You do not pay to update your iPod Touch unless the software update is to 3.0 or 3.1.
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To get the iPod Touch 3.0 software, go to iTunes and search for the software, and you can buy the software for $9.99.
When you Update software on an iPod touch, you get more features (Folders for apps, wireless printing etc.)
Hello, The 2nd gen ipod is not designed to handle to update any software. Hardware cannot support the newest software forever or run on it.
you update it through itunes
iPod software is updated by plugging the iPod into the computer and using Apple iTunes software to upgrade.
The 3.1 software is an update to the 3.0 software for the iPod Touch. The 3.1 software mostly adds the ability to have Genius look for good songs for you directly from your iPod Touch.
No unless you Jailbreak it and there are stuff like the 4th software update
depends are you on latest software?
No, Apple has stopped updates for the iPod Touch 2nd Generation.
It means that you need to update either your software or apps depending on what the message is asking you to update.