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Now lets dissect the above statement, it is basically a large version of the Tablet PC, running a very large version of the iPhone OS. I do not see what makes it magical or revolutionary. If anything I believe the fact that it is running the same OS as the iPhone very annoying, and I do not believe I would want myiPhone any bigger than it already is. I am not saying it will not be an interesting product to use, I am simply saying that the iPhone OS is designed for smaller screens, instead of trying to make it work on a bigger screen, why not just make a whole new OS specifically for the iPad?

Now as for pricing, I guess if I found a practical use, the pricing would be okay. $499 doesn’t seem too steep for a large iPod touch with 16GB of memory I guess, however the only iPad I really see a practical use for is the one that supports WIFI + 3G and unfortunetly that adds another $129 to the price.

I guess until an actual release, and a chance to sit down and spend some time messing with the iPad I will not know for sure if it has a purpose or not, I guess we shall see.

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Currently, if you have an iPod Touch that is a 3G or 3GS, you can only have a tethered jailbreak. This means that if you want to turn your iPod back on after you restart it, you will have to plug it back into the computer and rerun the jailbreak program. This does not erase any of your information or anything like that, it just takes time and is very inconvenient if you need to restart on the go. If you have an 2G or 1G iPod Touch or any version of the iPhone however, you can jailbreak and will have an untethered jailbreak.

Now, enough talk, here is how you can jailbreak your iPod. There is a program called blackra1n that came out last month which allows you to jailbreak any iPhone or iPod (and tethered jailbreak the ones mentioned above), and it even jailbreaks it in under 30 seconds. The link to the site is http://blackra1n.com. Here are a few steps you should take when running the program. First, you should kill all iTunes processes using the task manager, and second if you are running vista or above, you will need to run it as an administrator for it to work properly. Once it is jailbroken, you will then be able to open an app called blackra1n on your iPod or iPhone which will allow you to install one of three app managers. I suggest using Cydia.

Unfortunately the iPod I got was one of the newest ones, and an untethered jailbreak is not available for it yet. Fortunately however there is currently a very new program being worked on that will fix that and me and other 3G and 3GS users to ability to have an untethered jailbreak! It is called greenposi0n, and should be released by the end of the year! The link to their website is http://chronic-dev.org/blog. I will be watching it closely for any updates on release dates and shall check back when I find more information.

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Ubuntu 9.10 has been released, and I must say it is the most incredible version of Ubuntu I have ever seen. Right from restart, my computer seemed faster and more sleek looking then it ever has before. As soon as I logged in, it prompted me to fix a few things that might cause problems later, one of them being my language not fully installed and the other to encrypt my home directory. I fixed both of those, and moved on to my new desktop. The icons have been redone to look much better, and the important things on the top bar are now bold.

When I went to check my mail (I use Evolution) I found that I no longer need the launcher I have placed on my menu, I can not launch it straight from the mail icon located on the top of my desktop, also, I can launch Pidgin, my IM client from the same location. The wireless network connections seems to also have been redone.

For a simple upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10 I do believe I have seen the most improvements I have ever seen in an upgrade of a program. This is why I truly love open source software, and seeing what I have simply seen in this upgrade, it has convinced me that when I get a new laptop in a few weeks, it will definitely be running Ubuntu. I would definitely suggest that everyone else out there also at least try’s it out and gives it a chance, you won’t be sorry!

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