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- SPeedY_B, on 10/10/2007, -3/+220Dugg, if only for the cheerios.
- gadgetuk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+150Ha ha! Dumbest engadget reader ever?
"Dias @ Sep 14th 2007 3:58AM
Bluetooth is useless anyway without microphone." - mescad, on 10/10/2007, -1/+106I wonder why they didn't go with the obvious choice of Apple Jacks.
- jads, on 10/10/2007, -3/+73I doubt it has disabled bluetooth. The X probably means no bluetooth found. The diag software may be similar to the one used on the iPhone.
If a device is using a wireless radio signal - disabled or not - doesn't it have to show this legally? - kashem, on 10/10/2007, -1/+51It's Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right A B Start. Everybody knows that.
- philippbock, on 10/10/2007, -3/+45Yeah, looks like it doesn’t come with a battery, either …
- firepowered, on 10/10/2007, -1/+41I'm pretty sure there must be some combo of buttons to press , eh i mean touch, to get into diagnostic mode.
Like my ipod video, i just hold select and menu to get there.. - CovardeAnonimo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+30this whole "touch has bluetooth but it's disabled" stuff is plain wishfull thinking.
my notebook came with linux pre-installed, it has no bluetooth hardware, but mandriva came with all the bluetooth software right there on the menu. i just installed mac os X on my desktop, it has drivers for apple's airport card even thought i don't have such hardware.
the bluetooth icon on this touch only means it's the same software build as the one in the iphone, just the bluetooth hardware isn't there. the software stack will just take a few kB of flash space for nothing, just like the bluetooth apps in my notebook or the airport drivers in my hackintosh. - gavroche, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26I'm blind
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22It does already have Wifi, though.
- fxspec06, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21Will people stop using this joke? It's already old.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14The software shown could be a carry-over also. Ie: the Bluetooth icon shows it's not working, because there IS NO BLUETOOTH HARDWARE.
- Urusai, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Dugg down for ending with "More after the break." for two reasons: there was no "more", and there was no "break".
- samuelcotterall, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14I'm with you on this theory, although, I'm sure the iPhone diagnosis software would have "Microphone" and "3G" or whatever it uses.
- PhireN, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12We are talking about the ipod touch here, not the iphone.
- HAKdragon, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13Considering the iPod touch displays full screen photos, this would be extremely easy to fake.
- m3mn0n, on 10/10/2007, -6/+17I see what they did there.
- JoeDiggsIt, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11I dunno why, but you're avatar makes it all the better.
- DaleoftheUK, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Cool temp sensor and maybe bluetooth. Not going to be convinced until someone takes it apart and shows it has bluetooth.
- triskele, on 10/10/2007, -4/+13I'm not sure if kids today even knows what Apple Jacks are. I don't remember seeing them in grocery stores recently, but it's not like I've been looking for 'em. Besides when was the last time you saw an Apple Jacks commercial?
- DanH, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10depends on how much you watch childen's cartoons.
- DanITman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Ummm....yes it is.
- bkemper, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Oh, it has one, but Apple disabled it. That is what this article asserts a red X means. Supposedly they went to the trouble of squeezing the bluetooth hardware into this slim little package, adding to the manufacturing cost, and then decided they really don't want it to do anything.
- thekms, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11Improper usage, shame on you sir.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Isn't WiFi radio? Is there a warning for that? They could satisfy the FCC requirement with the enable process.
- MikeXpop, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10Because they don't taste like apples!
- toast1226, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8To me it'd be stupid to assume that it could even possibly have bluetooth built-in but just disabled -- why? Because it is going to cost them more per unit to make. And why add something that won't even be usable into the final build?
- SoCalMario, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Ok then someone needs to open up the touch dammit!!! you all did it for the iphone!! I demand answers....NOW!!!!
- REBELinBLUE, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7That is the iPhone not the iPod Touch
- snarkleclackers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Other than being old, he didn't even use it right...
- kriminalintent, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6what would be killer is if you could use the wifi to connect to your shared itunes library, so then your could connect to your whole Music collection from your handheld when at home.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8nobody ever claimed your PDA ran windows xp. it runs windows mobile, which may or may not share some windows code. Apple said that the underlying code is straight from OS X, which is true. They just changed the graphical shell and optimized it for running on a portable device. You know, an operating system is a lot more than just how it looks.
It's not BS just because you're a noob. - psyon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Within the last month or so. They are in stores here in Iowa still.
- robogobo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7so what are they going to do, in a year they'll say, "hey, by the way you had bt all along. hehehe, aren't we cute?" I don't think so. If you don't have bt hardware in a computer running OS X, you'll see the same indication that no bt is found.
- defectDS, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5*Jingle* Here I come, I'm the Cinni-man!
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Maybe they are waiting for leopard before they release the bluetooth.. and hopefully they will then support stereo bluetooth on MacBook's too.
- Nxt471, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5"Note that clicking on the Bluetooth icon brings up an empty screen which reads "nothing to see here.""
hmmmm - NeoCortex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5... B A Start. Just saying.
- 35263526, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Poor analogy. "OS X" is "Windows" in Mac terms. 2000/XP/Vista would be Panther/Tiger/Leopard etc.
Your PDA runs a version of Windows(!) CE, likely WM2003 or WM5, just as the iPhone runs a version of OS X (we just don't, AFAIK, have a specific name for it). - IEatHamburgers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Commercials are really, really targeted these days - it's hard to find a commercial for something you're not more or less expected to buy. Of course, it doesn't always work that way: I'm 17 and all I see are commercials for Countrywide refinance loans or whatever they're called. If I don't own a home why should I put up with these ridiculously repetitive commercials?
- triskele, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4This is where he's supposed to reply, "Touche, pussycat!" and run away.
For me it was the blatant camera lens that gave it away. I bet it was "iphonetakeapart" in the URL for you. - jellomizer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Or it is the same diagnostic software for the iPhone.
- ChuyMatt, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4You can apply for a waver from the FCC to include it in the documentation and not on the hardware. Do you think apple would let that crap be on their products?!
- jellomizer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It could be for the iPhone they can use the same software. They may have experimented with bluetooth in beta but didn't get the results they wanted from it.
- gaijintendo, on 10/10/2007, -6/+9The only sensible use for bluetooth on an iPod Touch is for A2DP high quality bluetooth headphones.
Apple are probably trying to make a proprietary protocol for bluetooth earphones so they can sell a lorry load of their own headphones, or license this technology. It would be a poor show on Apple's part, but it is good money making.
A2DP is the one main thing I would buy a Ipod Touch for, but for now I am willing to wait it out. - davidfilms, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yep. I've tried everything on this baby , and the "reset" button on the right doesnt work. I've even tried to zap it in iTunes. BTW, how would i go about dumping the flash. Peeps keep telling me to do it.
Any buyers? I just posted this on ebay (they kept recommending me to do this) - Sethbacca, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6Nano is great for working out, which makes it the Nano = Attract Girls iPod
- digggggggggg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Man, kids these days are missing out on everything. Today, music is crap, television is crap, and now, I realize that they're also missing out on the best damn cereal.
- mateo60, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Maybe the bluetooth is disabled at a temprature above 34.5 degrees...... Duh.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Maybe its the clicker?
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