Apple is all set to release its second major update for iPhone and iPod Touch in Firmware 3.0. Although, it is a great piece of news for all iPhone and iPod Touch users, the iPod touch users may feel a little unhappy because there is a charge of $.9.95 for them if they want to upgrade to OS 3.0. There is no such charge for the iPhone users as all 2G and 3G users can upgrade to iPhone firmware 3.0 for free.

But there is no reason for the iPod users to get disheartened because once apple makes the release of OS 3.0 you can also update iPod Touch 3.0 firmware for free by following some easy steps. You will first have to download iTunes 8.2 and install it followed by the download of iPod Touch 1G and 2G Firmware 3.0 IPSW. You have to make sure though that the downloaded file is in .ipsw extension.

The next step is to connect your iPod Touch to the computer. After starting iTunes 8.2 you have to select iPod Touch from the list of devices and click restore holding the shift key. When these steps have been taken care of you will have to locate the .ipsw files that you had downloaded earlier making sure that you do not get disconnected till iPod Touch has completely been updated by iTunes. These steps would definitely help you enjoy the experience of iPod Touch 3.0 Firmware.

There is more to iPod Touch Software 2.2. It comes with Home Screen Shortcut that allows you to press the Home button to get back to your first Home screen. Not just this, it comes with mail improvements to let you enjoy improved email scheduling and better wide format HTML email.

iPod Touch Software 2.2 comes with multiple calendar capability and push email through Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. It also features Contacts Search to let you find people faster by tapping a name, address or any other data into the search box.