App Store icon not on 1st generation iPod

My son's friend just got the first gen 8GB iPod touch. He doesn't have the App Store icon on his iPod touch. I know you have to have 2.0 but my question is shouldn't the touch have come with 2.0 on it already? Is it even possible to update the OS on a 1st gen iPod touch to anything 2.0 and up? Thanks.

The first-generation iPod touch would not have come with iOS 2.x, no. The original user would had to purchase and install it. iOS 2.x only was included with the second-generation iPod touches.
Check the OS on the iPod. I'd wager it's 1.x, in which case your son's friend will have to purchase the update to iOS 3.1 (the 2.x update was removed a long time ago now).
Regards.

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