I am currently looking for a case for my iPod Touch. What is everyone using at the moment? I don’t want anything to add much thickness to the iPod. I am leaning towards just having something to protect the front screen…so basically it would only protect from scratches. Though, if there was something that protects the iPod Touch more without adding to much to the bulkiness I would be interested.

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I just plugged in my iPod Touch to my computer and was promoted to download a new software update. It was software version 1.1.1 and it looks like it fixes bugs but doesn’t add any new features. The download was 150.6mb and took a couple minutes to download and install. I will report back if I see any changes to the iPod Touch after I use it for a couple hours…or if you find anything new leave it in the comments.

There was also an update for the iPhone and this was used mainly to add the iTunes Wifi music store which the iPod Touch was shipped with.

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I know some people out there are a bit over the whole Bluetooth thing, but ifixit has said that they “cannot completely rule out the presence of a Bluetooth chip”. They also said that there are several Apple-branded chips that they couldn’t identify. I dont know about you, but this sounds like a job for us hackers, we need to pull the touch apart, take a good look at the internals, and solve this Bluetooth mystery once and for all.

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This hack may not interest many but it is something new for the iPod Touch so I will report on it. This was originally reported by tauw and they have the files and a description on what to do. This hack is for iPod Touch owners that would like to use the Touch for storage use. The problem is you need to have a mac and also be familiar with command line…And last but not least have room for extra files….

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I have been using my iPod Touch over the last couple days and have taken it everywhere with me. I was on a plane and it came in handy, because I was able to watch tv shows during the ride. The screen is just big enough where you don’t have to strain your eyes to watch anything, but small enough where it fits nicely in my pocket.

I haven’t had many complaints so far with my iPod while watching video. Surprisingly the biggest fault the iPod has is when you are listening to music . When I am changing the volume while listening to music on the iPod it doesn’t feel natural and to tell you the truth feels clunky . I have read a couple reviews and have heard that others have also thought this was a downfall of the iPod Touch. The iPhone does not have this problem, because there are two buttons on the side that allows you to increase or decrease the volume wherever you are. While on the iPod Touch you need to double click the home button for the volume controls…This isn’t that hard, but I think there should be a better way to easily change the volume.

I hope someone can write an application that can make changing the volume less of an issue with the iPod Touch. What application do you want, now that you have the iPod Touch?

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Today, I finally got my 16gb iPod Touch. I have been calling the stores near me a couple times a day and since I live about 45 minutes away I wanted to make sure they had ample supply before I was going to drive the distance to the apple store. (There are a couple around me since I live near the silicon valley). I found out a couple simple things that may be of interest to people still looking to find an iPod Touch.

1. Go to an Apple Retail Store (Many of the normal iPod resellers don’t have them yet)

2. Call in the morning (They get their shipments in from 9am-12pm)

3. They won’t tell you how many they have…but I asked the employee if I were to come from 45 min away what are my chances. (They answered this with no problem)

4. Press 5 when you call and begin to hear the automated recording …this is the fastest way to talk to someone at an apple retail store.

5. Find an employee right away (At the back of the store there are more)…they are selling fast and you don’t want to be there when they sell the last one to someone else.

6. Pay with credit card… if you pay with cash you may have to wait a bit because only certain registers can check you out.

Did I miss anything?

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An engineer from the LCD industry posted on the apple discussion boards with his opinion on the black screen problems. His thought was that the iPod Touch LCD black level problems are due to the anti-reflective coating that is put on the iPods.

The iPods were probably rushed to the market and the quality control went down and due to this many iPods were shipped that had less then ideal black levels. This would make sense because there have been varying reports on the degree of the issue. It sounds like some people got iPod Touch’s with great screens while others have said that there iPod Touch has awful black levels because of the anti-reflective coating.

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When you lock your iPod Touch and enter the wrong passcode you will see an iPhone Error…Looks like Apple forgot to change this when they were working on the iPod Touch OSx. Recently people have been complaining that Apple took time to take away features from the iPod Touch OS. Why didn’t Apple just leave the features on the iPod Touch…and we wouldn’t have thought this was a big deal…I guess thats the million dollar question.

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iFixit has told Gizmodo that it is possible that the Bluetooth chip has been hidden somewhere in the internals of the iPod touch: “We’re looking into it. It’s hard to say because they can disguise bluetooth antenna on the PCB and the chip could be integrated into something else. I’ll see what I can dig up.”

Apparently Gizmodo (and most other people) assumed that iFixits lack of report on Bluetooth implied that there was no Bluetooth, however it seems they were mistaken. “We’re talking more to iFixit on the matter. There was a faulty consensus that their lack of report on Bluetooth implied that there was no Bluetooth. That was our mistake.”

According to Engadget, Broadcom, Marvell, and CSR all offer single-chip solutions with combined WiFi and Bluetooth radios, and they have heard from a decent source that the internals of the iPod touch are very similar to that of the iphone and that there is a Bluetooth chip in there — it’s just not activated.

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iFixit seems to be the first site with pictures of the iPod Touch internals. They show how they got it apart and have descriptions on most of the images talking on what they have found. Hopefully soon we will have some confirmation either way on if bluetooth is in the device. Either by iFixit finding something in the internals or someone snooping in the iPod Touch OSX.

Update: Well…it looks like the people at iFixit have found no trace of bluetooth in the internals. So the rumor that the iPod Touch may have blutooth but it comes disabled looks to be a no-go

Thanks to David who left the comment in a previous post.

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