Comments on Celia's Thoughts and Rants: Reaction to Steve's Keynote @ Macworld 08

@Mike: I hope that this is hacked, it makes no sen...

2008-01-18T19:21:32.725-08:00

@Mike: I hope that this is hacked, it makes no sense and with Gizmodo now saying that it's worth it a lot of people will follow... I really really want apple to take it back, so that I can go back to love it, but as of now we're not in good terms.

If a lot of people pay they will get greedy and charge for future updates, if this is the january update, february, march and the rest of the months are not that far away...

Apple is clearly sticking it to the early adopters...

2008-01-17T21:49:25.202-08:00

Apple is clearly sticking it to the early adopters with this $20.00 USD update. You hit the nail on the head; the fact that these apps come on the new iPod Touch models means that Apple is punishing everyone who purchased it early-on.

It's equally ridiculous that so many people are debating returning their Touch just to buy a new one for the same price that includes the applications. I have three friends planning on doing that within the week.

There is simply no excuse for this, Apple either has to make everyone pay for the update, or give it away for free, plain & simple.

And I don't for a second buy the Sarbanes-Oxley accounting excuse, that was BS then and it's BS now. If the iPhone & AppleTV updates are free, so should this.

Frankly, I think it will be hacked. The 1.1.3 update includes the applications, the $20.00 update is merely some unlocking code, it's less than 9 kilobytes in size. Once someone figures out how to do that, you're set.

I bought it because in his keynote steve also said...

2008-01-15T19:26:52.701-08:00

I bought it because in his keynote steve also said that he would be updating it, and that's what always happens, I want it to be better not the underdog because I had to pay $20.

The new Touches will come with these new programs at no extra costs, why do I have to pay?

This programs were already in the iphone so there was no reason why iPod touch users did not think they would be later incorporated to the touch. I have all 5 apps released today, so I could care less, but what I really want is lyrics and the home customization.

So if you don't have a touch and you are hating without knowing, don't say anything.

Obviously you thought the Touch was worth the mone...

2008-01-15T18:18:18.984-08:00

Obviously you thought the Touch was worth the money you paid for it.

If you don't think the extra features are worth twenty bucks don't buy 'em.