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analyst Gene Munster on Wednesday. He wrote: “While the Street consensus iPod unit number is 8.3m, we believe that the Street is expecting the number of iPods to be closer to 7.8m.” “We believe Street expectations for June quarter iPod units has become more and more conservative throughout the quarter and iPod units of 8.0m…

iPhoto can now hold up to 250,000 photos. The software offers new controls, including one-click effects, and a new interface. Users can create new styles of books, greeting cards and calendars they can order through the application; Mr. Jobs noted that the quality has been increased. iPhoto also has a new feature, “photocasting,” that Mr.…

The Piper Jaffray report compared ten Apple retail stores, and 11 third-party retailers for on hand iPod inventory over Thanksgiving weekend, and again on December 1 and December 2. The second study also included an additional nine third-party retailers. In both cases, Appleis own retail stores had a larger selection of iPods available than the…

< A href="http://www.hp.com">HP has announced the addition of two new iPods to its Apple iPod from HP product line. The company is bringing the 30 gigabyte and 60GB iPod photo models Apple announced last fall to the HP brand. As with other Apple iPod from HP, the new iPods match Appleis specs, with HP packaging…

T he South Huntington Public Library on Long Island, New York is one the first libraries in the country to loan out audio books on iPod shuffles, according to Wired News. Members of the library can currently check out one of 11 books in audio format that the library obtained through the iTunes Music, each…

B ruddy Designs introduced ShuffleMate to the world Thursday, a case for Appleis iPod shuffle that features an industry-standard “bull-dog” clip and wire management. The clear case fits both shuffle models snuggly and be attached anywhere the wearer desires, while clamps on the side allow control excess earphone wire. The ShuffleMate will ship in mid-March…

< A href="http://www.tunewear.com/">Tunewear has announced several iPod and iPod mini accessories today, including the WATERWEAR cases, POPTUNE wrappers, PRIE HOOK hooks, and the ALUMINUM CLIP for ICEWEAR cases. WATERWEAR for 4G iPods and WATERWEAR mini for iPod minis are water resistant cases made of “hard toughened plastic” that includes a waterproof seal. The scroll wheel…

< A href="http://www.piperjaffray.com/">Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has told investors to expect bigger iPod minis, a new iTunes phone from Motorola, and a flash-based iPod during Januaryis Mac Expo. Listing a higher-capacity iPod mini, a flash-based iPod, and an iTunes-capable cellular phone from Motorola as “likely” products to be announced, Mr. Munster wrote a G5…

The new sound system features digital amplification, high quality neodymium micro drivers, and MaxxBass technology. In addition, the iMmini is 41% smaller than the companyis flagship product, inMotion, at 7 inches by 4.4 inches by 1 inch. The unit features two 1″ and two 18mm neodymium micro drivers encased behind perforated aluminum grilles. An onboard…

. The Rio Carbon, (see image below) is smaller, lighter and has a bigger internal hard drive than an iPod mini, all for US$249 – the same price as the Apple product. The Carbon weighes in at 3.2 ounces using Seagate Technologyis new 1-inch, 5-gigabyte hard drive. In addition, Rio claims the Carbon has 20…

Apple today announced a free software update for iPod, the worldis most popular portable digital music player. The iPod software update adds support for new Belkin voice recording and photo storage accessories for dockable iPods, allowing users to record hundreds of hours of audio and store thousands of digital photos on their iPod. Available for…