What's New In Ipod 2.0 Update
The Apple App Store may be the most obvious addition to the recent iPod touch v2.0 software update,but the firmware update also also introduce some less obvious ( but welcome ) tweaks to the existing applications.
Search able Contact .
People with hundreds of contacts will be happy to know that with v2.0 the contact list is now search able by just typing in the first few letters of person's name.
Multi-language support / input
With Global introduction of the iPhone 3G, the iPode also benefits from the multilanguage support built in to the new v2.0 software.
While there is the more conventional Pinyin method input, Aple has also added pretty coll handwriting feature where we can just use our finger to write out.
Scientific Calculator
Ipod has gained an update calculator. The same old calculator ( but with a slightly update button designed ) still exist when you hold the iPod in portrait mode.However,
if we turn it to landscape mode, the calculator automatically turns into a full-fledged scientific calculator with everything you'd expect .
Rotating Video
For previous firmware,When we launched a Quicktime video from a link in the Safari browser,it will open the built-in video player for you. Video opened in this manner could rotate to follow your screen orientation,but strangely enough, for video stored on the iPod,the auto-rotate was not available. v2.0 solves this quirk and cow videos will rotate to follow the two possible landscape orientation.
More than .com
As we probably know, the iPod touch's software Qwerty keyboard changes it's layout slightly depending on what application you have open at the time.For example, we get an extra".com" button when we select the address bar in safari.
v2.0 of the keyboard is slightly enhanced. While the ".com" button is still there, if we we hold it down for about 2 seconds, a new pop-up will appear with all the popular suffixes,namely".net", "org" and "edu."
Saving Images
When we are talking about safari, the browser itself has a few little tweaks, most important of which is the ability to save images from the web. To do this, all we have to do is tap and hold on photo for a couple of seconds,after which menu we pop up prompting you to save image.
Screenshots
A little less useful for the normal consumer but very useful for reviewers and software developers is the ability to take screenshots right on the iPod itself. To do this, all we have to do is hold down the Home button and while holding it down,quickly press the power button on top of the iPod.This will take a screenshot and save it as a PNG file into a special folder called saved Photos,which is the sane folder for images saved from Safari.