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.
If you’re in need of something shiny for you gadget loving Valentine this line from iLuv is just the way to do it without the pesky cost of real diamonds. There is no need for those silly flowers when you’ve got pink shiny earbuds to win her over 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.
Controversy over at Touchmods.net, our favourite iPod Touch VoIP hack site. Marian and the team promised an “XXXL” software announcement at the end of January, stoking the fires of expectation, and this week announced that, following a donated iPhone from French ADSL provider Free.fr, they’ve coded an iPhone VoIP application locked to that ISP’s service. Called Siphon, the app is included as a part of Free’s ADSL package, which of course means you have to live in France to be able to order it. Unsurprisingly, many Touchmods readers are frustrated that a) this is an app for the iPhone, not the iPod Touch and b) the potential userbase is very small; Touchmods promise to release an open version, compatible with iPhones and the Touch and unchained from Free, but that will apparently be “time-limited”.
Wikipedia might get contrary press arguing that it’s content isn’t as accurate as, say, Encyclopedia Britannica, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a fantastic resource and a great way to lose an hour or two following link trails. Now you can have such fun on your iPod Touch (or iPhone, for that matter) whether in the doctors’ surgery, on the train or in a cave, thanks to Patrick Collinson’s guide to installing the full English or German versions onto your PMP.
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.
As beautiful as the iPod Touch is, a common criticism from avid collectors of music is that 16GB simply isn’t enough to store their entire collection. Today Apple have offered a solution: 32GB of flash memory in the same, 8mm thick chassis, and yours for $499.
On Monday Findly Design announced the new release of it popular application iPod Access. The update brings the software up to version 4.2 and is now usable with the iPod Touch.
If you are new to iPod Access it is basically a music and video transfer application. It will allow you to display and sort all of your songs and videos on your mobile device. It can be used to add songs, videos, and podcasts directly to the iTunes Library, rename files and clone playlists into iTunes. It is a free upgrade and only $19.99 to purchase for the first time.
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