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Yes you read correctly, the long anticipated iPhone and iPod Touch SDK is rumored to be delayed about 1-3 weeks beyond February.
Although this isn’t a story about the iPod Touch, it is about Apple and multi-touch. Apple has just revised a former patent showing a curved desktop screen that will utilize many existing and future gestures.
Pocket Video (PV) has announced a Mobile Broadcast Receiver that is compatable with the iPod Touch. It will turn any Wi-Fi enabled phone or media device into a mobile television. Apparently the device decodes a digital TV signal and makes it viewable on mobile devices.
Many people who do not want to pay the $20 upgrade for the 5 new can not get rid of the reminder screen when they plug in the device. Apparently, the No Thanks screen will only come up after a few times connecting. Also many people report a worse problem, when connecting the iPod Touch into their computer and click “No Thanks” iTunes music store become unavailable and their iPod does not show up in the source list to the right.
Berger reported that build rates for the iPhone and iPod had been cut again, first by 50 percent from Q4 2007 to Q1 2008, and then to 60 percent. He also reported that iPod Touch had seen the largest negative revision against its original order checks last month, this suggests the Touch wasn’t selling well to begin with.
Flash for both of Apples Touch based devices is rumored to be “just around the corner.” It is said to be for business use but it can be applied for watching videos on site, or even games.
Last week rumors started to arise that a $100 price drop for the iPod Touch and iPhone is very likely. This will mean the 8GB Touch will be prices at $199, 16GB at $299, and the new 32GB at $399 respectably.
Security researchers have discovered yet another way to crash your multi-touch device. This is now done with 19 lines of JavaScript Code and through a cleverly crafted website. The exploit “memory exhaustion remote denial of service vulnerability” affects Apple’s Mobile Safari web browser, which is a huge part of the popular devices.
All it takes for a website to have the malicious code is just to add the 19 lines of code and persuade the user to view it. This will crash the system and the device will immediately reboot.
When the iPod Touch was announced in September it was basically a multi-touch device with out a contract with AT&T and without the phone. So the iPod Touch was a good idea for people to have a hip trendy iPhone like player for a cheaper cost and no monthly payment.
However, over the past few months it has become quite a bit more… Now it can watch rented movies, legally have stock, notes, mail, weather, and maps applications, and to top it all of a new 32GB size. This has changed many people view on this jam-packed player and it is getting more and more popular over time.
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