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--- Forwarded Message from Bob Majors <[log in to unmask]> ---

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>From: Bob Majors <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #8430.1 (!) Apple's just-announced iPod phone (and then some)
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>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:47:54 -0800
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum   
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Beyond the Apple site, David Pogue's NYT column answers a lot of  
additional questions about the iPhone.

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/

> Any word about PAL support?

Assuming the iPod functionality is the same as the current video  
iPods (except for the addition of widescreen display), the specs are  
here:

http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html

I don't have any experience with this product, but it claims to do  
PAL DVD to iPod conversions:

http://www.dvdtoipodvideo.com/

On a slightly related front, I found an interesting product on the  
show floor for extracting DVD clips:

http://miraizon.com/
http://miraizon.com/downloads/englishpr/cine2ds_2005_05.pdf

Bob Majors
Language Learning Center
University of Washington

>
> It's interesting things have been coming in this week from TiVo,  
> too: on
> the 8th, the day before this Apple stuff was all unveiled, TiVo  
> announced
> its partnership with Comcast, the Broadband service provider, and  
> on the
> 7th, TiVo announced announed that its TiVoToGo capabilities are now
> available for Mac users through a contract they made with Roxio,  
> the folks
> who make Toast, so that you can put your TiVo recordings onto your  
> iPod
> using a Mac.  (Software to do this has been available for Windows  
> for over
> a year.)
>
> So many gizmos, never enough time... *sigh*
>
> Cheers,
> Margo
>>
>
>
>
> Margo Burns, Technology Integration Specialist
> Greater Manchester Professional Development Center
> Room B109 at MST
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