Is it safe to update the iPod?

iTunes is telling me to update the iPod. Is it safe?

Marisa,
First off, you'll probably get varying replies as for opinions in this matter, of course, but here's mine, which isn't exactly on one side or the other.
Generally speaking, 1.2.1 is a fairly safe update, and it tends to solve more problems than it does make new ones, as I've seen.
This 1.2.1 update, though, was basically for the bugs and errors in the previous 1.2 firmware, which certainly brought on new issues, so 1.2.1 would be good for users with 1.2 problems.
If you've been running on 1.2 all this time and iTunes wants you to upgrade to 1.2.1, you're iPod will most likely do just fine, since it doesn't seem that 1.2.1 has any new problems that 1.2 didn't already have.
If you've been running on 1.1.2 all this time, though (without issues), you have a higher chance at getting new issues with 1.2.1, which would mostly just be some remaining bugs from 1.2 that the latest upgrade didn't fix.
The way I look at it is, if you haven't been having any issues with the iPod on the 1.1.2 firmware, though, it might be better to go ahead and not update to this latest 1.2.1, since there wouldn't exactly be a reason, bug-wise, to upgrade the iPod to this latest firmware.
We're probably seeing only just a tiny portion of iPod owners on the Discussions with this latest update, though, so it is most likely not a commonly problematic upgrade in that sense at all, although from 1.1.2 to 1.2.1 could bring on problems that 1.2 already simply had.
I hope all that made sense.
Good luck!
-Kylene

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