New York Times today has raised a serious question about the cost involved in iTunes downloading. They are not ready to accept that 70 cents should be the worth of iTunes downloading. Though, this is only the officially declared figure!

Considering the volumes of ringtone and ringback sales, the Times has raised the issue that the profit should have been much higher. They might be right on their calculation, but I don't agree with them. These referred ringtone sales are already over priced and their argument is against this.  This is nothing but unnecessary practice of dirty mathematics!

DRM-free MP3 downloading from a library of 6 million songs has now become a reality with Napster's recent announcement. You will be able to play them on iPod and iPhone. The incident poses a great challenge to Apple, as Napster has kept the songs along with the iTunes Store.    

You will not be required to pay much on such downloading. Only 99 cents will be sufficient to download one MP3 track @ 256kbps. Napster's library is just similar to the Apple's iTunes Store, making Napster a true competitor for the Apple. What I believe is that, Apple will now allow more DRM-free music. Let's see, what they are cooking!

The best thing when you are using branded iPods is that they take utmost care when it comes to customer service. Such things are reflected with Apple’s recent initiatives.

According to Montreal Gazette, Canadian owners of first-, second- or third-generation iPods might be eligible to get a credit of $45 from Apple due to verdict of two class action lawsuits. The suit was about iPod battery's dramatic decrease in capacity after two years of use. It is anticipated to be decided by a Montreal court on May 26th.

Of late I have found some very good stuff at the ModMyiPhone. You can load widgets on your iPhone. Wondering how? New IntelliScreen software converts your "Slide to Unlock" screen which allows you to load widgets onto space which is unused.

The various features include calendar events, mail subjects, SMS messages, weather reports and RSS news feeds. The best thing about the beta releases is that they are very easily accessible. But there are chances for possible endless reboot sequences which might be fatal. It is better you proceed with care.

Rumors suggest that Apple is trying to license haptic technology for the iPhone. Immersion, the company speculated to be getting the technology to the iPhone. This technology allows users to 'feel' button presses or other interactions with our preferred touchable UI.

Clent Richardson, Apple's former executives was appointed Immersion's president and CEO. This will enable to build further synergies between the organizations. The rumour has come from the Engadget post. Immersion added this kind of feedback tech to the entire Nokia lineup.

Another rumour suggests that the new XMPP framework spotted in the latest iPhone firmware.  Do you know what XMPP is? XMPP refers to the open source standard built by the Jabber community for instant messaging.

But there is sad news as well. This support stays back in the private framework. Apple has already set plans for sand-boxed development, permitting developers little admission to the underlying OS and frameworks. XMPP will not be available to 3rd party SDK developers. It is also believed that Apple’s iPhone-based chat is likely to build on Jabber/XMPP.

Rumors suggest that Apple is trying to license haptic technology for the iPhone. Immersion, the company speculated to be getting the technology to the iPhone. This technology allows users to 'feel' button presses or other interactions with our preferred touchable UI.

Clent Richardson, Apple's former executives was appointed Immersion's president and CEO. This will enable to build further synergies between the organizations. The rumour has come from the Engadget post. Immersion added this kind of feedback tech to the entire Nokia lineup.

Another rumour suggests that the new XMPP framework spotted in the latest iPhone firmware.  Do you know what XMPP is? XMPP refers to the open source standard built by the Jabber community for instant messaging.

But there is sad news as well. This support stays back in the private framework. Apple has already set plans for sand-boxed development, permitting developers little admission to the underlying OS and frameworks. XMPP will not be available to 3rd party SDK developers. It is also believed that Apple’s iPhone-based chat is likely to build on Jabber/XMPP.