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