Apple store now closed. iPhone 4s sales to start soon.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Jobs family during this difficult time, we are sorry for your loss. Cool Geex.

Apple CEO Tim Cook today sent the following email to all Apple employees:

Team,

I have some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earlier today.

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing
human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.

We are planning a celebration of Steve’s extraordinary life for Apple employees that will take place soon. If you would like to share your thoughts, memories and condolences in the interim, you can simply email rememberingsteve@apple.com.

No words can adequately express our sadness at Steve’s death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him. We will honor his memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work he loved so much.

Tim

http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/

Today Apple announced the all new iPhone 4s.

You can find all the information and the event video here : http://www.apple.com/iphone/

If you’re an AT&T customer and you are an early adopter that got the iPhone 4 last year at Jun-24-2010 you might be eligible for an early Oct 7 Pre-order.

The only problem is that AT&T rating their good customer differently and does not qualify Oct 14 eligibility for the new iPhone for everyone.

As far as readers informed me, there is 3 different dates for eligibility for customers that got the iPhone 4 at Jun 24 2010.

Rated A customers will be able to get the new iPhone 4s at Oct 14.

Rated B customers will be able to get the new iPhone 4s at Nov 25.

Rated C customers will be able to get the new iPhone 4s at Feb 25 2012.

* I don’t know if AT&T really rates their customers with letters, but they do rate customers in some way. how do you explain the differences in eligibility otherwise.

Update!!!
me.com redirect to https://www.me.com/maintenance/

Apple Xcode used to be a free development tool from Apple.

Starting today it will cost you $4.99

Unless you are a registered developer.

Xcode 4 in the App Store

Everybody excited about iOS 4.3 being out 2 days earlier.

But if you are an Apple Devices Developer you would be excited about Xcode 4 coming out of beta.

Grab it here: https://developer.apple.com/xcode/index.php

Xcode 4 is the new version of Apple’s powerful integrated development environment for creating great apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Xcode 4 includes the Xcode IDE, Instruments, iOS Simulator, and the latest Mac OS X and iOS SDKs.

Xcode 4 has a streamlined new interface that integrates UI design, coding, testing, and debugging, all within a single window. The embedded Apple LLVM compiler underlines coding mistakes as you type, and is even smart enough to fix the problems for you automatically.

One more step closer to iOS 4.3 Release

iAd Producer makes it easy for you to design and assemble rich interactive iAd content without any programming.

To get started, download the iAd producer from the iOS Developer Center

What’s new in iTunes 10.1.1

This release provides a number of important bug fixes, including:

• Addresses an issue where some music videos may not play on Macs equipped with NVIDIA GeForce 9400 or 9600 graphics.
• Resolves an issue where iTunes may unexpectedly quit when deleting a playlist that has the iTunes Sidebar showing.
• Fixes a problem where iTunes may unexpectedly quit when connecting an iPod to a Mac equipped with a PowerPC processor.
• Addresses an issue where some music videos may not sync to an iPod, iPhone, or iPad.

iTunes 10.1 came with several new features and improvements, including:

• Use AirPlay to instantly and wirelessly stream videos from iTunes to the all-new Apple TV.

• Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 4.2.

• Provides a number of important stability and performance improvements.

Did you know that since iOS 3.0 Apple added a new Undo/Redo feature to the iPhone.

I just think that this unTalked feature deserve mentioning.

To undo your last change, simply shake your iPhone. Same thing to redo your last change.

Pretty Cool! Don’t you think?

If you’ll head to the Apple Online store you’ll see that it’s closed “for you”.

Apple already published their Black Friday sale, the only question is if it’s the full list…

I personally declare iOS 4.1 as the buggiest iPhone OS so far.

Let’s see what iOS 4.2 brings.

If you own an iPhone, iPad, iPod; stop reading and go grab it.

The new iOS update comes with free Find My iPhone AirPlay and AirPrint.

