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iPod Software Update 1.2 Now Available

Posted by pudge on from the mmmm-usic dept.

Walter Weeks writes "This afternoon Apple has released the much anticipated iPod Software Update 1.2. This update adds a slew of features and updates such as iCal support, a digital clock, sound check, restructuring of the menu hierarchy, and more! Currently, it is not available for Mac OS 9 nor via Software Update, but you can get it on Apple's iPod site." It also has the promised audible.com support. Now that I have a web browser in my phone and a calendar in the iPod and contacts in both, maybe I can get an iPod and sell the Palm. If only the phone or iPod had AvantGo ...

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  1. My #1 wish for the iPod: by imac.usr · · Score: 3, Insightful
    A tiny input device that plugs in either via the headphone jack (like the remote) or via the FireWire port, like the fold-up Palm keyboards.


    The ability to modify contact entries and enter brief notes would mean I can stop having to find space in my backpack for my Newton. :P

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    I use Macs for work, Linux for education, and Windows for cardplaying.
    1. Re:My #1 wish for the iPod: by possibly0 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      this isn't meant facetiously, but i would recommend a small pad of paper. you can write changes or notes on paper while you're out, and enter in into your computer when you get home. this is nice, too, because sitting down and going over what you've written is a good way of remembering it or planning what you need to do.