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Porting Linux to the iPod (O'ReillyNet)
O'ReillyNet interviews
Bernard Leach about porting Linux to Apple's iPod. "The port
uses uClinux, a Linux flavor designed for devices that lack a memory
management unit (MMU). While the iPod has some MMU-type capabilities, they
are not sufficient to support the Linux kernel. The code is released under
the GNU General Public license."
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Useful applications Posted Sep 26, 2003 18:39 UTC (Fri) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link] This makes the iPod into an iPod-shaped computer.I'm compiling a list of things that a reprogrammed but otherwise unmodified iPod might be good for (beyond just playing Ogg files). Please post your ideas here.
Useful applications Posted Sep 26, 2003 18:51 UTC (Fri) by jwb (guest, #15467) [Link] For one thing you could just replicate the iPod functionality with one addition: iPod-to-iPod transfers via FW. You could easily shoot music to and from your friends' iPods that way.This would work even if your friends' iPods are not running Linux. A Linux iPod could enslave a regular iPod and fiddle with its filesystem. mmm
Recorder Posted Sep 26, 2003 20:36 UTC (Fri) by jamienk (subscriber, #1144) [Link] It would be great if you could plug in a FireWire Microphone (do they exist?) and get a gui for controlling levels and recording. Then the iPod could replace professional devices for doing radio interviews, recording concerts, etc...
Recorder Posted Sep 26, 2003 23:01 UTC (Fri) by Shewmaker (subscriber, #1126) [Link] There is Apple's iSight, a firewire camera and microphone. The iPod's processor could probably handle the audio, but I wonder if it could handle recording video?
Recorder Posted Sep 30, 2003 16:31 UTC (Tue) by jsebrech (guest, #11709) [Link] The 3rd gen ipod will take a microphone in the headphone jack, and you can in fact record a few seconds of sound that way. No need to mess with firewire. I expect Apple will eventually release dictation features for the ipod, since it's just a matter of software.
Recorder Posted Feb 4, 2004 6:26 UTC (Wed) by JESUS_FR3AK (guest, #19198) [Link] Actually, griffin will soon be releasing iTalk (http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/italk/) for the 3rd gen iPods that will.... well, check out the site
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