iPod touch (gen 2) delayed in India indefinitely? (Updated)

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

While the new iPod classic and iPod nano have been available in India for some time now, iPod touch has been conspicuously missing from the stores here. A little probing into the matter has revealed that the new iPod touch has run into some delays with Wireless Planning and Coordination (WPC) wing of Ministry [...]

Update on iPod availability in India

Friday, October 17th, 2008

The 4th generation 16 GB iPod nanos (’Nanochromatic’) are now available at iStore outlets in Bangalore. While the new 8 GB nanos have been available in all colors except Red, the 16 GB nanos are only available in Black and Silver as of now. The remaining colors are not expected anytime soon. The number of [...]

Blocked!

Monday, September 29th, 2008

If you enjoy playing games on your iPhone/iPod touch, a personal recommendation is a game called “Blocked.” It is not free, but well worth the $0.99 (~Rs. 45) you will pay for it.
I have been playing this game for almost a month now (can’t say the same for some of the more expensive games [...]

iTunes App Store: Billing experience in India

Monday, July 28th, 2008

I’ve begun to get daily receipts from iTunes App Store. The receipt lists all the application that I download - including free apps and updates, plus a list of recommendations:

As you can see, the prices in the receipt appear in US dollars, just like they do at the App Store. The $ 9.99 that I [...]

Firmware 2.0 and the iTunes App Store experience in India

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

I finally have the firmware 2.0 running on my iPod Touch. You will get a new Applications tab in iTunes 7.7 when you connect the updated iPod Touch to your machine. Here you can choose to synchronize all the Applications in your library to your iPod, or just select the ones you like.

I chose to [...]