iPhone, iPod touch 1.1.3 updates [U]

updated 01:20 pm EST, Tue January 15, 2008

iPhone iPod 113 Update

Apple at Macworld today introduced the expected version 1.1.3 of its iPhone software, upgrading the handset with several heavily requested features. The device now includes a fully customizable home screen that lets users rearrange the order of icons; users can simply press and hold an icon to move it to a different location. For the first time, users can also add icons to the home screen through a Webclips feature that adds shortcuts to particular Safari websites. Users can now also send SMS text messages to multiple users at once.

Google Maps has also been significantly revamped, Apple says. The software can now triangulate its own position using cell towers, providing a rough approximation of the user's location; users can now also view maps in hybrid view and add marker pins of their own without depending on preset locations.

The iPod touch also receives its largest update yet, according to the company. The previously limited media player now receives all the iPhone's non-telephone programs, including Google Maps, Mail, Stocks, and Weather; all the features of the iPhone 1.1.3 upgrade carry over, Apple says. The iPod uses Wi-Fi to estimate its location when near available networks.

The iPhone's update should be free; new iPod touches will also receive the new apps for free, but existing owners will need to pay $20 to upgrade to the new software. Upgrading to 1.1.3 for bug fixes on the iPod remains free.

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timbck2

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Joined: Sep 2006

01/15, 02:07pm | report spam | close reply

iPod Touch update $20

Not free. I assume that new Touches will ship with the new software eventually though.

coldfusion1970

Joined: Nov 2004

01/15, 02:18pm | report spam | close reply

me want update

So how do i update mine? I check the ITMS and its not on there :-(

Yanimac

Joined: Apr 2007

01/15, 02:27pm | report spam | close reply

Update on iTunes

To answer Coldfusion, go to: http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/whatsnew.html and click on the buy now button on the left side. It will direct you to itunes for purchase.

It is too bad this update isn't free, but oh well, I wanted these iphone features so I am now a happy camper :-)

Visnaut

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Joined: Nov 2000

01/15, 02:39pm | report spam | close reply

Not free = not cool

If I had bought an iPod touch for myself or someone else for Christmas I'd be pissed. Just half a month later a minor software update is released, and they charge $20?

I know the accounting of the iPhone is different, with its accounting stretched over two years. But it's not like Apple is having to do extra development for the apps to work on the touch. They don't even have to recompile!

What's next? $20 for 10.5.5?

jhawk95

Joined: Oct 2006

01/15, 03:32pm | report spam | close reply

On My Phone :-)

I already downloaded it and installed it. It is wonderful.

It IS FREE for iPhone users. Steve DID NOT say it was FREE for new iPod Touches yet. So is there a price increase at the Apple Store for the iPod Touch, or do they have to pay the $20 to upgrade too, or will all new iPod Touches sold today get it for FREE?

Anyway, it is available now!

Tanker10a

Joined: Jan 2003

01/15, 03:50pm | report spam | close reply

Shame On Steve

I just want to know one thing... Can this iPhone synch and a ToDo List that works with Apple Mail? No I don't think so... Steve bragged about the amount of market share that the iPhone captured from the other smartphones since being released. It's a damm shame that these other phones can do simple things like synchronizing Notes, ToDo List, Linking Address Book Contacts to Events, Cut Copy and Paste and Drag & Drop unlike the iPhone. On top of that, he is pushing Web Apps charging $20. MW08? Big let-down! That's all I have to say about that.

wfolta

Joined: Mar 2002

01/15, 04:22pm | report spam | close reply

Just got the download

Seems to work great. In a major city in the DC suburbs, I tried locating myself several times. I had max AT&T signal.

About half the time, it indicated an area about 4-6 blocks across, and half the time it indicated an area about 20 blocks across, and it was accurate. Took about 6 seconds to locate each time.

Not nearly good enough for turn-by-turn directions, but good enough for "nearby metro/restaurant/friend/etc", and for giving you a reasonable starting point on the map when you want to find something nearby.

