When you upgrade your iPod Touch to iPhone 3.0 firmware, you’ll finally be able to use that Broadcom BCM4325 Bluetooth chip inside every iPod Touch since the second gen. A2DP and wireless gaming is included with a $9.95 upgrade to the new firmware. Honestly, only the lack of Bluetooth stands in the way of the Apple PMP from becoming the perfect non-phone mobile device. For those people who are waiting for Nike+ on the iPod Touch, I’m sorry to say they’ll have to settle for the smaller iPod lineup.
[via cnet]
March 17th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Jeah, hope that’s true!
Even if i have read something, that it won’t be availible for ipod touch.
Some of the apple guys said “ipod touch has no bluetooth” (even if we now that’s not true for 2ng generation ipod)
it was on the live-blog on macnews.de which i can’t find anymore
March 17th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Wow iPod touch has added new feature on cellphone generation. The new generation of iPod is now on its best selling price which every body can now afford to buy. Because of this new feature iPod is now on top of the line compared to others.
March 17th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
iPod or iPhone is upadted too fast, even many functions are good, but I think people will tire to chase it.
March 18th, 2009 at 5:13 am
“For those people who are waiting for Nike+ on the iPod Touch, I’m sorry to say they’ll have to settle for the smaller iPod lineup.”
The bluetooth chip found inside of the second generation iPod Touch has been used for Nike+ ever since the second generation iPod Touch went on sale. To prove this, Nike+ is found in the settings area of every second generation iPod Touch, and there are many videos on YouTube reviewing the feature too. Plus, you can buy the Nike+ sensors from the online Apple Store which explicitely state that they work with the second generation iPod Touch. Just thought of pointing this out because I think this feature is constantly overlooked (especially in this case), and because I already use Nike+ with my second generation iPod Touch
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:30 pm
[...] • Cut, copy and paste • MMS with message forwarding and deleting of multiple messages • Bluetooth stereo A2DP • Tethering • New Spotlight feature for universal search on the iPhone/iPod Touch • New Voice Memos app • Revised Stocks app that features news stories and supports landscape view • Calendar now supports CalDAV and subscriptions in the .ics format • Landscape view for Mail, Text and Notes • Note syncing to Mac and PC • Parental controls for TV shows, movies and App Store apps • Auto-login for WiFi hotspots • Shake the shuffle iPod playback • Phishing protection • Form auto-fill • YouTube account support • Bluetooth on the 2G iPod touch [...]
May 19th, 2009 at 10:20 am
bluetooth is on seriously, my mates dad is a developer on the ipod gaming and that and he gets the update early because of the developer thing and his has bluetooth on
June 18th, 2009 at 2:49 am
That picture is fake.
Thats the first generation ipod touch.
Bluetooth is only for the second generation.
June 18th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I just got 3.0. for my 2nd Gen iPod touch, I was dissapointed to see that all I can do is pair it with headphones. No other fun BT features included, but maybe I am wrong. I hope I am.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:42 am
I just got 3.0 update for my 2nd Gen iPod touch. all I can do is pair it with my macbook pro. it even showed my computer name. but can’t do anything at all. apple seems dont want to enable its function.
July 5th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Can u only pair up with other iPods or any phone? mb x
July 6th, 2009 at 5:20 am
My bluetooth-enabled blackberry can detect my ipod, and even recognizes it’s name — but then asks for the ipod’s numeric key in order to pair up. Anyone know what this key is?
July 7th, 2009 at 6:35 am
try “0000″
July 9th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
HELP!!! I just downloaded 3.0 update for my 2nd gen ipod touch. When i try and pair it with my bluetooth devices it searches, and searches, and searches..but never finds it. Any sugesstions?
July 10th, 2009 at 9:09 am
my 2nd gen ipod touch has that bluetooth deal on it when i updated to a 3.0. my imac w/ bluetooth can sense it, but cannot go any farther like a iphone or something
August 1st, 2009 at 9:13 am
I can get my iPod touch to connect to my computer, and my cellpohen, but as soon as i hit connect a connection is registered on the target device, and apparently immendiately terminated. I just got the update too and was dissapointed to learn that the bluetooth does almost nothing, even though this should have been able to make the iPod touch into a phone with just a simple headset (but the cheeky bastards probably won’t ever enable bluetooth mics for the iPod, they want you to buy the iPhone), so does this mean for now Apple is determined to give us extra “privilages” to use on our own damn devices WE bought for more “JUST 9.95!: updates? I think this is absurd, I should be able to use everything that I paid for!
September 5th, 2009 at 10:05 am
if you dont have the 3.0 update you wont be available to get mostly all apps.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:36 pm
I have a 2nd gen Ipod Touch and an earbud headset with an inline mic and I make calls on Skype all the time. All you need is a Wi-Fi connection.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:40 pm
I was told by an Apple rep that Apple has to upgrade the firmware for the Ipod Touch to enable bluetooth headsets. 3rd Gen doesn’t do it. It’s going to take an additional fix.