iOS Devices

iPhone 4 customers whose pre-orders went through on June 15th are beginning to see their order status’s change from ‘Not Yet Shipped’ to ‘Prepared for Shipment.’ This is the final stage in Apple’s order process before the product is shipped. Any chance at getting an iPhone 4 a day early? Let us know in the comments your status Alright?

I’m sure it has been mentioned before somewhere, but this kind of thing is always nice to see (below left).

Oh, and as Brady Landgren points out parsing calendar invitations is also cool (above right)

Reader EBFoxbat was kind enough to create a video of tracking shipments and it’s after the break.

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O2 on their Twitter profile announced limited stock of the iPhone 4 for their upcoming launch. To conserve stock O2 has decided to keep the launch exclusive to existing customers until July 31st. This will most likely upset several newcomers but as some advice they can check out the other 6 carriers. Also, they can even blow their piggy bank on an unlocked version so they could use it on any carrier at any time. Now that’s what we call Carrier-hopping. 

Palm says it has no idea ‘what the hold-up is’ with getting Flash Player to webOS, even though Adobe promises to get Flash Player into shape for all smartphones by the end of the year. Is this more evidence Apple’s right about Flash Player for mobile?

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First glances at the iPhone 4 are beginning to pop up, with one Czech reviewer publishing lots of images alongside a short video clip taken with the new video camera.

The Czech report warns that the plastic surrounding the glass back and front may be prone to minor scratches. It also informs us that the built-in GPS unit is fast, as is the rest of the device, equipped as it is with 512MB RAM.

One note on battery life: one hour of playing games, surfing, using YouTube and pondering why Google Maps hasn

Along with me.com’s complete redesign, Apple has quietly released a universal Find my iPhone application for the App Store. The app is free and allows you to find your lost iOS device while on the go. You can find it on a map, lock it, and even remote wipe it. Get the app here for any device. 

Here’s the app on an iPhone or iPod touch:

Screenshots of the iPad version after the break…

This morning, Apple unleashed a completely redesigned me.com. MacRumors had it all right and now we’re going to walk you through it with pictures and explanations.

All new splash and log-in page to drool over.

This is the application-switcher we were talking about this morning. As you can see your most prominent me.com features are shown, including Find my iPhone. Hey — it kind of reminds us of the one on OS X

Lots more after the break…

The new Mail user-interface from the beta is now live for everyone.

The calendar application has received a slight-makeover with a cleaner and easier to manipulate user-interface.

The photo gallery application has also received a nice clean makeover.

The iDisk application is following the footsteps of the other apps and has gained a much cleaner and simpler user interface. Now there are two main function buttons: An upload and a download (Pretty simple to use, we’d say).

The Find my iPhone application (now iPad also) has received a complete re-design with larger maps and easier to use controls. We’re not going to show you the application fully loaded up (for obvious reasons) but we think you can get a sense that the maps (based on Google) are much larger and presented more clearly.

In the video below you can see an interview with Justin Wagoner about his iPhone camping experience at a Texas Apple store. Justin is the iCamper from the story we published this morning, and he seems like a super interesting person. Yeah.. that’s about it.

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Thanks, Drew!

The other day Apple’s iPhone store page in Canada read “Coming in July.” Today it says “Coming Soon.” What happened? Well, we don’t want to scare anyone up North, but could we see international delays all over again, just like the iPad?  Naaaaaahhhhh! (via @renerichie)

We found this “banned iPhone 4 promo video” amusing…certainly more entertaining than this video made by Apple. 

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The video shows it all, but what a great party trick. 

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Boy Genius Report reports that AT&T is making questionable decisions on customer plans. The cell-phone provider, used for the iPhone in the U.S., is known to have poor 3G coverage in many parts of the nation, and because of this have released a device, called MicroCell, to extend ranges by creating 3G hotspots in customer’s homes.

These hotspots work with customer’s already-installed Internet connections to allow phone calls to be made over the Internet. It seems only fair for AT&T to set this service up for people with poor coverage at home, but AT&T also counts MicroCell usage against customer’s data caps. Essentially, AT&T is charging customers to make phone calls and use data over internet connections they already pay for from different companies.   Sure you can switch over to Wifi on your iPhone when you are in Microcell range, but what if, for whatever reason, you don’t switch and you end up getting billed for data from your own Internet connection?

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Apple sent out the following e-mail to all registered developers this morning informing them of their access to over 100 session videos from last week’s WWDC.

All developers are encouraged to visit the WWDC videos website and download the videos in HD for Mac, PC, Apple TV, and iPad and in SD for iPhone and iPod touch from iTunes. 

Apple also notes on their developer site that everything in the session videos is confidential information so make sure not to tell any of your friends anything you see in the videos, like that the iPhone 4 has 512 MB of RAM, OK?

CONFIRMED: Read about the new me.com here and the Find my iPhone app here.

MacRumors reports that when MobileMe comes back from downtime at midnight it will return with several enhancements. Arguably the biggest will be the new mail interface coming out of beta. This new mail site will also bring push mail delivery to customers checking their e-mail on the web. 

Another new feature will be the expansion of the Find my iPhone service to the App Store. Apple recently opened up Find my iPhone to the iOS browser, and now there will be a universal application. This universal application is built to work across all devices, without pixel doubling on the iPad, and will be a much quicker gateway to locating your lost device.

Another enhancement will be a redesign of the MobileMe toolbar. The toolbar pictured above will become obsolete, and will be replaced with a single application-switching button. 

Dallas News is reporting that the first (seen) camper for the iPhone 4 has been spotted this morning outside the Knox Street Apple store in Dallas. He surely has a long seven days ahead of him. 

If any local reader wants to interview iCamper #1 feel free to take a video and shoot it over to tips@9to5mac.com. OK?

And… we got a video! Watch it on this article.

MacRumors is reporting that the iPhone 4 will have 512MB of RAM which is double the RAM other iOS devices released in the past year.  This is based on the WWDC Advanced Performance Optimization session which is available in iTunes to developers. This extra RAM will help with applications like iMovie and the limited 3rd party multi-tasking that the iPhone 4 offers in iOS4.

Today, Toshiba has announced an all new NAND chip for their lineup, and this is a 64 GB chip perfect for iOS devices. The iPod touch and iPad take 2 chips while the iPhone can squeeze only one in. These new chips are set to be let out of their cages Q4 this year — perhaps in time for Apple’s annual September iPod event. Toshiba’s press release says initial shipments of the drives will go out the doors in September, so…

Apple usually gets early access to chips and other parts so it will be no surprise for these new Toshiba flash-based hard drives to make their way into brand-new iOS devices. Since iPod touches and iPads can take in two 64 GB chips we’re thinking a (classic-killing?) 128 GB iPod touch to lead the lineup as well as a new iPad with 128 GB of storage to go with its iOS 4 release and retina display. Since the iPhone can take in one, we’ll most likely see a 64 GB chip in the iPhone coming in a year from now, or even a 64 GB storage boost around the January/February 2011 timeframe. 

via Gizmodo

Wow, so it looks like when Verizon says ‘720P Screen’ they mean 854×480.  Shame on them and shame on me for believing it.

I speak with Quark to find out more about the company’s plan to take on Adobe as the iPad is doing for publishing what the iPod did for music players — taking digital technology to the masses. How will Quark battle Adobe for the soul of future publishing?

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She’s a beaut, inside and out.  Spoiler: exchanging hard drives isn’t trivial.

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