iOS Devices

Think anyone expected this level of demand?

You might want to place an order soon if you want to get one this summer.

Apple may have sold out on its first run of pre-order-ready iPhone 4 units, and demand may be ten times higher than for any previous model, but that’s no excuse for AT&T’s seeming complacency.

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We hope you got your orders in by now because now the US Apple store is backed up into July.  Damn.

Wow.   One of the main members of the Goatse Security group, Andrew ‘Escher’ Auernheimer (who goes by the hacker handle Weev) was arrested after officials searched his house.  They found a stash that would make Bad Lieutenant blush. 

We’re not really sure how they found drugs when they were looking for computers/logs but, looking at the fellow (right), the news isn’t terribly shocking. (Damn hippy!!!)

Goatse did expose at least one and probably more blatant security holes left by AT&T.

Update: turns out this guy might be a pretty unsavory fellow.

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Hot of the heels of the U.K. getting unlocked iPhones, Engadget notes that Canadians will get to share the same privilege. iPhone 4 in Canada will be available on Rogers, Bell, and Telus and this allows users to choose any carrier they like. The iPhone 4 is an international phone so the no-committment pricing allows you to throw in a SIM anywhere you are in the world as well. Just like in the U.K. and U.S. special carrier pricing with a contract will be made available for those who don’t want to shell out in return the flexibility of an unlocked phone. 

Update: French get open ones too.  Wait a minute.  Are we Yanks the only ones who have locked up iPhones? 

On top of the other “great” news we’ve gotten today: no white iPhone 4, Bumpers and Dock coming a week after launch, oh and — MASSIVE Pre-Order issues, folks in the UK will need to wait until July 2nd to get their hands on the iPhone 4, presumably if they haven’t ordered yet. The ship date was originally June 24th and slipped sometime over the course of the day. The 8 GB iPhone 3GS will still launch June 24th. Apple is yet to issue a statement as to why this is happening, and a screenshot of the store from this morning is after the break. 

Not a big surprise here (Engadget confirms) :

“Because of the incredible interest in iPhone 4, today was the busiest online sales day in AT&T history. As of Tuesday afternoon, customers who preorder iPhone 4 moving forward will receive their device on June 25 or later, depending on when the order is placed. We’ll email customers with confirmation once their order is placed, and again when it ships. In addition, we will have devices available on a first-come, first-serve basis in our stores beginning on June 24.”

Imagine how long that would have taken if the activation servers worked since 1AM?  Outages are also happening in Europe as well. Good thing Apple.com has some saved up.

After a day filled with iPhone 4 and Mac mini news, Apple has dropped 10.6.4 for the masses.

The update weighs in at 315.5 MB and is loaded with software fixes. The update can be downloaded via the system software update application. 

It’s go time in the United States and a few other international countries, but it seems hardly anyone is able to even get their hands on a pre-order.

Several customers are reporting that they cannot get the order processed through Apple’s online store. Below is a YouTube video showing said experience:

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Were you able to pre-order? If so let us know in the comments. OK?

Question: What product-sales-boosting service does Apple have that Google doesn

The New Mac Mini is a revolution in desktops to be sure.   But here are some observations, some good and bad, on today’s new product:

