iPod When is Apple going to release the update for 3G iPods???

[aquajet]

The thing is that it is NOT a computer. Name me one cell phone maufacturer that still releases firmware upgrades for last year's models...

Yes it is.

 

[Diatribe]

Yes it is.

Are you trying to be sarcastic? By your standards a cell phone is one too huh?
Whatever, just get over it.

 

[steve_hill4]

Both contain some form of processor, but whether they are computers or not are open to debate. Apple should be releasing updates for the models at least a year after production ceases, but important updates to iTunes, (like Podcasting), should see updates on the older models too.

 

[aquajet]

Are you trying to be sarcastic? By your standards a cell phone is one too huh?
Whatever, just get over it.

No, I wasn't. But now I am...go look in the dictionary genius. Both devices meet the definition of a computer.

computer |kəmˈpyoōtər| noun an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program. • a person who makes calculations, esp. with a calculating machine.

 

[Diatribe]

No, I wasn't. But now I am...go look in the dictionary genius. Both devices meet the definition of a computer.

computer |k?m?pyo?t?r| noun an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program. • a person who makes calculations, esp. with a calculating machine.

I guess then we need a new definition. One that actually distinguishes between a computer and consumer electronics that happen to use a processor. By that definition a microwave would be a computer too. See how ridiculous this gets...?