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Make a touch screen interface from an old Palm PDA...

This is a great, use an old Palm to control your PC's music. JT writes "After using several mp3 player thin-clients and other Palm-based Winamp interfaces, I decided to write my own. Basic requirements: Must not require using (and losing) a stylus - Edits playlist order with a single touch/drag - Direct searching Winamp media library and server directory browsing." Link.

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Posted by: Yorgle on December 9, 2005 at 1:16 PM

Anyone gotten anything like this to work with iTunes on Windows?

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Posted by: Yorgle on December 9, 2005 at 1:17 PM

Anyone gotten anything like this to work with iTunes on Windows?

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Posted by: shanemccallum on December 9, 2005 at 1:40 PM

Wonderful, I have been thinking about making something like this for a long time but never got around to doing it. Now if only I had a small fanless windows box.... :p

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Posted by: shanemccallum on December 9, 2005 at 1:41 PM

Wonderful, I have been thinking about making something like this for a long time but never got around to doing it. Now if only I had a small fanless windows box.... :p

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Posted by: jkotrub on December 12, 2005 at 5:52 PM

This is so cool! Now to only find my serial cradel.

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Posted by: JTSystem on February 16, 2006 at 10:17 AM

TouchAmp's GPL'd source code is available for download at http://www.jtsystem.ca/touchamp.htm.

I'd be delighted if some skilled developers contributed to this project. Some popular feature requests have been: USB/Bluetooth/Wifi connectivity for more recent Palm PDAs.

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