iOS 5: Why I finally Jailbroke My iPod
First, I want to say that I love my iPod Touch. In Japan it was a constant companion. It was my map, my music, my entertainment during long commutes, my study aid, and a few other nice things along the way. Each very of iOS has brought with it a slew of enhancements that make it easier and more enjoyable to use. Unfortunately, each iteration of iOS brings something else as well, preloaded BS apps. While the available storage options have climbed, there is still just a scant 64gb peak. That means Read more [...]
My iPod Touch has a bad sense of direction
The iPod Touch has had some weird glitches and bugs, but this one pops up for me often. It seems that sometimes the iPod Touch get's confused about whether it is horizontal or vertical. Instead of choosing one it tries to hedge the bet by taking a little from column A and a little from column B. If you shake it or just leave it alone for a while it'll figure things out and get back to normal eventually. Read more [...]
Touch KO Another Example of Sloppy Programming
Back in 2004 my brother brought home Fight Night. It quickly became a game where me and my brothers put our egos on the line (and consequently made angry accusations of cheap fight styles and cheating). To put it simply, it was fun.
When I saw that a new boxing game with decent graphics had hit the app store I was interested. I bought it and, for a few moments, I thought Touch KO would be fun. But that thought was quickly disrupted.
First the game was too easy. I'll admit it gets (a little tiny Read more [...]
Safely Erase Your iPhone Before You Sell It
A while back I posted about a guy discovering that through forensics you could get tons of data off a used iPhone. There was a method to wipe iPhone data, but it require jailbreaking the iPhone and then doing a much of command line stuff. I doubt the average consumer did it.
So now the same man has delivered a much simpler system. Jonathan Zdziarsk has created an app for the iTunes store that securely erases your data from the iPhone. It is called, of course, iErase.
Zdziarsk describes just how Read more [...]
Lonely Planet Getting it All Wrong
Today I decided I'd like to buy a Lonely Planet travel guide. I have an iPod Touch now so I though, maybe since they have all those snazy phrase books as apps for the iPhone / Touch they have PDF's of their books. Read more [...]
iPod Touch, Ten Million Apple Geeks Collectively Groan
After years of a rumored touchscreen iPod Apple finally unveiled the iPod Touch. Not big enough for me....I'll be going with the 160gb ipod classic For the first time in my Apple life I am actually angry with an announcement.... Read more [...]
Waiting for iPhone Version 2.0
In fact, that alone is a deal breaker for me even if people are able to play old Nintendo and arcade games on their iPhones and even if people are hacking them to add new useful features. So if I do get an iPhone it will be a second generation iPhone (hopefully without crappy AT&T service... Read more [...]
Apple Being Sued for iPod
A Texas company is suing the top mp3 makers for infringing on their patent. This new footnote in that sad history is a lawsuit that comes from Texas MP3 Technologies, they've gotten this patent through MPMan, which was the maker of the first commercial mp3 player. Read more [...]
Why I am Just Finding Out About This Now
I tried going to the Value Village today on the way home from work to find a cheap old boom box but the options there were very sub-optimal. ipod, ipod mod, boom box, mod Read more [...]
