[kesFockplek]

This takes the mickey doesn't it? Apparently Apple are going to charge iPod touch users £13 ( $20 ) to update their player to the latest version. It gives the following:

For a fee of $20, your iPod touch will now be equipped with a full-fledged Mail program, as well as a Maps feature that will grab your currently location using Wi-Fi triangulation. Other goodies that get bundled in with the update include web clips, stock quotes, weather information, and even the coolest app of them all, Notes. http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/337/C14325/





The kick is that if you buy a new one today, its free!

[Fegasderty]

yes its bull crap


I'll stick to my jailbroken ipod

[darieBarexish]

Way to spit on the loyal fans who adopted early.

[Green_Monkey23]

Way to spit on the loyal fans who adopted early.

I think its fake, or is there some update which is different from the recent iTouch update. My friend updated his iTouch and seems to have gotten all those programs. And I know he didn't jail break it.

Me, I got the phone so I already had them. The new update seems to have fixed the safari crash bug for me.

[SoOW2LeA]

I think its fake, or is there some update which is different from the recent iTouch update. My friend updated his iTouch and seems to have gotten all those programs. And I know he didn't jail break it.

Me, I got the phone so I already had them. The new update seems to have fixed the safari crash bug for me.

No, it's not fake. This was announced at the Macworld keynote thing the other day. A couple people here on FM paid to have theirs upgraded, too.

[indartwm]

No, it's not fake. This was announced at the Macworld keynote thing the other day. A couple people here on FM paid to have theirs upgraded, too.

God, talk about pathetic. If i had something like that, and was told to PAY to get fixes like that... Apple would find an iPod strapped to a brick flying through their window....[thumbdown]

[ImapFidaarram]

Yeah... I've got a touch & think it's rediculous they are charging early adopters for the software update, while not charging people who purchase a new one now.

If people purchasing a new one had to pay extra to get the update, then that would be fair.

But best would be to just make it a free update to us early adopters!

[Grewlybreekly]

I'd call it more of an add-on than an update. And while it is kinda BS, think of is this way. If you buy, say a notebook, and then 2 months later the bundled software is expanded, should you be entitled to the new software?

[soSldI4i]

After all the stuff Apple has pulled with products, I don't know why anyone would adopt a product early Even though they tried to make good with the iPhone, it was kinda sleazy to do. [thumbdown]

[SusanSazzios]

Ya, there is a $20 discount for iPods still in stock that don't already have the new firmware. The software update is because the iPod isn't a subscription plan. The iPhone gets free updates because Apple gets around $240 for every iPhone user just from the 2 years with AT&T. That helps cover the development cost of updates. Since the iPod Touch wasn't really a bug fix but more a "extra features", kind of like buyings games except apps there was a price put on it. I'm sure if there are bug fixes they'll be released for free.

[Cvo1iRT0]

I'd never have expected such a thing from Apple, just as I was thinking of buying an iTouch
Oh well, gonna stick with my M33 PSP Slim for a while longer then

[SusanSazzios]

I'd never have expected such a thing from Apple, just as I was thinking of buying an iTouch
Oh well, gonna stick with my M33 PSP Slim for a while longer then

Ya, Apple probably should have released all the games on the 5.5Gen iPod for free too...

I'm sure all the Apps for the iPhone when the SDK is out will be free, they'll just have to be!

[greeferweq]

Looks at Zune....notes MS completely supports LAST years old ass ugly model even though it is on clearance racks by offering a complete firmware overhaul to the new Zune 2.0 interface (wireless syncing, podcasts, etc)....

Looks at iPod already dominating all..and sees Apple shaft those people on the CURRENT model.

I am sorry that is some WEAK ass crap. Charging for a firmware update is absurd. I can't think of anything else that does.

Wow are you sure this isn't fake? Seems fake.

[SoOW2LeA]

Wow are you sure this isn't fake? Seems fake.

NO IT'S NOT FAKE!

Sorry, I just hate repeating myself.[rofl]

http://www.cnet.com.au/mp3players/mp...9285170,00.htm

At the keynote of the Macworld conference in San Francisco this week, Steve Jobs announced that a number of new and existing features present in the iPhone would be made available to owners of the very similar iPod Touch.
Specifically, the Mail, Maps, Stocks, Notes and Weather applications will be available to Aussies as a software download for the iPod Touch from tomorrow, according to Apple Australia representatives.
Predictably -- and as happens often at Macworld keynotes -- the crowd went wild. Then he announced the price point -- US$20 (AU$24.99 according to Apple Australia representatives) ... and the crowd went mild. Nobody was quite brave enough to boo outright, but it was pretty clear that a thousand or so brains were all thinking the same thing -- "they want HOW much"? I hope that settles it once and for all!![xmascandle]

[SusanSazzios]

Looks at Zune....notes MS completely supports LAST years old ass ugly model even though it is on clearance racks by offering a complete firmware overhaul to the new Zune 2.0 interface (wireless syncing, podcasts, etc)....

Looks at iPod already dominating all..and sees Apple shaft those people on the CURRENT model.

I am sorry that is some WEAK ass crap. Charging for a firmware update is absurd. I can't think of anything else that does.

Wow are you sure this isn't fake? Seems fake.

It's not actually a firmware update though! That's what people don't understand, it's not that they fixed some bugs, improved the battery life, added support for Vista 64bit or something and then tried to charge for it. This is BUYING new APPS! The iPod works perfectly fine without weather or maps and when something does need updated for a new OS or to improve battery life they're not going to charge. However, when they write a new app that lets people translate words into another language or something then yes, they might bundle it with a few others and charge.

Hell, haven't Palm and everyone else been charging for Pocket PC and Palm apps for like... years? Maybe most of those just come from 3rd party developers and everyone's freaking out since Apple DOES develop for their own products...

[samanthalueus]

it's still ripping your customers off and teaching them not to buy a product at release (I doubt many will learn that tough)

Nowadays it seems that being to first to buy a product is a sure way to get screwed (Dell Monitors with different revision, buggy games, buggy CPUs, buggy motherboards).

[SeLvesTr]

Are they high? Or they know their costumer will be stupid enough to pay for it anyway.

[gvataler]

Am I the only person who thinks £13 is bloody good value for having the maps application alone?

At the end of the day, you bought the Ipod knowing it didn't have these features.

You now have an OPTION to upgrade to get further usability out of your already bought ipod.

Sure it;s a little crap new Ipods get this for free but you willingly bought the ipod orignially knowing what it could or couldn't do.

I really don't see what all the fuss is about.

[WFSdZuP3]

Are they high? Or they know their costumer will be stupid enough to pay for it anyway.

Probably both

[RLRWai4B]

I already have those with my Jail Broken touch, and now they want to charge? LOLOL