While we’ve covered games for the iPod Touch before, they generally require that you’ve Jailbroken your PMP first; it’s a hassle many won’t consider, especially when you factor in the potential effect on your warranty and Apple’s firmware updates being generally unfriendly to hacks. Yet so far Apple has been slow to introduce gaming to either the iPod Touch or the iPhone, despite titles being available for other iPods in the company’s range. A patent published this week could cast some light on that, however; it might be that, rather than being lazy, Apple in fact has been putting their time to good use by developing MultiTouch-compatible games that, rather than comprising simple button-bashing, demand a more naturalistic interface.
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With a screen so delicious as that of the iPod Touch, the hunger for new and glossy content to display on it can easily become a ravenous need. Sadly the lack of even a Mac client for the BBC’s TV download service “iPlayer” means that you’ll have to wait until Christmas before you can even view Auntie’s shows on your MacBook (and even then it’ll be streaming, not true downloading). However, don’t be surprised if some of the UI is familiar: it turns out that the head of the BBC’s Future Media and Technology unit, Ashley Highfield, is particularly taken with the iPod Touch, and hopes to bring some of its intuitive interface to future iterations of the corporation’s software:
“I am a deep lover of Macs. I have had one in the past. I got the iPod Touch in New York before they were here … I think the iPod Touch is a beautiful piece of design. If everything could have that intuitiveness of use… and certainly in terms of the BBC iPlayer, I aspire to it being that easy to use”Ashley Highfield, BBC
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Take a glance at that shiny iPod Touch sat on your desk. Seems a shame just to listen to music and watch videos, doesn’t it. How about if you could use that gorgeous touchscreen to control your desktop Mac, as if it was a $500+ Pronto universal remote? That’s what’s on offer - and more - with Remote Buddy, an AJAX application that uses your Touch as an application remote, a presentation controller and an iTunes remote.
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So there have been rumors going around of Apple releasing a new PDA, or more specifically, a new version of the Newton. This rumored PDA would be based on the same design, multi-touch technology, and more or less platform of the iPhone and iPod Touch.
If this happens that would mean that Apple is going to be spreading their precious multi-touch technology around like its their manifest destiny. As such, one is led to speculate what could be next, like maybe a MacBook Touch.
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