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Is It Right? Charge Apple iPod Touch users for 2.0 update

By: Daniel Chubb | July 11, 2008 | 14 Comments

Charge Apple iPod Touch users

The users of the Apple iPod Touch have known for a while they will have to pay for the iPod Touch 2.0 firmware update, but is it really right to charge for this update, especially for what it includes.

Apple are charging iPod Touch users for an update that essentially allows users to buy Apps from the iTunes store, with that in mind do you think its right?

Although these iPod Touch owners will get a lot more than just support to buy applications from the new app store, it will still be in many Touch owners minds that this update could be made free.

Do you think that Apple should have made this iPod Touch firmware free?

Currently we do not have a time when this new firmware will be Official available, although as soon as the iPod Touch 2.0 update is available for download we will let you know so keep an eye on our homepage.

Last week some users had updated their firmware to version 2.0 but this was an unofficial update that we are led to believe was not finished.

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  • http://blog.jdavis.info Josh

    Apple has a link on their website to buy the update, unfortunately when clicking on said link it produces a message say “The store is temporarily unavailable.”

  • Slippy Sloppy

    It’s a disgrace. The iPod Touch isn’t exactly cheap and charging for upgrades is a bad precedent. The upgrade is downloaded to the iPod, along with the standard security updates etc. with the user having to pay to unlock it. Considering the main purpose of the update is to allow the ability to add paid for apps to the iPod, it seems like Apple could be shooting themselves in the foot.

  • bubbles

    I’ve tried to update mine to 2.0 but it said the store was down. Tried it a few minutes later, and the iPod is apparently “up to date” again at 1.1.4… Looks like Apple fucked something up…

  • Slippy Sloppy

    I don’t think it’s released yet.

  • http://blog.jdavis.info Josh

    Yeah, that’s what MacRumors says.

  • Slippy Sloppy

    According to Mac rumours, update 2 buyers get the January update for free. Fine for them but what about those who paid for the Jan update, I assume they won’t get this one for free. Again, it’s a disgrace.

  • http://blog.jdavis.info Josh

    And the Jan update was $20 too.

  • Bob

    It’s always nice to get something free, but how many other products do you get major improvements for for free? Be happy with your beautiful iPod Touch and if you want to enhance it, buy an upgrade. At least you don’t have to buy a whole new iPod, as in the past.

    Does Apple do everything exactly as we’d like? No, but imagine a world where Apple didn’t exist. We’d still be using a command line interface. Remember, it’s a business, not a charity. Lucky for us, it produces some amazing products.

  • Dr Millmoss

    A pretty silly question, poorly phrased, if you ask me. The reason why this is happening isn’t even mentioned. Apple has already represented that (at least in their opinion) they must charge something for this update to avoid getting themselves into Sarbanes-Oxley accounting disclosure issues. Are their bean counters right or are they being too cautious? I don’t know, but I certainly haven’t heard anyone with any real knowledge of the law dispute this claim with anything approaching authority — just a whole lot of people griping that it’s “wrong,” as if charging for software is immoral or some such thing. This article seems to be designed to perpetuate this misconception.

  • Kevin Durning

    I just paid for an update to my iPod Touch, just to get email and weather apps. Now another one? I always felt the ipod touch should have come with the email facility in the first place. The iPhone did, and it is virtually the same machine.

    I really don’t like this precedent that Apple is setting. It seems everyone has their hand out for more and more of our hard earned money these days.

  • Mark

    Apple HAS to charge for updates to the iPod Touch. It has to do with differences in accounting between the Touch, and the iPhone. It’s all part of the Sarbanes-Oxeley accounting laws that have royally screwed up publicly traded companies in the US, with very little benefit to the public.

  • http://loginyahoo.com john bovi

    i don’t think it’s right to charge apple ipod to unlock itself .

  • Slippy Sloppy

    OK, so people are saying Apple has no choice but to charge. What I want to know is why the Jan update was £12.99 but the new update, which contains the Jan update, is only £5.99 for all users? Those who purchased in Jan and want to upgrade again are definitely getting stiffed by Apple on this one.

  • Benny

    I don’t buy Apple…simple as that.