To update your device, make sure your iPhone or iPod is plugged in, so it doesn’t run out of power midway through. Next, go to the Settings app, scroll down to General and tap Software Update.

Apple's new iPod touch software update, released Thursday, appears to fix the "negative blacks" image problem reported by some users.

Users can easily add games to the iPod touch first generation by going through the App Store. However, the iPod touch is older, so to play games, you must update your OS to the most recent version.

Touched by the iPod update After anxiously applying the iPhone 3.0 update to my iPod Touch last week, I took the new features for a test drive. How did they fare?

Well, we tried to purchase again and were told, "You have already bought the iPod game [our emphasis] 'iPod touch January Software Update'. Would you like to buy it again?" How about no?

I've decided to throw $19.95 at Apple and see what the January Software Update has to offer. This is a pretty big update for the iPod touch because not only did I have to apply the January ...