The best iPod touch Forum around, iPod touch Fans, has just hit a new milestone: 50,000 registered users! It’s been a bit over 2 months since we passed 10,000 members and 3 months since we passed 1,000. Thanks to all of the members and stuff for helping make iPod touch fans the #1 iPod touch forum!
This is not an iPod touch hack per se, but for those if you that are holding on to your old iPod video for a while longer (or are waiting for even better prices than the current iPod touch sale), this is the next best thing.
Some intrepid iPod hackers have figured out how to make the interface of the 5G and 5.5G iPods look like that of the iPod touch. Check out their site or grab a copy of the modified firmware files if you already know what to do.
If you were planning on buying a new touch, Amazon has some great deals going right now. The Apple 8 GB iPod Touch
via slickdeals
iPod touch fans forum users are reporting that bew iPod touch’s are starting to ship with John Lennon on the box (pictured above). Previous artists that have graced the touch’s packaging include Corinne Bailey Rae and Macy Gray.
photo credit: aecids on flickr
It is my pleasure to announce that the iPod touch Fans installer repository is now online. Thanks to SkylarEC, you can now easily install the various user-submitted themes and modifications via Installer.app.
For those of you that frequent the iPod touch fans community, this may be old news, but SkylarEC has posted a very easy to follow tutorial for adding the repository to your lnstaller.app source list.
The address of the repository xml file is http://www.touchrepo.com/repo.xml
New versions of iTunes and Quicktime are available today.
The update does not seem to be directly applicable for iPod touch users, but they should still benefit from the “bug fixes to improve stability and performance.” Below is Apple’s full changelog for this update:
iTunes 7.5 features the ability to activate iPhone wherever service is offered and support for Phase, a new interactive music game designed exclusively for iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, and iPod (fifth generation). This release also includes bug fixes to improve stability and performance.
Quicktime has also been updated, with the following changes:
QuickTime 7.3 addresses critical security issues and delivers:
- Support for iTunes 7.5
- Updated support for creating iPhone-compatible web content
- Updated JavaScript support in the QuickTime Web Plug-in
- Numerous bug fixesThis release is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users.
For detailed information on the security content of this update, please visit this website: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61798.
Hazemonster, a member on the iPodTouchFans forums has put together a video demonstrating his custom iPod touch cradle he made for his Infiniti FX35. Check out the video below!
This takes iPod touch hacks to a new level! Check out the discussion about this mod on the forum thread and send us a tip if you have done any cool iPod touch hardware mods!
Yes, it was less than a month ago that our sister site iPodTouchFans passed the 1,000 members mark, but hey, who can complain about passing TWO milestones in less than 30 days? We sure can’t! If you haven’t already, make sure to head over there and check it out. It’s not the number one iPod touch forum for nothing ;).
With yesterday’s release of the iPod touch jailbreak, there is a lot of terminology flying around that many may not be familiar with. “Jailbreak” is perhaps the most important term of all, but very few people actually know where it comes from.
The good news is that it’s not too hard to understand. The Mobile OS X, like any other operating system, has folders and files. Its main form of security comes in the form of a chroot jail, which is just a fancy way of saying that outsiders are only allowed to see the inside of one specific folder. The jailbreak, then, is a way to overcome this artificial restriction.
Head over this forum thread for more explanations, and check out TUAW’s vocab primer too.
The TIFF jailbreak, among other things, allows for the installation of new applications on the iPod touch. Tonight, we tested compatibility with the iPhone apps that the touch is missing, and, unsurprisingly, they worked. We have started an iPod touch application compatibility database on the iPodTouchFans wiki and posted our results. Pictures of the iPhone applications running on the iPod are after the jump.
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