i dont for the life of me understand why ipod touch owners are so het up over this. As an iphone owner, i didnt even know there would be software upgrades and addons over the life of the product until after i bought it, and either way it wouldnt of swayed my decesion - but because of its purpose, apple have modifyed it, added a couple of things (not apps, other than itunes - which is for buying things from APPLE, the last update added a few features to google maps which should of been there in the first place, the ability to move our icons about on the homescreen, the ability to add an icon as a bookmark, and the ability to send SMS's to multiple people - amazing stuff eh!?!) to enhance it's native features but they haven't added any new apps, we have to wait for the sdk for that ( and there is nothing to say that any product of the SDK will be free either)
now why, when you bought an ipod, would you expect to get new free features/apps for it? It's an out of the box mp3 player, which at no point in any incarnation has been suggested to get new apps. the touch and iphone simply look the same, they arnt the same product. to be quite honest, its up to you if you want them. If you think they are worth £12 get them, if you dont, then dont, it's that simple. Complaining about it wont dont a thing, Apple never promised add-on's for the touch, and if they have added them to newer touch's for free, its just because they wanted to show that they can do what they said - change a software product at their leisure, where as they mentioned heavily that the plan with the iphone was to upgrade and change it to prove what it could do with it and reassess how people approached what a phone should be
it's not apple's fault if you didn't pay attention (and i'm not personally that keen on apple) and you have no more grounds to complain than if they released an all new touch tommorow that had twice the battery life and storage for the price. Early adapters always pay a premium in some way, and if you have a problem with that you need to start and wait for the product to find it's feet and see what it's makers do with it before investing your cash into it, otherwise you run the risk of paying over the odds for less. This has always been a risk of being an early adapter and just because YOU went out and bought one straight away doesnt mean a company owes you anymore than someone who bought it six months down the line. Apple are a massive business and operate like any other would, and therefore wont give you something for free when you already have arguably the most advanced mp3 player around which you were perfectly happy with till you heard you would have to pay £12.99 for new, optional extras for. My HD TV is on finance, ive had it a year now and its dropped £400 in price and theyve slightly changed it to make it look a little nicer. Thats annoying - not unfair, i paid more believing they wouldnt drop in price that quick and as a result owe more on a year old tele than a new one would cost - BUT i got to enjoy a HD TV a year earlier, so i benefited and just have to cough up for my choice
i personally love my iphone - i think it does live up the hype - something i never thought i would say