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New iPod Checksum Cracked, Linux Supported
An anonymous reader writes "After 36 hours of reverse engineering, the method for producing the checksum on new iPods has been discovered." You can also get linux support working if that's what you crave for your shiny new toy.
Does anyone actually use an ipod that runs linux, or is it just a "neat to have" type thing?
iTunes doenst even come close to the power of gtkpod
I hate poorly named mp3s, gtkpod can get my entire ipod properly organized in a matter of minutes because of the nifty variety of views.
The phrase "more better" is acceptable English. suck it grammar Nazis
Sansa View.
Launches October, roughly the size/shape of old Nano, 3:4 screen taking most of the face, plays most sane video formats, retains muSD slot, gains SDHC support
8GB for 150, 16GB for 200
"I think an etch-a-sketch with an ethernet port would beat IE7 in web standards compliance."
Apple likes to keep things a secret until the show so they get the "oh my gosh" factor going.
Not just the "oh my gosh" factor, but as we learned with the last iPod introduction, learning that there's something hot out there makes people buy Apple stock, and short right after the event for some speculative profit (which results in the Apple stock falling).
I guess this the Apple stock falling is what pisses him off most.
I'm not sure what it in your description of the software that other software like Amarok on Linux, or Mediamonkey on Windows(not the best I'll admit) can't do... Both can build a database of music stored on your computer, both support MTP devices, is there something else you want?
Or maybe you're a Mac user, I don't know if there's anything for OSX that does the trick other than iTunes. If there is, let me know, please. I occasionally have to use a Mac at school and I can't abide iTunes, personally.
"It's not actually integration with iTunes (it's the most bloated piece of crap I've seen since RealPlayer)"
Only on Windows. It runs very, very nicely in OS X.
A third possibility is that it is for a faster sync with the host. If you maintain hash digests on the ipod and the host, then you can test for equality by just comparing the hashes. If they are identical, then there is no need to sync. You can skip comparing everything else bit-by-bit.
If you just want to connectup the old karma to linux then look no further than the splendid karma on linux project. It's amazing what some seriously clever people, fuse and some helpful hints from Sigmatel folks can produce. it integrates with Amarok as well!
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Because I don't want to keep the dock near a computer all the time. Also, I may want to pull tunes from more than one source -- get music off a friend's box for example without having to carry a cable around all the time.
Not to mention if you could sync OTHER things like contacts and calendar over WiFi or EDGE, that would solve one of the main problems of business usage -- how to sync everything over the air for mobile users. Just set up a VPN and have a protected share containing contact and calendar data. Over the air sync is a big deal in the business world, and why not have the iPhone be sellable to as many people as possible? It's not like the code for air sync would be difficult to write.
-b.
Way to take my quote out of context! What part of "not necessarily the store" did you not understand? Aside from the "free music Tuesday" stuff and a few Pepsi caps, I've never used the store and I don't intend to start!
That's not true. If you enable disk use it has to be unmounted before it's unplugged, but it still functions as an iPod.
That's the only complaint in your post that makes sense.
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
Does anyone have any experience with installing Rockbox onto an ipod as to whether or not it would affect sound quality? I wonder if that would help resolve DRM / Itunes issues.