is speaking to various companies, including MasterCard, about its long rumored NFC based
.
The executive didn’t confirm anything outright when asked about NFC and Apple , citing confidentiality agreements:
“I don’t know of a handset manufacturer that isn’t in process of making sure their stuff is PayPass [MasterCard's wireless payment solution] ready.”
So that would include Apple then?
“Um, there are…like I say, [I don't know of] any handset (more…)

Earlier this week,
Match bug that matches explicit songs to clean ones. The bug effectively filters out all profanities from an explicit song, which many people might not like.
has, according to an email received by a
reader, acknowledged the issue and is working on a fix:
A 9to5 reader emailed Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services about the issue a couple of weeks ago and received a response from one of Eddy Cue’s (more…)

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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Engadget reports that the iPhone alarms are not working today for some iPhone users on New Year’s day.
had affected iPhone users last year as well.
software update. So the New Year’s day alarm issue is probably affecting users who have iPhones running
or lower.
running iOS 4.2.1 or lower then you probably should be updating it to the latest iOS 5.0.1 software update.
users unfortunately cannot update as iOS 4.2.1 was the last software update (more…)

Apple is rumored to be working on smartphones and peripheral devices that you can wear, just like the iPod Nano watch. These devices would let you view data, send data back to your phone, and prevent you having to stare at your phone’s screen constantly.
watch – but it is much more useful than it used to be. People have theorized and even developed wearable bracelets and watches that vibrate and display your incoming call, or send your heart rate (more…)

According to a support thread on T-Mobile’s troubleshooting site, an unlocked iPhone 4S could be used on T-Mobile’s network, utilizing the iPhone 4S UMTS 1 band.

This theory has been backed up by a report on an unofficial T-Mobile blog, claiming that an unlocked iPhone 4S, in certain parts of the country, can run on T-Mobile’s 3G network.

(Credit:
Apple )

iPhones have been a part of T-Mobile’s (more…)

Few months back, T-Mobile USA had revealed it had over a
running on its network.
That was a large number of iPhone users using T-Mobile USA’s network when you consider that iPhone does not support T-Mobile’s 3G data network due to the incompatibility with the 1700/2100 MHz bands used by T-Mobile, which means iPhone users could only use the slow EDGE network.
We may have some good news for them, as some users are reporting that their iPhones (more…)

and iPad 2 users, has been patched by Apple in the final version of iOS 5.
users.
Crazy Thanksgiving weekend! Very promising 4S unlock (http://twitpic.com/7kku4t) is in the works (Not i4, just 4S..that’s crazy part)
It means that they have discovered out an exploit in the A5 processor that powers iPhone 4S and iPad 2 that will allow users to unlock their iPhone 4S so that they can use it with any other GSM carrier.
Since you first need to (more…)

are back. ComputerWorld (via The Korean Times) reports that Apple is working on a smaller iPad and iPhone with a larger screen.
Korean Times claims that they’ve received this information from an “industry insider”.
An “industry insider” who spoke to the Korea Times made reference to an “iPad mini” and the iPhone 5 after approaching the newspaper with details of a new deal between Apple and LG Display concerning displays for future iOS devices.
(more…)

launch on October 14th.
, 
that though it is monitoring the performance of the 3G network, they had only received a small number of complaints of slow data speeds from their iPhone 4S customers.
reports that according to an internal email that was sent to Sprint representatives, there definitely seems to be some issue:
Now it seems that an internal email has been sent to Sprint representatives, informing them that Apple and Sprint are working (more…)