iPod iOS 4.0/ Request for 64D app

Posted by Ross on July 20, 2010, 11:44 a.m.

iOS 4.0 on a 3G model is the biggest fail that ever failed. The immense level of suckage cannot adequately be surmised by just a few lines of text. I can't even use my iPod anymore. This is just one of their ploys to make me buy the new iPhone. But the thing is, everything new on 4.0 could easily be attained via jailbreak apps on 3.1.2. Damn commie bastards…

h8 Apple

Yeah, this is just me venting. So how are you guys doing?

Oh, and to KaBob, I expect a 64Digits iPod app out. Or at least a mobile version of this site. Make it happen.

Comments

Ross 14 years, 4 months ago

Novelty. Or, we can go with the mobile site idea. Again, it's just a mere suggestion. The usefulness of which is obviously to aid the plight of those with pudgy fingers and little patience.

Josea 14 years, 4 months ago

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but releasing a 4.0 update for a 3G phone which completely renders the phone useless seems like a ploy to force your hand to get the new phone. Not to mention the new phone offers nothing that is not already attainable through Cydia.
And this is one of the things I dislike about Apple: their business tactics. The whole planned obsolescense trick they play on their customers is completely unnaceptable, and even more unnaceptable their deceiving marketing strategies.

KaBob799 14 years, 4 months ago

I don't even use my cell phone, it's for emergencies only. But if I did get a good one, it wouldn't be from apple.

SteveKB 14 years, 4 months ago

still using my netbook >:D asus 1005HA ftw! got jolicloud on it and it just keeps getting better :D

Misconstruct 14 years, 4 months ago

Agreed, planned obsolescence is a pretty dirty tactic. That's why, if at all possible, I plan to stop updating my iPhone 4's OS whenever Apple releases the next major iteration of the iPhone. If I don't hear anything too negative about the update from other iPhone 4 users after a few weeks of its release then I might consider installing the update.

Ross 14 years, 4 months ago

That's generally what I do, but due to the possibility of downgrading your iOS, I didn't figure the update to be too much of a risk. I went about a week with it, and my review is that of utter failure. Nothing works correctly. Alarm clock doesn't sound, mail won't load correctly, YouTube is unresponsive, wifi goes in and out for no known reason, and the lag is unbearable.

I downgraded back to 3.1.2 today, and restored all of my jailbroken apps. Much more satisfied now.

Misconstruct 14 years, 4 months ago

Ah, you can downgrade? That's nice.

Ross 14 years, 4 months ago

It is a nice perk, but doesn't take away from the dirtiness of the tactic. Updating a 3G device to iOS 4.0 will literally render your device useless at worst, severely impaired at best.

Misconstruct 14 years, 4 months ago

Well it's arguably not a 'tactic' in this case, let alone dirty.

It's a new OS that, while installable on older iPhones, brings new features primarily intended for use on the iPhone 4 with its beefier hardware.

It's not planned obsolescence when an older computer is incapable of running a newer OS smoothly, is it?

Acid 14 years, 4 months ago

I agree with Ross, yaywalter.