Today Apple announced a new iPod nano model starting at $130. While the design of the iPod nano has remained identical to the previous model, Apple’s new nano software includes multiple additions and improvements.
2010 iPod nanos can already get Apple’s 1.2 software update that is starting to ship on the new models. The new software adds multiple clock faces, better navigation, and new Nike+ fitness features.
Apple has already posted the video recording of its “Let’s Talk iPhone” event online. You can head over to Apple’s website and watch the 96 minute keynote in its entirety right now.
Apple execs like Tim Cook, Scott Forstall, Eddy Cue and Phil Schiller all took the stage today to talk about products like iOS 5, iCloud, Siri and the iPhone 4S.
Check our homepage for all of today’s event coverage. And stay tuned for more.
Following the release of the iOS 5 GM for developers, Apple has seeded the final Gold Master version of OS X 10.7.2.
This releases puts the finishing touches on iCloud integration with Lion for the service’s public launch on October 12th. iOS 5 will also be released to the public on October 12th before the iPhone 4S goes on sale October 14th.
OS X Lion 10.7.2 should be released publicly very soon. The update will be available in Software Update and the Mac App Store.
It was rumored by several mainstream media outlets that Facebook would be making an appearance at Apple’s iPhone event today to unveil integration with iOS 5.
That obviously didn’t happen. Why? It appears that Apple pulled Facebook from the presentation at the last minute.
Apple just released AppleCare+. When you buy your iPhone 4S, you can choose AppleCare+ for $100 to cover two accidental damages to the device.
AppleCare+ must be purchased when you buy a new device, and for each incident Apple will charge a $49 service fee. Beats having to buy a new iPhone when the screen cracks!
Apple has opened the floodgates for developers and released the iOS 5 Gold Master version in the Dev Portal. Following the “Let’s Talk iPhone” event where Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S, iOS 5 has reached its final beta stage before its release on October 12th.
Apple has already updated its website with information about the iPhone 4S, including a video presentation.
Visit this link to watch Apple’s full video on the iPhone 4S and all of its new features. It’s pretty incredible.
Following Tim Cook and Scott Forstall, Apple senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddie Cue took the stage to talk about iCloud.
Check inside for what he had to say.
Meet the new iPhone family. As you can see above, Apple has updated its line of iPhones with new prices and the 4S. As predicted, the iPhone 4 has been dropped to 8GB at $99. The iPhone 3GS is free with a carrier contract.
iPhone 4S pre-orders start Friday, October 7th. The 4S will ship next Friday on October 14th.
Availability? AT&T, Verizon, and you guessed it.. Sprint.
Scott Forstall took the stage at Apple’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” event to talk about iOS 5 numbers. Following Tim Cook’s talk about Apple’s numbers for its main platforms, Forstall gave some specifics about how iOS 5 is faring in the mobile space.
Check inside for the details.
Phil Schiller introduced the iPhone 4S today at Apple’s iPhone event. The devices boasts the A5 processor for dual-core graphics, making it 7 times faster than the previous iPhone.
It looks exactly like the iPhone 4. Yeah.
Tim Cook took the stage at Apple HQ today to welcome everyone to today’s event. He welcomed everyone to Apple’s Town Hall, and mentioned how the company launched the iPod 10 years ago in the very same auditorium.
It’s time to talk numbers.
Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg recently sat down with the The Wall Street Journal to talk about the future of Sony Ericsson as a company and player in the smartphone market.
Nordberg was quoted as saying that the company “should have taken the iPhone more seriously when it arrived in 2007.” You think, Nordberg?
Today has been quite the day for rumors. Apple’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” event is tomorrow, so everyone is getting in last minute speculation about what we’ll see Cook and co. unveil onstage.
Something from well-known blogger Robert Scoble has been largely overlooked: the claim that Apple is working on a new iPad app to compete with the likes of DirecTV and other cable/dish providers.
When President Barack Obama isn’t flying around the world in Air Force One or wining and dining with the media and Silicon valley elites, he’s on his iPad.
Not only that, but the President apparently has some high profile connections at Apple. And by “high profile,” we mean Steve Jobs.
