iPod.
Hm. So an iPod is anything that plays music, right? But the Classic has games... so is it only an iPod? And the Touch runs mobile OS X so is it an iPod? What about the PSP? It runs games, movies and music... feature wise is it an iPod?
iPod is a brand name. It is not a description of a device's features.
Wow... All I said is that they account for the iPod touch like every other iPod that's ever been on the market. It doesn't matter what it can do, because that progresses with technology. And what's with adding the PSP into this? It's irrelevant as:
1. We're not talking about Sony.
2. It's a different platform
3. It's not even a similar type of device...
The iPod touch an iPod, so they can account for it like every other iPod. Just because it runs Mobile OS X doesn't mean suddenly that they should just be sending you free updates every moment you desire.
Yeah, but with the iPhone you're paying for cell phone service. If you didn't have an iPhone you'd pay for a different phone anyway.
Apple gets money from the iPhone service contracts, not everything goes to AT&T... If I had another phone, I wouldn't be paying as much for the same service.
It's not that big of a deal to me-objectively $20 is okay for the apps you're getting. OTOH these are apps that were on the original iPhone, why strip them out in the first place? And other similar products have offered free upgrades, this is sort of a precedent.
The thing is, though, this is a platform (some Apple exec said this a while ago, don't remember who), not a device. When the platform gets updated, it makes sense to put it on newer devices. They could just say, "No, we won't support the old models." But they gave you the option to upgrade (note: not update) to more features. Who knows why they left it out of the original release, but nobody told them that it must go in.
Then, after that, people on forums (including this one) were specifically suggesting to Apple that they release these apps. We suggested to pay for these apps and many wrote to Apple to tell them just that... Guess what... that's what they gave us. And now people have decided that they no longer want to pay and many think that they deserve the new features for free. Some think that Apple isn't listening to its customer base here when in reality, that's just what they did.
One day, the next firmware update won't work on the very first model. And then people will decide that Apple is, once again, screwing over their early adopters. Technology changes and the new stuff costs money for veteran users while new buyers get the tech for free, and many here can't seem to accept that.
