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Windows Firmware Update 1.3 Added

Posted by pudge on from the petition-vs-happy-to-see-me-pick-one-now-puny-human dept.

TechnoPope writes "Apple has finally released the 1.3 Updater for older Windows iPods. It claims UI improvements and longer battery life, but the much desired and asked for on the fly playlist feature is absent. It should also be noted that there is a web petition asking for new firmware for the older generations of iPods." It's a shame that older iPod owners have to live with the functionality that was advertised to them when they bought it.

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  1. This is my last post on this topic. by Cinematique · · Score: -1, Troll

    I know why Apple is doing what they're doing... but this is like saying Panther will only run on G5s and up because they're too lazy to make it work with G4s and G3s.

    And before any of you tell me that Apple isn't obligated to make the older iPods work in any way, shape, or form different from the way they were originally advertised... why'd they add AAC support? To make $$, duh! And why aren't they adding the other new features? To entice people to upgrade! Stating the obvious, I know... but it really pisses me off that they'd shit on the pioneering owners just for the sake of planned obsolescence.

    OH! But my iPod still plays MP3s just fine, you say. Quit playing devils advocate. MY point is that it is SHITTY that Apple has decided to intentionally ignore older iPods... not that I hate capitalism, or Apple trying to make money, or whatever else some of you people like to pull out of your ass for the sake of argument.

    Remember - the original iPod didn't have a clock, calendar, or a handful of other random crap, but Apple added it. Asking that they do so for other features shouldn't spark a flamewar.

    Alas, this whole thing is trivial as there are much more important things to worry about in our world, but Apple really dropped the ball on this, IMHO. At the very least, Apple should open up the (old?) iPod API so people can do whatever the fuck they want with their own hardware.

    This issue really only seems to bother people with older ipods. Gee, I wonder why. Then, those that don't have older iPods are angry because they're tired of listening about the issue altogether...

    What's keeping someone from hacking the new software into old iPods? Afterall, the Non-US volume limit was just hacked...

    1. Re:This is my last post on this topic. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      This is my last post on this topic.

      I hope so. Cause you're kind of a dim bulb, if you know what I mean.

    2. Re:This is my last post on this topic. by Cinematique · · Score: 0, Troll

      At least you tried to enter in a coherent debate, so I'll bite on this one.

      Actually, it is more like saying that Safari will only run on 10.2 and up. Safari and iPod firmware updates are both free pieces of software that Apple has provided, and they only run on certain generations of machines/operating systems.

      At least your analogy wasn't flawed. Thanks for that.

      Planned obsolence would be if the original iPods were made poorly with the plan of breaking down in the future in order to force an upgrade to a newer iPod. As an owner of the original 5 GB iPod, I must say that it is still running as good as ever. Apple didn't shit on me one bit. In fact, the firmware updates they've released have made it even more functional with a longer battery life.

      Planned obsolescence can be due to the material and physical makeup of any given object, but also because of software. If Microsoft were to make a new version of Word that made files that only worked with other new versions of Word, that'd be planned software obsolescence. But that wasn't my point. What I meant was that Apple has shown that the older iPod doesn't matter to them anymore. So why can't they just open up the API for people to do what they want? Again, they added calendar features... a clock... both of which were hacked in by coders outside of Apple. I can't program, and if I could, I'd be tinkering with my Pod. So my message was more or less a cry for help.

      You can do whatever you want with your own hardware. You want Apple to freely give out trade secrets so that you don't have to do as much work to make your hardware do stuff it wasn't intended for.

      Wishful thinking, I know.. hence the whole hacking iPod thing I mentioned towards the end.

    3. Re:This is my last post on this topic. by Cinematique · · Score: 0, Troll

      It's shitty that they didn't add some new stuff because they wanted to sell more new iPods, yes. Way to go pointing out the fact that I was moved by the response to my original post enough to make a few more. What an idiot I must be...

  2. Re:ipod problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    umm - stick to the topic you wintel turd.

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