A Second Run to the Apple Store

I made a second run to the Apple Store today to get a brand-new iMac. It’s amazing. I may do a review soon since the Mac OS is amazing.

I also tried out an iPhone 4. The Retina display is amazing. I actually thought the display was print and I couldn’t use it. FaceTime is awesome. iMovie for iPhone and HD video recording are the bomb.

I did get the antenna issue but only when I squeezed the sides, which people would only do if they were pissed off.

Anyway, I love the screen on my new iMac. The keyboard and mouse are small and efficient. The OS is amazing. Bottom line, the iMac is awesome. I’ll go into depth on it later, but I just wanted to give you a few updates.

iOS 4 – Upgrade or not?

Yesterday Apple released iOS 4 for iPhone 3G, iPhone 3Gs, and iPod touch (2nd and 3rd gen). Today, I am reviewing iOS 4 for the iPod touch 2G.

First, we’ll cover upgrading. It takes about a half hour on Windows XP machines, but probably around 5-15 minutes on Windows Vista & 7/Mac OS X.

The OS itself is pretty good. I am bummed about multitasking and a home screen wallpaper not being able to be included on the iPod touch 2G version of the OS. I really like the app folders, it really cleaned up my home screen.

The new dock looks really cool and I prefer it to the docks in iPhone OS 1-3 and most of the ones you can get for WinterBoard if you jailbreak your iPod. A reflection was added also. It’s just awesome.

Spell-check is a new addition. YouTube can go portrait. Everything is so responsive.

iBooks is an app that is only available on iOS 4 (except iPad). It’s a convenient addition and I’d recommend it to anyone who upgrades.

Overall, if you relied on a jailbroken IPod touch (MC models, you can check which model you have by going into Settings>General>About) I wouldn’t suggest upgrading. There’s a jailbreak for iPhone 3G/3GS, and iPod touch 3G/(non-MC) 2G but I’d wait for a better jailbreak.

If you can’t wait for iOS 4 and want to jailbreak it, and if you have a non-MC model iPod touch/iPhone, follow this link:

http://redsn0w.com

iTouch that Pod (3) – 3 reasons to jailbreak your iTouch

I jailbroke my iTouch yesterday and it is awesome! Here’s a list of reasons to jailbreak yours.

1) Customization
With the iTouch not jailbroken, the only thing you could customize is the lock screen wallpaper. With it jailbroken, your iPod could look like this:

2) Free Apps
When you jailbreak your iPod, you can get any app you want free!

3) Extra Functionality
A jailbroken iTouch has extra functions that are very helpful, like the dock having multiple pages, for example.

Whether you jailbreak your iTouch or not is up to you, but I highly reccomend it.

My next post will be a tutorial on how to jailbreak your iTouch.

iTouch that Pod

Hey guys, I haven’t posted in a LONG time, and I would be like a politician and say I was “extremely busy” when I was actually too lazy to click the little ScribeFire button in FireFox and type.

Anyway, I ordered an 8GB iPod Touch from Amazon for $178.00 last week and I can’t wait for it to come into my mailbox.

Because of me getting and iTouch, I will now have more material to post about. I will post App Reviews, tutorials, etc. so I should be able to write more since I could now use my limited computer time for stuff like this and use the iTouch for everything else.

Can’t Wait. If there are any great Apps you’d recommend, tell me.

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