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IRVINE,
Calif., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ --
Apple's iPods and iPhones are
2007's hottest holiday gifts.
And for the fourth year in a
row, leading independent
publication iLounge.com has
published the world's best guide
to these products and their
accessories: the 2008 iPod +
iPhone Buyers' Guide is now
available as a free download in
the popular Adobe PDF format.
"Our 2008 Buyers' Guide helps
iPod and iPhone owners focus
quickly on the best of what's
available, and what's coming
soon," said Jeremy Horwitz,
Editor of iLounge.com and the
Guide. "Whether you're looking
for help choosing an iPod, a
clock radio, new earphones, a
case, armband, or a gift for a
special someone, the Guide makes
it easy, and provides objective,
honest information to help you
pick what's best for you."
Released today, this year's
Guide packs practical buying
advice, amazing photography, and
iLounge's annual Best of the
Year awards into 132 incredible
pages that can be read on any PC
or Macintosh, as well as the
iPhone and iPod touch. The Guide
also features exclusive sneak
peeks at 20 never-before-seen
iPod and iPhone accessories,
including the brand-new 2007
Griffin iTrip FM transmitter,
the first-ever video-camera
equipped iPod dock, and an
iPod-to-computer connector small
enough to fit inside a chrome
keychain.
In addition to dedicated
"Speakers as Art," "Gifts for
Her," "Gifts for Kids," and
"Budget Gifts" sections, the
Guide includes a special section
on Charitable Gifts: iPods and
accessories where proceeds go to
worthy causes. iLounge's editors
spotlight Soldiers' Angels, a
non-profit organization that
accepts iPod donations to send
to military personnel, to help
get some of the world's 120
million iPods into the hands of
fatigued recipients.
Other key sections of the 2008
iPod + iPhone Buyers' Guide
include:
-- New and Used iPod Buying Advice: A special eight-page section shows you
which major retailers offer the
best prices on current iPods and
accessories, as well as average
eBay auction prices for every
past iPod. Our editors offer
expert advice on how to sell
your old iPod for the maximum
possible amount, and reasons why
old models continue to be
compelling today.
-- Best of the Year Awards: With
over 1,500 products rated in the
new Guide, and the top 125
featured inside, iLounge's
editors pick the top 18 for
"Best of the Year" awards.
Stand-out cases from companies
such as Marware, SwitchEasy,
Power Support, and PDO are
recognized, along with speakers
from Griffin, Logitech and
XtremeMac, earphones from JAYS
and Shure, and others. The
year's Accessory of the Year --
NLU
Products' thin, scratchproof
iPod and iPhone cover BodyGuardz
-- is recognized, along with
Logitech as the iPod Accessory
Maker of the Year.
-- The Holiday iPod Photo
Contest and iPhone nano Concept
Contest: Top entries in our most
recent contests share impressive
visions of future iPhones, and
beautiful images of iPods in
holiday settings.
-- New iLounge.com Web Site: A
peek at our top to bottom
redesign, coming soon.
-- The History and Future of the
iPod: Our annually updated
timeline looks back at six years
of iPod history, while the Guide
closes with predictions as to
upcoming iPod, iPhone, and
iTunes developments.
"We are proud to once again
deliver this Buyers' Guide at no
cost to iLounge readers," said
Dennis Lloyd, Publisher of
iLounge.com. "Each year's Guide
furthers our mission of
providing unbiased, timely
information to a growing
community of Apple product
users, and this year's edition
is most definitely our best
yet."
The 2008 iPod + iTunes Buyers'
Guide is available immediately
from
http://www.ilounge.com/2008bg/
. Widely heralded as "the iPod
Bible," iLounge's
million-downloaded Free iPod
Book and previous years'
editions of the Buyers' Guide
can also be downloaded at no
charge from
http://www.ilounge.com/library/
.
About iLounge
Headquartered in Irvine,
California, iLounge Inc.'s
iLounge.com is the world's
leading resource for iPod and
iTunes information, not
affiliated with or owned by
Apple Computer or any other
vendor of iPod accessories or
services. Founded only days
after Apple announced the first
iPod in 2001, iLounge has
exploded in popularity, today
boasting millions of visitors
and tens of millions of page
views each month. Its editorial
content is in no way influenced
by advertising, paid placements,
or other unsavory practices.
iLounge has been hailed by
publications such as Forbes,
Time Magazine, cNet, and The
Wall Street Journal as the
leader in iPod-related
information online, the former
deeming iLounge "the ultimate in
product reviews and tutorials on
all things iPod." The site, its
publisher and editors have been
spotlighted by the Associated
Press, CNBC, The Guardian (UK),
Italian Vogue, The Los Angeles
Times, National Post (Canada),
The New York Times, PC Magazine,
Reuters, Stuff (UK), TechTV, The
Age (Australia), The Sun (UK),
and USA Today, amongst many
other leading newspapers and
magazines worldwide.
Source: iLounge - Web site:
http://www.ilounge.com/
Contact: Dennis Lloyd of iLounge,
dennisl@ilounge.com
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