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iPod Touches now receive FREE OS upgrades.
Soundburst
07-06-2010
Presumably due to iAd etc etc Apple now say that iPod Touches will get OS upgrades.

iOS4 (the new iPhones OS) will be available to download upon release.
Mystic Eddy
07-06-2010
I just thought it was only iOS4 which will be free, due to older devices not supporting all the new features so they couldn't really charge for it. I can't find any information pertaining to the touches getting free upgrades from now on, just this update.

It won't be as much of an issue when iOS5 comes out, because I doubt it will introduce as many processor intensive features, so they can go back to charging; if past trends are to go by, it will only support the touch 3G and 4G.
Soundburst
07-06-2010
Well they said they'd "found a way to make it free for iPod owners".

I doubt they will suddenly lose this "way" in future.

to be fair. . .it was always bullshit that iPod touch owners had to pay IMO.
spendleb
08-06-2010
Yeah annoyed though as the new new OS 4 is for 2nd and 3rd gen owners only, us with the 1st gen get nothing yet it's not worth upgrading as my 1st gen works perfectly anyway.
john_locke
08-06-2010
it was because of the accounting methods used in the US. It's really dull stuff, but if you want to know why...

http://www.macjournals.com/news/iPhonerevenues.html
treefr0g
08-06-2010
Am I right in saying that the new OS will be available for compatible iPods and iPhones on 21st June and for the iPad later in the year?
john_locke
08-06-2010
yep, looks like it so far.
treefr0g
08-06-2010
Originally Posted by john_locke:
“yep, looks like it so far.”

Cool.
IvanIV
08-06-2010
Multitasking won't be available on 2G, AFAIK, was there really such a difference in HW or is it supposed to be a gentle nudge to buy a new device?
john_locke
08-06-2010
every year, a different processor which is faster/lighter on its feet. the ones in the 2G and 3G would use too much battery power running background tasks, cannot cope with the HD video output of newer apps and all that sort of thing. No different to a G1 not being able to run Android 2.2 to full effect.
IvanIV
08-06-2010
I have a game on my 2G that will drain a battery in 0.5-1 hour, but I still like to play it. Why the F could not we once have a choice. Why the multitasking cannot be optional, something a user could configure. And if it was too demanding on the battery it could be turned off. This way somebody once again already decided what's best for me.
john_locke
08-06-2010
Simply, it would make the user experience rubbish. It's not just the battery, you must comprehend that the whole thing would be slower and more painful. That's not Apple's bag. they would rather your 2G remained a useful phone on V3 than something that couldn't run its OS properly. And that's why a 2G 8GB is still worth £80 rather than being landfill.
PrinceGaz
09-06-2010
Originally Posted by IvanIV:
“I have a game on my 2G that will drain a battery in 0.5-1 hour, but I still like to play it. Why the F could not we once have a choice. Why the multitasking cannot be optional, something a user could configure. And if it was too demanding on the battery it could be turned off. This way somebody once again already decided what's best for me.”

I believe the reason multi-tasking will not be supported on the 2nd gen iTouch is because it only has 128MB of RAM, which is barely enough to handle some of the larger apps it currently runs (in practice in the best case scenario after resetting the device and running something to release as much memory as possible, there is a maximum of only about 65MB of that 128MB free). Throw in multi-tasking with additional background apps using up RAM and you'll run into serious problems.

The 3rd gen iTouch has 256MB of RAM making it far more capable of handling having background apps using up memory, as it has a full extra 128MB available for them (so whereas the 2nd gen might have a max of 65MB available for running apps, the 3rd gen can easily have well in excess of 150MB for them).

The reason multi-taking isn't supported on the 2nd gen iTouch is not because of the processor power or battery-life, but because it would soon run out of memory and apps would frequently crash.
daydotz
09-06-2010
Ive got a so called 3rd gen 8gb its no diffrent to the 2nd the 32gb and 64gb have faster cpus an more ram its unlikely im going to get any gain out of it

Oh well 3months till apple bring out a new touch
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