Black Friday is rapidly approaching, but you don’t have to wait for the deals to roll around. You need go no further than the local Target for evidence of that, as company has already started offering incentives to give them your hard-earned cash in exchange for some of the best Apple products. You can get deals on the iPod touch and iPod shuffle, along with some of the cooler iOS device accessories.

With over 300 million units sold to date, it is no secret the iPod has become a major success in the portable music player industry. In honor of 10 years that the iPod has been around in its many forms—from the iPod Mini to the iPod Nano and iPod touch—Most Wanted has put together aniPod infographic to show just how far the iPod has come.

Adding weight to the rumors that Apple is planning to discontinue the iPod Classic and Shuffle models, the company has removed click wheel iPod games from the iTunes Store. Click wheel iPods haven’t seen a new game since February of 2009 when Apple stopped supporting development to focus strictly on iOS. The click wheel games, however, remained in the iTunes Store until recently when they were pulled (there is no word on when exactly that happened, though).

Last month, Appletell reported that Apple Computer likely bought the iCloud domain name and that it probably would be used for an iTunes music streaming service. Now, we have a lot more information about how iTunes and iCloud can work together and why it will be to your advantage; especially if you use an iPod, iPhone, or iPad.

Time waits for nobody. Time keeps flowing like a river to the sea. (My girl wants to) party all the time. There have been plenty of songs written about time, and we think it’s time you woke to some of those songs at the time of your setting. And so, at this time, we’re giving away a Stem TimeCommand alarm clock music systems for iPhone, iPad and iPod—a $99.95 value. But hurry, the contest ends Sunday May 8th.

Canada’s “loonie” dollar has been trading at a higher value than the U.S. greenback all this year so far. And unlike with its brief upward spike in 2007-’08—during which time it briefly hit US$1.10—this time the Canuck-buck is forecast to remain above-par through 2012 as well, and perhaps beyond. So, why should Canadians be paying higher nominal dollar prices for Apple hardware (and most everything else) than Americans?

Few things are more annoying then getting a big blast of way-too-loud music when you are wearing headphones. The 20 seconds of feeling like a moron for jumping at nothing will quickly fade away. The 20 minutes of ringing you will be hearing is much less fun. If you want to avoid this fate, then follow these steps for your playlist.

It’s that time of season when friends and family gather together for an evening of wine, obnoxious sweaters and music. We can’t help you with the alcohol and poor fashion sense, but we can at least suggest you take a look at TEAC’s SR-100i when you’re ready to play some classic Spinal Tap, Wall of Voodoo and Dance Hall Crashers Christmas tunes…or are those just my parties? And is that why no one ever comes?

Some official and some leaked (and some officially leaked), the Black Friday retail sales are finding their way onto the Internet. Trouble is, those iPod, iPad, Apple TV and other Apple-related deals are often hidden beneath the muck of Dell Netbooks and Halo t-shirts. To help you know where to shop, we’ll round up the best of the Apple specials here. Check back often for updates as they’re released.

iPod shuffle owners have always been a little overlooked when it comes to accessories. Headphones and playback controls are nearly your only choices. But now you have one more choice: the Pod a Porter. It’s a textured plastic tube meant to act as a necklace-like case for your iPod shuffle. But is it worth it? In one word, No.