5g iPods outselling Nanos

We believe video iPod buyers are mostly installed base users attracted to its high storage capacity, video capability, and reasonable price points, while nanos are attracting more mainstream MP3 users.

AppleInsider | Fifth-generation iPod sales strong, outselling nano at some stores?

On a side note, congratulations to seoulfully for passing the BAR! He’s probably off to get his Nano right now, but I have a feeling that he might walk out with a 5g iPod instead… 😉

Rob Galbraith’s D200 preview

If the image quality is solid (managing noise at ISO 400 and above has been a challenge for Nikon in recent times) and the new autofocus system is reasonably capable, then the D200 may well be one of the most interesting digital SLR models the company will release in some time. At first glance, it looks to be an effective response to Canon’s slightly less expensive entry-level pro camera the EOS 20D, because the D200 will almost certainly have a more-capable flash system, it produces a higher-resolution photo and most of its other main specifications meet or exceed those of the Canon model too. We’ll wait to view the pictures produced by the D200 before declaring it the superior of the two, however, since the image quality from the 20D is really good, and it’s especially impressive at the higher ISO settings where Nikon’s other double-digital megapixel camera, the D2X, falters.

More interesting bits:

We did learn that, unlike all current and previous CCD-based Nikon digital SLR cameras back to the D1, the shutter in the D200 is fully-responsible for controlling the exposure time. For photographers who rarely use non-dedicated flash units, this won’t mean much. For those who shoot sports with Elinchrom or other studio strobes, as we do, this means it won’t be possible to cheat the sync speed well above 1/250th with this camera. High-speed flash synchronization is possible only with a compatible Nikon Speedlight.

Rob Galbraith DPI: Nikon announces D200 digital SLR

I like:
soft shutter button
ISO display in VF
2.5″ LCD
built-in flash that can be disabled but used to trip remote Speedlights
more res, better for cropping

Missing Sync 5.0

Mark/Space today announced the availability of Missing Sync 5.0 for the Palm OS. I’ve already downloaded and installed the new version and let me tell you: this is a huge upgrade. Big new features include: * syncing categories from Address Book and iCal calendars/tasks with Palm categories * support for multiple addresses and other Palm database fields * contact photo syncing * folder synchronization and the syncing of iPhoto albums and iTunes playlists right from the Missing Sync interface.

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

I checked at thier website and I am eligible to upgrade for $25, I’ll probably get it tonight…

fake email addresses to use for product registration

So I installed the free RealPlayer, after going through the install to make sure it doesn’t add desktop icons, shotcuts, or change my default application with different media formats, it asked be to register the product, so I tried some bogus email addies, and they were all already used:

  • asdf@asdf.com
  • asdf@asdffdsa.com
  • asdffdsa@asdffdas.com
  • asdffdsa@asdf.com