iPod touch software update 1.1.2 adds one disabled feature that is present on iPhone, but not on iPod touch. You can now add calendar events on the device, and iTunes will sync that back to iCal/Outlook on your Mac/PC.
iPod touch could always do this, in fact, once jailbroken, it was found to be a simple plist option to edit… and Calendar quickly became fully-functional. Installer.app even had a one-touch install for the tweak.
This is just one of the many times that hackers have turned the tables on Apple, iPhone third-party software overall being one of the more major in the iPod-side of things. Hopefully as we get closer to February, Apple will add back all the other missing apps from iPod touch (Mail, Weather, Stocks, Google Maps, and Notes).
This is not really a case of hackers ‘turning the tables’ on anything. Several users complained to Apple about the iPod touch not being able to Calendar events, and were told from the beginning that it was an oversight and would soon be enabled as a software update. And here we have it. Not everything Apple does is part of a Vast Conspiracy. Sometimes they just mess up.
DBL, you seem to like being a contrarian. So, since I haven’t said it in the past, welcome to ChristopherPrice.net!
In any case, yes, you could argue many users complained. I’ve suggested folks do so directly to Apple, in the past, on this site over iPod touch hinderances (Mail, etc).
However, the most direct event following the release was the addition of the Touch Calendar Fix to Installer.app, which was made a no-brainer to install thanks to JailBreakMe.com
People can ask all day long, and I encourage it. However, it is much more impacting to have a live demonstration that a hinderance has been imposed. Breaking through and removing that hinderance, so easily I might add, probably added significantly more pressure on Apple to remove the hinderance.