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Ever since the iPhone SDK rollout people have been wondering just how powerful a gaming platform the iPhone will turn out to be. We saw some impressive demos at the rollout event and, the ARM processor powering the iPhone and iPod touch runs at nearly twice the clockspeed of the Sony PSP. But what of 3D hardware? How deftly can Apple’s new mobile platform push the polygons?

Based on the recently demonstrated port of id’s Quake 3 to the iPod touch, the answer is: rather deftly, indeed. And as for control, the integrated accelerometers seem rather up to the challenge of delivering precise control to this classic first-person shooter.

Have a look at the demonstration video. It’s a fluid framerate throughout which says much about just what the iPhone platform will offer game developers and game players, alike.

Fabrizio La Rosa has released iSynCal 6.0, an application that allows the syncing of iCal calendars between multiple Macs (using Apple File Sharing), multiple users on the same Mac, and between a Mac and an iPod. This removes the need for a .mac account to perform iCal syncing. iSynCal requires Mac OS X v10.3 or higher and iCal v1.5 or higher.

New in this release:

• Now fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard”
• Dropped support for 10.3. Mac OS X 10.4 or later is now required, but iSynCal can still sync calendars between a Mac running 10.4 or 10.5 and another running 10.3 or 10.2.
• # Smart Sync also synchronize calendars deletions (a new option is available in the sync Options drawer)
• Many other “under the hood” code changes and optiomizations

Credit goes to “The Lone Stag” for these instructions:

1. Restore your iPod to firmware 1.1.4
   • Plug in your iPod and run iTunes.
   • When your iPod shows up in iTunes, click the restore button
     • This will erase everything on your iPod, but you can sync it later
   • Do not restore from a backup
2. Download ZiPhone
   • Download ZiPhone
   • Click on the downloaded file and let it install
   • If it doesn’t install, you need to download and install this .net microsoft file
3. Run ZiPhone
   • With your plugged in iPod and ZiPhone running, click Jailbreak (the second action)
   • Wait a minute, and your iPod will be jailbroken with installer on your home screen.
4. Get it Running
   • In installer, go to the Install tab, click all packages, and install BSD Subsystem
   • To get the January apps, go to the sources tab and click edit, and add http://ipodtouchmaster.com/files/repo.xml
   • In the Install tab, go to iPhone 1.1.4 Applications and install iPhone 1.1.4 Apps
   • Add the source
   • In Installer, go to Install, All Packages, then install BossTool
   • Once installed, click home and let the iPod refresh
   • Click BossTools, Free Disk Space, then Relocate Fonts
   • You can then uninstall BossTool in Installer in the Uninstall tab
5. You are done
   • Sync with iTunes and enjoy your Touching
   • Keep reading ipodtouchhacks.com to see what the next steps are and what you can actually do now with your hacked device.