Comments on: iPhone 2.0 software is available for download

Existing users of Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices can now get their hands on the software that will come on new iPhone 3G devices that hit stores Friday.

[sapporobaby]

Incorrect. It will not upgrade iPod Touches.

Do your homework next time.

[smiths99]

Check yourself.....The 2.0 software upgrade is available for ipod Touch. Cost is $9.95 However, not ALL apps will work on iPod Touch, check the description.

[Fil0403]

@ smiths99: Cool, not only you have to pay for it, it's also incompatible with half of the applications. God, it's so cool to use Apple!

[Vegaman_Dan]

QUESTION :

"This means not only the 500+ third-party applications already in the iPhone App Store"

Currently there are only 216 apps at the Appstore, primarily 80% games, tip calculators, and public domain books for 99 cents. I'm curious where these hundreds of other apps the author is mention are located as Apple certainly doesn't have them.

[Fil0403]

It's Apply dude, what are you expecting, unbiased articles? Ha!

[i_doubt_it]

anyone know what time the 2.0 software will come out??
i know most people think it will come tommarrow

[Fil0403]

When the Apple servers stop crashing.

[sparkling518]

Wait...I'm still confused. So the applications are available on the iTunes Store but you can't update your iPod touch/ iPhone without the 2.0 Software Update?
so iPod touch users will have to pay for it in order to get the apps on the ipod?

[Fil0403]

Yes, iPod Touch users will have to pay for the update. That's the cool thing about using Apple, you have to pay for half of the updates. Much better than having them all for free like in Windows, of course.

[sparkling518]

Wait...I'm still confused. So the applications are available on the iTunes Store but you can't update your iPod touch/ iPhone without the 2.0 Software Update?
so iPod touch users will have to pay for it in order to get the apps on the ipod?

[Vegaman_Dan]

Correct. Touch users have always had to pay for firmware upgrades like these. iPhone users get them free. Apple claims it is for a book keeping requirement that they have not been to date able to justify or explain fully to anyone's satisfaction. Frankly I think they do it because they can- people will buy the update. At least it's only $10 this time.

[Fil0403]

@ Vegaman-Dan: Correct. They do it because they can. Don't think I'm joking when I say that Apple could sell a pile of crap for ?500 and usual Apple sheeps would actually buy it (literally too). It's called "marketing", although some prefer the terms "hype" or "brain-washing".

[Fil0403]

Cool, iPhone 2.0 software brings iPhone devices up to speed to do what most Nokia mobiles have been doing for years (and, if you are a lucky iPod Touch user who already payed a considerable amount of money for a ridiculously-overexpensive device, you surely don't mind having to pay for updates too, do you? LOL).

[jhon2597]

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