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Handheld computing nirvana found


cheekymonkey

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Can't sleep so have been browsing the net for an hour on my iPod touch thing. Thought it would have driven me bananas now but it is just as good as being on a proper computer and its very fluid.

 

Also hacked it today so it can use all the iphone apps and third party stuff.

 

Wasnt going to get one until I saw one at the apple store and fell in love!

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oooh im getting an iTouch in a few weeks time. how did you hack it?

 

http://www.touchdev.net/wiki/Jailbreak_Guide

 

Requires a bit of geekery and a Mac (for that guide) but there are Windows guides around I think.

 

Once it's hacked you get this 'Installer' app which connects to the net, lists all the packages available for one-click install, it's pretty neat.

 

Only problem is that each time it gets hacked, Apple are likely to release an update which breaks the exploit, in this case a buffer overflow in the TIFF library. Cat and mouse situation but these hackers are pretty talented.

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