That looks great, but:Misfit wrote:It's been hacked. Run third party apps on it:
http://www.modmyiphone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9405
There seem to be quite a few apps already for the iPhone and I imagine these would work on the touch.
They didn't say that. They did say people who had unlocked their phone might damage their hardware, and their was a sort of implied threat, and they also said they wouldn't seek to deliberately wreck 3rd party apps, although suprise suprise their first update did.Kemper_Boyd wrote:No.hyphz wrote:b) didn't Apple say they will release "cruel updates" to brick the devices of people who do this?
If you f*ck about with the software/firmware of a product to do stuff that you're not supposed to be able to do then you've got to expect problems. I fail to see what the big deal is, anyone who saw the update as somehow an anti-user attack is an idiot. Unsupported third-party hacks run risks, that's the bottom line, you can't force Apple or anyone else to accept or support these mods.offyoutoddle wrote:They didn't say that. They did say people who had unlocked their phone might damage their hardware, and their was a sort of implied threat, and they also said they wouldn't seek to deliberately wreck 3rd party apps, although suprise suprise their first update did.Kemper_Boyd wrote:No.hyphz wrote:b) didn't Apple say they will release "cruel updates" to brick the devices of people who do this?
Exactly. They should just be glad that so far no hacked firmware hasGeeZa wrote:If you f*ck about with the software/firmware of a product to do stuff that you're not supposed to be able to do then you've got to expect problems. I fail to see what the big deal is, anyone who saw the update as somehow an anti-user attack is an idiot. Unsupported third-party hacks run risks, that's the bottom line, you can't force Apple or anyone else to accept or support these mods.
Some time ago over in the Eee thread I wrote this:tufty wrote:KB, you're a bastard. An utter cunt. My hopes for a newton replacement are now well and truly got up. The only question now is, do I replace the shagged batteries in my Newt's power pack, or just wait for Apple to release the damn thing?Kemper_Boyd wrote:I think it's more likely than not. The hardware necessary to put a PC in your pocket is coming soon. Most other PC manufacturers will use it why wouldn't Apple?
Apple have everything needed to do this. They have an OS that can run on the required hardware. They have the hardware. And they have the best handwriting recognition system ever released on a PDA, integrated into the OS.
Newton was way ahead of its time when it was discontinued 9 years ago. It's still way better than any modern PDA I've seen, despite being greenscale and requiring some hackery to make it sync with the modern desktop. I still use my MP2100 on a daily basis.
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Some news from Appleinsider.Kemper_Boyd wrote:I think Apple will launch a UMPC/MID in 2008. It won't be as cheap
as some of the systems, but there's no reason it shouldn't be
significantly cheaper than a MacBook.
Putting it very simply the Eee is based upon crap laptop parts.
Intel is building parts specifically for such systems. They will be
faster, lower power and cheap. They'll get about 2,000 dies from
a single wafer. Intel think that the Silverthorne processor is as
important as Nehalem. If they are right this will be a huge
new market.
OS X on the iPhone and iPod Touch shows that Apple have the OS
software ready, the annoucement of the SDK shows Apple are willing
to have third party software on their 'appliances'. Why wouldn't Apple
want a shot at this? The opportunity is huge.
Appleinsider wrote:People familiar with the matter tell AppleInsider that Apple will soon emerge as one of the largest supporters of Intel's "Menlow" Mobile Internet Device (MID) platform -- the same platform the Santa Clara-based chipmaker has been harping about for the past several months.
More specifically, those same people say, Apple has taken a liking to the upcoming 45-nanometer (nm) "Silverthorne" chip, agreeing to use it in not one but multiple products currently situated on its 2008 calendar year product roadmap.
Introduced at this year's Spring Intel Developer Forum (IDF) with availability slated for early 2008, Silverthorne is aimed specifically at cell phones, ultra-mobile PCs and other MIDs. The chip is expected to be as fast as the second-generation of Pentium M processors, but use only between half a watt and 2 watts of electrical power -- about one tenth as much as a typical notebook chip.
I don't know if anyone has announced anything, but I'm sure there willHGFB wrote:I don't think I'd want an Apple device running on one of these chips but don't Intel have a load of other companies signed up to make small Linux boxes (Like the Nokia tablets but better)?
The Menlow plaform has two main parts.
Silverthorne CPU.
0.9(LV) -- 1.86 GHz
0.6(LV) -- 1.33 GHz EIST
64bit
HT (simultaneous multi-threading)
533 MHz FSB
512k L2 Cache
In-order
SSSE3
VT (virtualisation)
0.6 -- 2 Watt TDP
New low power states, lowest C6 state 0.1 W
Poulsbo chipset.
SM3.0 IGP
Decode acceleration of MPEG2, MPEG4-AVC, VC1
Currently McCaslin has a TDP of 10W, 2W average. Menlow should
come in around TDP 3W and 0.85W. The Eee is similar to McCaslin
and probably around 14W and 3W.
