2nd Generation iPod Touch Jailbreak Coming Soon

The iPhone Dev Team has just posted a hint at a jailbreak for the 2g iPod Touch. They will be calling this redsn0w(redsn0w.com) and ’should’ be released soon. Even the previous ‘hacking team’ that were expected to jailbreak the 2nd generation iPod Touch(Chronic Dev Team) confirms that redsn0w will be the first jailbreak available.

I assumed the iPhone Dev Team dropped the responsibility of releasing this just so they could concentrate on the unlock(and not get flooded with emails for the ipod jailbreak).

So far there is no ETA on when it will be released, but this announcement has to mean that they found a way in, and now they just need to package it up and do some beta testing.

Unbound Medicine Announces Download Support for iPhone(TM) and iPod(R) Touch Devices

Today, Unbound Medicine, a leader in knowledge management solutions for healthcare, announced that the Unbound(TM) Platform now supports application download to Apple(R) iPhone(TM) and iPod(R) touch devices. Adding delivery of iPhone applications to existing support for BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Palm OS devices strengthens Unbound Medicine’s position as a leading provider of point-of-care clinical information in the healthcare segment.

The first native iPhone application to become available on the Unbound Platform is Nursing Central(TM), the best-selling nursing application that provides up-to-date information on diseases, tests, drugs, and procedures. Designed to take full advantage of the iPhone’s exceptional visual and navigational support, Nursing Central also provides cross-links connecting related information and personalized bookmarking of favorite topics. Unbound’s unique interface takes full advantage of the iPhone’s outstanding internet capabilities by delivering frequent content updates, tables of contents from just-published journals, and citations and abstracts from more than 18 million medical journal articles.

“When I saw Nursing Central on my iPhone, the first thing I noticed was the elegant design of the application and how it makes the most of the capabilities of the device,” said Brent Thompson, RN, PhD, Associate Professor at West Chester University. “I was extremely comfortable navigating through the software and finding the patient care information I was looking for.”

Adding native application support for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch was a logical step in Unbound’s continued expansion into the growing smartphone marketplace.

“Although Unbound has supported the iPhone since it was launched, we are delighted to now support native applications delivered through iTunes,” said Bill Detmer, MD, president of Unbound Medicine. “By adding the iPhone to the long list of devices supported by the Unbound Platform, we can help busy health professionals answer questions that arise during the course of patient care and also stay abreast of the latest developments in their fields.”

Nursing Central is the first of many iPhone applications arriving soon from Unbound Medicine. For a demonstration of Nursing Central on iPhone or to learn more about upcoming releases, visit www.unboundmedicine.com/iphone.htm.

About Unbound Medicine
Unbound Medicine, Inc. (www.unboundmedicine.com) develops next-generation knowledge management systems for healthcare. The company’s handheld, wireless, and web-based technology platform and its information architecture services provide healthcare professionals with advanced systems for acquiring, managing, and sharing knowledge.

iPod the ‘best Christmas gift ever’ (iPhone 3G comes in 38th)

What is it about the holiday season that makes retailers emit polls like burps at the company party?

I have just been assaulted by a profoundly scientific effort, stimulated by cashback.co.uk, the “site that pays you to shop.” (which seems less of a point of difference now than in other holiday seasons, as every retailer seems only too delighted to pay you to shop this year.)

I have not been able to find out just who the respondents were, but can only assume they were among the folks who earn $10 every time they introduce a friend to the cashback.co.uk family.

Whoever they were, they were united in their belief that the iPod would have been the chosen gift of the Three Wise Men. A spokesperson for the site told The Daily Telegraph: “The iPod has really taken the world by storm and is an ideal present for anyone of any age.” Well, for anyone of the 150 million or so who doesn’t already have one, perhaps.

Still, as humanity teeters on the curb of Destruction Drive, wondering whether to step into the middle of the road in order to be struck lifeless by reality, one really does wonder just what resides in these respondents’ minds.

Because the second-best Christmas gift ever is, apparently, diamond earrings. The third is the quite indefatigably entertaining Wii. While the iPhone 3G languishes in some considerable pain and disillusionment at No 38.

What might these wise and thoughtful respondents have possibly imagined could be better than an iPhone 3G?

Well, at No. 30 they chose a Grease DVD. Which some might find a little “Travolting.” Especially as No. 31 was a boxed set of 24.

But this travesty of intelligence and sensitivity is trumped into nanosignificance by the choice, at No. 18, of slippers.

Most will not be surprised that Barbie, having shaken off some difficult associations with Pamela Anderson and the spouses of certain politicians, stood rock solid at No. 10. However, the presence of pajamas at No. 33 might leave some wanting to disappear beneath their comforters until the End of Days.

And will anyone not feel involuntary spasms when discovering that following closely on the clasps of choice number 4–Tiffany earrings–as the gift that says “I love you” without the “I’d bankrupt myself for you”–a box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates?

In case you still had lingering doubts that the respondents to this survey might have been either imbibing considerable amounts of Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur (yes, No. 23) or the bored inhabitants of an institution for those of indeterminate mind, might I direct you to No. 34?

Yes, four places above one of the most dazzling phones ever created, was that essential, exciting, heartfelt, 34th best Christmas gift ever–a bottle of de-icer.

All is not lost, though. The iPhone was 3 places above the Footspa.