Filed under: iPod Family, Hacks
Liveblogging the iPod Touch
Well, it's here. And here's all the dish on my first hours with the iPod Touch.
Impressions
Feel. Man, this thing definitely has a completely different feel and weight from the iPhone. It feels way way thinner.
Squeeze Control. It seems to be confirmed that the iPhone headset squeeze control does not work with the touch. I'll test when I have time.
Video Out. Does not work with the Belkin dock.
Audio jack. At the bottom!!?? Why?
Didn't work the first time. A lot of people are reporting flaky iTouch behavior. The first time I connected my new iTouch to iTunes, this was the error I got. Removing the USB and reconnecting it made it work.
Calculator. Same as iPhone. Absolutely the most boring accessory ever shipped.
Keyboard. All the sounds on the Touch are clickier and lighter than on the iPhone. It's a very palpable difference.
Safari. Works great--once you remember to switch on WiFi. All my Javascript bookmarklets are working fine.
Clock. There are a *lot* fewer sound effects to play with the built-in alarm, and since there's no speaker, you can only get alarmed through your headphones. No vibrate either. Sounds are: checkmate, jump, time passing, time's up, updown.
Cheerios! Brian Mulllally writes that the icon for the iTouch test mode serial number is, *hee*, a Cheerios box.
Diagnostic Information. I keep saying: "No" and "Don't ask again" but it keeps asking and asking and asking...
Hack after the jump...
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