• Its new internal power supply means no more brick to worry about…that’s good.  On the bad side, it means if the Mini gets hit with a surge you need to buy a new Mini, not just a new AC adapter.  Also, for the people who put these in cars, they will beed to buy an inverter to go from DC to AC then back to DC internally unless they want to hack it apart.  Very inefficient.  Also, car people won’t be able to mount these in 7-inch standard enclosures.  MacMini co-location people will also have to redesign their systems.
• The original G4 Mac Mini was $499.  When Apple went to Intel they raised it to $599.  Today, they”ve raised the entry point to $699.  I’m fully aware that they’ve bettered the design and specs in almost every conceivable way, but Apple would absolutely kill if they could get back to their original $499 price point, or go even lower.  This is a reverse of the trend of the entire industry and raises the barrier to entry to the Mac Platform another $100.  In Europe, prices go way higher.
• Apple is positioning this as a MediaCenter with its new look (and HDMI, check out the art on Apple’s website, it is sitting in from of a HDTV). Why can’t Apple bite the bullet and throw in Blu-Ray?  On a $700 device, it seems like a prerequisite at this point, especially when network connected home players BD start at around $100.
• Is this Apple’s answer to GoogleTV?  Hopefully not….unless they have a new mediacenter OS planned for this device at a later point.
• As a desktop computer in idle mode, 10W is unheard of.  Basically six of these would use the power of a 60W light bulb.  Like the Minis before it, the internals are on par with Apple’s MacBooks.
• This thing isn’t going to be ‘mediacenter quiet’ however, look at that fan on the bottom and outlet on the back.  Decoding 1080P videos might be noisy.
• With the addition of the SD card slot all of Apple’s consumer products (not MacBooks) now have the ability to read SD cards.  Is this just for convenience or does Apple have some sort of bigger plans for this interface?
• The new Mac Mini now has an aluminum top with Apple logo – but they don’t use it for Wifi antenna.  The Airport antenna appears to be at the bottom which is a plastic circle.  The back where all of the ports are is also black plastic.  How will this affect Wifi reception?
• The small business server version of this product ships without a optical disk.  Are small businesses swooping these up as File Servers and mail servers?  Or have most businesses moved to the cloud.  As a File Server, $1000 for 1TB is pretty steep when even Airport Extreme’s seem like a better deal.  2TB NAS can be had for around $200).  Perhaps larger businesses who need Open Directory, DNS, print servers and such are a target?  I don’t see where this fits in personally.
• The bottom makes memory access a breeze (especially compared to its predecessor!), but will hard drive replacement be as easy?  Can I fit a 1TB drive in there?  Or give me an SSD option to quiet it down and speed it up?

I’d be interested in hearing everyone else’s reactions as well.

“Boom” – it looks like another storming out the gate success for Apple with the iPhone 4. So much so that Apple

Apple’s iPhone 4 is available for pre-order today — what better time for Cupertino to increase the intensity of its attack on the front room with the introduction of a new model Mac mini equipped with HDMI outputs — a tiny set-top box that brings your digital lifestyle inside your front room. (A server model is also available). NB: This Apple product also runs Flash.

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Today, Apple announced that iPhone 4’s can be purchased through Apple’s online UK store. It is available for

Apple has released an all-new Mac Mini this morning and it’s gorgeous. Below are the new prices and specs for the standard and server models. Both models are available today.

The new Mac Mini has an all new unibody design and maxes out at only 1.4 inches thin. The standard configuration is 2.4 GHz and that comes with 2 GB of RAM and a 320 GB Hard drive. The server model is slightly faster coming in at 2.66 GHz and 4 GB of RAM. The server also brings a dual-500 GB Hard drive to the table. It also now has an HDMI port and SD card slot on the back.

More awesome images after the break.

Apple seems to be marketing the new Mac mini as an Apple TV Replacement with the new HDMI port.

The new Mac mini has a fully accessible back making it more like a “Pro” machine.

The new Mac mini looks great with the Apple LED display and standard input peripherals.

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After months of speculation and the whole Gizmodo incident, the iPhone 4 is finally here and available for pre-order. You will notice the white version is not available as of yet.  

Apple has released their iPhone 4 dock for pre-order and it will be on shelves July 2nd for 29 bucks. Dock adapters are also available for $9 and those come June 24th. 

Apple’s anticipated iPhone 4 bumper is available for pre-order for $29.99. The black version will be out on launch but the others will make their way onto iPhone 4’s July 2. 

Update: In case you were wondering, the orange, green, and white bumpers are now shipping July 16. Black is still coming June 24th. It seems that Apple prepared plenty of black bumpers to go with the black iPhone 4. 

Blue bumper after the break.

Apple, this morning, confirms the rumors of the white iPhone 4 launch being delayed with this image on the pre-order page. 

The time is almost here, folks. Apple has pulled down the Apple online store in preparation for pre-orders beginning tomorrow, June 15. Weird to note is the store is down internationally, not only in the five countries getting pre-orders tomorrow. 

Update: Mac Life reports the store may go live at 1 AM Pacific/ 4 AM Eastern time. This does make sense given how early Apple went into update mode. For example when Apple put iPad up for pre-order in the U.S., the store went down around 3 AM and returned at 5:30 AM. In comparison, the store going down at 10 PM Pacific tonight and going live at 1 AM Pacific does make sense. 

Updated 2X: AT&T has posted their pre-order site.

Additionally, AT&T notes that new iPhones “will be shipped to arrive as early as June 24, 2010 if submitted by 2 PM E.T., June 22, 2010.”