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Originally Posted by Russ Smith
Still, I'll give Apple credit. It's not at all typical for an update from Apple to be free. It's not typical for Apple to update software without hardware driving it (and thus forcing the user to upgrade the hardware to get the software). It's also not at all typical for Apple to listen to it's users. (Apple usually tells you what you want rather than the other way around.)
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In this case, I think they realize the value of a single platform. It encourages developer adoption of new APIs. In some sense, one could argue that the long-overdue features in iPhone 3.0 are more of an enticement for consumers to upgrade to ensure that all iPhones/iPod touches are running one API platform.
Re Apple listening to its users: it does, actually, quite frequently. The problem is it often ignores it too.
Then of course, so does Microsoft.
Are they ever going to fix WMP?
--janak