iPod for Windows: Connecting multiple iPod devices to iTunes

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While iTunes for Windows allows you to connect multiple iPod devices simultaneously to the same computer for charging, you cannot sync your data from the computer to all the iPod devices at the same time.

Products Affected

iPod, iPod classic, iPod mini, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iTunes

Although FireWire and USB connections will allow multiple iPod devices to be connected to the computer at the same time, iTunes for Windows works best with only one iPod connected at a time. If you plan to connect multiple iPod devices to the same computer, eject any iPod devices that you are not using from iTunes.

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Dell & Samsung Join Parade of Windows 8 Convertible Laptop/Tablets

The launch of Windows 8 may still be two months away, but the tide of new hardware releases is beginning to swell - including hybrid notebook/tablet devices from Dell and Samsung.

HP just announced a convertible Windows 8 notbook tablet (see HP Envy x2 Tablet/Laptop Combo Cuts Across Categories), while Dell used the IFA show in Germany to announce its first Windows RT device as well as a convertible notebook/tablet.

Not quite a convertible, Samsung debuted its Series X5 ultrabook, which looks exactly the same as the previous model, but adds a capacitive touch screen to the 13.3-inch display. Lenovo also debuted a series of Android tablets - including one with a detachable keyboard, following its earlier launch of the ThinkPad Tablet 2.

The message? Windows 8 is making touch more important than ever, and is driving a move toward tablets and convertibles that combine an ultrabook with touchscreen functionality to be both content creation and consumption devices.

Take the new Series 5 notebook from Samsung. Like its rivals, the new Series 5 will be released about the time of Windows 8, on Oct. 26. Starting at $799 with an Intel Core i5 processor, the real innovation is adding touch to the notebook screen to take advantage of Windows 8’s new user interface. But Samsung also said that those who don’t love the new Modern UI, (formerly known as “Metro”) will also be able to take advantage of a proprietary widget that replicates the “Start” button and control panel familiar from Windows 7 and Vista.

Dells new products include the XPS 10 (a 10-inch, ARM-based tablet running Windows RT) and the XPS Duo 12 convertible.

Dell had already said it would build a a Windows RT tablet, so the XPS 10 comes as little surprise. (Others promising RT tablets include Samsung and Lenovo.) Windows RT, as you might recall, is Windows 8’s little brother, a new version of the operating system that runs on ARM processors, rather than the X86 chips that power regular Windows 8 hardware.

Unfortunately, the release of a Windows RT tablet didn’t offer any peeks at the mysterious Windows RT operating system. But that wasn’t the case. The the XPS 10 was released under glass, blocking efforts to explore the interface, and how apps interacted with the RT interface. So we still don’t really know whether you should buy Windows 8 or Windows RT.

Dell also didn’t release the price of the XPS 10, the other major question surrounding Windows RT tablets.

Given the launch of the rival HP Envy X2 a day ago, however, it seems fair to say that PC makers believe convertible ultrabook/tablets will be the most popular new form factor.

Both the Envy X2 and the XPS Duo 12 combine a tablet with a keyboard unit that allows them to function as either a tablet or a notebook computer. The two aren’t exactly alike, however; the Envy X2 actually includes a detachable tablet, while the Duo 12 simply uses a screen that flips back and forth on a hinge, tucking the keyboard behind it.

Dell isn’t commenting on the exact specifications, even whether or not the “12” stands for a 12-inch display. The company did say in a press release that the tablet supports full HD resolution, however, and uses Corning’s Gorilla Glass for toughness.

“We haven’t disclosed full specs on the XPS Duo 12 and will be providing further info as we get closer to availability,” a Dell spokeswoman said in an email. “It does meet the Ultrabook specifications, so is based on Intel technology, and will run Windows 8.”

Dell clearly designed both the XPS 10 and the Duo 12 as devices that could be brought from home into an enterprise environment. “The XPS 10, XPS Duo 12 and XPS One 27 represent the culmination of a deep understanding of the ‘Bring Your Own Device’ movement and insights gained from both our consumer and business customers,” said Sam Burd, global vice president, PC product group at Dell, in a statement.

That combination of business and consumer uses is what Microsoft hopes will be Windows 8’s special sauce in a wide variety of devices including Microsoft’s own Surface. And it now looks like there will be plenty of choices in this new cross-over genre.

