Improve iPod Touch Typing with My Touch Keys

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Having played with an iPhone and iPod Touch, I’ve found that using the touch keyboard to be annoying and frustrating to use. I have large fingers, so the number of typos I end up typing is frustrating. The My Touch Keys protective screen for the iPod Touch and iPhone is a clever little gizmo that really helps.It gives you tactile feedback when you move your fingers to touch any of the keys on the virtual keyboard. However, there is a major issue with this, those recesses in the protective label will get in your way when you’re doing something other than use the keyboard.Found thanks to Coolest Gadgets.

MythTV on your iPod Touch and iPhone

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Those of you who have played around with PVRs (Personal Video Recorders) and Linux will most certainly heard of MythTV. The MythTV software allows you to build a very sophisticated digital TV recording system that supports multiple-channel recording, web access, and the viewing of the recorded TV programmes on any number of PCs.MythTV does this by separating the recording and playback elements into the backend and frontend respectively. Chris Carey has created an iPhone and iPod Touch client that acts as a frontend, allowing you to watch recorded TV on your iPod Touch or iPhone!You can find the installation details for the application, as well as the MythTV streaming guide fir the iPod Touch and iPhone.

iPod video gets some iPod touch interface love

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This is not an iPod touch hack per se, but for those if you that are holding on to your old iPod video for a while longer (or are waiting for even better prices than the current iPod touch sale), this is the next best thing.

Some intrepid iPod hackers have figured out how to make the interface of the 5G and 5.5G iPods look like that of the iPod touch. Check out their site or grab a copy of the modified firmware files if you already know what to do.

5G Firmware Download
5.5G Firmware Download