All you 2nd generation iPod Touch users out there, here's a bit of a reminder from Apple as to how old your device has now become.
Remember the time when you rejoiced as soon as you found that Apple's wireless printing technology AirPrint would be supported on the 2nd Generation iPod touch? Well, just a few weeks down the line, Apple seems to have changed its mind and has decided against offering AirPrint support for your device.
With this, the 2nd generation iPod Touch now joins the iPhone 3G and the prehistoric iPhone 2G to be the only devices on which AirPrint would not work.
When Apple had announed the AirPrint feature, it had listed iPod Touch second generation as one of the supported devices:
"AirPrint will work with iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (second generation and later)."
But eagle eyed folks at 9to5Mac have observed that Apple has now dropped it from the list of supported devices. The press release now reads:
"AirPrint will work with iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (third generation and later)."
For those of you who were in a cave for the past few weeks, let us remind you that AirPrint is Apple's wireless printing technology that would be supported by a wide range of HP's ePrint enabled printers. It was introduced on September 15 2010 and yes, it does precisely what you thought it would do - print out stuff directly from your iOS devices. The AirPrint feature will be available in iOS 4.2, which is expected to be released in November.
Are you disappointed that the feature is not coming to your iPod Touch 2G? Or does it give you one more reason to upgrade to the new iPod Touch 4G?
[via 9to5Mac]
not surprised
It seems that apple is now TRYING to piss off people who do not rush out buy their latest product.
So am i safe to assume that my first gen Ipod touch wont do air printing? ga, i mean it still plays music pervectly, multitasks, and downloads hacked apps and games (though i pay for the ones on my Iphone4), so fu(k you apple, wonderfull product, HORRIBLE support. There is NO reason for me to buy a new Ipod touch, the one i have now works PERFECTLY, when you stop trying to make products only a little better at a time, instead of making them years ahead of their time, like you should, i will keep my inferior product, that does exactly what its meant to do, and ALOT of other things you NEVER wanted it to do, because i paid for it, and it should be illegal for you to tell me what i can and cannot do with it.
well that all depends
is 1 >= 2?
Seriously. I got my IPT 2G last summer for free when I got my MacBook Pro for college, and now it's already outdated even in terms of software support. Now that's fucked up! WTF is Apple's excuse for why the IPT 2G can't run a basic print function? Even the first gen iPhone should be able to do this without a Jailbreak. Oh well that's what we have Jailbreaking for. Thank God! I'm really started to get sick of Apple's marking scheme although I've been, and still am pretty loyal to them for making great products. It just becomes to hard to keep up with the latest technology every year.
No surprise but still – how usable is this AirPrint if it only supports some selected new printers? Don't we have a server software available which can be running on another machine connected to whatever printer with its own drivers? I mean software which can accept print request over wlan and send it to any networked printer.
Personally I don't care… I have a Lexmark printer and the free Lexprint app that allows me to print stuff so I couldn't care less about Apple's scam. In the worst case scenario the Jailbreak community will fulfill (and more) where Apple has left out. Long life to Jailbreaking!
Well let's accept the fast face generation of technology …..
cant get mad, this is typical apple, if you cant keep up with the modern devices, apple is not for you, they dont need to change because they obviously dont need to seeing how there sales are always up
hmm.. i don't know.
perhaps the apple website may prove useful.
short answer: yes, any networked 10.6.5 running mac or any pc will do
what pisses me off is that airport extremes wont
Not surprised.. It's Apple. We all know them. If the device is more than 1-2 years old, it doesn't matter anymore. They should have a new slogan:
Apple. Always wanting more money.
Yeah, exactly Brian! My thoughts exactly.
is there anything cydia can do i don care if its slow but i want it…