You can make a reservation for next day pickup at your favourite Apple Store.

Here’s how:

First go to this link. But go there at 9:00 PM.  Set your alarm and reminders.

Reserve an iPhone 4S Step 1

Just follow the steps.

Reserve Your iPhone 4S Step 2

Be sure to pay attention to What To Bring when you go to pickup your new iPhone 4S.

iPhone 4S Available Oct 14th

The wait is over and so is all of the speculating. There is no iPhone 5 announcement today. But…

If you want an iPhone 4 then this is the one to get and you can place your orders online right now.

Just go here.

It will ship with iOS 5 and the AI Software called SIRI.

Beatles On iTunes. Really?????

Everyone was hoping for ITunes in the Cloud.  But what do we get instead?

You can buy the Beatles Music Catalog on iTunes.  Yawn.

The Beatles simply aren’t relevant anymore.   So what if a few people who are living in the past want to download this music from iTunes.  It’s ridiculous. 

Most likely these people will have bought these albums in all of the prior formats including:

1. 45’s
2. LP’s
3. 8 Track
4. Audio Cassette
5. Laser Disk
6. Mini Compact Disk
7. Compact Disk or CDs

Now the last one is the kicker. 

This is just being hyped because the only one who will really benefit is Apple.

They have had a long running intellectual property battle with the Beatles Related company of Apple Corps Ltd.  And being able to bring all of that to and end while potentially making even more money, is big news for Apple Inc. 

It’s in Apple’s best interest to get the News Press excited with Hype like “Where were you when you heard…” that we were going to make more money today?

iOS 4.2 Beta 3 announced

I started to download it instantly.

I’ve already installed iOS Beta 4.2 releases 1 and 2.  I was glad to have App. Folders and multitasking on my iPad.  The beta releases have worked fairly well.  The one glitch that I ran into was with the Netflix App.

It would select you movie and when you pressed “Watch Instantly” it would pause for a minute and “Crash Instantly”.  Sometimes restarting the iPad and selecting a new movie would fix it.  Sometimes not.  But again, this was with the iOS 4.2 Beta releases.

So hopefully they, Apple and Netflix are getting this useful diagnostic information that they require and Netflix will work great when the the final version of iOS 4.2 is released.

-Update-

One way to fix NetFlix App. crashes, is to uninstall the application.  Then, reinstall the application again.

You’ll have to reenter your credentials but that is a small price to pay to get NetFlix working on the iPad again.

iOS 4.2 Beta 3

They are working towards a November release date.  One of the other noteworthy features included is Wireless Printing or AirPrint.  It looks like there will be updates to the MacOS 10.6 Snow Leopard and iTunes 10 as well to support the printing feature.  There will also be enhancements for Enterprise deployments and Accessibility Enhancements.

Apple’s recently released iOS 4.1.  It has a number of bug fixes and some significant additions. Those fixes include remedies for the proximity sensor issue which some iPhone 4 users have experienced.
There are also some fixes for Bluetooth, and iPhone 3G performance.
There are also brand new features like High Dynamic Range photos, a feature to insure that you don’t get washed out images from your iPhone 4 camera.HD video uploads over WiFi allows you to upload your videos to your YouTube account with a new ‘Send to YouTube’ button.
You can rent TV shows through iTunes.
And last but not least is  Game Center. it adds new capabilities for multiplayer gaming including the ability to challenge friends, keep track of scores and achievements, and the ability to find new games by looking at what your friends are playing.

iOS 4.1 released

iPad 4.2 gets Printing

Apple has created a dedicated page detailing the new features coming to the iPad in November. You can find it here: http://www.apple.com/ipad/software-update/iOS 4.2 will be a unifying release that brings the iPad, iPod and iPhone in feature sync. The iPad will be much closer than it was, having lacked features such as Multitasking and Folders.The iPad was originally launched with iOS 3.2 and has since fallen behind the iPhone and iPod touch’s iOS in features we’ve seen added in releases up to the current 4.02.
Along with folder organization and multi-tasking, iOS 4.2 for iPad also brings some  new features including:
- Printing: Print mail, photos, web pages, and more directly to a printer on a wireless network.- AirPlay: Wirelessly streaming of videos, music, and photos from iPad to the newly announced Apple TV, and you can stream music to AirPlay speakers or receivers, including AirPort Express.
The iOS 4.2 release will be released for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch in November of 2010 as an IPSW update through iTumes.

Ping the Social Network for Music Lovers

When you install iTunes 10, here’s what you can expect

Introducing Ping – an effortless way to follow your favorite artists and friends – and discover the music they’re talking about, listening to, and downloading.

New in iTunes 10

• Introducing Ping. Use Ping to follow your favorite artists and friends or connect with the world’s most passionate music fans. Discover the music everyone is talking about, listening to, and downloading.

• Rent HD TV episodes for just 99¢ each. Watch them on your Mac or PC, on-the-go with iPhone or iPod touch, or in your living room with the all new Apple TV.

• Play your favorites on the all new iPod touch, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, and Apple TV.

• Play music wirelessly with AirPlay on AirPlay-enabled speakers, home theater receivers, and iPod accessories.

• Explore many look-and-feel improvements throughout iTunes.

• Enjoy performance improvements which make iTunes faster and more responsive.

• Additional voice support with VoiceOver Kit for iPod.

There is also a link about security:

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

Apple Music Event Sept 1 2010

Apple has announced it will be holding a “special Music event” in San Francisco on September 1 2010, and although the company has not preannounced the agenda, for the last several years the company has used late-summer/early-autumn events to introduce additions to its iTunes application and service as well as new iPods in time for the end-of-year holiday buying season.

Rumoured release items include:

1. Longer Song/Video Previews with iTunes Music Store
2. Syncing iTunes over the air or in the clouds (Apple is building a $1 Billion data center to handle this)
3. New iPod touch with front and back facing camera and LED Flash that is facetime capable
4. New Apple TV
5. New iPod Nano

You can follow the announcements via a live stream feed available at http://apple.com at 10 AM PST Sept. 01 2010.  They usually keep the broadcast and make it available in iTunes University after that.