Podtastic back!

The podtastic blog which was dormant for a long period is now going to resume to post again! We have come back to contribute again! iPod has been a passion for us and for you since its inception. But i know we have disappointed a lot of subscribers providing with valuable hacks and tips that you can use. But now we are back, we will not go again. We have returned to our passion, which we loved doing!

So we are going to start with some thing new that you all are waiting to listen from us, about the iPod touch. Yes we are going to talk about that, and also cover how to how to resize your homemade video for the iPod, so that you can save on the Memory!

So this is gonna be up for the next topic!

Till then you pod! :D

Peachpit Press Releases 4th Edition of 'The iPod Book"

The 4th Edition of "The iPod Book" is released by Peachpit Press.

Peachpit Press announced the immediate availability of The iPod Book: Doing Cool Stuff with the iPod and the iTunes Store, Fourth Edition on Friday. The new edition of Scott Kelby's iPod and iTunes Store guide explains how to use Apple's iPod touch, 3G nano, classic, and shuffle, how to get the most out of iTunes, using an iPod in your car, and more. The book is priced at US$19.99. [via]

who turned ipod box into a pandora's box ?

According to Greek mythology, pandora couldn't resist opening the box filled with evil, entrusted to her. So did Eve couldn't resist eating her bad apple according to the Bible.

Taking advantage of the curiosity and of course the lame store-policy, a bad apple somewhere in the chain between Apple and the Dealers warehouse, decided to play a prank on the ipod customers.

But the girl who found rocks in the ipod box, or the one who found some weird notes with some books, had known that it was a bad apple, could have saved her excitement and nevertheless a lot of trouble.

Yes, you read that right. In october, a 14 year old girl, Regan Ritter, of Texas who got set to rock when she opened her ipod box presented on her birthday, only found some rocks in it. Not the rock music. Just Rocks. Her mom who bought it at the rock-bottom price at Target got it replaced as soon as possible after demanding refund and getting rejected, but as you can probably guess, the second box was also stuffed with rocks. Target refused to refund her money and insisted to spend her $350 on other items. No word yet whether she got ipod since then.

Now, on the christmas day, a father from Washington D.C who decided to present her daughter with an iPod, again got hold of some bad apple's pandoras box. This time the girl, found a wacky note and some books on enlightment.

Well, that weird note read:

"Reclaim your mind the from the media shackles. Read a book and resurrect yourself. To claim your capitalistic garbage go to your nearest Apple Store."

The girl's dad thus returned the iPod to WalMart where he had initially purchased it, and received a full refund. Apparently, the WalMart store explained that this same thing had happened to another person, and that Apple is responsible for it. Yes, a Bad apple at Apple or somewhere in the chain between Apple and the Dealers Warehouse is having a few laughs turning iPod box into a Pandora's Box ? [via]

iskin release new skin for ipod touch

iSkin releases a new skin (iSkin) for iPod touch - iSkin touch. Commited to premium ipod accessories, iSkin beautifully captures the essence of the ipod, safely covering and protecting all the ports and controls in a simple yet sophesticated design, without compromising on the usability or aesthetics.

The iSkin touch is made with the premium silicon material, encapsulating the ipod without adding extra bulk to it, while the front surface is covered with touch-friendly film protected screen (no adhesives, anti-glare and anti-fingerprint) with protection for menu button and an open for sensor area. There is also a privacy version of the screen film via their online store, sold separately.

The rear of the iSkin touch is slim with suregrip™ textured surface, features a removable rotary belt clip system called the revoclip3, that integrates seamlessly to keep you and your iPod connected. Remove the rotary clip for a more leaner look.

iSkin Touch protects both the iPod’s home and power buttons and features integrated port plugs that prevents dust and dirt from entering its docking and earphone ports whenever they are not in use.

Variety of two-tone designs to choose from, including NightHawk (espresso+black), Diablo (red+black), Oxygen (black+clear), Electra (black+blue) and Vanity (black+pink). The iSkin touch will retail for $29.99.

[via cg]

iSkin Online Store
iSkin Touch

Mugged at NYC iPod Touch Commercial

No, this is not an ipod touch commercial. But this is how a guy who got mugged at the Brooklyn, narrates...

I got mugged and beat up in Brooklyn last night. After filling out a police report, I came home and made this. Yes, I was really just beat up

win an iPod Touch!

Pals from Free Conference Calls (a Free facebook application from iotum inc) is holding a special Thanksgiving Holiday contest. Now before you get on the conference calls with your family members on account of 'Thanksgiving', try this Free Service, organize a Free Conference Call on facebook with your friends, family, business contacts, co-workers or study groups and be elligible to win a 8gb ipod Touch. Facebook users Apply. [Link]

"Stay in touch with family and friends this Thanksgiving holiday using FREE Conference Calls.
Just organize or join a FREE Conference Call between 12:01 AM on November 16th and 11:59 PM on November 25th. Each participant in a call lasting five minutes or longer will be automatically entered in the drawing. One lucky FREE Conference Call user will win a free 8Gb iPod Touch.
The winner will be contacted on December 1st."

Free Conference Calls on Facebook
Free Conference Calls, iotum Website
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Steampunk iPod Skin

Checkout this new iPod skin from Gelaskins.

This steampunk iPod skin achieves a nice little trompe l'oeil effect of a cutaway window exposing the massive, bulky gears of your little MP3 player.

Steampunk Skin from Gelaskins

(Thanks Cory, via BoingBoing)