Joseph asks…
iPod Touch information?
Here Is iPod Touch Information
The iPod Touch is a portable media player and Wi-Fi mobile platform designed and marketed by Apple Co. The product was launched on September 5, 2007 through an event called The Beat Goes On.[1] The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line and is available with 8, 16, or 32 GB of flash memory. It includes Apple’s Safari web browser and is the first iPod with wireless access to the iTunes Store. With a software update, which is sold by Apple, it also has access to Apple’s App Store.[2] The second generation iPod Touch, featuring external volume controls, a built-in speaker, a contoured back and built-in Nike+ support, was unveiled on September 9, 2008 at the Let’s Rock keynote presentation.
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* 1 Description
* 2 Requirements
* 3 Models
* 4 Third-party applications
* 5 Comparisons to the iPhone
* 6 Criticism
* 7 Specifications
* 8 Timeline of full-size iPod models
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 External links
[edit] Description
For more details on this topic, see iPhone OS version history.
The iPod touch has the iPhone’s multi-touch interface, with a physical home button off the touch screen. The home screen has a list of buttons for the available applications. All iPod touch models have included the applications Music, Videos, and Photos (collectively duplicating the standard functions of the iPod Classic), iTunes (providing access to the Wi-Fi Music Store), Safari, YouTube, Calendar, Contacts, Clock, Calculator, and Settings. Later models added Mail (accessing POP/IMAP/SMTP e-mail), Maps, Stocks, Notes, and Weather,[3] which could also be added to the earlier models with the purchase of a $20 software upgrade. Direct links to web sites can be added to the home screen by the user (called “Web Clips”).
On July 11, 2008 the iPhone 2.0 software was released for the iPod Touch for $9.95. The update allowed 1st generation iPod touches to access the App Store, download third party applications, in addition to a host of minor “fixes”. There is now the 2nd generation iPod touches from $229.00.
[edit] Requirements
As supplied new, the iPod Touch needs a connection to a computer for initial configuration.[4] Officially, Apple requires iTunes to be installed on either a Mac OS X or Windows operating system based computer for configuring the iPod Touch. On either operating system, the iPod Touch must be connected through a USB port.[5] The first time the iPod Touch is turned on, a “connect cable to iTunes” graphic will be displayed continuously until the iPod Touch is connected to a computer running iTunes.[6]
To use the iPod Touch for buying products at the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store via Wi-Fi, an iTunes Store account must be created in iTunes and the account details then entered into the iPod.[7]
Apple states that the following is required for the iPod Touch:[5]
* A computer running either:
o Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later
o Microsoft Windows XP with SP2 or later, or Vista (32 or 64-bit versions)[8]
* iTunes 8.0 (with the 2.1 iPhone OS update) or 7.6 for iPhone OS 2.0.x or earlier
* Available USB 2.0 port
[edit] Models
Generation Capacity Color Connection (for syncing) Original release date Minimum OS to sync Rated battery life (hours)
First 8 GB Black USB 2.0 (FireWire for charging only) 5 September 2007 Mac: 10.4.10
Windows: XP SP2 audio: 22
video: 5
16 GB
32 GB 5 February 2008
Second 8 GB Black USB 2.0 only [9] 9 September 2008 Mac: 10.4.10
Windows: XP SP3 audio: 36
video: 6
16 GB
32 GB
The iPod touch is equipped with Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, and, like the iPhone, includes the Safari browser and a viewing client for YouTube. The device’s Wi-Fi capabilities can also be used to buy music from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store. The iPod touch 2.0 Software Update supports WPA2 Enterprise with 802.1X authentication.[10]
[edit] Third-party applications
Jailbroken first generation iPod Touch, running firmware version 1.1.1.
Shortly after the iPod Touch was released (firmware release 1.1.1), hackers were able to “jailbreak” the device through a TIFF exploit. The resulting application, “Installer.app”, enabled the user to download a selection of unofficial third-party programs. Some of these give the user more control over the iPod Touch than is officially available, and also makes it work on Linux operating systems. Firmware versions 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1, and 2.2[11] can also be jailbroken. Only first generation iPods could be jailbroken, since the newest generation has a different processor. Servicing an iPod Touch after jailbreaking or other modifications made by unofficial means is not covered by Apple’s warranty.
A software development kit (SDK) was officially announced on March 6, 2008, at an Apple Town Hall meeting.[12] The iPhone SDK allows developers to
Justin answers:
Um… Whats your question???
Ken asks…
Help with economic crisis?
i need to do an oral presentation(1 min) on the similarities and differeces between todays economic crisis and the great depression.
i have some facts but they are too technical and i dont understand them. can u make this simpler so i can talk about this in fron of the class??
Both stared with the breaking of a bubble causing a large fall in the prices assets that were used to secure bank loans. (1929 stocks-now houses). This caused the financial system to have trouble because many loan defaulted causing banks to become insolvent.
In 1929 we were on the gold standard and so the fed could not create new money and the prevailing economic theory was that markets were self correcting, so the government did not intervene until the real economy had deteriorated substantially
In 2008 the fed and the government responded to the crisis when the banks started having trouble and did not wait until it had effected the real economy. It is hoped this early intervention will prevent the economy getting any worse than it did by 1930 and growth will resume sometime this year,
There have been banking panics in both which have reduced the flow of debt, making the output decline worse.
In the great depression conditions spread from America to the rest of the world because countries were on the gold standard, so their currencies were all tied to each other through the distribution of gold reserves.
In the current crisis most countries have floating currencies, but the problem spread from America to the rest of the world through an increased level of globalisation and decreased capital flow restrictions. This means that countries rely more on exports to other countries, and that it is easier for countries to hold investments in other countries. So when things turn around in one country they spread more easily to other countries.
Justin answers:
With respect to the current situation, you have it mostly right – only the last paragraph needs to be fixed. For the Great Depression, there are a number of errors:
1. While we were on the gold standard at the time, that was not a reason that the Fed could not create additional money. And Milton Friedman has argued the Fed could have prevented the Great Depression by creating additional money.
Http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/was-the-great-depression-a-monetary-phenomenon/
That they didn’t may have been because of your “markets are self-correcting” argument or for some other reason.
2. Being on the gold standard did not contribute to the spread of the Depression. The single biggest factor was the Smoot-Hawley tariff:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot-Hawley_Tariff_Act
But even then, the U.S. Was the world’s largest economy and international trade was much more important to other economies than to the U.S. So when the U.S. Stopped buying, everyone was badly hurt.
3. Increased capital flows and decreased flow restrictions are not significant here. European capitalists were investing in the U.S. From the very beginning. They were the primary financiers of the American railroads, etc.
It is the developing countries that tend to have capital flow restrictions. It does mean that as they have relaxed their restrictions, they are more vulnerable to people pulling money out, but that hasn’t been the primary problem with the current global recession. (It was a factor in the Asian Bank Crisis of the late 90’s)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Asian_Financial_Crisis
http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~drodrik/G24Pangestu.pdf
The biggest difference is that this time we know how bad things can get so we are trying very hard not to let them get that bad. One effort you mentioned (that wasn’t very effective) was the Fed letting interest rates drop to essentially 0.
Stimulating the economy with fiscal measures (deficit spending, spending on infrastructure, etc.) and attempts to make the banks solvent enough to start lending are other efforts.
And, of course, we know what didn’t work well last time, so we can hope that we won’t repeat their mistakes so our mistakes this time will be new ones.
The other big difference is that because of the Great Depression, we now have something of a “safety net” – unemployment insurance, fod stamps, etc. – so that even for those that lose their jobs, things aren’t as bad as they were back then.
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