Hi all. Never had an iPod before and I was thinking of buying the iPod touch. I couldn't find a definitive answer on this forum so I was wondering if someone can shed light on this. Can I use a hack on the iPod touch to install a third party app so that I can write notes/ letters on the go. It doesn't have to be anything as comprehensive as Microsoft Word, but I would like to be able to write it on the iPod Touch then transfer it into an app like Word or Pages when I get home. I'm a bit of newbie on all of this so sorry if this seems like a silly question. I couldn't find answers in this forum. Thanks all!
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iPod touch Can you install a writing app (word?) on iPod Touch?
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3rd party apps can't be put on the Touch yet because no one has been able to hack it. Have patience.
Currently there are no publicly released hacks for the iPod Touch. However, I'm sure there will be fairly soon.
Thanks for the replies everyone. Just wondering: can you use the hack for iPhone on the iPod Touch? I'm asking because I think I read somewhere that they're using the same "watered-down" operating system.
That being said, should I just buy the iPod Touch now and hope that the hack and app comes out soon?
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!
That being said, should I just buy the iPod Touch now and hope that the hack and app comes out soon?
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!
On the Contacts App for the iPod touch, you can add notes by creating a contact and putting notes for it. I've used this quite often as second usage until Apple releases the Notes App.
I'm sure it would be very easy for you to get a Gmail account and then use Google Docs. Google Docs has a word processor, a spreadsheet, and they just added a powerpoint type app. The word processor was acquired by Google some time ago and used to be known as Writely. It's web based and should work in Safari since Gmail does, but I'm not 100% on that because I don't have a Touch anymore to verify.
The Google word proc let's you save your docs by exporting them as HTML, RTF, Word, OpenOffice, PDF, or text. When you export them to these formats, they are saved as downloads on your PC. You could type up your doc in Google Docs on your Touch, save it for a later D'l, get home, and export it to your PC/Mac. I hope this helps.
I don't think you can create/edit documents on Google Docs yet with the iPhone/Touch, can you? (problem with soft keyboard or something like that.)
For notes and such, the Contacts app works surprisingly good. Your notes on the Touch are synced over to your computer, and you can use groups to organize your notes (I think you need to create the groups on your Mac/PC and then they will sync over to the Touch.) Both these abilities are currently lacking in the Notes app on the iPhone.
For notes and such, the Contacts app works surprisingly good. Your notes on the Touch are synced over to your computer, and you can use groups to organize your notes (I think you need to create the groups on your Mac/PC and then they will sync over to the Touch.) Both these abilities are currently lacking in the Notes app on the iPhone.
I used Gmail on the touch to write and send emails so I assumed that Google docs would work in the same way. Crap, now I'm curious, wish I hadn't traded in my Touch for a Series 3 TiVo.
Just post a new thread and ask someone to try.
(I don't have my Touch yet, but I read it's basically read-only documents for the time being.)
(I don't have my Touch yet, but I read it's basically read-only documents for the time being.)
I don't have a Touch right now (returned my Week 37, new one on order), but it would show a fair amount of text. You can also scroll the contact page, so that you can view the entire note without having to edit it.
For a workaround, it works very well. My only complaint is having to hit 'add new field', instead of having the note field in the default list of fields. But it's just one extra click.