| iGadget allows you to realize the full | | | | songs from it. There are a few little extra |
| potential of your iPod. With iGadget, | | | | features such as iPod Hacks, checking for |
| you’ll be able to transform your iPod | | | | duplicates etc. You can play your music on |
| into much more than a simple music player. | | | | any computer when you iPod is connected |
| You’ll have the ability to turn your | | | | without the need to install any programs such |
| iPod into an information repository. | | | | as iTunes. Get it now! |
| You’ll be able to transfer all kinds | | | | |
| of data to your iPod, including driving | | | | MarksMan is a tool for iPod users who enjoy |
| directions, contacts, appointments, email, | | | | listening to audiobooks (I’m very |
| notes, tasks, podcasts, RSS news feeds, | | | | definitely one of them!) |
| weather forecasts, daily horoscopes, movie | | | | |
| showtimes and more! You will have the tools | | | | One of the common complaints of such users is |
| necessary to copy songs off your iPod and | | | | the fact that the iPod often seems to lose |
| back onto your PC. This is very handy in the | | | | bookmarks in audio books, and there is no |
| even of a harddrive crash or when buying a | | | | easy way to back up old bookmarks, nor a way |
| new computer and you’ve discovered | | | | to create arbitrary bookmarks (for example, |
| that you no longer have all your songs on | | | | at certain chapters, or places in the audio |
| your PC any more. There is normally no easy | | | | you want to go back to later for review). I |
| easy way to copy songs off the iPod. With | | | | wrote MarksMan so that iPod users could take |
| iGadget, you’ll have the ability to do | | | | charge of all of this. |
| all this and more. | | | | |
| | | | * list all bookmark-able files currently on |
| iArt is a shareware program that can be used | | | | the iPod |
| to download album art or lyrics for your | | | | |
| iTunes or iPod library. It uses a plugin | | | | * for each such file, show the current |
| architecture allowing for complete | | | | bookmark time if there is one |
| customizability over where to find album art | | | | |
| in future! | | | | * allow you to change the bookmark time to |
| | | | any time you like |
| iArt 3.1 adds support for lyrics. It can | | | | |
| search online and download lyrics to your | | | | * store past bookmarks (saves current marks |
| iTunes which can then by viewed on supported | | | | each time you run it) |
| iPods. | | | | |
| | | | * save named bookmarks for a particular file |
| iArt 3 is shareware, so you can use it for a | | | | (eg “Chapter 1") |
| while to see if you like the program, after | | | | |
| which it will be disabled until you register. | | | | * print out all bookmark data |
| | | | |
| | | | * creates a 'human readable' file in the iPod |
| In Demo mode, you can only use iArt for a few | | | | Notes folder showing current and saved |
| albums (50) or to save lyrics to a few songs | | | | bookmarks (so you can check bookmark times |
| (about 200). Once this Demo mode is over, you | | | | while away from your computer) |
| must register iArt to continue use of it. The | | | | |
| Demo mode should be enough for you to | | | | * import and export saved bookmarks (eg for |
| experience iArt and see if it works well for | | | | named chapter lists) |
| you. | | | | |
| | | | * safely preserve your current bookmark while |
| Pod Player is a freeware application to be | | | | reviewing earlier parts of the book |
| used with your iPod. It allows you to play | | | | |
| music from your iPod while it is connected to | | | | * even remove the book files from the iPod, |
| your PC. When launched, it will look for an | | | | or reformat the iPod, knowing that you can |
| attached iPod and when it finds one it will | | | | still recover your reading point |
| read the music database on the iPod. You will | | | | |
| then be able to views your songs in a similar | | | | * estimate a bookmark time based on a page |
| way as in iTunes (by artist, genre, album, | | | | number in the printed book, or vice-versa |
| playlist, etc). You can now also extract | | | | |