engadget.com — It's not all love for the iPhone today -- Apple just announced that Mail, Maps, Stocks, Notes and Weather are all coming to the iPod touch. New touch owners get 'em all for free, but all of you early adopters will have to cough up: the bundle is going to set you back a whopping $20.
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insomniac8400Jan 16, 2008
Just ridiculous. All those people that got these for christmas now have to spend another 20 bucks for features being offered for free.
mavrevmattJan 16, 2008
f**k Apple. Even MS gave away the Zune updates, and they're known moneywhores.
adgemanJan 16, 2008
I'd used the jailbreak trick to hack my ipod as I wanted the iphone apps as they weren't available at the time. Now they're available I've paid the $20 and are happy with the apps. Surely to not pay them and go via the jailbreak option is copyright theft?
smpdigitalJan 16, 2008
That's right, and so much more, 5 screens of native apps on my touch and counting, from games, to dictionaries, IMs, ebooks, emulators, VPN, transfer utilities, lyrics, etc..
sniperzJan 16, 2008
I have an iphone, but I have 2 close friends that went the ipod touch, I feel sorry for them having to fork the extra 20 over if they want these apps...
tjsocr1Jan 22, 2008
Get cool app's and tips on how to jailbreak your ipod at<a class="user" href="http://www.unlockmytouch.com">http://www.unlockmytouch.com</a>
jacksonprittFeb 22, 2008
I am outraged that Apple is charging early buyers of the iPod Touch $20 for a system update that ought to be free.While I understand Apple's decision to charge money for the new applications the new $20 "application pack" also includes a SYSTEM UPDATE in the form of the home page editing, web clips, and lyrics features. All of these are updates to the currently existing iPod Touch software and NOT new applications, which means that they ought to be free to all users of the iPod Touch.Adding insult to injury these applications are all hidden in the 1.1.3 system update, a whopping 104.4mb file that all users must download if they want to fix bugs in the system. These applications can only be used when you pay Apple $20 to "unlock" them, but even if you decide not to buy them they stay on your iPod taking up precious space that could be used for songs, videos, or photos.Apple is normally wonderful when it comes to providing system support and updates, but having them shaft early adopters and loyal fans like this is offensive and shows that Apple has absolutely no regard for the iPod Touch community.You can leave Apple direct feedback here:<a class="user" href="http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodtouch.html">http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipodtouch.html</a>You can also sign this petition:<a class="user" href="http://www.petitiononline.com/freeappi/petition.html">http://www.petitiononline.com/freeappi/petition.ht ...</a>