The world knows that Gizmodo and parent Gawker Media paid $5,000 for the iPhone HD or 4G prototype that was lost in a bar in California. Gawker head Nick Denton figures the whole thing cost him about $20,000 for the handset, bonuses, and bandwidth. The money made from the exclusive is estimated to be $200,000.
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So you have an Android phone, maybe the Motorola Droid or the Google Nexus One, and you want to run or manage media on it. Android doesn’t have the iTunes integration that the iPhone has, so it’s difficult to get music from your desktops to your phones. Companies such as DoubleTwist and Rhapsody offer applications that help Android phone users install and manage music and other media on their smartphones. And for those who love to Twitter from their Droid but don’t want to use third-party apps, take heart. Twitter said it will soon offer a Twitter for Android app. See more in this eWEEK slideshow.
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A recent study has shown that nearly 40% of Blackberry owners would trade their RIM device in for an iPhone. The same study showed nearly a third of Blackberry users would switch to Android devices.
Word has come from SXSW that the Rhapsody app for iPhone is set for an update. The app will get caching [...]
IS THIS THE REAL LIFE OR JUST FANTASY?
There are some songs that cut across time, distance, nationality and genre to touch the vast majority of people worldwide. There’s no formula to it or artists would pump out such universal numbers like clockwork. But some songs, whenever and wherever they are played, trigger off a kind of happy, focusing mania. And one such uber-tune is Queen‘s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” The culminating point of 1975′s stellar, artistically vigorous A Night At The Opera, “Bohemian Rhapsody” is a miniature rock opera, a widescreen tale with electric guitars, boyish choir interludes, and a tear-in-your-beer tale of a life gone wrong. It’s the Old West and ’30s Gangster films distilled into song form, and it’s got a broad enough appeal to be covered by a whole host of folks, while the original continues to ignite the creativity of others, from Wayne’s World to children’s cartoons. It’s the only song we can imagine both The Flaming Lips and Pink will ever share on setlists (though there seems promise in a Pink-i-fied “Do You Realize?” and a Lips smacked “Get The Party Started”Â…but we digress). For many reasons, what Freddie Mercury penned and brought to vibrant fruition with his bandmates continues to endure. This Sunday we celebrate one of the truly great songs of the 20th century, a number that will still likely be trotted out to great, joyous applause in the 22nd and 23rd centuries.
Our salute to the operatic rock classic begins with a recent interpretation by The Muppets that’s been making the rounds recently that was the catalyst for this installment. You’re in for a treat!
However, the fuzzy thespians were not the first inanimate objects put into service of what Freddie and the lads have wrought.
This He-Man and the Masters of the Universe mash-up gives us the giggles, and hopefully will tickle y’all, too.
Over time the song has gotten some pretty classed-up polishes, including this rendition by The Ten Tenors from German television.
Speaking of classed-up, the California Guitar Trio remove most of the testosterone but reveal some very pretty bones beneath the familiar skin.
As mentioned at the start, there’s probably not another tune that both Pink and The Flaming Lips would tackle. Here’s both taking their shot at the prize. And being honest, Pink is one of the few lead vocalists that really gives proper chase to Mercury’s legendary vocal. Girl can sing, even if her originals often lack much heft.
We give the final word to Queen and dear departed Freddie. We miss you lots, you mustachioed marvel.
If you have junk radio stations in your area like I do, the only option other than waking to a buzzer is waking to your iPod. If you have more than one iPhone or iPod a dual dock alarm clock like the new iLuv iMM183 revealed today may be just the ticket for you. The [...]
Long before my iPhone debuted on the market, I was using players other than the iPod because I really liked the Rhapsody music service. I liked to be able to listen to lots of music without worrying that I will buy something I don’t like and waste my money.
When I started using the iPhone, I [...]
RealNetworks has submitted its on-demand streaming music application called Rhapsody for the iPhone and iPod Touch to the App Store for approval. It will allow user to browse and search the Rhapsody library (more than 8 million tracks!) over WiFi and 3G connections.
To enjoy this app, you need to subscribe to Rhapsody To Go –currently [...]
