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It's that time of year again when Apple updates their iPod models. And while I'm no Apple fanatic, I think Apple is a pretty good innovator that sets the standards for other items. Here is my opinion of Apple's latest gadgets.

The new iPod touch is actually not much of a surprise to me. I guessed that it would have the Retina display (the ridiculously high-resolution IPS display on the iPhone 4), dual cameras for FaceTime chat, faster hardware, a glass back like the iP [...]

Company policy at work does not allow us to listen to music through headphones, but they do allow us to use radios. Not willing to settle for the same boring radio programming every day, I decided to buy an FM transmitter for my iPod touch. Amazon had an iCandy FM transmitter for $10, and I decided to try it out.

I've tried tape adapters before, b [...]

The iPad was announced on January 27, 2010, and arrived in Apple stores on April 3. Instantly, floods of people came clamoring for the latest Apple gadget, and the web is abuzz with "success stories" of new iPad users.. But is the iPad really as amazing as everyone claims it is? Or is it just a big iPod touch?

Just to clear things up a bit: I am not an Apple hater, nor am I an Apple fanboy. I prefer Windows, but I do own a "HackBook Pro" and an iPod touch. And I do not own an iPad at the moment [...]

My Sansa e250 has served me well, but it is near the end of its useful life. The faceplate is cracked right above the screen, the mechanical scroll wheel is increasingly difficult to turn, and lately it has required several tries just to get it to recognize that it is connected to my computer. Thus, I decided that it was time to buy a new player, and chose one of the most popular and coveted players on the market: the iPod touch.

I received my 2GB Sansa e250 on my 16th birthday, abou [...]