Comments on: Pitching 3.0 to an iPod Touch User

By: 148Apps

148Apps — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:25:16 +0000

Please move this conversation elsewhere. Downloading it free is considered piracy and we don't allow that on 148Apps.

Cheers,
Jeff

By: Zeke

Zeke — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:03:34 +0000

http://www.blogsdna.com/3706/how-to-update-ipod...
here you go, just follow the instructions on screen and you should be fine. It depends on your ipod touchs generation however. Good luck!

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:37:32 +0000

I live in Canada too and can't seem to find anywhere to download it free. Where did you get the update file from?

By: Killaburger

Killaburger — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:26:05 +0000

Im mad because i'm 12 and i have no way of paying for this update.

By: Mare

Mare — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:59:36 +0000

People continue to say that the iPod Touch is like a computer. I say, perhaps it is – but if Apple makes that claim, then it is not right for them to lock it. If its a computer device, I should have complete access and total control, with out jailbreaking.

I think the 9.99, is too much. Most of the functions should have been available from the start. In addition to that, its mostly patches and bug fixes.

I understand the reasoning behind the fee but I think something like 5.99 is more appropriate.

By: Zeke

Zeke — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:41:05 +0000

I cannot pay for apps because I don't own a credit card and I live in Canada. I knew that if you didn't update to 3.0, you couldn't do stuff as much anymore so I downloaded the update file for free off the internet and I installed it. I must say, I didn't think it was worth $10 for me. I was fine with 2.2.1 but then I found out you can now use street view on ipod touch and I had always wanted that. Still, don't pay, download it from the internet, you actually get the file for safekeeping too, and, it's FREE. Why is it that I'm always get the getting that Apple is giving the iPhone everything and kinda ignoring the iPod Touch? Is it because Apple wants to get people to buy iPhones?

By: Sophia

Sophia — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:24:52 +0000

Thanks for these insightful posts I'd like to add one thought though: have you ever tried to upgrade Microsoft Windows to the latest version (be it XP, Visa or 7)? What did you pay? I think $10 gets an entirely different meaning then

However, I do fully agree that if you DON'T wish to upgrade, and have better ways to spend your money (say: 3 pints in a pub, which makes you poorer by about the same amount instantly), and you can live without new killer apps that demand os 3, than it all boils down to what you CHOOSE to do: upgrade or not.

By: Gary A Lucero

Gary A Lucero — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:19:24 +0000

Bonnie, no, I never paid to upgrade my Palm, but if I had needed to, I can assure you it wouldn't have been $10! And sometimes you are NEVER offered the upgrade on those devices. You are expected to shell out the money to buy an entirely new device if you want the latest/greatest OS.

Like you, I don't need to buy TV shows via WiFi or play peer-to-peer games, and I doubt that I'll ever spend the money to buy a bluetooth headset or ear phones (though I have looked at them!), but my device isn't subsidized by monthly cell phone fees.

Maybe for most consumers upgrading will just be a confusing question of “why do I need to spend $10?,” and maybe this relatively minor upgrade should have been free, but when I compare the $230 I spent for my 2nd generation 8GB iPod Touch to what an iPod Nano or similar MP3 player costs, and what I can do with it compared to all similarly priced devices, it's all a bargain.

I don't own an iPod Touch because it's the greatest device ever made. I don't even buy into Apple's argument that touch screens are the best thing in the world. I think the iPhone platform is a very flawed one, but it still offers the best value compared to Windows Mobile, all of the various MP3 players, or netbooks.

It's an incredible device and $10 to bring it up to date is very reasonable even if I don't need/want all of the changes that update brings.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:08:33 +0000

I don't know. I'm not so sure that I would have paid $10 if it wasn't for the games that are going to come out–copy and paste is well and fine, but I don't need to buy TV shows via WiFi, I don't have friends around me for peer-to-peer, I don't care about bluetooth stereo, I personally prefer the portrait keyboard, and I rarely need the search feature…a lot of these updates appeal to some people, but not all. And remember, not all of the updates are available for the iPod; I honestly don't care about picture MMS! ;P I suppose my point was that the iPod was a fine device prior to OS 3.0, which makes the update a purchase to be debated and considered rather than a necessity.

I agree that we're spoiled by 99c apps, but I don't have any experience with WiMo phones or the Palm marketplace. I've never owned a device where I had to pay for an OS upgrade, except for my laptop…and I was happily running XP until my old one died, and I was forced to switch to Vista. Did you ever pay for an OS upgrade on a Palm?

At the end of the day, though, you're right; $10 isn't a huge amount. If anything, it probably shows that the iPod Touch is closer to a computer than to a normal gaming device.

By: Gary A Lucero

Gary A Lucero — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:46:03 +0000

There are some compelling enhancements in 3.0, including new podcast features in iTunes, copy/paste, integrated search, note syncing (for Mac anyway), the in-app store, and more, but what about OS 3.0 exclusive content? How are you going to play a game or app that was compiled to run ONLY on 3.0? Without paying $10, you are not.

We are spoiled by 99 cent apps and if people had spent time on Palm or Windows Mobile devices, where games are routinely $20 and productivity apps are $80 or more, you'd appreciate paying ONLY $10 for an OS upgrade.