Apple Launches iTunes 8, Launching iPhone 2.1 on Friday
During the “Let’s Rock” press event this morning, Apple confirmed that iTunes 8 would ship out today with a new intelligent playlist composition feature which will be called Genius as well as a text-to speech feature dubbed Accessibility. Lost in the hype for the new nano and iPod Touch refresh, however was the pending release […]
MobileMe Up, iTunes Down… As In, Locking Users Out
The latest iPhone update finally makes MobileMe work. But, many are still having issues with iTunes. With iPhone 2.0.2, many have reported in (and we’ve confirmed as well) that MobileMe finally works as promised with iPhone and iPod touch. Contact, calendar, and mail data does download properly whenever you open any of these apps. And, […]
Post-Update, Apple’s App Store Woes Continue
Apple’s quick-fix updates to both iTunes and iPhone are now out. Unfortunately, they haven’t fixed the most nagging problem… Apple’s App Store. The App Store, being Apple’s own official way for installing software for iPhone and iPod touch, was intended to be more stable and faster than third-party installers which preceded App Store. In fact, many of […]
Editorial: Five Lessons Learned from iDay 2.0
Sure, you know that for a few hours iTunes couldn’t activate iPhone 3G, the day it came out. Big deal. The lessons that Apple really needs to learn have taken longer to uncover, but we’ll run them down.
iTunes Enables MobileMe on PC, MobileMe Online
Apple’s “Exchange for the rest of us”, MobileMe, is now up and running. We just successfully made a MobileMe account and connected it. The setup process did release one interesting tidbit; Windows integration is all handled by iTunes 7.7. From iDisk to live synchronization, iTunes facilitates Mobile Me on your PC. The settings are contained […]
iTunes 7.7 Released, AppStore Online, iPhone 2.0 Software Ready
Apple today released iTunes 7.7, and within the past hour has launched their AppStore. iTunes 7.7 is required both for iPhone 2.0 software, as well as the AppStore. It can be downloaded from the iTunes 7.7 download page, as well as by using Apple Software Update. In addition, Apple has placed on their download servers […]
Next iPhone to Have Unlocked Option?
Apple, Inc appears to be ready, once again, to respond to the times on the iPhone. After users broke protections that protected the device from running third-party software, Apple announced a full Software Development Kit (SDK) and AppStore. However, even more discussed in the drive-by mass media, is the unlocking of iPhone. Oddly enough however, […]
Existing AT&T GoPhone Accounts Get iPhone Support
AT&T has implemented a workaround to allow existing GoPhone Pick Your Plan customers to use Apple’s iPhone without needing to sign up for a new line of service. Due to limitations in the iTunes-AT&T activation server, GoPhone accounts that were set up outside of iTunes were unable to add an iPhone to their account. This […]
AT&T Takes Over Starbucks Wi-Fi
AT&T has announced that they will be taking control of Wi-Fi services and deployment at over 7,000 Starbucks retail stores in the United States. Also, AT&T will assume control of the existing Wi-Fi footprint, which will eventually cover all 100,000 Starbucks locations. Previously, T-Mobile has been responsible for adding T-Mobile HotSpot Wi-Fi access to all […]