Touchie

Went down to Singapore Post Center today to collect my ipod Touch. Well, it's actually a free gift by Singnet for recontracting with them for another 2 years.

Didn't really play around with it but so far it seems not bad. Things work as it's supposed to... Although we can charge the ipod with USB, it would be better if Apple can supply the AC charger FOC. Can you imagine taking this ipod with you to overseas and must find a PC in order to recharge the battery? Of cos Apple do sell the AC charger but it cost >SGD50.

Was thinking of playing around with cover flow, but realised that it's not the same as the album art. So no fancy covers to flow across the screen...

For those thinking of playing videos on ipod touch, do note that it can only accept MP4 files (similar to PSP). This means that we will need to convert the various video files to MP4. The one that I'm using and think is the best is winmenc. This is really a superb, idiot proof converter. You choose the video file and pick a profile (pre-set configuration) and it's done. Of cos you can customise the settings and save it as a new profile. The advantages of winmenc are it can convert a wide range of media including rmvb, avi, mpeg etc. Most other softwares can convert avi with ease, however they will usually have problems with rmvb. BTW, winmenc is FOC

Read that certain batches of ipod touch (those before week 38) suffer from a negative black LCD screen problem. So it's naturally that I'm worried that mine is part of the defective batch. However, so far it seems to be ok. Must find some videos with quite dark areas, then will be easier to detect if the problem is present.

BTW, my Touchie's firmware is 1.1.1. This means that I do not need to downgrade the firmware in order to jailbreak it. However, jailbreaking is not in my plans. Waiting for apple to release the SDK, then there will be more 3rd parties' software for my Touchie. Maybe next time can also try writing simple utilities for Touchie too...

Will try out the Wi-Fi capability tomorrow a a wireless@sg hotspot.