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Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

Miguel — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:52:13 -0000

How about connecting a usb keyboard controller using the usb camera connction kit or any other midi interface and playing some very nice sounds coming from the ipod/ ipad?
I use the sampletank app and it sounds very nice.
Turn the ipod/ ipad into a midi sound module with some interesting price....... no other music player can do that.......
And there are many other virtual synths for ipod/ipad......

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

priya singh — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:17:06 -0000

how to use i pod .plz suggest me nd what is the use of ipod.is it only for msg nd music or something else.plz help me

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

john — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:35:34 -0000

thanks for all this - it really helps

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

what is boil — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:45:29 -0000

This is just amazing, such a small ipod and so many uses...

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

Gjfhh — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:23:00 -0000

I like the way you think because you are so right.

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

Gjfhh — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:10:00 -0000

The reason we use these things is because it's new in three years we won't care about it anymore.

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

Gjfhh — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:23:49 -0000

I like the way you think because you are so right.

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

Gjfhh — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:10:06 -0000

The reason we use these things is because it's new in three years we won't care about it anymore.

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

rwc — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:15:09 -0000

The m e d i u m is the m e s s a g e ...

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

bob — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:11:22 -0000

of course none of what’s described is particularly unique to the ipod.

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

TV Through Internet — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:03:29 -0000

Interesting post. Lots of them out there!!! keep up the good work. Also watch Tv Through Internet.

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

News Innovations — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:34:05 -0000

Great tips to use iPod. Now even some products are coming to make it more useful. Check out http://newsandinnovations.c... to use your iPod as a projector.

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

akon — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:35:36 -0000

thanks for your info

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

Ritz — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:42:52 -0000

I like to use my ipod to catch up on my reading for english class during the day after I've bought the audiobook!

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

Jason — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:03:26 -0000

I saw a couple of mentions of using an ipod for shopping for real estate.

Can anyone clarify that for me...I mean, like how?

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

Erik Neelsen — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:15:45 -0000

Years ago during my time in the USMC, I worked on helicopters and had to carry not only the tools, but also a cumbersome manual or two at times in somewhat confined spaces. I thought it may be a good idea now in the time of Ipod to transfer manuals to an Ipod in either text with voice read back or in video. Any thoughts?

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

zahadum — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:51:19 -0000

@kartkik:

courseware running on ipod - right on!

the biggest oversight by apple (after killing full pda functionality of the Newton) was to cripple the ipod with no real interactivity ...

partly his was the result (one of many) of steve jobs crippling the R&D; budget at apple - so hypercard V3 / quicktime-Interactive was cancelled.

this technology - along with what could have been salvaged from the kaleida joint venture with IBM - would have been sufficient to give apple genuinie competitive advantage for multimedia.

however this value-add has been ceeded to adobe/macromedia.

current ipods are crippled the lack of interactive technologies:

* ipods dont run java because apple has offcially disparaged any future role for java in their products (yet they are still a member of the BlueRay group);

* ipods dont run quicktime even though the mpeg4 file format is based on the apple MOV format! - so we cant have sprites, subtitles alternate language tracks, etc - or anything else that would make feedback language laearning portable (eg rosetta stone).

* ipods cant run ajax so no 'thin web client' solution is possible.

Thus it seems that we will have to wait for a further iteration of the iphone - ie a 'real' platform with os/x & quicktime etc - before any meaningful educational applications can be run on an ipod.

Given the lacklustre responce by the movie studios (which is also going to hurt appletv), perhaps apple will see that there are other types of programming that can be driven by the itunes store -- eg language learning & cultural tours (and yes, real estate) ... not to mention ebooks which is a whole different topic.

These interactive forms of content are BILLION DOLLAR market segments waiting to be developed .... but the opportunity for apple to deliver a unique user eperience is rapidly closing.

Apple missed the boat on the whole youtube thing (which shows that not paying attention to the market can derail any brilliantly crafted product planning - ie appletv) ... i fear that sony (with their new PSP-based phone, which will be launched soon with BT) or microsoft (putting the wifi part of zune to good effect for geo-based content) could easily eclipse apple if it continues to innovate at such a slow pace!

i hope apple will not be too slow to either push out an enhanced version of the ipod or a cheaper version of the iphone (they have already missed the boat on gps & av features of the iphone!) that focuses on the CONTENT aspect not the COMMUNICATION aspect of a media platform.

however, i wont hold my breath -- apple is not good at doing more than one thing at a time (witness the delay of leoaprd on account of the iphone) because they CONGENITALLY under-resource their engineering efforts .... this is part of the legacy of steve jobs mismanagement.

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

Carol A — Sun, 06 May 2007 22:32:50 -0000

The one thing I would like to see is an MP3 player with Ebook capabilities. You could read a book & listen to music, learn a language with sound for correct pronounciation, hear a lecture and see pictures or diagrams. It seems such an obvious device , but why has no-one built one? Maybe it's just being able to get a readable screen that doesn't use too much power?

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

Karthik — Thu, 03 May 2007 13:26:58 -0000

I use the iPod to record stories for my kid who listens to it in the night before sleeping.

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

NW — Wed, 02 May 2007 12:47:27 -0000

If it's the audio tours that you are interested in then I have set up a site called

www.tourdio.com

It is an audio tour directory so that you can find audio tours with as little fuss as possible.
Because the industry is still in it's infancy, the companies producing audio tours don't always do too well in the search engine listings.
We have put together lists of hundreds of tours from all over the globe, and they are really easy to track down. We don't put them on our lists so that we get commission, we put them on if they are of a good standard.
I hope that if you use the site, you find it useful.

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

mobius — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:09:15 -0000

re: #4 --

when i was in germany, i visited the buchenwald concentration camp. they offered rentals of a pocket tour guide for 4 euro that consisted of an ipod nano loaded with mp3s corresponding to each of the sites at the camp.

most unexpected use of an ipod ever.

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

Michael Price — Tue, 01 May 2007 23:47:07 -0000

Shopping for real estate is another unexpected use of the iPod that is catching on in a big way.

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

Torsten — Tue, 01 May 2007 04:14:52 -0000

"Tour Around Great Cities:"

There are quite a few more city audio guides / podcasts, and they don't need to cost any more 12 Bucks. Podguides.net (user generated city guides), iToors and also iaudioguide.com (with 40 cities) offer free content for travelers.

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

god_mode — Tue, 01 May 2007 02:53:41 -0000

Technology is sure running a fast pace

Re: 10 Unexpected Uses of the iPod

DAVID — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:18:46 -0000

http://www.koloroo.com/

KOLORWHEEL!!!!!!

Incredible color wheel, color scheme computer for designers

WOW

Way cooler than the Tip Calculator by the same company.