The iPod touch has already been hacked and runs all applications that run on the iPhone, including Mail and Google maps.
Look at http://www.touchdev.net/ for details.
It is also vulnerable to a TIFF-exploit in Safari (that was the way they got in). The iPhone, too. As long as Apple hasn't fixed that with an update, every iPhone and iPod touch can theoretically taken over by code hidden in a tiny TIFF file on any website you visit on these devices.
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The iPod touch has already been hacked and runs all applications that run on the iPhone, including Mail and Google maps.
Look at http://www.touchdev.net/ for details.
It is also vulnerable to a TIFF-exploit in Safari (that was the way they got in). The iPhone, too. As long as Apple hasn't fixed that with an update, every iPhone and iPod touch can theoretically taken over by code hidden in a tiny TIFF file on any website you visit on these devices.