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iPod Touch (a Touch OS X device)

Thursday September 6, 2007 10:45 am PDT by Arnold Kim
As the dust settles from yesterday's announcements, many are looking at the iPod Touch and imagining how far its capabilities can be pushed.

Gizmodo received word that (unsurprisingly) the iPod Touch runs exactly the same applications as the existing iPhone. According to their contact the iPhone and iPod Touch "use the same damn binaries".

This means that existing 3rd party iPhone applications should easily be installable on the iPod Touch. As well, there's no doubt that someone will try to move the iPhone's Mail application to the iPod Touch.

Apple's introduction of the iPod Touch extends their new Touch OS X platform into another iteration. Unfortunately, Apple has yet to officially open this platform up to 3rd party developers. Meanwhile, there have been major strides in unofficial efforts to bring 3rd party applications to the iPhone. Despite all their progress, without official support, users still have to deal with data loss possibilites with each official firmware update.
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EvanLugh
58 months ago
Didn't we know this already?
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cbud
58 months ago
What a joke, how could it not have Mail? Very lame Apple, very lame!
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likeavaliant
58 months ago
they need to open both touch devices up to developers asap.
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Eidorian
58 months ago
SDK now.
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FJ218700
58 months ago

What a joke, how could it not have Mail? Very lame Apple, very lame!


they were really rushed to get this sucker out. I'm sure by the 28th there will be a few more apps than were previewed
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jaydub
58 months ago

What a joke, how could it not have Mail? Very lame Apple, very lame!

I'm sure that Apple is strategically choosing what to put on the iPod touch. They've got to give people some incentive to step up to the iPhone, and if there are key features which only the iPhone has, they'll go for it.
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xelphy
58 months ago
I AGREE. Give us the darn SDK. If it's not unveiled during the new OS rollout in Oct, then I don't know man, I just don't know.

Having my iPhone on a plane recently w/out internet is like having a brick w/out games or ANY apps... cmoooon
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willybNL
58 months ago
So, who will install a SIP of VoIP client... and attach a microphone?

:):D
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SupadudeX
58 months ago
Who else thinks that the iPod touch and the iPhone are exactly the same hardware with only a firmware change to disable features? I think its very likely. Its probably cheaper for apple to produce only one version of the hardware rather than redesign the thing. I know video card companies do this all the time. If this is so it leads to the possibility of unlocking the phone capabilities with some software/hardware modifications.
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Dawg0381
58 months ago
Does this mean that the ipod touch will allow you to make entries on the Calendar application on the ipod. And then sync them back to your computer.....?
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