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Sound the klaxons: iOS 4.1 now available for download

If you were using the tripwire script, you already know this: iOS 4.1 is now available for download via iTunes. Just connect your iPhone or iPod touch and hit the Check for Update button.
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tweetmeme_source = ‘tuaw’;As announced last week, the new version of the firmware should fix some deeply annoying issues (if [...]
Sep 8th, 2010 | Filed under TuawTags: Apple Weblog, Available, download, Dramatic Improvements, Earlobe, Firmware, Game Center, High Def, Iphone, Ipod Touch, Itunes, klaxons, Lot, Nbsp, Photos, Poll, Sound, Tuaw, Tv Show, Video Uploading -
iPod touch makes up 38% of iDevices shipped

Blogger asymco did a little calculating from last week’s announcement numbers, and has hammered out a rough estimate of just how many of each iDevice are floating around the world today. According to Steve at last week’s event, there are 120 million iDevices total in the world, and we already knew from SEC filings that [...]
Sep 8th, 2010 | Filed under TuawTags: 6 Million, Apple Weblog, Apps, Birds, Blogger, Current, estimates, Functionality, iDevices, iPad, Ipads, Iphone, Iphone 4, iPod, Ipod Touch, Jobs', makes, Nbsp, Rough Estimate, Running, Sec Filings, shipped, touch, Tuaw, World Today -
Apple photoshops iPhone into iPod touch

The careful readers at Engadget have noticed that Apple cut a few corners (so to speak) on its website documentation for the latest iPod touch. There’s no ear speaker or phone service on the device, obviously, but nevertheless Apple’s iPod touch display units show that the Phone app is still sitting down there in the [...]
Sep 6th, 2010 | Filed under Tuaw -
Review: NHL 2K11

How do you port something with complex controls like a sports title to a small, touchscreen device. That was the dilemma faced by developers at 2k Sports, but they more than succeeded with NHL 2K11 for iPhone and iPod Touch, thanks to a smart, intuitive interface and gameplay that keeps a firm hold on the [...]
Sep 3rd, 2010 | Filed under AppleGazetteTags: 2k Sports, 2K11, Bottom Right Corner, Control Scheme, Customization Options, Entire Season, Fingertips, Game Modes, Gameplay, Hockey Rules, Intuitive Interface, Iphone, Ipod Touch, Nhl Rosters, Processing Power, Review, Season Mode, Sports Title, Stanley Cup, Streamlined Version, Touchscreen, Versatility -
Nike + iPod Sensor

Nike + iPod Sensor
Box Contents – Wireless sensor for Nike+ shoes, Printed documentationPlease note – This package includes only the Nike + iPod wireless sensor.If you also need the wireless receiver for iPod nano, purchase the complete Nike + iPod Sport Kit.
This wireless sensor works with your iPod nano or iPod touch (2nd generation) to [...]
Sep 3rd, 2010 | Filed under Apple shop -
Apple New iPod Touch 2nd Generation Guided Tour and New Features. 2008

Apple iPod Touch 2g Guided Tour and New Features. September 2008 *There is a 4th Generation ipod touch available now for 9(8GB), 9(32GB), and 9(64GB). The 4th Gen. ipod touch includes two cameras(one front, one rear), the new retina display(960×640), faster 1ghz processor, and gyroscope. To answer a common question: the game at 1:43 is [...]
Sep 3rd, 2010 | Filed under YoutubeTags: 1ghz Processor, 2008, 4th Gen Ipod, 4th Generation, Apple, Apple Ipod, Apple Store, Cameras, features, Game, Generation, Guided, Guided Tour, Gyroscope, iPod, Ipod Touch, New Features, New Generation, Retina, touch, tour -
FaceTime on the iPod Touch

If you had asked me two months ago what three things I could count on to be 100% reliable, I would’ve said death, taxes, and the iPod Touch is going to get FaceTime. Apple has been making a big push for the technology to take off since the iPhone 4 came out this summer, and [...]
Sep 2nd, 2010 | Filed under AppleGazetteTags: Apple, Cameras, Confidence, Death Taxes, Facetime, iPad, Iphone, Iphone 4, iPod, Ipod Touch, Ipods, nano, People, Push Technology, shuffle, touch -
iPod touch outselling PSP and DS in games, not systems

During this morning’s event, Steve Jobs tossed out the factoid that the iPod touch was trouncing traditional handheld gaming, claiming that the system had sold more than Nintendo and Sony’s portables combined. If, like us, you thought that meant Apple had sold more devices than traditional game makers, then Steve was wrong — he mentioned [...]
Sep 2nd, 2010 | Filed under TuawTags: 60 Million, Commenters, Cupertino Company, Ds Games, Factoid, Game Makers, Game Sales, Games, Gaming Devices, Handheld Gaming, Inroads, iPod, Ipod Touch, Japanese Company, Last Quarter, Million Games, Nintendo Ds, Nintendo Game, outselling, Software Sales, Steve Jobs, systems, Terrific Job, touch, Traditional Game -
Observations Following Apple’s iPod, iTunes and Apple TV Announcements

2010 iPod Family in Packaging
Today Apple announced a flurry of new and updated products, for details on each of Apple’s announcements see the relevant articles:Apple Introduces All New iPod Shuffle
Apple Shows Off All New iPod Nano With Multi-Touch
Apple Releases Second Generation Apple TV
Apple Revamps iPod Touch Now Featuring FaceTime
iTunes 10 [...]Sep 1st, 2010 | Filed under World Of Apple BlogTags: Announcements, Apple, Apple Ipod, Apple Tv, Apple’s, Discovery Period, Facetime, Following, Generation Apple, iPad, iPod, Ipod Touch, Itunes, John Gruber, Keynote Apple, Million Books, Multiple Products, Music Discovery, New Ipod Nano, New Ipod Shuffle, Observations, Oday, Photo Size, Relevant Articles, Shuffle Apple, Sixth Generation, Titbits -
The Apple Fall Event – Wrap Up

Excited about the big event? Of course you are. Well here’s the wrap up on today’s big events. Snarky commentary to follow shortly.
iOS120 Million iPads, iPhones and iPod Touch devices shipped.
230,000 iOS activations per day, not including upgrades
6.5 billion downloads from app store, 200 apps every second
iOS 4.1 introduced
Bugs fixed: Proximity sensor, Bluetooth, and iPhone [...]Sep 1st, 2010 | Filed under AppleGazette
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