ptyork

Since they used the accounting rule as a lame excuse for charging for the iPod upgrades, they're going to have a hard time continuing to do so unless they now begin charging for iPhone upgrades. Should now only be possible to find an excuse to charge for neither or both. Since they'll be rightfully slaughtered by their user community and the press if they now begin charging for updates that should be free, I think we'll see two things. First, iPod touch updates will be free. Second, they'll shorten there upgrade support cycle such that after two or so years, the devices will magically no longer be able to be upgraded because the upgrades can only work if [insert latest feature here] is available. Thus, they'll perpetuate the hardware upgrade cycle by limiting software upgrades.