I have a 1st gen nano and I wonder if I can put the new nano UI on my ipod.
Some kind of hack possibly?
Some kind of hack possibly?
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iPod New UI, Old iPod
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Wyvernspirit
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adrianblaine
macrumors 65816
Chupa Chupa
macrumors G5
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Not possible.
Requests to "hack" the new iPod UI
Please, I've seen like 3-4 of these already, it is getting rather annoying, of course, you can dream of an update like that nice thread, but the "can someone hack the new ui on the old ipod xyz?" are getting old. Though I'm not a mod, and perhaps not my place to complain, I just really got tired of it.. Sorry, ranting here..
Want something kinda new? Buy a new iPod or try some iPod hacks already out, i.e. iPodLinux, etc..
Please, I've seen like 3-4 of these already, it is getting rather annoying, of course, you can dream of an update like that nice thread, but the "can someone hack the new ui on the old ipod xyz?" are getting old. Though I'm not a mod, and perhaps not my place to complain, I just really got tired of it.. Sorry, ranting here..
Want something kinda new? Buy a new iPod or try some iPod hacks already out, i.e. iPodLinux, etc..
adrianblaine
macrumors 65816
I'm pretty sure the old Nano doesn't have the processor power or the battery life to really do video at all...
If you're so sure of doing it, why don't you do it yourself 🙂
Also, there are display differences..
Also, there are display differences..
Ok, how about cover flow then? I don't want to watch video on a tiny screen anyway.
Wyvernspirit
macrumors 6502a
Different platforms. This isn't like a software update to mac OS X. The original uses nothing like Mac OS X iPod Edition while the new Nano supposedly uses a "OS X" OS. It is designed specifically for that device.
MAybe someone else can give a better technical answer.
MAybe someone else can give a better technical answer.
adrianblaine
macrumors 65816
And you want to do cover flow on that tiny screen? Doesn't make any more sense...
The iPods (pre the new one's [excluding shuffle]) used a kind of iPod OS, not OSX, the new ones IIRC use OSX..
Yeah, I was going to say...
Besides, the new iPod nanos are like what 150usd for the base model? Grab that then... It's easy..
Wyvernspirit
macrumors 6502a
The cover flow feature is part of the OS and it would need to be on the nano. I have heard, but have no first hand experience, that cover flow is SLOOOOOW on the nano. The original would not even be able to handle it. at best it would be glacial, as in a new album picture every few minutes, maybe.
SkyBell
macrumors 604
Well, the 4G's (even the monochrome ones) could do video with iPodLinux, so maybe that would work.
Wow, this is the closest I've seen a thread to an IRC channel lol. Like 5-6 replies in a minute. Just random rambling..
I seriously doubt the iPod nano or iPod classic are running OS X. I wouldn't be surprised if they were using the same hardware as the previous models, even. I think Apple has just updated the UI for the old OS.
I believe the iPhone and the iPod touch are the only iPods running OS X.
I believe the iPhone and the iPod touch are the only iPods running OS X.
Wyvernspirit
macrumors 6502a
Well, as for the hardware underneath, someone will crack one open and tell us what is different and what is the same eventually.
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