[Macworld]

Post your comments for iPod touch and the missing apps here

[webraider]

I also do not believe that there is a way to "Play" Blu Ray meadi on any mac yet natively. The only option is Storage. What is taking Apple So Long on this?

[ashpole]

So when I sell my iPod touch to help pay for an iPhone 3G, is it sensible to pass this file/folder to the buyer so that they too can access the five apps?
Mike

[Cladouros]

Maybe they are not satisfied with all the DRMs linked to Blu-Ray media. It's funny because in the past Apple was promoting the DVD instead of CD-Rom when everyone was asking for it, and that was a big mistake. Now they're just sitting on the DVD standard waiting for something to happen, but nobody knows what.

Anyway, I don't use CD or DVD anymore on my Mac or my PC (exception made when I need to reinstall an operating system) and I don't think I will ever use a Blu-Ray disc now that I'm used to this way of doing thing. You just have to look at the MacBook Air where there is no DVD burner, maybe Apple is getting into that way too.

[Chris Breen]

ashpole said:

So when I sell my iPod touch to help pay for an iPhone 3G, is it sensible to pass this file/folder to the buyer so that they too can access the five apps?

I honestly have no idea if the license is transferrable. In this case I'd wipe the touch to get your data off it and then tell the buyer about the July 11 upgrade. It's $10, includes those apps anyway, plus provides a load of new capabilities that they'll want to have.

[ashpole]

Thanks Chris, very sensible. My thinking was to stump up the $10 and make my iPod touch stand out in what will be a very dense eBay crowd! I'll save the ten bucks and take your approach!

Cheers,

Mike

[Chris Breen]

And, of course, there's this: The buyer might be a gasp Windows user.

[ashpole]

Kerumba.... I hadn't thought of that, do they still exist?!? Now I know why I listen to your podcasts!

I'm off to have a cold shower! Take care.

[natmusak]

webraider,

A tad off-topic, but Blu-ray movies are most likely not playable on Macs due to their DRM that's more draconian than DVD. Discs also, for the most part, represent the past. Yes, that's my opinion. Don't expect Apple to endorse a format that's destined to fail (sure, some purists will invest in it) thanks to the advent of digital distribution.

[luckywabbit]

So those who paid $20 for the January update will have to pay another $10 for the 2.0 update? That's $30!!

[Chris Breen]

luckywabbit said:

So those who paid $20 for the January update will have to pay another $10 for the 2.0 update? That's $30!!

Your math skills are as keen as ever. ;)

Yes, you have to pay $10 for the 2.0 update. And if it contained only those five apps iPod touch owners could have reason for righteous indignation. But given that for that $10 you get a lot of very welcome interface and application enhancements plus access to the App Store, eh, it's not too bad IMHO.

[luckywabbit]

The point is that they are charging two times to users who bought the the original upgrade, and have to pay again for a new upgrade. The users who never upgrade only has to pay $10. Basically, the $20 paid was free money to Apple.

IMO, users who paid the $20 upgrade should get 2.0 for free.

[Chris Breen]

luckywabbit said:

The point is that they are charging two times to users who bought the the original upgrade, and have to pay again for a new upgrade. The users who never upgrade only has to pay $10. Basically, the $20 paid was free money to Apple.

IMO, users who paid the $20 upgrade should get 2.0 for free.

I've had nearly six months of use from that upgrade so I hardly feel taken advantage of. If I'd upgraded just last week, yeah, I'd be miffed. But I didn't so I don't.

[luckywabbit]

Since you put it that way... I guess it works out.