Given the large number of look-a-like designs intended to, ahem, play homage to the iPod Touch’s stylings, we normally wouldn’t feature something so bland as RAmos’ V80. However, while the 2GB, 1.3-megapixel camera-toting PMP may not shatter any expectations with its feature set, the Windows CE 6.0 OS does have one significant addition: it’s called WindTouch, and it’s Microsoft’s attempt to bring some of the intuitive gestures of the iPod Touch and iPhone to a traditional touchscreen.
See the RAmos V80’s WindTouch UI in action after the cut
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Using your iPod Touch as a home automation control is no unfamiliar topic here at Apple-Touch, but if you’ve already invested in a system like Mainlobby by Cinemar then you’ll soon be able to use your PMP as a whole-house media and environmental remote thanks to the software’s built-in web server.
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In a little over ten days, you’ll be able to download the first public release of the SIP-VoIP software for the iPod Touch, giving access to any SIP-compliant internet telephony provider. If you’re stuck for something to do until the New Year, there’s always the instructions for building your own microphone attachment; we’ve covered the parts list before, but now there’s a handy pictorial guide (part 1 & part 2) to building your own.
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Various sites are jumping on this review of Sony’s Ultraslim PMX-M70 - currently on sale as a China-only PMP - and discussing it as a potential rival for the iPod Touch. Sony have certainly spend some time on the device’s appearance, with it measuring 74.4 x 16.7 x 12.7mm and weighing just 129g, but many are reporting the M70 has an iPod-competing touchscreen whereas in fact all control is done by a small joypad on the right-hand side. Nonetheless, held up against the iPod Touch the 4.3-inch screen is pleasantly spacious, although a resolution of just 480 x 272 is disappointing.
Check out the video review, after the cut
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If you’ve been keeping up with the VoIP and audio-recording developments for the iPod Touch, you might be wondering how to get your hands on a microphone-blessed adaptor. The original plan was that those interested would send the widget’s creators the necessary parts (and perhaps a small beer donation) and have their completed microphone posted back; unfortunately it looks like demand far exceeded their supply potential and so plan B has been hatched: making the schematic and parts-list available so that you can build your own.
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Last week Google took some time out from Android to flirt a little with Apple’s pair of touchscreen stunners, bringing a newly-tweaked homepage for the omnipresent search engine to their finger-friendly screens. Well, they obviously have a taste for developing mobile Safari apps (or are busy testing out potential Android content!) because they’ve now updated image organisation software Picasa to work nicely with the iPod Touch and iPhone’s browser.
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With each Apple update of the iPod Touch firmware crippling most of the third-party hacks, it can be difficult to balance a beautifully tweaked PMP with the latest official functionality. Thankfully the talents behind much of the unofficial software are even more efficient than Apple; hence this upgrade of the popular Customize app to firmware 1.1.2-compatible version 1.20.
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Nikotalkie is a Push-To-Talk (PTT) app originally for the iPhone, which took advantage of the persistent, unlimited data connection to bypass SMS message costs and instead send instant voice notes between handsets or direct to an email address. There’s also a Windows desktop version and even low-cost VoIP functionality (although the basic PTT service is free), but up until now no version for the iPod Touch. With Marian’s work on a plug-in microphone accessory, however, the team behind Nikotalkie has steamed ahead porting it to the PMP.
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UK bank Nationwide have announced today that they’ve formatted their internet banking site so as to be directly compatible with the Safari browser on the iPod Touch and iPhone. Apparently that gives the organisation the heady title of “UK financial services organisation open to the widest range of browser formats”, likely to be good news to the 37-percent of UK adults who regularly use an online banking service.
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As you might have guessed, we’re big fans here at Apple-Touch of using Cupertino’s slinkiest iPod as a multi-function remote control. Well, UK-based Linux programmer killswtch seems to have similar ambitions for his own Touch, seeing it as the centrepiece of a home automation system that encompasses distributed media, lighting, CCTV security and occupancy tracking.
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