The Routing option now has "Current Location" as an option for the start of routing. Traffic status no longer has a button and appears to be automatic.

testudo

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Joined: Aug 2001

01/15, 05:03pm | report spam | close reply

what?

There goes Apple again. Remember how people talk about the great new iPhone, and how the software is upgradeable and new features can be added. Apparently such isn't the case for touch users. So, AppleTV and iPhone users can get free upgrades, but add some new features to an iPod, and all of a sudden its time to charge people (maybe it's because the ipod is popular, while the others are just starting out and they don't want to alienate too many potential customers).

BTW, for those wanting TimeMachine/AirDisk capabilities in Leopard, expect to pay for that too. Apparently Apple can't add any new feature without now having to charge it's customers for it.

d0qtrx34

Joined: Jan 2008

01/15, 09:46pm | report spam | close reply

Nope

"The iPod touch also receives its largest update yet, according to the company. The previously limited media player now receives all the iPhone's non-telephone programs, including Google Maps, Mail, Stocks, and Weather; all the features of the iPhone 1.1.3 upgrade carry over, Apple says. The iPod uses Wi-Fi to estimate its location when near available networks."

Wrong. An upgraded touch has none of these. The only changes I can see are an ANNOYING html error console on safari, and a background for the dock... wow, what a waste... 160MB for this? I'm glad I didn't do this on my hacked touch, or else I'd be EXTREMELY aggravated.

01/15, 09:50pm | report spam | close reply

oops

pardon me... you have to pay for these additions... I missed that on the first pass.

Stuke

Joined: Feb 2005

01/15, 10:07pm | report spam | close reply

It's business, that's all

Yes, the customer comes first. But yes, Apple pays its people with cash, plain and simple. Business is business and not emotion. If you own the iPod Touch, an iPod after all, you know, the music player, then for $20 you can now email and find stuff on maps. Big deal. You'd pay that much and more for a shareware app that could do those basic things, or some rather esoteric thing, and not think twice about it. But, if Steve Jobs puts it in a Macworld Keynote...the sky's falling! Sorry, but this is the facts of life we live under to love Apple.

bluejammm

Joined: Jul 2006

01/15, 11:25pm | report spam | close reply

I agree with stuke

What a bunch of whiners! Oooh! Twenty whole dollars! So don't buy it if it bothers you all so much. Go get a Zune! I, personally could care less about stocks, weather, and my email, all of which I can still get from within the Touch. Now hear ME whine.....I want 32Gigs!!!

01/16, 08:23am | report spam | close reply

re: whining

Well, it wouldn't have been so bad if Apple had just included such basic apps on the Touch in the first place. We're not talking new apps here, we're talking about apps already on the iPhone that apple specifically didn't add to the touch. And now they want to charge for the extra 'time' spent getting them to work on a device with the same OS and underpinnings?

blorzoga

01/16, 09:52am | report spam | close reply

Upgrade more than 1 touch

I have two ipod touches and was wondering if anyone knows whether, if I purchase the upgrade for $20, can I upgrade both devices or is it device-specific?

MidnightBrewer

Joined: Nov 2003

01/17, 12:32am | report spam | close reply

Something to think about

I agree that it would have been nice to have these apps from the beginning. However, Apple had to work hard to justify the differentiation between the iPhone and the iPod touch, which are practically the same device, once you remove the phone.

The iPhone isn't just about a phone, it's about a phone with a great interface. Give people the same device and interface sans the phone and suddenly you might find yourself having problems being able to keep the two straight. Marketing tried to solve this by creating an artificial (and aggravating) difference between the two devices: they took out the apps.

If it makes you feel better, you have the option to pay $20 one time for these applications, but iPhone users pay Apple every month, regardless if they use the apps or not. I'd call that getting off cheap.

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iPhone iPod 113 Update

iPod Touch update $20

me want update

Finally!

Update on iTunes

Not free = not cool

Did Not Download

On My Phone :-)

Shame On Steve

Just got the download

what?

Nope

oops

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I agree with stuke

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