CD-r King iPhone?

Nah! It's just an "MP4" player from CD-r King that happened to share a form factor with the iPod Touch (if you are drunk and near sighted). At Php 2,380 (a little over $50) you'll get these "exciting" features:

• Supports MPEG 1, 2, 2.5, layer 1, 2, 3 and WMA format • Windows compatible file system as removable drives (FAT 12, 16 and 32) • Full 2.8-inch 262K colors Touch TFT screen • ID3 tag display showing artist and song title • With digital voice recorder • Sound equalizer (normal, 3-D, rock, pop, classic, bass, jazz and user EQ) • Selected content repeat function (A to B mode) • Fast data transfer through USB interface • With FM tuner including auto and manual searching channels • Supports JPG file format • With MIni SD card slot

Lifehax0r: Control Your Mac Using Telekinesis (and an iPhone/iPod Touch)

A couple of days before I Jailbreak-ed my iPod Touch, I discovered a nifty application called Telekinesis (a.k.a. iPhone Remote).

Using Telekinesis is pretty straightforward.  On the initial run of Telekinesis, it will ask for a user ID and password and it will also provide the user with the URL where the iPhone's Mobile Safari should surf to so it can control the computer. 

I was amazed at the amount of control it provides my iPod Touch.  Using Telekinesis, I was able take a snapshot of whatever my MacBook's camera is "seeing".  I can also take a peek at my MacBook's screen and open/close applications as needed.

Here's a tip for people who want to try out Telekinesis:  Go to the "Sharing" preference pane and open up port 5010.  If this port is blocked, the iPhone or iPod Touch won't be able to control the Mac.  Another tip is to make sure that your URL starts with "https://" not just "http".

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State of Talkin' Tech's iPod Touch Jailbreak

Yesterday, I said that I had successfully Jailbreak-ed my iPod Touch. I was enjoying my Touch with its 3rd party applications. I had fun installing and uninstalling 3rd party apps but there was one thing missing, Mobile Mail. I want to be able to access my emails on-the-go but something seems to be wrong with the steps I followed so I decided to re-do the Jailbreak and attempt to install Mobile Mail properly this time.

Here's what I did to achieve this. I'm not sure if I'll be successful but I just want to document the steps that I'm taking for posterity's sake.

1. Connected my iPod Touch to my MacBook and did a "Restore" via iTunes. This will bring my iPod back to factory default settings.
2. With that done, I ran the .TIFF exploit to enable me to browse the contents of my Touch.
3. Proceeded to perform the JailBreak procedure as outlined here.
4. Setup SSH as outlined here.
5. Fixed iTunes as outlined here.
6. Installed Installer.app as outlined here.
7. Installed Springboard hack as outlined here.
8. Setup native iPhone apps as outlined here.

Just like yesterday, everything worked flawlessly *but* I still can't make Mobile Mail work although I did make Mobile Maps, Mobile Notes and Mobile Weather work flawlessly. I also installed the BSD Subsystem and Term Vt-100 to do some *nix stuff using Installer.app.

In th coming days, I hopefully will find a way to make Mobile Mail to work but in the meantime, I'll enjoy using my iPod Touch (which I now dub "iNewton"), especially my "killer applicaton" Books.app.


Update: It turned out that the Mobile Mail program that I was installing was corrupted. I tried a package from a different source and now I can access my Gmail account using iPhone's Mobile Mail on my iPod Touch! Now it is worthy of its nickname of "iNewton"

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iPod Touch **Officially** JailBroken

This guide was originally written by Michael Douchebag at www.iphonealley.com, I only modified it a tiny bit to meet the iPod Touch's small differences.

This guide is really only for (Intel only) Mac users, unless you can get a mac user to do most of this guide for you. PPC Mac users will just have to wait for the newer iPhuc to be released

This guide assumes you have already updated to version 1.1.1.

Jailbreak Guide - Touchdev

As for me, I'm still gathering enough testicular fortitude to do this myself. :)

But seriously, I think I'll wait for news from more courageous Touch users to do to this and await their feedback.

Edit: Great minds think alike! My good friend, Mac-a-doodle's doodler has posted something similar in his blog.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the iPhone is Jailbroken (again!)

iPhone v1.1.1 Jailbreak & AppTapp Installation Guide | iPhone Alley

iPhone Alley (link shown above) has already published a rather comprehensive steps to "JailBreak" an iPhone Touch that has been upgraded to firmware version 1.1.1.  I sure hope a GUI comes out soon and that whatever it is, that it is also compatible with the iPod Touch.

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Let the Hacking Continue: Root Access Gained on the iPod Touch!

Using the tiff exploit, we have managed to expose the root parition via the symlink hack. We have verified the exploit with an iphone 1.0.2,1.1.1 and itouch 1.1.1

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With developments going on at a breakneck speed, it will just be a matter of time before the iPod Touch will be this generations Newton.

Way to go iPhone Dev Team!

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Let the Hacking Continue: iPhone Jailbreak for Firmware 1.1.1 is Imminent!

One of the members of the iPhone "Rebel Alliance", Erica Sadun reports in TUAW that her fellow rebels at iPhone Dev has found a way to JailBreak the new iPhone firmware (version 1.1.1). She further reports that the procedure is not yet ready to be released to the general populace but I am personally confident that it will be by the next few days.

With this development, I am personally anxious to see if it will also work with the iPod Touch considering that the iPhone and the iPod Touch shares the same firmware version (1.1.1).

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Touch or Eee? iPhone!!!!

In a few week's time, the iPod Touch will be available locally. At roughly the same time, the Asus Eee PC will also be released in the market.

or

I'd love to have either of these gadgets but now I'm in a conundrum... will I get the iPod Touch or opt for the Eee? The iPod Touch will cost around 26K and the Eee is rumored to cost at around the same ballpark figure.

One of the things that is preventing me from entirely abandoning the Eee PC over the iPod Touch is useability. I want to run applications and so far, all attempts to "jailbreak" the iPod Touch proves to be in vain.

BREAKING NEWS: My good friend, the doodler of Mac-a-Doodle just called me and offered me an iPhone at a price I simply can't refuse. So there, its settled, I'm getting an iPhone!!!!!!!

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