It’s getting close! With Apple set to hold its next media event on Tuesday, the folks in Cupertino have already put up a “Let’s Talk iPhone” banner outside of the Apple campus auditorium. The icons on the banner match the invites that were sent out to the press last week.
As you can see, the venue resides at 4 Infinite Loop. Apple’s auditorium only holds between 200-250 people, so expect Tuesday’s keynote to be an intimate affair.
(via 9to5Mac)
Apple and Facebook are two tech titans that have been known to butt heads every now and then. When Apple introduced the Ping social network in iTunes, Facebook denied Apple access to integrate the two networks. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg.
Ping is just one example — there have been multiple talks behind closed doors that have resulted in the two companies almost parting ways for good.
Over the weekend, Mashable posted inside information on the convoluted history of Apple and Facebook. Stories include the Facebook integration in iOS 4 that never saw the light of day, Steve Jobs paying Mark Zuckerberg a visit about an iPad app, and how Facebook and Apple nearly fell out because of HP.
Sometimes you just want to write something down. Some people would call this process “journaling,” or even “keeping a diary.” In reality, the whole concept of keeping a journal or diary is about recording memories and thoughts. It’s therapeutic. It’s comforting.
Day One by Bloom Built is a beautiful and simple app for journaling on the Mac, iPad, and iPhone. The app balances features with simplicity to bring you an excellent environment for writing on a daily basis.
Apple has seeded iWork beta 4 to developers with added support for iCloud services in iOS 5. Developers can test the iCloud “Documents and Data” service to sync content wirelessly between iWork apps.
iOS 5 and iCloud should be unveiled to the public this Tuesday alongside the next iPhone. When iWork is officially updated with iCloud support, users will be able to create a document on one device and have it synced wirelessly across other devices and iCloud.com.
iBooks has also received a minor update to version 1.3.1 in the App Store. The update includes “important stability and performance improvements” that are most likely related to iOS 5.
9to5Mac has dug up a hidden gem in the latest iTunes beta that directly references the iPhone 4S. This is different from all of the other 4S rumors. This time it’s coming directly from Apple itself.
Not only does iTunes beta 9 mention the iPhone 4S, but it also affirms that rumor that Apple’s next smartphone will strongly resemble the iPhone 4 and feature a dual-mode/GSM + CDMA baseband.
As everyone eagerly awaits Apple’s “Let’s talk iPhone” event on Tuesday, October 4th, another big tech company that begins with an “A” has scheduled an event during the exact same time.
Adobe will be holding a keynote, titled “Creativity unleashed,” on October 4th at 10am. The event is part of the company’s annual MAX developer conference, and will focus heavily on how Adobe is “transforming the creative process across mobile devices, personal computers, and the cloud.”
Apple is working to secure iCloud music rights for international customers, according to CNET. The iTunes legal team is trying to get international cloud-music rights for October 4th’s iPhone event, due to the fact that Apple is expected to launch iCloud to the public at that time.
Procuring these rights would assumedly give international iCloud customers the ability to re-download music and stream tracks through iTunes Match.
Apple has seeded OS X Lion 10.7.2 Build 11C71 to developers. The update addresses no major issues and instead focuses on some finishing touches for what will most likely be the public launch of OS X 10.7.2 next week.
This beta build of OS X makes a few slight improvements to the Lion Recovery tool and fixes a firmware password issue with Find My Mac. Earlier today, Apple also released iTunes beta 9 for developers currently testing iTunes Match.
The previous beta build of Lion addressed several issues with iCloud, and Apple will push out an official Lion update to customers with iCloud integration when the service is made available to the public after Apple’s next media event.
Oops. It appears that Apple may have let the cat out the bag a little early with an accidental email saying “Welcome to iCloud.” As reported by AppleInsider, Apple has allegedly sent out at least one public invite to iCloud prematurely.
iCloud and iOS 5 will be officially announced to the public this Tuesday, although both products have been in beta since Apple’s WWDC conference this past Summer. These email invites will assumedly be sent out in bulk to Apple customers when iCloud launches.
The Griffin MultiDock aims to fix a problem that most of us never have to deal with: charging and syncing 10 iPads at once.
This $700 piece of technology calls itself, “the complex, flexible way to charge and store multiple iPads.” You can daisy chain three of these bad boys together to create a hub that can charge/sync 30 glorious iPads.