iPhone Techie

Apple on Tuesday posted a teaser for its upcoming Black Friday sale.

The Cupertino-based company has not announced any special deals yet, although as was the case in years prior we can likely expect minimal discounts.

Based on the teaser image, we will most likely see discounts on iPad models among other products, though there is no indication of what other product lines might be Read more…

Apple has released iOS 5.0.1 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (build number (9A405). iOS 5.0.1 is available for the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G, iPod Touch 4G, iPad, and iPad 2.

Jailbreakers should stay away from this release, if you want your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to be jailbroken with the Untethered option then stay away from this update and do not update your iDevice to this version of iOS

According to the release notes, iOS 5.0.1 includes the following bug fixes and improvements: Read more…

Quotes from the Steve Jobs biography reveal how upset the Apple CEO was with Google’s launch of Android and that Jonathan Ive had ‘more operation power’ at Apple than anyone, according the Associated Press.

Jobs was reportedly livid that HTC released an Android device which feature many of the popular features of the iPhone. Apple sued, and Jobs told Isaacson in an expletive-laced rant that Google’s actions amounted to “grand theft.” Read more…

For all of you guys out there who are still waiting on the illusive “White iPhone 4″ there might be a light at the end of the tunnel and possibly little hope for you.

Apple signage has revealed that the white iPhone 4 is coming in ‘Spring 2011′, according to a photo posted by 9to5Mac.

That should dispel rumors that Apple scrapped the white iPhone 4 altogether. Another common rumor that the white edition will be a Verizon launch special is still unconfirmed.

Take a look at the photo below… Read more…

HUGE NEWS!!!

Apple just posted a press release in which they have announced that the iOS 4.2 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch will be released TODAY!!!

Stay tuned, I will share more information as it becomes available, I will let you know about the downloads once the iOS 4.2 goes public.

Apple today announced that iOS 4.2, the latest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, is available today for download for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. iOS 4.2 brings over 100 new features from iOS 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 to iPad including Multitasking, Folders, Unified Inbox, Game Center, AirPlay and AirPrint.

“iOS 4.2 makes the iPad a completely new product, just in time for the holiday season,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Once again, the iPad with iOS 4.2 will define the target that other tablets will aspire to, but very few, if any, will ever be able to hit.”

iPad users can now run their favorite apps and switch between them instantly, while preserving iPad’s legendary battery life. Users can organize their apps with drag-and-drop simplicity using Folders, and Mail now features a Unified Inbox, fast inbox switching and a threaded message view.
Read more…

Yesterday Apple updated the front page of its website posting a teaser which promised us that “Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget” Check back here tomorrow for an exciting announcement from iTunes. Click Here to read yesterday’s post.

The big Tunes announcement has already come through and this exciting announcement is this: Apple has finally managed to get the Beatles, the band that changed everything, onto iTunes. This means Apple has the rights to sell “The Beatles” digital music through the AppStore and iTunes.

iTunes is now offering several Beatles albums, compilations and singles for download, with the UK iTunes store listing tracks at £0.99 each and the US iTunes store wanting $1.29.

The Beatles. The band that changed everything is now on iTunes. Get all of the studio albums and collections – each album comes with iTunes LP, featuring lyrics, photos, and more. Or you can download the digital box set that includes the band’s entire catalogue, mini-documentary features on each album, and a video of the band’s first concert on U.S. soil in its entirety, the 1964 show at Washington Coliseum. Read more…

Apple today updated the front page of its website posting a teaser which promises us that “Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget” Check back here tomorrow for an exciting announcement from iTunes.

An “exciting announcement” regarding iTunes is coming at 10:00 AM Eastern time. There have been no specific hints what the announcement might be related to.

Perhaps, it will be a cloud-based iTunes service to stream content from the new data center the company has built in North Carolina. Although, Peter Kafka from AllThingsD believes it’s unlikely that Music Subscriptions or Streaming will be announced by Apple tomorrow. Read more…

It seems that the Apple iOS 4.2 release which was scheduled for today, has once again been postponed. Originally, the iOS 4.2 from Apple was scheduled for 5 November, then there have been reports about the release of the new Apple Mac OS X 10.6.5 and iTunes 10.1 on November 10, and iOS 4.2 today, on Nov. 12.

As you know Mac OS X 10.6.5 came out in time and there is no issue with it, but the iTunes 10.1 has not yet been released by Apple to general public and as you all know new Apple iTunes 10.1 is a requirement a the new iOS 4.2 firmware.

According to some very creditable sources there is a serious Wi-Fi issue within the new Apple iOS 4.2 and that is why Apple  might be delaying the release of iOS 4.2 until November 16th.

Read more…

Apple has informed developers that iTunes Connect will be temporarily closed from December 23rd to December 28th.

I’m sure it will piss off a lot of developers, but I guess thats one of the drawbacks of being an Apple developer, you are on Apple’s leash at all times and have to do what they say.

I think the bad thing about this closing is the fact that developers will not be able to make any changes to their apps while the iTunes Connect is down so if something goes wrong with one of their apps, the developer will have to wait until December 28th to fix any issues.

This does not affect app consumers in anyway but as I stated above, since the iTunes Connect service will be unavailable  it will not allow developers to make changes to or submit any new apps during that time frame. Read more…

Hey guys, did you know that the first person Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin wanted to hire as their CEO was Steve Jobs, according to Bloomberg’s Game Changers series. I have included the link to the entire video / store on how Google has started and their entire company history starting from just being university students to today’s top billionaires.

The discovery comes from Bloomberg’s documentary series “Game Changers” which features the life stories of influential people from the technology, finance, politics “industry”. One such person is, of course, Steve Jobs himself who really needs no formal introduction to readers of iPhone Techie.

Yahoo news reports that after interviewing 12 or 13 candidates they didn’t like, Page and Brin happened to make something of a social visit to Apple and Jobs.

After the visit, the Google cofounders met with investor John Doerr and asked him: why can’t we hire that guy? Read more…