Unboxing
The
iPod touch comes in the now typical iPod packaging (transparent plastic case). Unboxing photos are available on
Tom's flickr page.
Appearance
Compared to iPhone 3G, the iPod touch is as wide, almost as high, but only about half as thick. The screens appear to have exactly the same width and hight. Interestingly, the iPod touch's home-button is about 2 mm shorter in diameter. The back of the iPod touch is stainless steel and reminds of the back of the 1st gen. iPod nano.
How to share applications with close friends
I don't want to encourage illegal file sharing, but let's say you have an application, no longer available in the app store (
PhoneSaber comes to mind), and wanted to give it to a friend. Here is how this could be accomplished:
The
1st step is to locate the application file in this folder:
Home Folder/Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications/
All mobile applications have the
ipa extension. If you see multiple versions that just means that you have updated the application once or more times - you want to pick the newest.
The
2nd step is to simply transfer the file over to your friends computer, e.g. sending it via email. Double-clicking the file at the receiver's end, will automatically import the file into the local iTunes repository but syncing will not yet work for this application.
3rd step: Instead you, the owner of the application, will have to authorize the computer (iTunes menu: Store/Autorize Computer...) then let your friend perform the sync. At the end, you don't want to forget to Deautorize your friend's computer again (iTunes menu: Store/Deautorize Computer...)
