Free to iPhone uses as that is handled by subscription accounting. iPod charging for updates is due to the wonderful sarbanes oxley rules about having to deliver a product as stated and NOT change it without charging.
I'm not sure why rattyuk is ranked low for answering the question asked. It's a simple case of not shooting the messenger.
And really, regardless of laws, it's the same as upgrading any software. You always pay for the new version. Most commonly someone will say "Why do I have to pay for the Touch update when it comes free on all the new iPods?" It's the same as... say the OS on a computer. You don't get a free upgrade to the latest version of the OS just because newer computers already come with it.
Why would you low rank the guy who is actually smart enough to describe in laymans terms why Apple charges for an iPod touch to be updated and why the iPhone doesn't incur that charge. As it has been stated, it is required for Apple to charge for updates to the touch because it doesn't have a subscription base like the iPhone. The 2.1 update is free to anybody who purchased the 2.0 update. 2.0 is basically a new os, for only $10, thats not bad, if they charged for the iPhone too, this argument would not even exist.
i bought an itouch yesterday from the vegas apple store, 1.1.4 firmware on it, so i had to pay for the 2.0 update even though i just bought it, seems a bit crap to have to pay for things advertised in the store as part of the itouch experience.
already had to restore the thing once already, hopefully 2.1 is more stable.
Actually Apple is indeed about the only one who charges for firmware upgrades. Every other DAP maker I've seen gives free upgrades. Although I've only seen Apple do this with the Touch. All their other DAPs get free upgrades.
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Charging for an update is wow. Just wow.
And to think, the iPhone is on my short list right now.
Free to iPhone uses as that is handled by subscription accounting. iPod charging for updates is due to the wonderful sarbanes oxley rules about having to deliver a product as stated and NOT change it without charging.
@ iErik:
Do you realise not everyone has the 2.0 update and therefore some people have to pay?
tard.
@ rattyuk
thanks for explaining that.
@iErik
cry more.
I'm not sure why rattyuk is ranked low for answering the question asked. It's a simple case of not shooting the messenger.
And really, regardless of laws, it's the same as upgrading any software. You always pay for the new version. Most commonly someone will say "Why do I have to pay for the Touch update when it comes free on all the new iPods?" It's the same as... say the OS on a computer. You don't get a free upgrade to the latest version of the OS just because newer computers already come with it.
Why would you low rank the guy who is actually smart enough to describe in laymans terms why Apple charges for an iPod touch to be updated and why the iPhone doesn't incur that charge. As it has been stated, it is required for Apple to charge for updates to the touch because it doesn't have a subscription base like the iPhone. The 2.1 update is free to anybody who purchased the 2.0 update. 2.0 is basically a new os, for only $10, thats not bad, if they charged for the iPhone too, this argument would not even exist.
i bought an itouch yesterday from the vegas apple store, 1.1.4 firmware on it, so i had to pay for the 2.0 update even though i just bought it, seems a bit crap to have to pay for things advertised in the store as part of the itouch experience.
already had to restore the thing once already, hopefully 2.1 is more stable.
Actually Apple is indeed about the only one who charges for firmware upgrades. Every other DAP maker I've seen gives free upgrades. Although I've only seen Apple do this with the Touch. All their other DAPs get free upgrades.