Mon, 15 Feb 2010 iPhone 3.0 Software Update now free to iPod touch users

Gleddit said on Mon, 15 Feb 2010

And bad news for those of us who stumped up the cash!

Nice one Apple, shaft those who pay up early!

Good that Apple are doing this, it's long overdue, but surely unfair to those who did pay, maybe an iTunes credit, would be in order?

iGav said on Mon, 15 Feb 2010

How is it unfair to those who paid before?

If I go to a shop and buy somethign and then six months down the line, the prices are reduced in a sale, I can't go in and demand a refund; why should someone who previously paid get their money back? In the words of Eric Cartman "it does not make sense"

goldnet said on Mon, 15 Feb 2010

Didn't work for me - iTunes still asking for £2.99 to upgrade from v2.2.1 to 3.1.3. What did you do?

Dragonfly said on Mon, 15 Feb 2010

I agree I think charging £299 for the upgrade was extortionate..., oh hang on,... I mean £29.99, no sorry. £2.99.

I can't believe there were actually people who complained at a £2.99 upgrade fee. I know money doesn't grow on trees but... £2.99. ?

Gleddit said on Mon, 15 Feb 2010

That's because you're all in the position of being able to afford £2.99, but someone who has had an ipod as a present for Christmas a year ago and has a voucher, it represents quite a chunk out of their gift.

I don't mind paying for upgrades to computers, but this upgrade was so that they could sell more apps, not for more functionality!

And what did it actually add… a bunch of features that should have been there to start with, wow copy & paste.

So yes I think that us tight arses are right to complain, my daughter had just bought her iPod, after saving very hard for it, and a few weeks later she finds that apps now need OS 3, and that she has to stump up again.

iPod users don't all have cash to burn, some are simply people that have saved hard to afford one, and then feel that a few weeks later they are being shafted.

Jaded said on Mon, 15 Feb 2010

How are they being shafted? Their iPods still work and they still do exactly what they were bought for.

sip said on Mon, 15 Feb 2010

Apple was forced to charge for the iPod Touch update (as it had to with the iMac 802.11g to 802.11n update) because of the accounting regulations in the USA.

I read somewhere that Apple had applied to bring the Touch in line with the iPhone, so future updates may be free.

This move could have something to do with the iPad which in functionality is more than the Touch but less than the iPhone. I'm sure iPad buyers will not be happy if they have to pay for every OS update.

Robin315 said on Wed, 17 Feb 2010

Didn't work for me either - iTunes still asking for £2.99 to upgrade from v2.2.1 to 3.1.3. So where from here? I agree £2.99 is not much but - I was a bit miffed recently that I had an application that worked with 2.2.1 and then - even though that version is still valid - it was removed from my iPod during the last recharge and I was told that I had to upgrade to iPhone Version 3.0 as a minimum and then the latest version would be installed. Sounds like a con but the software company involved wasn't interested in my protestations!