Hardware and Software Selection

for the iPod® and Handheld Computers

Hardware Software Assessories Media Players Digital File Formats

Hardware

Handheld Computers: Brand Comparisons

PDA Reference Library

iPod ® Comparisons

Microsoft Zune

Windows Mobile Operating System

Palm Operating System

Palm announced its new Foleo product, launching a new line of mobile companions. This is an instant-on device with a 10 inch screen and a full-size keyboard. It's runs Linux, can sync to your smartphone, and also has built-in WiFi.

MP3 Play Designed Specifically for Students and Educators

The Nova 500, http://www.fourier-sys.com/ is to be carried by Dell, CDW-G and Ingram Micro. One of its greatest strength is in using probes for the sciences, but it has a multitude of interesting features that run on the Windows CE 5.0 operating system. This device could have a lot of potential with elementary students.

Software

Baggetta_Ware Teacher Software

Encyclopedia for Windows Powered Hardware and Software

Palm Software Application Store

PDA Street

HandBrake extracts video from an existing DVD and puts it on an iPod.

iSquint - iPod video converter for the Mac.

MediaWidget Copies music, videos, photos, and playlists from an iPod and back to a Windows PC.

iPod Flash Cards

Digital Video Format Converters

How-to Download Videos from Websites Like Google Video, YouTube, MySpace, and Others

iPDA - For MAC users only. Transfer your PIM data to your iPod so it's available whenever you need it; iPDA supports transferring information from Entourage, Stickies, Mail, Address Book and iCal, and web based calendaring systems such as Google Calendar. You can transfer Word, PDF, Pages, RTF and text documents for quick access and reading on the go. You can even download RSS feeds, weather forecasts and news headlines directly to your iPod.

iPod Video Converter 5.0 - Provides an easy and completed way to convert iPod video from all popular video formats.

TubeMe saves YouTube videos and later play it from your hard drive.

Naevius YouTube Converter

Videora iPod Converter convert an AVI into and MP4 for an iPod.  Once converted the file was automatically added to iTunes. 

Xilisoft iPod Video Converter

IPOD Video Converter For Free

KeepVid.com allows users to enter a website featuring a video and then receive options to download the video as an avi, flash, or mp4.

Another Mac application VisualHub is $23 to download, but has more options.

ImTOO DVD to 3GP Converter Converting DVD movies to 3GP to play it on mobile phone.

Replay Converter - Converts files downloaded from Keepvid.com and other sites and makes AVI, MPEG, WMV, iPod Video, 3GP files and more. Can create MP3 files from FLV's.

Flash Video Studio permits publishing movies to the Web as Flash files with a SWF extension. There's no need to figure out how to embed QuickTime or Windows Media player in a browser.

Accessories

Handheld Computer Accessories

iPod Accessories

MicroMemo - high-fidelity iPod recorder with a removable microphone.

ZappTek :: iPresent It can convert PowerPoint and PDF presentations into slideshows that are synced with your iPod. A person no longer needs to use a laptop for a presentation again; it can be all on an iPod!

iPresent It 1.4.1 is a program that transfers a PowerPoint to iPhoto and subsequently transfers it to your iPod via iTunes. It is very easy to use and allows the user to view the presentation on their iPod or via a TV/projector.

Palm Accessories

Media Players

iTunes

Windows Media Player

RealPlayer® for Mobile Devices

Flash Player for Pocket PC

Web Multimedia Tutorial not only describes each type of media player, but also throws in a tutorial that will teach you how to add specific types of multimedia (sound and video) to your web pages.

Digital File Formats

Format Converters

Digital Audio File Formats

Format Descriptions for Sound from Library of Congress

Format Descriptions for Moving Images from Library of Congress