When a $20 charge cost Apple Inc $768!

I bought my iPod Touch before right before Christmas.

As you saw, I was all excited by my purchase and yes I still do love it.

But today I was totally shafted again by Apple and I have to speak out and say I am not happy.

Steve Jobs has said today that iPhone users will get the latest update for free while iPod Touch users will need to pay $20, which translates to £12.99 ($25) in the UK.

Now I have had my product less than a month should I not get this upgrade free of charge? If I had purchased it 6 months ago fair enough but less than 30 days?

I am not about to start paying to fix software faults made by apple or add features that they forgot first time around or willingly held back.

At present there are a number of things I cannot do that a standard iPod can and should do, no lyrics/shownotes, no scrolling tracknames so I cannot see the names or podcast show names. These things are basic to the iPod and should be fixed, I should not have to pay for those fixes, you should have got them right first time around. I do not wish to pay for your incompetence. If I did I would currently be using a Zune.

If you want to hold back movie rentals, a major feature upgrade, then fine, fine for people that have owned them for more than 30 days, fine I can accept that but if I had bought it yesterday is it fair I have to pay more today to get those features, no I do not feel so.

So Apple I now with-hold my planned purchases which would have totalled £363 or $768 until you change your mind. This is how I make myself heard.