We’ve all heard about the new 3G iPhone coming out July 11 ONLY costing a whooping $199 are you out of your mind. Lots of people are stoked that the price dropped pretty low…even cheaper than an iPod Touch. People don’t realize the catch the iPhone has brought amongst the eager people that wait in line to get the 3G iPhone the first day it releases. Well, the iPhone is MUCH cheaper than the original one, but the plan for the phone went up. So…in the long run you’re actually paying about $40-$50 more than you would original pay with the old iPhone and the old rate plan. People probably wouldn’t mind coughing up that $40-$50 because you do get a faster phone. Since the iPhone dropped lower than the iPod Touch, do you think the iPod Touch price will go down also?!? I would imagine that the iPhone should be more expensive than the iPod Touch. What are your thoughts about this? Also, if you do have an older iPod Touch and you do actually update to get the App Store…why do iPod Touch owners have to pay $10 for the App Store?!? When you pay $10 for the App Store, you still have to pay for the apps you want…so…why don’t they just give the App Store for FREE?!? Just a few thoughts about that.
A couple of apps now are charging to have their programs on your device. I had the game Pool on my iPod touch and there was an update in Installer. I thought the update would fix any bugs or add new options or something. In reality, the update just changed one option…the option that you have to purchase a license to play the game. There is a trial button, but I was a bit disappointed that apps now are charging to use their programs. I can’t really complain or anything because these developers DO put A LOT of time into their work. I was just wondering that if I’m paying to have these games or apps through a jailbreak, shouldn’t we just get the App Store and pay for it and have these apps legally?!? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not telling developers to stop charging because they do deserve a little reward for all they do, but I would rather donate a little something instead.
Just wanted to see people’s opinions on these few things that I wrote about. Also a reminder, Lone Stag stated DO NOT UPDATE ANYTHING..FIRMWARE…ITUNES…NOTHING!!! You can do all that if you want to lose your jailbreak, but for now…keep it old school. Someone will EVENTUALLY jailbreak the firmware…someone always does! Hope all goes well!
The iPhone 3G is set to be announced during the 2008 WWDC (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference) which will begin on Monday (June 9th) with a keynote speech by Steve Jobs. Apple has not been selling the iPhone at their online store for almost a month which usually means a new product will replace the existing product. Rumors are also spreading that other touch products could be announced which is less likely but you never know…
Here is a link dump of interesting news and rumors about the iPhone 3G and other Touch related products that are could be announced by Apple on Monday. Some of the stories have discrepancies so take everything as a grain of salt until details from Apple are announced.
The list of sources below are websites that I have found that host 3rd party applications for your iPod Touch/iPhone. Type in the source url and it will take you to a website where you can download the applications.
Source Instructions
1. Go into installer and let it refresh
2. At the bottom click sources
3. Then click edit and then click Add
4. Type in the source and make sure you have http://
5. Click Ok
6 Let it refresh
7 Go look in recent apps and install some new apps
Today, Apple officially announced the long awaited iPod SDK kit. The SDK kit will not be officially released until June along with a iPod Touch and iPhone 2.0 software update. The update will allow the devices to load 3rd party applications and it will also include parental controls, mail funcionality and power point viewing. Apple will be releasing a beta version of the SDK and 2.0 software to select developers so there is a good chance we will see the software update sooner then June. We will keep you up to date if the 2.0 update does surface online.
Apple also introduced how developers can sell their applicationss with the new store in iTunes called: App store. The App store will be the only way to get official 3rd party apps (jailbreakers will have other options) and developers will get 70% on a sale while Apple will receive the rest. Though, Apple has stated that developers will be able to release applications for free.
Engadget has been reporting on the event with details about the update, sdk kit and even with a comparative post on how the SDK stacks up compared to other SDK’s. iPod SDK Development Chart.
iLounge has reported that people familiar with the upcoming iPod Touch and iPhone SDK have said there will be restrictions on where you buy things made with the SDK (iTunes), what applications will be bought and sold and also that there will be no connectivity with accessories.
This shouldn’t be all that surprising because this is apple we are taking about. They won’t let the music industry have their way so it was unlikely to give 3rd party developers a free ride. The SDK will be coming out in beta (incomplete version) on March 6th. The event will have selected media (where’s my invite apple?), analysts, and developers. The final version of the SDK is rumored to come out in June during the Worldwide Developers Conference event in San Francisco.
It looks like developers who don’t want to go through Apple and iTunes will still have a large market to sell (or give) their products to because of all the jailbroken iPod Touch and iPhones….I am thinking about setting up a little marketplace on this site for developers to sell (or give) their applications, what do you think?
Also let me know in the comments if you are interested in getting this idea off the ground. (Developers, Ideas)…
Apple has released new software for the iPod Touch and iPhone bringing them both to 1.14. There has been no indication what the update fixed or added. There were some initial guesses that this may be the update that enabled the iPod Touch for SDK’s that are soon to be released. But so far there has been no indication that this is the case.
I have not updated my iPod Touch to 1.14 because I have my iPod Touch is currently jailbroken. I haven’t heard either way if the update breaks the jailbreak but I am assuming it does.
An iPod Touch hacker was able to hack his jailbroken iPod Touch (or iPhone) and use it as a wireless touchpad for his computer. This allows you to use your iPod as if it were a touchpad on a laptop where you can move the mouse around, double click or even drag menu items. The hack is complicated and I don’t know how useful it is…but still a pretty cool hack if you are bored and/or want to impress your friends.
It’s been an exciting week due to the fact that the SNES emulator for the iPod Touch has been released. I must say that I was probably one of the first people to download the full public release, not the beta version.
While this is the first version of the public release, it is not without problems. I think this is expected at this point. It took quite some time for the NES emulator to run as smoothly as it does now and there are still even minor problems with it.
I have been playing around with it for a few days now and have tested a good amount of SNES ROMs. Some of these roms work great, while others are barely playable. I would expect to see this improved with every new update.
Apple has just released a new iPod Touch with 32gb of storage! It doesn’t look like anything has been changed but the storage capacity. If you look on Apple’s site they are currently advertising it along with the 8 gb and the 16 gb. It looks like for the time being there will be three iPod Touch models to choose from. In other apple product news they also released a 16 gb iPhone model. The iPod Touch 32gb and iPhone 16gb will both sell for $499.
What is your favorite application that you have installed on your iPod Touch or iPhone ? This is for iPod Touch owners who have used a jailbreak method and installed 3rd party applications.
My favorite application so far has been iBlackjack. I found it at iPod Touch Games and have been playing it non stop ever since. The game has nice graphics and is runs really well. Now all we need is an online casino site like bodog casino to offer real money blackjack games!
