Stefan Monnier wrote: >> It is a little insane to buy an IPod just to jailbreak it. There are >> other devices that can do more than the IPod : more memory, more >> freedom to install what you want, install FLASH, develop apps on >> Windows (Apple's IPhone/IPod SDK only runs on Macs). >> > > While I mostly agree, there can be other significant factors that memory > size. E.g. battery autonomy, weight, size, younameit. There are > competing products for some of the featureset, but I don't think there's > always "a better option out there". > > > Stefan If there were I would have it. Instead I have a jailbroken ithing. If you know of a player that is actually comparable or even better than the ithings, please please recommend it to us! It doesn't have to have all the gimmicks, but size, battery, wifi would all be important.
In case we don't know, the jailbreak is trivial, you can still use it as normal on the itunes app store, it simply adds another app store thing that can install any program. Basically all it does is allows unsigned packages to be installed. You can restore the original OS at any time. While I agree it is insane, it seems less insane than buying a windows laptop and putting ubuntu on it. Haven't we chosen to live this insane lifestyle on purpose? I mean, until we have free and open platforms for everything we will be subverting hardware to suit our purposes. Jeremy _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
