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Online retailer Amazon.com offered up the results of the 2005 holiday shopping season with the news that three different Apple iPod models owned the three top spots in electronic sales. The iPod nano, video iPod and iPod shuffle all took top honors. Amazon.com reports that more than 108 million items were ordered worldwide during its 11th holiday season. A single-day record was set on December 12, 2005 — 3.6 million items ordered, or 41 items per second. “iPods ruled the holiday season in Electronics, owning the top three spots,” reported Amazon.com in a press release announcing the results. Amazon points...

Apple releases update for iPod Shuffle By Jim Dalrymple jdalrymple@maccentral.com Apple on Wednesday released an update for the iPod Shuffle that, according to Apple, fixes some “bugs” with that particular model. Apple did not specify what changes were made with the new software. iPod Updater 2005-11-17 includes iPod Software 1.1.3 for the iPod Shuffle. The update contains the same software versions as iPod Updater 2005-10-12 for all other iPod models. The 37MB download is available from the company’s Web site or via the software update control panel.

Sony takes on iPod shuffle with new flash playersMarch 8, 2005 - 12:35 EST   Sony has announced nine new flash-based MP3 players to compete with Apple's iPod shuffle. "The lineup includes a set of cigarette lighter-sized models, a bit more expensive than the iPod Shuffle but with a much longer advertised battery life--50 hours of playback time with a rechargeable battery compared to Apple's 12 hours. And unlike the Shuffle, the Sony players have bright, 3-line screens to display song information. A 512MB model costs $130 and a 1GB model costs $180. Models with an FM tuner each cost $20...