iTouch Hacks

So, the new iPods are in. At first glance, I was kind of disappointed; the second time I looked, I wasn’t quite as disappointed.  Apple has been very frugal in their latest batch of new hardware. My greatest displeasure comes from the new iPod Touch. . . IT HAS NO CAMERA (not to mention the exclusion of a compass and FM radio). Although they did add a mic, voice control, a faster processor, better graphics, and better wi-fi, a camera would have been appropriate as well.

Apple did do a good job with the new iPod Nano – its got a video camera and radio.

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Although Software update 3.1 is really nice and sparkly, I would advise against the update (but don’t freak out if you have because who knows how long it will take for the dev team to release more comprehensive news concerning the iPod Touch Hack in specific). Here are a few words from the Dev Team:

If you update to Apple’s new software using the normal iTunes process, you will lose your ultrasn0w unlock.  In fact you may lose it permanently, because for most people the baseband firmware cannot be reverted to a previous version (unlike the main application CPU firmware).

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ImagePro by IOCo is a simple app designed to do just one thing—provide a quick and easy way to search Google Images on your iPhone or iPod touch. Of course, you could just use the iPhone’s built-in Safari browser for this, but ImagePro’s clean interface and great features make the task a lot easier.

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That’s where Mactracker comes into play. The free app from Ian Page is the complete reference for every Macintosh every made.

Mactracker has been available for Mac OS and Windows for many years as a desktop application, but now you get most of the desktop functionality in a handy iPhone app. The iPhone app has information on all Macs divided into logical categories such as Classic Macintosh, iMac, and PowerBook. Select the category and locate the specific Mac within, and you have detailed information such as model number, dimensions, hardware configuration, compatible OS versions, and expansion options. You can even play the associated startup chime for each Mac.

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Flood-It Pro, a $1 game from LabPixies with a free lite version, is an engaging tile-based puzzle game. Presented with a 12-by-12 grid sporting six colors of tiles, you need to work methodically to flood the entire game board with one solid color. Color Coordinated: In Flood-It Pro, you’re trying to fill an entire 12-by-12 grid with one color in as few turns as possible.

Flooding begins from the top left corner. Every time you tap a colored circle on the bottom of the screen, the top left color changes, as does every connected tile with the same original color. On each turn, an increasing percentage of the board takes on your last chosen color. You want to fill the entire board with one color in as few turns as possible.

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