shockersh Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Sweet! I get to post the very first groovy DEAL! hehe For those of you with and iPod touch, all the geek sites out there are reporting you can now upgrade it to the latest 3.1 OS / Firmware for just $4.95. $4.95 is 50% off the original $10 Apple was charging for Touch users to goto the 3.0 release. According to a mac site, only 1% of users went to the 3.0 code so we will see how many will make the jump for just 5 bucks..? June saw a report from mobile advertising firm AdMob which suggested only 1% of iPod touch users accessing its ad network had upgraded to V.3.0 software, compared to 44% of iPhone users. Here's the full article from 9to5mac.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joseph Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 serious? just 1% of touch users bought the upgrade? that sounds nuts and i'm not convinced that's a valuable stat. 3.0 was a HUGE release. Granted I have an iPhone so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goLfie Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 Yup I can confirm this. I still have yet to upgrade my iPod Touch. Yea it's a given $5.00 isn't much to ask. It's the principle though, I paid extra to get the 2nd gen Touch and all of the features that the update extrapulates should have already been lincluded. Infact, the lack of these features were what really annoyed me the most about buying the Touch originally and convinced me to Jail break it. I'll wait till they make it free, the iPhone update is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest justinGP Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 I'll wait till they make it free, the iPhone update is... Ditto - I paid a crap load for the touch so why the hell should I pay for updates? At least give me free updates for 12 - 36 months like all other companies on the planet! After the "warranty" period is over fine, charge me for future updates. This especially pisses me off when they give the updates away for free to the iPHONE. Can you say INCONSISTENT!!! I'm just glad Microsoft doesn't do this or we would all be paying a lot of cash for Windows Update services...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Krause Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 I have to agree with Justin on this one. Requiring customers to pay for a firmware upgrade when your giving it away to other customers (iPhone Users) is not consistent. Granted $4.99 doesn't sound like a big deal until you multiply that number by $20 Million... then it becomes a nice TIP for Mr. Jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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