[ale] using ipod touch or iphone with linux

[Pete Hardie]

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 01:26, Craig Button <craigb.rn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I put applications on using the app store on the touch itself and use
> anorake to put on music. It works, It does hang up sometimes but it works.
> The problem I have with the mix is that I can't get the sync in my ford to
> play the ipod music when I use the linux machine to load music on it.
>
> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
>>
>> Brian Pitts wrote:
>> > Sadly, I don't know of any free software friendly portable media players
>> > with the wow factor of an ipod touch.
>>
>> I'm going to take that back. The Archos 5 and 7  have listed system
>> requirements of
>>
>> Minimum system requirements:
>> Microsoft® Windows® Vista, XP, ME, 2000 or higher
>> MAC OS X and Linux (with Mass Storage Device Support)
>> USB 2.0 interface
>>
>> They cost more than the iPod Touch, but you get a lot more storage.
>>
>> http://www.archos.com/products/imt/index.html?country=us&lang=en
>>
>> I suppose there's also the Nokia N810 if she'll tolerate a keyboard.

For music, movies and podcasts, I've had success with gtkpod and an iPod video



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