TheSoulBrother, I agree with what you're saying to a certain extent, but you're forgetting:
- computers installed with XP a few months before Vista was released came with a free Vista upgrade voucher.
- when the original Xbox recieved a price cut a few months after release, early adopters were offered 2 games and a controller to compensate
- Nintendo offered a game or two when they cut the price of the Nintendo 64 if you called them up to complain (same with Sony)
- when the price of the Apple iPhone was reduced in the U.S. earlier this year, Apple offered $100 gift vouchers to early adopters
Steve Jobs said it best in his apology letter:
For the iPod touch, that can be read as: "we need to do a better job taking care of our early iPod touch customers as we aggressively go after new ones with more features for the same price."
A gesture such as offering a brief discount on the £12 apps for a couple of weeks would have deflected some of the anger that is floating around after the announcement.
Also, you said:
If you remember, the second revision of the 5th generation iPod (with video) had a feature update which included a brighter screen, longer battery life, games, gapless playback and the search feature - this update was given to all early 5G iPod owners as well for free via a firmware upgrade.
- computers installed with XP a few months before Vista was released came with a free Vista upgrade voucher.
- when the original Xbox recieved a price cut a few months after release, early adopters were offered 2 games and a controller to compensate
- Nintendo offered a game or two when they cut the price of the Nintendo 64 if you called them up to complain (same with Sony)
- when the price of the Apple iPhone was reduced in the U.S. earlier this year, Apple offered $100 gift vouchers to early adopters
Steve Jobs said it best in his apology letter:
Quote:
“Third, even though we are making the right decision to lower the price of iPhone, and even though the technology road is bumpy, we need to do a better job taking care of our early iPhone customers as we aggressively go after new ones with a lower price. Our early customers trusted us, and we must live up to that trust with our actions in moments like these.”
“Third, even though we are making the right decision to lower the price of iPhone, and even though the technology road is bumpy, we need to do a better job taking care of our early iPhone customers as we aggressively go after new ones with a lower price. Our early customers trusted us, and we must live up to that trust with our actions in moments like these.”
For the iPod touch, that can be read as: "we need to do a better job taking care of our early iPod touch customers as we aggressively go after new ones with more features for the same price."
A gesture such as offering a brief discount on the £12 apps for a couple of weeks would have deflected some of the anger that is floating around after the announcement.
Also, you said:
Quote:
“Now in the old days of the iPod, you would have to buy a new one to get the latest features!”
“Now in the old days of the iPod, you would have to buy a new one to get the latest features!”
If you remember, the second revision of the 5th generation iPod (with video) had a feature update which included a brighter screen, longer battery life, games, gapless playback and the search feature - this update was given to all early 5G iPod owners as well for free via a firmware upgrade.





'no-problemo'.