Adapt Your Apple

Venturing into the land of computer programming is a risky move.  Yet so many people are doing it, what with the new Ipods and all sorts of mod-able devices.  My good friend recently acquired a brand new Ipod Touch.  After toying with it and marveling over its beautiful touch screen for about a week, he decided he needed more.  So, enter our resident hacker, we will call him ‘Gregor’.  He discovers software that, once downloaded to your Touch, allows anything to be put on it.  All sorts of applications, games, anything.  He has even been known to make the Ipod walk his dog.  With all these hacks getting crazier and crazier, more people are wanting in.  Gregor has had more business lately than ever, showing people how this works.  If you aren’t careful, I wouldn’t be surprised if you you end up with  a bigger problem on (in) your hands.  As the application creaters get better and better, they also come up with great games, such as Chuzzle.  Chuzzle is a game with fuzz balls of different colors which must be put in rows.  Tetrominoes, a Tetris knock-off, is also a rather good game.  There all sound great, right?  Makes you want to go run out and buy a $400 Ipod Touch?  Ok, but consider that with all the new hacks and software comes a few issues.  1. If it screws up your Ipod, you are screwed.  2. Something tells me that overriding Apple’s software with the other guy’s software somehow voids the warranty (it does).  When things void their warranties, generally the company won’t take them back and fix them once you’ve dropped them out your window, or some other equally bad thing.  So, remember that before you call Gregor.