My iPod Touch and iPhone used to be on 2.0 firmware and it works great with my third party video out cable which I got for 10 bucks online. The video cable ceased to work after I upgraded to 3.0 and subsequently 3.1.2 as it keeps prompting “This accessory is not made to work with iPhone” whenever I try to play a video file.

Good news if your iPod Touch or iPhone is jailbroken – a patched iapd file solves the problem. Backup-ed the original iapd file in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IAP.framework/Support. Put in the patched iapd, set its permission to 755 and reboot. Viola! Cheap 3rd party cable is working again!

Bought a 3.5mm stereo audio extension cable with built-in microphone online to test if mic input works on the iPod Touch (2G). I’m surprised that it works! Imagine making Skype calls on the iPod Touch 2G.

Okie, there isn’t much value in making Skype calls on the iPod Touch 2G. It only makes me a iPhone wannabe. I can’t get a iPhone due to work. But the voice input is useful if I wanna make voice memos for my ToDo! I am using an application from Toodledo to manage all my tasks. How I wish Google come out with task synchronization soon then I will fully rely on Google Calendar!

Some of my friends know that I am using Google Calendar as my sync point. My rainlendar is synchronized with Google Calendar (both ways through the use of GCalDaemon). My E51 is also synchronized with Google Calendar through GooSync. My iPod Touch is also synchonized through Exchange services! Woot! Calendar entries are displayed on my iPod Touch mainscreen through the use of IntelliScreen!