From our front-page news:
Normally when Apple releases a new product, it's gobbled up by fans everywhere, with little known about bugs and oddities. However, with the iPod touch there was no such thing. This is one of the few Apple products in recent memory that has had an insane amount of problems. It's as though Apple actually rushed delivery on the product and skipped blatantly obvious details.
Such as? Over the weekend we found out that the touch, and other new iPods, would not work with Linux. Not a big deal.. as that protection has already been mostly circumvented. Then there was news that some people wound up with a touch that didn't even have an OS installed, just a diagnostic menu! Now, CrunchGear is reporting that when you put in an incorrect password while unlocking the iPod, it will tell you it's an iPhone! To add even more to the pile, OSX and Windows will both pick up the device as a digital camera... not a media player. Whew! Apple, have you let yourselves go? The good thing is that this can all be fixed with a firmware update (probably), but still...
<table align="center"><tbody><tr><td>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
Ugh. More iPod shenanigans. Apparently crooked screens, washed out colors, lack of Bluetooth, disabled Linux compatibility, and a fubar calendar (to name a few) wasn’t enough. If you’ve gotten your hands on a Touch try this out: lock it and then enter the wrong password. Lo’ and and behold your little media player has transformed into a phone. Or not.
Source: CrunchGear
Such as? Over the weekend we found out that the touch, and other new iPods, would not work with Linux. Not a big deal.. as that protection has already been mostly circumvented. Then there was news that some people wound up with a touch that didn't even have an OS installed, just a diagnostic menu! Now, CrunchGear is reporting that when you put in an incorrect password while unlocking the iPod, it will tell you it's an iPhone! To add even more to the pile, OSX and Windows will both pick up the device as a digital camera... not a media player. Whew! Apple, have you let yourselves go? The good thing is that this can all be fixed with a firmware update (probably), but still...
<table align="center"><tbody><tr><td>
Ugh. More iPod shenanigans. Apparently crooked screens, washed out colors, lack of Bluetooth, disabled Linux compatibility, and a fubar calendar (to name a few) wasn’t enough. If you’ve gotten your hands on a Touch try this out: lock it and then enter the wrong password. Lo’ and and behold your little media player has transformed into a phone. Or not.
Source: CrunchGear