Audio & MP3 News

Apple has been determined to be bad at almost everything it does in recent months.

New Apple software for current iPod Classic models is causing troubles for the Mp3 player, causing everything from static, buzzing or wild explosions.

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Amazon isn’t just slowly moving into the digital media world, it’s smashing its way in, like a large, book-selling rhinocerous. The company announced that it had acquired Audible for $300 million this Thursday, a move that meant very little to anyone who doesn’t know what Audible is.

What, then, is it? Audible is the leading provider of audio books in digital form — with a library of 80,000 titles, Amazon has officially entered the audio book market. Take that… all you audio book market competitors.

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MySpace has announced that it will be introducing tools for developing games, media-sharing features and other programs to make it resemble Facebook even more closely — and while that wasn’t said in so many words, it certainly was implied. Heavily.

MySpace, while still doing better than Facebook, has slowly made changes in the last few months to make it look and feel that much more than its smaller competitor, making Facebook feel like the belle of the ball.

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Amazon.com is moving its way into the MP3 selling business, announcing that it will sell music files through its international web sites this year. Details, so far, have been slim, and the only thing we wonder is what music Amazon will suggest to us after we search for Soulja Boy.

Ohh, Soulja Boy.

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Ever been in a conference call and thought — if only I had a ridiculously high-tech teleconferencing contraption that would not only blow everyone’s mind, it would also make me look like a hip, gadget-loving CEO that’s capable of blowing minds on a consistent basis. Well, dream no more — as the Yamaha Projectphone is the veritable Joe Camel of teleconferencing technology — minus the penis nose.

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You know how Steve Jobs released that much-wanted iPhone, and everyone went absolutely crazy and spent ridiculous amounts of money on it? Remember how he then decided it’d be hilarious if a few months later he’d drastically cut the prices by $200 just to show how powerful he had become? Well, now someone’s suing him. Take that, Darth Jobs.

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Looks like O2 has won the war to to be the first network in the UK with exclusive rights to Apple’s iPhone in the UK.

The Guardian has reported that the deal will cost O2 around 40% on their revenues. Device sales might also be shared with Carphone Warehouse who reportedly have the exclusive contract for the retail end of the deal.

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In a move that would make Microsoft blush and scream "monopoly!" the proverbial word on the proverbial street is that the new iPods won’t work with old video cables and docks from third parties. Meaning, if you’ve got a hip stereo designed for your iPod but it’s not made by Apple — you may as well throw it out. Thanks again, Apple!

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We can all collectively stop holding our breaths and, instead, pull out our wallets — a slew of new iPods have been announced and each is sexier than the last. It’s like a winter wonderland where, instead of toy cars, Santa brings extremely expensive music players. Thanks, Santa!

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You’ve got to love the days before an Apple media event, when rumors are a-flyin’ and people are coming up with crazy new gadgets that Apple will supposedly announce. Next Wednesday is one of these events, and the rumors are buzzing — hey, did you hear the one about a new ringtone service?

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