Amazon.com is currently offering a free 1GB iPod shuffle with the purchase of a 32GB iPod touch. The online retailer lists blue, green, silver, and purple 1GB iPod shuffles as eligible models that customers can add to their shopping cart alongside the 32GB iPod touch. "Just add both items to your cart and you will not be charged for the Shuffle." Amazon.com lists the 32GB iPod touch at $494 and in stock.

Apple today doubled the capacity of its touchscreen media devices, releasing both a 16GB iPhone as well as a 32GB variant of the iPod touch.

Apple COO Timothy Cook delivered a question and answer presentation at the Goldman Sachs Investment Symposium today, discussing company strategy for the Mac, iPhone, iPod and Apple TV. Saying that at the end of the day Apple is "all about people," Cook proclaimed that while innovation may be one of the most difficult models, its the one that gives you a true competitive differentiation. "We run Apple in a fluid manner, where we move people where we need them. This is why you begin to see things on the phone that were developed for the Mac. You see Cover Flow, developed for the phone, in the Mac OS X. There's some much synergy in those area."

Coolgorilla.com today announced that it has released a series of free iPod Phrase Books that are available for download from the iTunes Store.

The Apple iPod has been one of the coolest gadgets to hit the technology scene in the 21st century. However, due to the high cost of the iPod many people have held off buying one, so Apple addressed the situation by offering refurbished iPods at a fraction of the cost of a brand new one. Although there are valid arguments why you should never buy used electronics, I'm going to offer you 5 good reasons why buying a refurbished iPod is a good idea.

Apple can be considered as the reigning king of the world of the portable audio players. Everyone has some sort of iPod, whether it's the Mini, Video, Photo, or Shuffle, Apple is the most well-known brand of audio players around. Although Apple's authority may soon be challenged by, Creative Lab's, Zen Vision:M, which contains many of the same features and abilities that the iPod has, and it also has features and abilities that the iPod does not have. Based on my personal experience with both the iPod and the Zen, I would have to say that I believe that the Zen is the better overall audio/video player.

common complaints are that iTunes is slow, and is a resource hog. Also common are complaints about sound and video quality during playback. Although iTunes has improved slightly in the last few releases there are still many bug in it. Yet most people continue to use iTunes, why? Because they don't realize that you can still sync your iPod with programs other than iTunes.

Apple's iPod has, through all its different makes and models, had a stranglehold on the portable mp3 player marketplace almost since the day it was introduced in 2001. In fact, the iPod, by even the most basic estimates, has anywhere between 70-85 percent marketshare, in spite of last year's launch of Microsoft's Zune, which was designed, in price and capacity and features, to compete head-to-head with Apple's juggernaut.

I came late to the world of MP3 players. By the time I finally got my sleek black 4G Apple iPod Nano, the technology was already well established. Everyone I knew seemed to have gotten his or her iPod already and were moving on to cell phones with MP3 capability. So this review is directed toward those who, like me, yearn to be part of the iPod listening world but haven't gotten into the game yet. Despite the fact that it is well past half-time, an Apple iPod Nano is a thing of joy. I have to say is that, for everyone out there still wondering whether they should invest a few hundred dollars for technology that will likely be replaced tomorrow with something new and better, I say a resounding YES. This is one of the best gifts I've ever received, even though I still haven't figured out all the features yet.

Everyday, hundreds of eBay members list iPods for sale, "cheap." Same with Craigslist. Should you buy one of these refurbished iPod? NO! While some refurbished iPods can be as good as a brand-new-out-of-the-box-never-used iPod, the problems come in with "where" you buy them. Don't waste your money buying a refurbished iPod from a complete stranger!