Specialist. Call us at (416) 533-2001The iPod Touch, released September of 2007, was an impressive product at release. It was, essentially, an iPhone sans phone, that any Canadian could easily buy and get support for. For Americans, it offered many of them an opportunity to get many of the same features of the iPhone without having to change wireless service providers. However, at that time, Apple was not making the best use of the device's potential, through excluding the Weather, Stocks, Notes, Maps, and most importantly Mail applications from the initial product. These applications were later offered as a $20 download from the iTunes store.
What has recently gotten many of those in the know excited about the iPod Touch is something called the iPhone/iPod Touch SDK. At the Apple iPhone roadmap event last month, Steve Jobs introduced the tools available to developers looking to create rich programs for the iPod Touch. Demoed were Games and other applications that took full advantage of the iPod Touch's built-in accelerometer, multi-touch, and using the unit's WiFi capability.
As we speak, software developers are working away to create useful and rich iPod Touch applications that will significantly proliferate the the uses for the iPod. These new applications are set to be released to the public this coming June, some of them being free, and some of them having a price. Unlike previous installable applications for the iPod Touch, downloading and installing these coming applications will not involve any hacking of your iPod.
For more information, MacRumors has a great Frequently Asked Questions article about the Software Development kit.
iPod Touch prices:
8 GB: $299; 16 GB: $379
Maps, Mail, Weather, Notes, and Stocks applications are downloadable from iTunes for $20 CDN.
32 GB: $519, includes the Maps, Mail, Weather, Notes & Stocks applications
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