Originally Posted by PrinceGaz:
“It's not a con, as others have said you cany use a iTunes gift card to register payment details (okay so you need to buy the card which I think is £15 for the cheapest, but you'll probably end up buying some apps on iTunes sooner or later so you haven't lost out financially in the long run).”
Of course it's a careful marketing con. By forcing you to either plug in your card details
or buy an iTunes gift card, Apple are forcing you to make a choice between opening a potentially unlimited credit account with them, or (if you are too cautious for that), making sure they get at least £15 out of you.
Originally Posted by PrinceGaz:
“ Apple would never allow full access to the file-system of the iTouch or similar devices as they prefer to keep things as simple as possible for users (and prevent users from doing things which could brick their iDevice if they removed essential files).”
Rubbish. Drag'n'drop is the simplest way to to transfer files. Bricking prevention is all about where they store the filesystem back-up (in ROM is best), and other failsafes - like the iPod Restore Tool. With some cures, you might lose your music, but can restore your iPod to life. If Apple really cared about people bricking their iPods, they would stop making it necessary for people to jailbreak them.
The real reason you can't normally access the file system is simple:
to prevent you from swapping music with your mates.. That's also the reason why iPods rename all track filenames into a strange unreadable code when they are transferred from your computer onto the player. The iPod filesystem is in fact much more complex than it needs to be.
Originally Posted by PrinceGaz:
“If you want full access to the file-system, you have to go down the jailbreaking route, of which I won't say more other than that it is pretty straightforwards provided you read up about it first and understand what you are doing, what else you will need to do, and the implications of it.”
Good advice.