backup.
It would be quite bizarre if this turns out to be true, as hackers have been working hard to bring
but still only for someone who is technically inclined.
“AppleGordon” recently purchased a brand new white iPod touch and claims that instead of setting it up as a new device, he attempted to restore it from a backup of his iPhone 4S in iTunes. Once the process was complete, Gordon claims that Siri had been installed on his iPod .
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Apple has pulled the plug on iPhone 4S sales in mainland China after unruly crowds hurled eggs at the company’s flagship store in Beijing.

Hundreds of people had waited in line overnight to grab the new phone at the Santilun outlet (English translation) in Beijing, only to find out in the morning that Apple had decided not to open the store in light of safety issues over the huge throngs of people, (more…)

reported that some users were facing Wi-Fi connectivity issues after upgrading to iOS 5 or iOS 5.0.1.

Based on this
, it seems to be affecting iPhone 4
, iPhone 4S, iPhone 3GS, the iPads and even iPod touch users.
This is not the first time iOS device users are facing Wi-Fi connectivity issues after upgrading to the latest iOS 5/iOS 5.0.1 software update. Users have reported similar issues with Wi-Fi connectivity after upgrading to iOS 3.x (more…)

, which launched along with
, can now be used for games as well. The first app to use the In-App Subscription API is Big Fish Games’ “Play Instantly!” for the iPad, which is sort of like Netflix for games. For a monthly subscription fee, users can play any game in Big Fish’s catalogue.
The subscription will initially cost $4.99 and increase to $6.99 early next year. Without subscriptions users would be limited to a playing time of 30 minutes per (more…)

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According to a keen eye from MacRumors, the iPhone 4S, in just over a month after its release, has become the second most popular camera phone on Flickr, trailing only the iPhone 4.

Flickr provides data on the most popular cameras used to post photos on its popular image-sharing site. The data is collected by automatically detecting the camera type using the image file’s metadata, (more…)

, and if that wasn’t bad enough, users have started reported new problems after upgrading to the latest iOS software update.
via the over-the-air (OTA) update has screwed up the address book on his iPhone .
I updated my iPhone 4S earlier today (using the OTA method), and I discovered a nasty bug. My iPhone could no longer remember the names of any of my contacts! I opened up the contacts app on my phone and discovered that all of entries were still (more…)

Late last night, BigBoss released a new package on Cydia called
, which allows you to reboot your jailbroken iOS 5 device without the need to connect it to the computer.
However, BigBoss’s solution had some limitations and number of users reported issues after using it. BigBoss has released a new version of SemiTether to fix some of the issues.
I updated to 0.7.9. This version will take about 90 seconds after it first boots up and then your (more…)

At daybreak on October 14, shoppers gather at the Apple Store in Emeryville, Calif., to be among the first to buy the iPhone 4S.

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James Martin/CNET)

Apple ‘s fourth quarter disappointed Wall Street, but J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz believes iPhone sales were hurt simply by customers waiting to pick up the newest version.

For the quarter, Apple took home sales of $28.27 billion and earnings (more…)

between Apple and Samsung doesn’t seem to be adversely affecting the business relationship the two companies share. According to a
report, Samsung will continue supplying Apple with the processors used on
devices.
Contrary to earlier reports that said Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) would be manufacturing Apple ‘s next generation A6 chips,
“Apple has been in talks with Samsung over shipment of its A6 quad-core mobile processor (more…)

Earlier this week, we
would keep the GSM micro-SIM card slot unlocked, whereas Verizon will unlock the micro-SIM card slot by request after 60 days.
 has received an update from Sprint explaining that this was not exactly the case, and that the micro-SIM card slot in Sprint iPhone 4S would be locked.
According to Macworld, the micro-SIM card slot of the Sprint iPhone 4S will be unlocked at launch and a carrier update would be pushed out that (more…)