Pre-orders for the new Apple iPhone 4S have been flying with expected shipment being pushed 1-2 weeks for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the UK instead of the inital “by October 14th” estimate.
Reuters is similarly reporting “extraordinary demand”, that AT&T saw over 200,000 orders for the iPhone 4S within the first 12 hours of sale.
Analysts say that disappointment over the non-appearance of the iPhone 5 seem to have been overtaken by wanting to own the last iPhone to be released during Apple co-founder Steve Jobs‘ lifetime.
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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has passed away aged 56, after years of battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. Widely regarded and respected as one of the greatest American visonaries and CEOs of our time, Steve Jobs created some of the world’s most iconic and popular gadgets including the iPod, iPhone and iPad.
The Apple website has been changed in tribute to its founder who was CEO until August this year when he stepped down for his successor Tim Cook.
Apple’s board of directors announced Steve Job’s death in a statement late Wednesday, saying, “We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.
Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.”
Apple presented the iPhone 4S at the highly anticipated “Let’s Talk iPhone” media event on October 4 instead of the expected iPhone 5. Wow…now that’s disappointment for you.
The highlight of the iPhone 4S seems to be a greatly improved antenna which in fact, incorporates 2 antennas that the phone will switch intelligently to send and receive. The present iPhone has had reception problems that plagued users enough for Apple to give away free bumpers to help improve signal reception.
Other new or improved features are an 8-megapixel camera, A5 processor, faster graphics and support for the Siri intelligent assistant software.
Pre-orders start this Friday, October 7. The iPhone 4S release date is October 14 where it will be available in store.
Looks official – the Apple iPhone 5 will be announced next week, following months of speculation on the update and a report last week of an upcoming media event that puts the release date as October 4 – Apple iPhone 5 October 4 Release Date.
Apple sent invitations to the media for a “special event” called “Let’s talk iPhone” on October 4, according to news reports.
The new iPhone 5 would be Apple’s first major product launch without its iconic founder Steve Jobs who stepped down as CEO to become Chairman a few months ago due to health reasons. Newly minted CEO, Tim Cook will be watched, and most certainly judged on his performance as Job’s replacement.
Some expected features of the iPhone 5 will be a bigger touch screen, better antenna and an 8-megapixel camera.
Apple will unveil its long awaited iPhone 5 on October 4 in a media event, with the view to make it available for purchase in the following weeks, according to news reports.
New Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to play a lead role in presenting the iPhone 5, although it will most likely be a team presentation with other executives. Whether Steve Jobs will make an appearance at the event will largely depend on the state of his health at the last minute.
Apple is also expected to update its iPod range of products during the event.
Since Apple sends out media invitations a week before the event, we will have a better confirmation next week.
Apple has updated its line of MacBook Air computers to incorporate the newest Intel Sandy Bridge platform, Thunderbolt connectivity for peripherals and the return of backlit keyboards.
MacBook Air is available in the following configurations:
Apple’s quiet success, the MacBook Air is very likely to see a product update in July. What makes this update special is that the MacBook Air, long criticized for being all looks and no substance, will see significant performance improvements in line with Intel’s Sandy Bridge platform. Online chatter suggests that Apple held off its next major OS X release, Lion to coincide with the new MacBook Air.
Sources have indicated to AppleNApps that Apple has an internal launch date of July 19th for Mac OS X Lion and a refresh of the MacBook Airs. This is the target date under which the company is currently operating, though both sources are indicating that things can change. Our sources have just seen indications, and can’t be entirely certain, but if everything goes according to plan there will be a new MacBook Air shipping with Lion starting July 19th.
This would also coincide with Apple’s earnings announcement for the third quarter which makes the perfect storm most likely to occur in mid July.
A real beauty that's 0.34 inch thick, the iPad 2 weighs just 1.35 pounds, with a 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display running a custom 1GHz dual-core Apple "A5" chip.
It has a keyboard dock, which connects underneath in the portrait orientation, support for up to 1024x768 VGA out and 480p composite out through new dock adapter cables, and dual font and back camera that lets you import photos from your camera over USB or directly through an SD reader.
It can run iPhone apps either pixel-for-pixel in a window, or pixel-doubled fullscreen but developers can also target the new screen size using the updated iPhone OS SDK available today.
A real beauty that's 0.34 inch thick, the iPad 2 weighs just 1.35 pounds, with a 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display running a custom 1GHz dual-core Apple "A5" chip.
