Tuesday, March 09, 2004

Photo iPod? "Buried at the bottom of this story about PortalPlayer, the company which supplies the chips and software used in the iPod, is the revelation that they’re also working on a combination player/digital photo album. Could it be that the next generation iPod isn’t going to be a video player at all, but just a regular iPod with a large color screen for looking at JPEGs and that syncs with iPhoto as well as iTunes? [Pictured above, Designworks Windsor’s concept design for an iPod with a large color screen]" [via engadget] This very well could be the "not a video iPod" that Apple is working on. 6:42:46 PM    comment []  trackback []

One More Reason to Save Hubble Space Telescope. New Scientist: Hubble delivers best-ever view of early Universe. However, the images were obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope and the cancellation of its shuttle means the new Ultra Deep Field visible-light image is likely to be astronomers' best view for many years to come. [via Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 6:38:05 PM    comment []  trackback []