[...]... and a strong one at that With several different capacities available; multi-format support for Windows Media Audio Standard (.wma), WMA Lossless, Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) (.mp4, m4a, m4b, mov), and MP3 (.mp3); a built-in FM tuner; and Wireless Sync for transmitting your music, pictures, videos, and podcasts wirelessly through your home network, the Zune is a great choice for your digital music and. .. Wisely Chapter 2 SanDisk SanDisk is a leader in flash memory Remember those SD cards I mentioned earlier in this chapter? How about USB flash drives? SanDisk manufactures a vast array of both SD flash memory and USB flash drives and has taken flash memory to the next level and applied it to the flash-based SanDisk Sansa series of digital music/media players as well Now, because SanDisk devices use... This? It might be that a portable digital music player will be the first and possibly only gadget you’ll ever buy It definitely isn’t a prerequisite that you fully immerse yourself in technology to gain benefit from Rip Your Own And of course, there is absolutely nothing wrong with getting a digital music player for practical and functional purposes (At least, that’s what I tell myself every time I... the Back button, and the Zune Pad Ǡ Play/Pause button Plays or pauses the current song, video, or podcast Press and hold to turn the Zune on and off Ǡ Back button Takes you back to the previous screen Press and hold to return to the home screen Ǡ Zune Pad The main navigation button that scrolls, moves forward and backward, skips, and selects using various touch gestures with the tip of your finger (see... WAV, and Audible 4 on most models), as well as organizational features, such as a calendar, contacts list, and task list, the Creative Zen series of media players is a great choice for experiencing your music and media on the go while keeping track of the important things in your life There are several different models available, but we will primarily focus on the Zen Mosaic, Zen, and Zen X-Fi and Zen... when pairing your music player with a music library program in the event that iTunes isn’t quite your cup of tea All iPods support a multitude of different audio formats, such as AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, WAV, and AIFF And all but the iPod Shuffle offer enhanced support for photo and video formats... suggests, the iPod Shuffle does indeed shuffle your songs, but you can also listen to them in order or in your own user-created playlists as well The third and latest generation of the iPod Shuffle has a new feature called VoiceOver that, with the press of a button, will actually speak the name of the artist and song you’re listening to It’ll even tell you the names of your playlists, which is really nice considering... accessing the Internet, checking your e-mail, looking up weather reports or stock quotes, or even downloading new songs from iTunes Music Store directly to the Touch Like the other devices in the iPod family, it has Nike + iPod support for tracking your cardio workout (which requires additional components), and it also allows you access to literally thousands of games and applications that were designed... distinction between it and the digital lifestyle itself The digital lifestyle is the integration of new technology in your daily life It’s not a dependency, but a preference to not go without it Imagine that you’re rushing out of the house to run some errands You get in the car, pull out of the driveway, and are halfway down the block when you suddenly realize that you’ve left your cell phone on the... the refrigerator in your kitchen The generation of which I speak was born into a digital lifestyle 2 The Digital Lifestyle Chapter 1 It’s a world where address books and good memory retention have been replaced by the contact list on your mobile phone, “hard to refold and always too big to read in the front seat” paper road maps have been trumped by global positioning systems, and handwritten letters . visit courseptr.com Visit our corporate website at cengage.com Rip Your Own: Digitizing Your Records and Tapes Casey Kim Publisher and General Manager, Course Technology PTR: Stacy L. Hiquet Associate.