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OS 3.0 - simply an invitation into your wallet

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thinbluebrine

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Mar 17, 2009
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OS 3.0 (which I suspect will be pay-to-download) is, apart from cut and paste, just a way for Apple to take more money out of our pockets!

What's it given us? Pay in apps, play apps with your friends (so more people buy apps) and a few things the iPhone should have had from day one.

Pah.
 
3.0 has a lot of great stuff for free, not sure what you are talking about....:rolleyes:
 
thinbluebrine said:
OS 3.0 (which I suspect will be pay-to-download) is, apart from cut and paste, just a way for Apple to take more money out of our pockets!

What's it given us? Pay in apps, play apps with your friends (so more people buy apps) and a few things the iPhone should have had from day one.

Pah.
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Yup, its apple forcing devs to make you pay for the upgrades. Oh wait, ITS THE DEVELOPERS THAT DECIDE.
 
then don't update your phone. I, however, would enjoy copy and paste, mms, sms landscape, mail landscape, spotlight, turn by turn...

but hey, if you don't like 3.0 because devs can now have the option to include paid dlc into their apps instead of making a new app everytime they make new levels, keep your 2.0 ;)
 
"What about the rest of us? iPhone OS 3.0 will be available this Summer. A free update to all of our iPhone 3G customers. And it works on the original iPhone. Now the hardware has changed between these two devices. For instance, A2DP and MMS won't be available on the iPhone 1st gen. It's also available for the iPod touch... for $9.95."
 
"A free update to all of our iPhone 3G customers."

Told you. 1st gen iPhone or Touch and they want your cash.
 
thinbluebrine said:
OS 3.0 (which I suspect will be pay-to-download) is, apart from cut and paste, just a way for Apple to take more money out of our pockets!

What's it given us? Pay in apps, play apps with your friends (so more people buy apps) and a few things the iPhone should have had from day one.

Pah.
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So you have absolutely no self control?

If you don't want to buy something… then… don't.

Easy.

:confused:
 
thinbluebrine said:
"A free update to all of our iPhone 3G customers."

Told you. 1st gen iPhone or Touch and they want your cash.
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Can't you read?
All iPhone customers will get this, the slide in the keynote clearly has a 1G iPhone with 'FREE' next to it. However, some features won't work due to hardware changes.

iPod Touch users have been charged for previous upgrades due to the accounting practices that have to be used. As a Touch user, you should be already aware of said fact.
 
First gen is free, but bluetooth and MMS not possible due to hardware limitations.

iPod Touch $9.95 as always.
 
thinbluebrine said:
"A free update to all of our iPhone 3G customers. And it works on the original iPhone."

I would say that's avoiding the fact that 1st gen have to buy it.
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For the second time. It is free to first generation iPhone owners. Free. No payment required.

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Look. It's a 1G iPhone on the right. With big FREE text next to it.
 
i agree with you op. all those little .99$ charges are not very appealing. especially if its just for a rocket launcher in a game.
 
honestly i would pay for it.
copy/paste and MMS alone worth it.

BUT i dont see that as the issue, would be pretty scumbag of them to do that...that isnt good business practice.

thats something windows would do!!!
 
I do believe that Apple have been saving up the things we wanted for one huge update that they'll be able to charge for. iPod Touch users will almost defiantly have to pay.
 
No one is forcing people to pay, its your choice, but it does create an incentive for developers to charge you and hence Apple make some $$ out of it. Pretty neat scheme...

however, consider this, Apple is in the App business due to the $$, or they wouldn't be here.
 
you'll all be moaning when they bring out snow leopard and announce that you'll have to buy the upgrade for your mac.

I feel a bit 'meh' about the whole buying rocket launchers for a game thing though. But put it this way, they could either charge 99p for the game and 99p for extras that you want, or they could charge £10 for the whole thing which will include a lot of features that you won't use.
 
I'm kind of enjoying this thread.

Everyone will have to pay!
Nope.
Ok, but first-gen phones willl have to pay!
Nope.
Yeah, well iPods will have to pay!
Yes, but we always knew that

I'm kind of looking forward to see what the next step is going to be!
 
We all paid already for this update, in a way.

By having a contract. Remember in ye old days, Apple made a living from each contract, now, with the App Store, it doesn't and makes a living from the apps you get.

So yeah, in a way, we iPhone users already paid.
 
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