apple when it comes to portable devices or your phone, and you think you might want to upgrade soon, you’ll do yourself a service by heading to iLounge and downloading their latest Buyer’s Guide.  Not all of those iPods are made the same and you may want some help in picking your next device.
The guide not only covers all of the latest iPod models, including the good and the bad of each, but you’ll also find detailed information on all of the accessories you’ll find …

For years I have been slowly building up a multi-zone audio system in my home. The first system I had was based off of my Yamaha AV receiver that had a second zone output, to which I used to feed speakers in my garage. Later on I expanded that to also feed audio into my kitchen/living room area, but was still only based off of two audio sources so the garage and living room still only played the same audio. In those early days I really only had three audio …

It’s summer time.  Time to be hiking, camping, and spending time at the beach.  When you do you don’t want to be ignoring your friends and family by sticking some earbuds in.  While there are a ton of iPod speaker systems out there, Logitech has a few new ones they’d like you to take a look at.
First up is the S315i.  It looks sleek, weighs in at 1.74 pounds and provides 20 hours of playback on a single charge.  That’s just about enough for a weekend in the woods …

It seems that you can now buy your music just like your dad did back in the 70s.  Kinda.
iTunes is now offering you the chance to pick up what they’re calling D45’s.  Sold just like the 45 RPM records of old, you get two tracks.  A single and then some type of B-side track from the artist.  Taking a quick look, there are packs from Prince, Van Halen, Rod Stewart, The Doors, and a slew of others.  All mainly older groups that you young Whipper-Snappers probably never heard of.
The …

A/V receivers don’t really change much from year to year but Pioneer has decided to stack everything it has into the new Elite line of receivers they’ll be releasing over the summer.
The company unveiled the new the VSX-21TXH ($700), VSX-23TXH ($900), SC-25 ($1,700) and SC-27 ($1,900) which will all launch with HDMI 1.3a, 7.1 surround, on-board Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.  Each new receiver also incorporates iPod/iPhone connectivity and and control as well as 1080p upscaling on all the video inputs.  Oh, and you’ll get multi-zone too.
The VSX-23TXH, …

Canadian iTunes users up until today had little options when it came to getting HD or US content onto their iPhones or iPods.  That all changed today when Apple brought some more content to The Great White North.
iLounge is reporting that content from ABC, NBC, Fox and Warner Bros. is now available in both SD and HD resolutions.  Not everything is there yet but hopefully they’ll keep adding the content for our neighbors to the north.
Canadian iTunes content runs $2.49CAD for SD and $3.49 for HD content.
Enjoy!
via iLounge

You’ll soon be able to access the audio book catalogs of top publishers via Overdrive simply by upgrading to the latest software.  Publishers include Random House, Penguin Audio, BBC Audiobooks, Tantor Media and others.
In June, when users upgrade to version 3.2 of the Overdrive software on Windows PCs, they’ll be able to start easily transffering their books to their iPod, other Apple devices, Microsoft Zune and other PMPs.
"iPod-compatibility instantly adds value to digital media catalogs powered by OverDrive and further expands the collection to the millions of iPod owners …

It looks as though Pioneer has decided that the iPod is important enough to provide all new sound enhancements to it’s latest line of receivers.  In a press released sent out today, Pioneer stated that the VSX-819AH, VSX-919AH and VSX-1019AH A/V receivers each feature proprietary technologies designed to restore compressed audio data and recreate the dynamic listening experiences intended by the original musician.
 
"With our new line of A/V Receivers that seamlessly integrate with Apple’s iPhone and iPod, we now offer a complete solution for improved portable audio playback in …

Reading here, you know I love my Zune.  But, there is one thing I absolutely hate about it and that’s the fact that Microsoft refuses to allow you to convert and sync certain video codecs and containers.  A lot of MS products are like this so it isn’t really a surprise.  The same goes for iPods and other portable media players (PMPs.)  They each only support the file types that the company has decided to support, but I want to be able to watch my content on the go.  Luckily …