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The iPod Touch (stylized, trademarked, and marketed as lowercase iPod touch; also colloquially known as the iTouch[9]) is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, Handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile platform designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line. It is the first iPod with wireless access to the iTunes Store, and also has access to Apple's App Store, enabling content to be purchased and downloaded directly on the device. As of March 2011, Apple Inc. has sold over 60 million iPod Touch units.[10][11]
IOS, the operating system that runs on the iPod touch, generally receives a major update each year in June. iOS was formally called iPhone OS, up until the release of version 4. The first major update to the iOS was iOS 2.0. This version of the iOS introduced the App Store which allowed 3rd party applications to be run on iPhones and iPod touches. iOS 2.0 debuted June 29, 2008. iPhone users received the update for free while iPod touch users had to pay. The second major update to the operating system, iOS 3.0 was released June 17, 2009. iOS 3.0 added features such as cut, copy and paste, data tethering and push notification support. As with the previous major release iPhone users got the update for free while iPod touch users had to pay. iOS 4 was made available to the public on June 21, 2010. This is the first major iOS release to drop support for some devices. The iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2nd generation have limited features, while the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3rd generation & iPod touch 4th generation have all features enabled. The iPod touch first generation and original iPhone are not supported in this release. The major features included in this release are iBooks, FaceTime and multitasking.
Apple has received criticism for charging iPod touch owners for major iOS updates that iPhone owners receive for free, as well as excluding certain features from the iPod touch software that are included in the iPhone.[12][13] Apple has said that they can add features for free to the iPhone because the revenue from it is accounted for on a subscription basis under accounting rules, rather than as a one time payment.[14] At WWDC in June 2010, Jobs announced that Apple had "found a way" to make subsequent OS upgrades available free to iPod touch owners. However, iOS 4.0 and onwards isn't available for the first generation iPod touch and some features are only available for the 32GB and 64GB third generation iPod touches released in September 2009 and the fourth generation iPod touches in 2010.
Owners of the original Apple iPod Touch are at a disadvantage when it comes to upgrading to iPhone OS 3.0. The OS upgrade comes with a $10 fee and adds improved features such as copy and paste, landscape keyboard, Spotlight searching, Shake-to-shuffle, Safari autofill, and improved Wi-Fi hot-spot log-in. Unfortunately, desirable new features such as Voice Memos and Bluetooth audio streaming won't work on the first-generation hardware.
To add insult to injury, some first-gen users (including CNET's own Antuan Goodwin) are reporting slower system performance after making the upgrade. Symptoms such as choppy gameplay, longer App launches, and sluggish menu scrolling seem to be the most apparent.
Any first-gen Touch owners out there having similar issues with OS 3.0?
IOS, the operating system that runs on the iPod touch, generally receives a major update each year in June. iOS was formally called iPhone OS, up until the release of version 4. The first major update to the iOS was iOS 2.0. This version of the iOS introduced the App Store which allowed 3rd party applications to be run on iPhones and iPod touches. iOS 2.0 debuted June 29, 2008. iPhone users received the update for free while iPod touch users had to pay. The second major update to the operating system, iOS 3.0 was released June 17, 2009. iOS 3.0 added features such as cut, copy and paste, data tethering and push notification support. As with the previous major release iPhone users got the update for free while iPod touch users had to pay. iOS 4 was made available to the public on June 21, 2010. This is the first major iOS release to drop support for some devices. The iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2nd generation have limited features, while the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch 3rd generation & iPod touch 4th generation have all features enabled. The iPod touch first generation and original iPhone are not supported in this release. The major features included in this release are iBooks, FaceTime and multitasking.
Apple has received criticism for charging iPod touch owners for major iOS updates that iPhone owners receive for free, as well as excluding certain features from the iPod touch software that are included in the iPhone.[12][13] Apple has said that they can add features for free to the iPhone because the revenue from it is accounted for on a subscription basis under accounting rules, rather than as a one time payment.[14] At WWDC in June 2010, Jobs announced that Apple had "found a way" to make subsequent OS upgrades available free to iPod touch owners. However, iOS 4.0 and onwards isn't available for the first generation iPod touch and some features are only available for the 32GB and 64GB third generation iPod touches released in September 2009 and the fourth generation iPod touches in 2010.
Owners of the original Apple iPod Touch are at a disadvantage when it comes to upgrading to iPhone OS 3.0. The OS upgrade comes with a $10 fee and adds improved features such as copy and paste, landscape keyboard, Spotlight searching, Shake-to-shuffle, Safari autofill, and improved Wi-Fi hot-spot log-in. Unfortunately, desirable new features such as Voice Memos and Bluetooth audio streaming won't work on the first-generation hardware.
To add insult to injury, some first-gen users (including CNET's own Antuan Goodwin) are reporting slower system performance after making the upgrade. Symptoms such as choppy gameplay, longer App launches, and sluggish menu scrolling seem to be the most apparent.
Any first-gen Touch owners out there having similar issues with OS 3.0?
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