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Apple Will Be Streaming Today’s Press Conference – Only To Apple Hardware

by Stefan Etienne on 01. Sep, 2010 in Apple, Mac OS X, News

If you have an iPhone 4, Mac, iPad or any other Apple=branded hardware, you will be able to watch today’s event, over a video live stream at 10:00 AM Pacific Time, 1 PM Eastern Time. A direct link to the stream will be placed on Apple’s homepage when the event is live.

If you’re part of the opposition who has a Windows computer and an Android phone, you’re out of luck. Seriously Apple, how closed off can you be? Don’t you have a Windows version of iTunes, Safari, and Quicktime?

Apple’s event today probably will consist of several new iPods, an Apple TV, an iLife update, and iOS 4 for the iPad, as according to various sources.

Source: Apple

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Apple Holding Music-Focused Media ‘Special Event’ September 1st

by Stefan Etienne on 25. Aug, 2010 in Apple, Breaking, Did You Know?

Apple is now sending out invites to gadget blog publications and the like, all alerting us to get off our desks and head over to San Francisco, September 1st at 10AM PT / 1PM ET. Why? Accoridng to the photo above and everything else we know about this, it’ll be a ‘special event’ dedicated to music.

At the moment I expect a new iPod Touch, the new Apple TV, and finally a ‘one mooore thing’. The beginning of next month is only 12 days away, so now we wait. Eagerly.

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That White iPhone 4 Of Yours Is Coming At The End of The Month, Says Jobs

by Stefan Etienne on 16. Jul, 2010 in AT&T, Android, Handsets, Hardware

So that hard make to make iPhone 4, eh? End of the month, in “limited quantities” Steve Jobs mentioned today at 4 Infinite Loop, California, where we were told all iPhone 4 owners get a free bumper case. By the way, I know what you’re thinking. eBay. Rare White iPhone 4. Sold.

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So Here’s The Story: Steve Jobs Giving Out Free Bumper Cases For iPhone 4

by Stefan Etienne on 16. Jul, 2010 in AT&T, Apple, Breaking, Did You Know?, Handsets, Hardware

So here’s the deal: free bumper cases for iPhone 4, Apple can’t produce enough of these things, so you’ll have to select between a variety of bumpers and cases, and you can apply online next week. Anyone who previously purchased an iPhone 4 bumper case gets refunded.

This is a hit to Apple’s coffers, but also a hit to the iPhone 4: in order for it to work, you need to put a colorful rubberband around it. Alas, at least it’s free.

I have a feeling everyone will have a bumper case around their iPhone 4 now. Albeit that’ll greatly annoy tech enthusiasts like me who find adding Chinese plastic to an expensive gadget distasteful. Oh well.

So here’s the deal:

If you already bought another bumper case, you get a refund.
The offer applies until September 30.
Have an iPhone 4 = bumper case free.

Oh, and white iPhone 4 ships at the end of the month. A full post about this will come on LaptopMemo later today.

Source: Apple

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Apple iOS 4.1 released to devs, offers signal bar ‘fix’ change

by Stefan Etienne on 14. Jul, 2010 in AT&T, Apple, Breaking, Handsets, Software/Apps

So in a whip of news in today’s cycle (I’ve been busy all day y’know, with other gadgets), iOS 4.1 just got the go to the official dev channels at Apple’s website (developer.apple.com), which brings plenty of bug fixes, the Game Center (which has yet to launch), and interestingly that “signal bar fix”, which falsely according to Apple at this point fixes the death grip issue. The trick here is that even a single bar of service doesn’t look so bad — due to all bars now being taller, as seen below. This won’t work on me, Steve Jobs and Cupertino! Via: BGR

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Leaked Apple touchscreen found to be tiny, mysterious

by Stefan Etienne on 09. Jul, 2010 in Apple, Hardware, Rumors

So what’s this, eh? A touchscreen that measures 3cm (1.18 inches)!? Perhaps it is for the iWatch, or a new iPod Nano? Or maybe for a new iPod Shuffle? Whatever it might be, the source of the photo is Taiwanese site Apple.pro, which leaked out the white iPhone 4 and the new Unibody Macbook Pro, so at least we might be looking at something real here.

Via: Mac Rumors

Source: Apple.pro

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Apple Says The iPhone 4 Reception Issues Are Caused By An Incorrect Signal Reading

by Stefan Etienne on 02. Jul, 2010 in AT&T, Apple, Did You Know?, Featured, Handsets, Strange

So, in the latest part on Apple’s take of the iPhone 4′s ability to not get calls and use data due to the faulty antenna issue when it gets into contact with human flesh, they’re claiming that the issue is simply an incorrect signal reading, which would be a possible explanation to the “dramatic drop in [signal] bars”. So far, they’re promising that software update will be the answer, and they fix it. As they say in Futurama, “Fixitfixitfixitfixitfixit”!

Apple’s letter to iPhone4 users about this issue is after the break.

Via: Apple

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iPhone 4 finds its $1 antenna solution that’s actually practical

by Stefan Etienne on 01. Jul, 2010 in AT&T, Apple, Awesome, Did You Know?, Handsets

The iPhone 4, an amazing piece of technology is plagued by that nasty antenna issue where if you simply hold the phone “the wrong way” as Steve Jobs puts it, you lose your connection. The real issue is actually the design, and the Apple Bumper Case which is essentially a plastic rubber-band fixes that. And that’s for $30 (which is frankly ridiculous). Enter Oliver Nelson from the iPhone Guru. Simply take your favorite charity wrist band that you find for $1 (or Neil Armstrong’s) with the measurements of “about 1.125-inches long and about 0.125-inches wide”, cut a few holes for the ports, and voila! Instant solution. Problem solved, for no more than a dollar.

Via: Wired, iPhone Guru

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Oh! Apple’s Looking for Eight Extremely Experienced iPhone Antenna Engineers

by Stefan Etienne on 30. Jun, 2010 in Apple, Did You Know?, Handsets, Hardware, Strange

So, what goes with the quirky title of this story? At this point, that’sall I can think of. In internal docs Apple is telling its AppleCare employees to smooth over the antenna and reception problems with customers, as well as not providing them bumper cases for free, in ALL CAPS (see here).

In the meantime Apple is looking for eight experienced antenna dudes who would work on the iPhone and iPad, as well as manufacturing experience and in total being in the industry for more than 10 years. Probably Apple wants to make sure the iPhone 5 (or 4G) will be held anyway you want, so it is more revolutionary.

Go figures then. ;)

Via: TC

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Apple Sold 1.7 Million iPhone 4s In 3 days. Wait, what?

by Stefan Etienne on 28. Jun, 2010 in AT&T, Apple, Breaking, Handsets, News

Is the new shatter-loving, time bomb-ticking iPhone 4 successful? You bet it is. Starting Thursday the 24th, till Saturday the 26th Apple has officially sold 1.7 million new iPhone 4s. Cupertino’s press release and comment from Jobs is below:

CUPERTINO, California-June 28, 2010-Apple® today announced that it has sold over 1.7 million of its iPhone® 4 through Saturday, June 26, just three days after its launch on June 24. The new iPhone 4 features FaceTime®, which makes video calling as easy as one tap, and Apple’s new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in stunning text, images and video.

“This is the most successful product launch in Apple’s history,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Even so, we apologize to those customers who were turned away because we did not have enough supply.”

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