A new cool feature for iPhone users : Messaging with text tones

Know who’s texting without looking at your screen. Choose from 17 new alerts and assign custom tones for people in your contact list.

The free iOS 4.2 Software Update brings all-new features to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Just connect your device to your computer to download the update. It’s free. It’s easy.

Source: Apple

Safari 5.0.3 Software Update:

This update contains improvements to usability, compatibility, stability, accessibility and security, including the following:

• More accurate Top Hit results in the Address Field
• More accurate results in Top Sites
• Fixes an issue that could cause content delivered with the Flash 10.1 plug-in to overlap webpage content
• More reliable pop-up blocking
• Improved stability when typing into search and text input fields on www.netflix.com and www.facebook.com
• Improved stability when using JavaScript-intensive extensions
• Improved stability when using VoiceOver with Safari

For detailed information on the security content of this update, please visit this site: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

At this point, it’s not clear if this is just a limited thing or if it will expand to all locations.

I tried calling few T.J Max Locations & Few Mardhalls Locations and they have no clue about that.

UPDATE:

Our source at T.J Maxx confirms that Only Colorado stores are selling the iPad for that price.

Access your Google Voice account right from your iPhone.
Receive push notifications for new text or voicemail messages.

This is great news for every Google Voice user except Sean Kovacs, GV Mobile Creator.

The only missing feature that I noticed so far is the ability to login with few different Google Voice Accounts.

If you need to login with more than one account GV Mobile is your way to go.

Google Voice iTunes Link

The 10.6.5 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:

improve reliability with Microsoft Exchange servers
address performance of some image-processing operations in iPhoto and Aperture
address stability and performance of graphics applications and games
resolve a delay between print jobs
address a printing issue for some HP printers connected to an AirPort Extreme
resolve an issue when dragging contacts from Address Book to iCal
address an issue where dragging an item from a stack causes the Dock to not automatically hide
resolve an issue with Wikipedia information not displaying correctly in Dictionary
improve performance of MainStage on certain Mac systems
resolve spacing issues with OpenType fonts
improve reliability with some Bluetooth braille displays
resolve a VoiceOver issue when browsing some web sites with Safari 5
For detailed information on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4250.
For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

Rumor : iPhone / iPad / iPod iOS 4.2 update will become available Friday.

According to multiple sources, the white iPhone 4 has been put off until next Spring or completely canceled.

But until today, there was some hope. The white iPhone 4 was showing in Apple online store.

Today Apple changed the store and completely remove the white iPhone

This document describes the security content of iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod touch.

For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available. To learn more about Apple Product Security, see the Apple Product Security website.

For information about the Apple Product Security PGP Key, see “How to use the Apple Product Security PGP Key.”

Where possible, CVE IDs are used to reference the vulnerabilities for further information.

To learn about other Security Updates, see “Apple Security Updates.”

You can read more at Apple KB

Source:  Apple

More about it at WSJ

I was rearranging my Mac Dock and I found this nice article about “Adding Spaces to the Dock”.

To add a Blank Icon (Space) to the dock in Mac OS X, open up Terminal.app and enter this. Enter it as many times as you want spaces. Error on too many.

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add '{"tile-type"="spacer-tile";}'
killall Dock

To remove them, just drag them up and out of the Dock like any other icon. To move them around, click and drag.
Source: Add Spaces to Dock in OS X

Dear iPhone 4 owner,

Apple recently announced that iPhone 4 customers who purchased an iPhone 4 Bumper are eligible for a full refund.

As of today, we have automatically processed your refund. If you would like to check the status of your refund, click here.

Thank you for choosing Apple.

Sincerely,
Apple Retail Store Support

One of the features missing on the iPhone is HTML signature for Mail, and if you are using two different email addresses like me you probably want to have two different Signatures, right? Even with the new iPhone 4 you can’t.

I created a solution for that (without jailbreaking the iPhone) and I use it all the time.

