How angry would you be if you spent hours and hours trying to preorder an Apple iPhone 4 yesterday only to find out AT&T canceled your order the next day? Well, scattered reports across the web have said anxious would-be iPhone owners are getting a cancellation notice. In an e-mail to some customers, AT&T said:…
Apple looses iTunes 9.2 in preparation for iPhone 4 and iOS 4 launch
Are you getting ready for the iPhone 4 launch (hopefully you have your iPhone preorder all squared away)? You’re not the only one. Apple has today loosed the iTunes 9.2 update on the its iTunes users in preparation for the iPhone 4 launch next week. The updated version brings with it some performance enhancements that…
Google Earth hits Apple iPad
You can now experience the glory of the earth on your “magical” Apple tablet, as Google has just released Google Earth for the iPad. While it has been available since the launch of the iPad, that was just the iPhone version scaled up. The latest version has been optimized for the tablet and it should…
Apple’s iOS 4 Game Center App Live For Developers; New Details Emerge
The big Apple iPhone 4 and iOS 4 reveal has come and gone and even though we know the ins and outs of Apple’s new precious, one thing that I found lacking was information regarding the new iOS 4 gaming service known as Game Center. Game Center, as you may recall, was announced at the…
AT&T, iPad hacker arrested on drug charges
This story just keeps getting more interesting. It looks like one of the main hackers in the AT&T/iPad breach has been arrested on unrelated drug charges. Andrew Auernheimer, 24, was arrested Tuesday for possession of a controlled substance which included cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, and schedule 2 and 3 pharmaceuticals. Law enforcement officials discovered this while…
Apple: iPhone 4 isn’t even on sale yet, and we already took 600,000 preorders [I’m rich, bitch!]
Apple just issued one of the most smug press releases I’ve ever read in my nearly 4 years of blogging. It’s pretty self explanatory: Yesterday Apple and its carrier partners took pre-orders for more than 600,000 of Apple’s new iPhone 4. It was the largest number of pre-orders Apple has ever taken in a single…
Android to focus on user experience with Gingerbread
The Android operating system is full of features but it still lacks the visual polish of something like the iPhone. That should change soon, as the Google team is reportedly focused on user experience for the next update, known as Gingerbread. According to TechCrunch, the Android team is “laser focused” on user experience for the…
AT&T Halts iPhone 4 Pre-Orders After 600,000 Already Gone
It has only been a day but Apple and AT&T have managed to push 600,000 iPhone 4 units out the door, so to speak. The device isn’t even on sale yet and over half a million are spoken for after just a day of pre-orders filled with glitches, woes and frustration. Hell, some people even…
AT&T: Apple iPhone 4 preorders sold out
Well, it’s not much of a surprise considering how much chaos hit Apple and AT&T’s websites this morning, but the second-largest U.S. carrier said it has sold out of its allotment of first-day preorders for the iPhone 4. In an e-mailed statement to the press, the nation’s second-largest carrier said the demand for the next…
Apple iPhone 4 can be ordered unlocked in Canada, Europe
If you were able to overcome the madness this morning and preorder an iPhone 4, your only option was to get it with AT&T. That’s not the case for our friends across the pond and in Canada, as these users can preorder Apple’s latest smartphone without a contract. Sure, you can just buy the device…