Of course, Microsoft isn't the only company hoping to ride the convertible bandwagon: Lenovo introduced the S2110, a  10.1-inch tablet that can plug into an optional keyboard dock that gives it a 20-hour battery life. It includes both 16 GB and 32-GB storage options.

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Analysts Reveal Exactly How Much Windows 8 Will Boost Flagging PC Sales

Analysts at IDC said Friday that the launch of Windows 8 in October will be directly responsible for boosting the flat U.S. PC market into a period of moderate growth next year. And they were surprisingly specific about how big a bump Microsoft’s new operation system will deliver.

David Daoud, research director of personal computing at IDC, said the firm is attributing 5 percentage points of U.S. PC market unit growth to Windows 8.

“In other words, for 2013, the market otherwise would have been flat,” Daoud told ReadWriteWeb. “But for Windows 8, we boost it by about 5%, so that gives it 5% growth. That’s essentially the premium given to Windows 8.”

On Thursday, IDC reported that PC growth was slowing in advance of Windows 8’s launch in late October. Just 367 million PCs will ship into the market this year, up less than 1% from 2011 and marking the second consecutive year of growth below 2%, IDC said.

Despite the advent of Windows 8, IDC also reduced its worldwide PC forecast for the next few years. IDC now estimates that that worldwide PC shipment growth will average 7.1% from 2013-2016, down from the 8.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) previously forecast for 2012-2016. IDC did not formally break out numbers for individual regions.

Next year, however, worldwide PC sales in units should jump from 0.9% this year to 6.5%, with growth accelerating to 7.0% and 7.5% in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Much of that demand will come from emerging markets, whose residents are still buying their first PCs, as well as purchasing Windows 8 replacements for those they already own.

Part of IDC’s adjusted forecast can be explained by its definition of a PC: IDC still defines a PC as a box with an associated keyboard, whether it be a notebook or desktop computer. As more consumers choose tablets, which typically lack those discrete keyboards, the number of “PCs” sold decreases. Daoud also said that IDC factored in macroeconomic conditions; although U.S. GDP growth is expected to be about 2.0% next year, Europe is struggling and the Asia-Pacific region is “cooling off,” he said.

One way that PC makers plan to cope is by using Windows 8 to drive new kinds of PCs. The Windows 8 PC designs Daoud has seen show that PC makers plan to differentiate their products. “So we do think there is the opportunity for growth,” he said.

Still, Daoud wasn’t prepared to cast Windows 8 as an unmitigated success, citing increased uncertainty “Windows 8 will have positive repercussions, without any doubt,” Daoud said. “That’s why we’re witnessing consumers waiting for that operating system to hit the market.

“But there’s a lot of unanswered questions: the price point, the design, how consumers will receive the product,” Daoud added. “So it’s also a wild card… We’re certainly moving to a crossroads in the industry: we’re moving to a new OS, new user interface, user behavior, new usage model, new software delivered through the app store, which is a new delivery mechanism. So we’re seeing a totally new type of environment, meaning that consumers will need to be educated about this.”

Given the anticipation and uncertainty surrounding Windows 8, the slowdown in PC shipments before the launch of the new operating system should have come as no surprise. But PC makers were apparently caught unprepared.

In a conference call with analysts this week, Hewlett Packard chief executive Meg Whitman acknowledged that the number of PCs sold through the channel “softened” or slowed during the second half of July, driving the amount of stock in retailers’ hands “higher than our acceptable ranges,” Whitman said. All told, the company’s commercial revenue slipped 9% and consumer revenue declined 12% year-over-year, HP said.

Dell’s results were even worse: consumer revenue slipped 22%, and a combination of weak consumer environment and macroeconomic concerns prompted Dell to cut its revenue forecast by 2% to 5%.

“In the quarter, we saw the channel drawing down inventory in anticipation of the Windows 8 launch,” Brian Gladden, Dell’s chief financial officer, reported. Dell’s strategy of maximising profits at all levels of the business failed to pay off, as the only growth the company saw was in the low-value segments, Gladden reported; high-end customers, who undoubtedly knew Windows 8 was coming, held off purchasing PCs.

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