Yesterday I decided to share it with the world, please go here to use it and drop a line if you like it or if you have any suggestions .

*** UPDATE 2 : SOLD OUT

*** UPDATE – Use coupon code [carbon50] at checkout for %50 off.

For days I looked for a nice affordable iPhone 4 Cover.
I love the bumper but wants some personalization and protection to the back of my iPhone.

Since I couldn’t find anything, I created one, Check it out – works great with Apple Bumper.

Front facing camera, FaceTime, LED flash, speed, the screen, folders, multitasking, HD video, speaker quality, design, multiply exchange servers.

All and more are GREAT FEATURES.

BUT…..

Since I got my new iPhone (Jun24) I’m busy with troubleshooting a new issue every day.

FaceTime not working after porting a number.

FaceTime disconnecting every 30sec or so.

Bluetooth headset & Car Bluetooth connects and disconnects every few minutes .

Bluetooth muffled on other end of the line.

When exchange server configured Auto-Lock disabled. (enabled if exchange removed and reinstalled but shows nothing on the Auto-Lock settings page)

Passcode lock settings missing.

And the BIGGEST PROBLEM: Can’t be used as a phone.

Most of my calls ends with a drop-call, I barely press the End button (with or without the Bumper).

** I tried everything that I can think of to fix the problems, I also tried everything that I saw online.

The thing that bother me the most is that Apple does not recognize most of the problems, I actually been offered by Apple Store employee to return my iPhone 4 and get a new iPhone 3gs – Just ridiculous.

If you just Google few of this issues you’ll find that lots of iPhone 4 users are sharing the some problems, here is a partial list:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2481487&tstart=0

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2475125&tstart=90

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2469599

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-20008764-233.html

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=947641

http://appletoolbox.com/2010/06/iphone-4-facetime-doesnt-work-after-porting-number-from-sprint-verizon-or-t-mobile-fix/

Here we go:

On the 24th I upgraded my iPhone at an Apple store.
I also got a new iPhone with a new line and ported the phone number from T-Mobile. (2nd phone)

The Apple store employee that helped was very nice and the new iPhone worked great, including FaceTime.

Once my T-Mobile number was ported FaceTime stopped working.

The iPhone could not receive FaceTime calls but could initiate FaceTime calls.
When I tried the caller ID that appeared on my UPGRADED iPhone were the Other iPhone New Temporary number I got until the port from T-Mobile completed.

So from that I understood that FaceTime servers registered the phone number as the FaceTime user name, but the problem was that the servers registered the temporary number (a number ATT gave us until the port from T-Moblie will complete).

So I started troubleshooting the iPhone, this is what I did:

Restarted the iPhone
Tried using FaceTime with other people.
Reset the network settings
Called AT&T to reActivate the sim card.
Restore the phone from backup.

Nothing worked… So I called AT&T Again – no help.
Called Apple Care / technical support – no help.
Went back to the Apple store- nothing.
Called AT&T again and they put Apple Rep on the line – no help and a very rude response.  (first time from Apple)

The AT&T rep that helped me finally understood the problem from being with me on the phone for hours trying to find a solution and she got AT&T engineer on the phone that fully understood the issue and thanked me for bringing it up.

He had no solution but he gave me his personal phone number to discuss the progress of resolving it.

He said that he will work with Apple engineers until it will be resolved.

He also understood that this is a problem that will welcome any new (porting) AT&T / iPhone user.

In the meantime I kept on trying to fix the problem my self so I tried to:

Reset the iPhone content and settings and reActivate with iTunes. Finally it worked.
But when I restored the phone from backup it stopped working again. So I figured out that theres a file (plist or cookie) on the phone that saves the Facetime user information.

This time I reseted only the phone settings. And when I tried FaceTime again the phone registered the right number.

I know that most Apple reps can not understand the problem or give a solution.

So try just Reset the Settings (only the settings) and it should work.

I tried it on 3 different phones and it did the job.

* Please leave a comment if my solution helped you.