iPhone 3.0 Software.

After much unpublicized delay, the 3.0 soft ware finally arrived at 19:39 hours Central European Time.
I had watched iTunes from Midnight CET on the 17th, and Nothing.  Then Surfed the web for info. Nothing was to be found, absolutely nothing.  Then checking the US Apple website I came across this little disclaimer under the 3.0 software page, and it was in small print!!! iPhone 3.0 software not available for 1st Generation iPod Touch.  I was blown away, how come the first gen.  iPhone get the update but not me with my 1st Gen. iPod Touch, infuriated I wrote an e-mail to Apple customer services Europe, to which as of yet I have no reply to.  How could they let one of the most important updates slide for the 1st Gen Touch, no Landscape mode for all programs, no cut copy and paste, no shake to shuffle and no (over wifi) in App purchases.   This spoiled my plans completely, to use the Touch instead of a of buying netbook.  With Cut Copy and Paste it would mean I would not have to resort to using or buying a netbook.
But things got a little more confused, as the guys from Engadget, http://www.engadget.com/ announced that the 3.0 software had been delayed, and worked out from the time given and date, when it should arrive.  Singapore had posted to it's customers that the 3.0 software would be available on the 18th at 01:00 hours and that would mean 19:00 hours CET. 
So I decided to give it a shot, 19:00 Hours, Nothing, ok I thought give it time.  And so finally at 19:39 Hours CET the update went live.  My shock came as iTunes allowed me to purchase 3.0, knowing full well that my Touch was a first Gen. model.  Now something got in my way, WORK, I work permanent nights and due to the dreadfully slow nature of the download (40kb/s yes only 40kb/s) iTunes said it would be another 2 HOURS !!!! before the software was ready to install.  So hoping for the best that all would be well when I got back, I left for work.
And then I came home.  iTunes showed not only had the update taken place but also that, the following sync had too, which is good because I have so many Comics from iVerse Media through the App Store.  And now the panic was over, it all worked !!!!  Why did then the US Apple website say that the 1st Gen. Touch could not be updated ?  I can only presume it meant that you could not update from software 1.1.3 to 3.0, but I'm still waiting for clarification on that.

Anyway the Software surpassed my expectations, and all I can say is iPhone users are so fortunate to get this update free, but I paid for it gladly, €7.99 against €349 for a netbook is a big difference, and to top it all of my Touch is working really quick now, a noticeable difference.  Just got to wait for a couple of my Apps to be updated to I can use the Landscape mode to type.

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