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an open letter to those smarter than me (about everybody)

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Applications, Hacks, iPod Touch

Author : gregintosh

Guest Posted by Gregintosh: (Prepare for extremely nerdish rant) I am ready! And every person reading this knows what I am talking about, you are on a site devoted exclusively to cracking open a certain device. As I take a moment and reflect on the historic announcement of the iPod Touch and subsequent chatter of its release into the wild, a few little goosebumps appear on my arm…this is exciting! My wife has even said I can get one (she works and has been brainwashed at Starbucks, so as soon as I revealed that feature she went into a mystical trance and immediately said yes. Wonder if I could sue them for that?)!

Anyways, onto the open letter. Hackers, I adore you. If you set up a PayPal account on your site, and the hack does what it is supposed to do, then some $$$$$$ (well, maybe just $$) will be coming your way. But there is a stipulation, give me what the rest of less-talented n00bs want. Here are our demands, sort of a reverse ransom:

Google Maps

Mail (would Thunderbird be possible?)

iCal, give its balls back or give us something else

Remote Desktop

iChat or some kind of client

OpenOffice? (tough, but i’ll pay you for it)

I know, we have banged around what we want hacked and put on this thing, but remember, o’ hacker, your hard work will be rewarded!

8 Comments

Alex Burton, September 14, 2007:

So I was browsing on the latest touch ipod news this am and I noticed this post when reading about the diagnostic menu that some ipods are coming with…

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HINT: The Cereal box is the key to returning it back to the main OS X. Hidden submenu, requiring a certain touches on the screen.

Apple said this on September 14th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
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the word apple is a link to apple.com
I wonder if they are that on the news about their products or is this just someone having fun?
shane parrott, September 14, 2007:

can we toss a VOIP application on this list as well? I’d LOVE a SIP client, would settle for a Skype client, and would murder for both of them.

of course a microphone still needs to get worked out, but thats all part of the payoff. =) I mean, now the Nintendo DS has a VOIP solution, and it would be silly to let them win THIS battle.
Joel, September 14, 2007:

Belkin tech support says their existing microphone will work with the iPT.
Alex Clark, September 15, 2007:

i was just wondering if anyone knew weather or meebo.com works on the iPhone thereby most likely working for the touch?? thanks and hopefully whoever knows will help everyone out.

and for those of you who are unaware, meebo.com is basically an online chat client with no downloads or other windows.
Alex Clark, September 15, 2007:

just wanted to let everyone know that i did some research and found that meebo.com( a chat client that you can log on to virtually an server[aim, yahoo, and so on]) has redesigned their page so it will work on the iphone. now i am assuming that since both ipod and iphone run safari that it will work on both! so there is the solution to our chat program, except no installation required! perfectly safe, fast, and easy
Greg, September 15, 2007:

that is great info on meebo, thanks for that!
theShredAholic, October 7, 2007:

WHEN CAN WE DO THIS??????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtcys_XFnRA
alcides, October 21, 2007:

steve jobs doesn´t look so smart now huh?