Stupidest Announcement at MacWorld: iPod Touch Map for $20 Extra
16Jan2008 Filed under: News, iPod Complaints Author: BrianB
This is by far Steve Jobs’ and Apple’s stupidest move. What amounts to an update for a smart gadget like the iPod Touch now comes with a price, according to Apple. Yes, you can now have an e-mail service on your iPod Touch + Google Maps with location support via WiFi triangulation. But $20 for these features? On a device that already has the capacity for such applications with no hardware additions, but only a little tweaking on the software side? Bah!
Didn’t Apple recently report a cash surplus? Then why so greedy Apple?
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Xander
January 16th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Halleluiah, brutha!
Cantaloupe
January 16th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
I think the announcement was a $19.99 fee for Maps and Mail…
Yeah, I like to nitpick.
jonathan
January 16th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I think they may have to pay a small license to use of Google maps, the new wifi locator and maybe even yahoo push mail…
Sierra M
January 16th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
But iPhone doesn’t cost anything to upgrade? No hardware is added, like the post said, just some new apps.
What license. My Nokia Maps is free. Google Maps is free, I think.
Try My Best
January 16th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
It would be more useful, instead of calling Apple stupid, to put up a poll. How many people would get that $19.99 features for their iPod Touch?
Michael D
January 16th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I would call it smart instead of stupid. Clearly, Apple will have invested “a bit” of money making these new features available for the iPod Touch and they will be getting “a lot” of money in return.
LydiaPynke
January 16th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
I would, I don’t want an iPod that talks but I do want an iPod that emails and figures out where to turn next.
Ameestoopud
January 16th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
A one-time fee of twenty dollars doesn’t sound too much for html email and Maps with WiFi locator on an MP3 player.
sponger
January 18th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Just wish to share this find: International users can buy iTunes Store credits from ituneshop.net, which allows intl iPtouches to update their software, and unlock all the new apps! Woohoo!
iPod Touch Upgrade Available Thru iTunes Store: Sorry Asia, Latin America
January 20th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
[...] though Apple charges a $19.99 fee for the newest iPod Touch firmware upgrade, there are a lot of takers. Having Mail, Maps and other goodies like Stocks, Weather and, at [...]
John
January 26th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Apple is being plain greedy and that is the end of it. The more I think about it the more I think it sucks and I don’t even own an ipod touch.
There is a better way folks. Join the free world. http://www.fsf.org/
wesley
February 9th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
I was once aginst buying the updates but when i finally just got them and stoped complaning it was worth it just to pay a one time fee for the upgrade… come on it is an ipod it is not even suppose to have internet just music so i think that apple is doing a good job and it is alot cheeper than the iphone..
mitch
May 8th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
yeah honestly apple what were you thinking i have to say im an owner of a jailbroken ipod touch and i think they just put these updates up for 2 reasons 1 for money 2 to encourage updating not jailbreaking but i dont care ill piss on their heads mutha fuckahs