7digital gets into household devices

UK online music service, 7digital and home entertainment specialist, Imerge have joined forces to implement a system that allows users to access and purchase high quality MP3s directly through Imerge’s home entertainment systems.

Imerge provides luxury entertainment systems that allow customers to record, store and playback music, video and media to multiple rooms in their home through connected control panels.

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New Sonos music system is iPhone-friendly

Sonos has introduced a new version of its Sonos BU250 Multiroom Music System. The new Bundle 250 lets you wirelessly access your digital music collection as well as a wide range of Internet radio and streaming services (Pandora, Last.fm, etc) in two rooms of the house, with the option to expand that to 32 rooms.

The latest system adds a major upgrade: the excellent CR200 touch-screen remote, but the system can also be controlled by any iPhone or iPod touch running a free application that’s available via the iTunes App Store. The result – a whole-house music system that’s easier to control than ever before.

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BBC World News streams live to iPhone

Akamai today announced that Livestation, a UK-based global provider of online broadcast content, has launched its streaming application which allows live television broadcasts to be sent to the iPhone using Akamai Media Delivery.

The Livestation technology puts broadcasters in direct contact with the users and generates revenue for them when the application is purchased from the iPhone App Store.

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Digital TV comes to Japan’s iPhones, iPod touch

Japan’s I-O Data has introduced the $70 SEG Clip, a small USB device which allows iPhone and iPod touch users to watch digital TV on their device.

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One Eskimo promise visual album, Cocktail hint?

UK act One Eskimo and Warner Bros. have announced plans to release the band’s first visual album through iTunes on August 31 (trailer above).

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Amazon discounts Leopard OS as upgrade looms

Geek report alert: With Mac OS X 10.5.6 Snow Leopard eclipsing sales of Windows 7 on the Amazon US software charts, now’s looking like a pretty promising time to invest in a spare copy of Mac OS X 10.5.6 ‘Leopard’, just in case you want to keep a pristine copy of that OS for any veteran Macs that may come your way. And you’ll need it if you think you’re ever likely to get hold of a PowerPC-based Mac, as these are not supported by Snow Leopard, which is Intel Mac only.

With Snow Leopard hovering on the horizon and expected to ship next month, we thought it might be worth pointing out that Amazon is offering Leopard at a hefty discount through both its US and UK stores.

In the UK you can pick up a copy of Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 for just £68.99 – a 17 per cent discount on the original box price. Read the rest of this entry »

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Performance-quality sampling app hits iPhone

Some of you may have asked for performance-grade sample instruments for the iPhone. Some of you may have wanted to mess around with your own or other people’s samples using the device. There’s probably a few folk who’d like to have a portable sample mixing station tied into their decks when they’re playing a live show. For all of you – good news, the wait is over with the launch of Star6, which does all of this.

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O2 UK losing exclusive iPhone deal Oct. 9?

etre-touchy-iphone-medMobile Entertainment has seen documentation that states O2′s exclusive deal on the iPhone will end on October 9.

This opens an opportunity for other carriers to offer the device in the UK. At present, Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile are all thought to be making a play to offer the device through their networks.

ME adds its “sources say that O2 may retain sole rights to the recently launched iPhone 3G S.”

Naturally, freeing the iPhone up for offer through other networks in the UK is extremely likely to generate a third wave of sales of the device. UK mobile phone users tend to prefer to make an open choice between carriers. Read the rest of this entry »

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BlackBerry + 7digital spawn alternative iTunes

We’re a bit behind on this one, but here’s an interesting looking digital music service for BlackBerry users, powered by UK online music company, 7digital. The 7digital MP3 Music Store for BlackBerry should be imminently available and was built by Develop IQ.

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Underworld ship iPhone app, plan iPhone gig

Underworld are working with iDrum to release their very own remixable iPhone app.

The application lets fans remix and manipulate 13 tracks, including all the band’s hits and also an all-new track called ‘VoxJam’. The release is timed to celebrate the addition of the band’s back catalogue to the iTunes store.

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