On 1/12/14, 10:48 AM, True North wrote:
On Sunday, 12 January 2014 10:57:08 UTC-4, F.O.A.D. wrote:
In my absence, the gurus at Evasi0n and saurik of Cydia himself came up

with a working untethered jailbreak and ancillary programs for the

iPhone 5S and the latest OS, so, finally, I'm able to customize my

iPhone. The customizations are mainly "tweaks" that expand upon the

features of the phones, such as adding more controls to the Control

Center and deleting the ones Apple puts in there that you might never use.



Exciting, eh?



Also, sent my 2003 vintage iPod off to a service center for a battery

replacement. 10 years off a single battery on an often-used device ain't

bad.



Update on the slighty used, holy boat shoe sale: bids are now up to

$2.73, leaving me only $3000 and change short of my goal of the purchase

price of a new Apple Mac Pro! I don't need such a powerful desktop, so

I'd only buy one with auction proceeds. Or maybe a raffle. I'm beginning

to think a raffle might work...hmmm. 1000 tickets at $5 per...hey now!


Funny you should mention the old iPod.
My wife has a 2nd generation NANO with her favourite music on it and she wanted her own alarm clock with the docking station so she could both play her music and recharge the iPod.
I already had an iHome unit that looks after my newer ipod.
Trouble is, Apple changed the connector for their devices a year or two ago so we had to scramble to get the older style.
Luck had it that the local Sears had a few Sony alarm clocks on sale for half price ($60.00) that fit the bill. I've been worried about how long her old ipod will last. I understand there is an adaptor available to bridge the new & old generation ports but I've read reports that it can be troublesome.


I've read reports of some older devices not working properly with the
adapters. I think if you are taking that route, you should try before
you buy.