If you are the type of person who likes application freedom and wants more options than the 2.0 App Store Upgrade then it is likely you have pwned you iPod Touch using the Pwnage Utility. If you have upgraded iTunes to the recent 8.0 your iPod Touch or iPhone will no longer be reconized as a iPod. In fact it wont even let you change setting or restore the device as it does not show up in the iTunes Sidebar. Apple has seemed to have a new protection layer against pwning and making the iPhone/iPod Touch unidentifiable on iTunes. The Dev team is well aware and are now working on patches to counter act this problem.
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A Modmyifone forum post possibly reveals a beta version of the handwriting recognition. The application used is called HWPen which is for jailbroken iPhones and iPod Touches.
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If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch and you like to make calls for free over a Wi-Fi connection and need a fresh new look and some simplicity, try out Fring. It allows you to use skype to connect with any other Skype member and does so in an attractive manor.
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If you have just bought a new iPod Touch , have paid the $20 dollar price to get the news apps or just upgraded to iPod Touch firmware 1.1.4 and want an easy step by step guide on how you jailbreak it, CrunchGear has got you covered. They have just posted a complete comprehensive guide on how to successively jailbreak your iPod Touch will little to no problems.
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Many gadgets sites have been claiming that in fact the iPhone Dev Team have cracked the code for iPhone and iPod Touch Version 2.0. The reportedly got the software last night and have already found a process to jailbreak and unlock the new iPhone and iPod Touch.
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If you’ve already got an iPod Touch running firmware 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 that has been Jailbroken, rather than going to the effort of plugging it into your computer to run though the latest Jailbreak, why not use wunderkinds AriX and Ben’s iJailbreak Mobile, and do the whole thing directly from your iPod Touch.
Image via Crunchgear
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Cre.ations.net has posted the first iPhone 1.1.3 jailbreak. This will allow you to jailbreak your iPod Touch running firmware 1.1.3. The process is quite simple but not has easy as the JailbreakMe method for previous software versions.
Complete instructions after the jump
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If this doesn’t show just how popular the iPod touch jailbreak is, I don’t know what will. Seen in the picture is an iPod touch with iSkin’s model “touch”, and most importantly; installer.app, ApolloIM, and what appears to be finder.
Jailbreaking is catching on amongst users, while I personally think the iPod touch and iPhone are both ridiculously boring without 3rd party apps and definitely have more of a potential selling. The multitouch screen is revolutionary and with games such as “Hockey” from iApp-a-Day, the iPhone and iPod touch’s potential is clearly shown.
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With all the hacking of the iPod Touch and iPhone going on you have to wonder what all those third party apps are doing to your device. Yes, it is possible for a app installed from a non trusted source to hack into your devices system folders and ruin some important files.
These apps could also release a potentially dangerous virus that once plugged into your computer could infect it and its system folders, attaching itself to your emails and potentially ruin yours and others comps. All of this could even happen without you having a clue.
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We had a proof-of-concept within what seemed like seconds of Apple releasing the v1.1.2 firmware update (it hadn’t even got to iTunes yet) but it’s taken the weekend for a working Jailbreak of the latest iPod Touch software to hit the virtual shelves. conceited software have put together a GUI for the whole process - which could require you to downgrade your PMP to v1.1.1 if you either upgraded yourself or bought an iPod Touch with the up-to-date version installed - that apparently takes around ten minutes to render your device amenable to third-party software.
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