Er, because software costs money to develop. Was Windows Vista a free upgrade? Apple gets money from phone contracts to cover on-going iPhone software updates.
@Mark
> alternative to this locked-down dictatorial 30% of your graft is ours for the taking
Yeah, cos taking card payments, hosting, bandwidth & running the iTunes store is free right? I suppose you could do it cheaper?
@ matthé
> MMS only for 3G due to hardware limitations??
Yep. Apparently MMS is sent using a different radio chip which the 1st gen doesn't possess.
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@James O'Brien
> $10 for the iPod Touch? Why?
Er, because software costs money to develop. Was Windows Vista a free upgrade? Apple gets money from phone contracts to cover on-going iPhone software updates.
@Mark
> alternative to this locked-down dictatorial 30% of your graft is ours for the taking
Yeah, cos taking card payments, hosting, bandwidth & running the iTunes store is free right? I suppose you could do it cheaper?
@ matthé
> MMS only for 3G due to hardware limitations??
Yep. Apparently MMS is sent using a different radio chip which the 1st gen doesn't possess.