Although I was one of the people critical of Apple’s decision not to allow 3rd party apps at the launch of the iPhone last year, I understand and appreciate their decision now. My iPod touch has been much more unstable after the 2.0 upgrade (and presumably adding a bunch of 3rd party apps) that it was prior to the upgrade. It seems to spontaneously reboot at least once a day. And, today, it completely froze while browsing a web page. Pressing the power button didn’t do anything. And, the touch just stay on fully lit. So, I decided to force a reboot by pressing the selection button and the power button together for about 10 seconds. The screen blanked out and after about 30 seconds, it started to reboot.
Normally, this would be a cause to moan and groan and grumble about how bad Apple’s touch software is. However, because it was so stable prior to the 2.0 upgrade, I am willing to put up with it until Apple can issue a firmware upgrade. So, yep, it was smart of Apple to release a stable product with no 3rd party apps to create an initial happy user base and then let the instabilities start later with the iPhone 3G/iPod touch 2.0 releases.
Thanks! Am trying to restore mine as I type! I was worried there for a bit.
wow haha you just helped me fix my frozen ipod!
I have a touch with 1.1.3
Screens are full, can not add anymore short cuts.
It has been freezing up, locking up. Jumps out of areas for no reason, big pain..
Been thinking I should remove some of the shortcuts, to see if that helps. I guess if I have the same problem I should update anyway.
Would be better if they fix.
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Randy: 60 apps! You have 60 apps installed? Wow 🙂
I have had one or two apps crash on me….all third party apps. However I have over 60 apps installed and I am amazed at how stable the 2.0 release really is. With 2.1 coming soon I think even those questionable apps will be rock solid as well.
I do think it was smart of Apple not to make third party apps a free for all and have them go through the process of being checked out before being posted on the app store. This does not always means that you will download an app that is a little unstable but at least programs that are very unstable are weeded out.