Apple has started selling an unlocked GSM iPhone 4 (not locked to AT&T) on it’s US online store. This is the first time Apple offered unlocked iPhones in the US and the prices are $649.00 for iPhone 4 16GB and $749.00 for iPhone 4 32GB. These unlocked iPhones will work with Saudi telecos (STC, Mobily and Zain), FaceTime will be ...

Morocco will be the latest Middle Eastern country with an official iPhone deal. Meditel will be selling iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS according to iPhoneIslam. iPhone 4 32GB without contract will cost 8600 Moroccan dirham and the 16GB model for 7400 Moroccan dirham. More information is available (in French) on Meditel’s website. The iPhone page on Morocco’s official Apple page ...

Apple released a new TV advertisement for the iPad 2. The ad is titled “If you asked”. Here is the advertisement: You can find the author of this post on twitter: @khaled. Arabic version of this post on SaudiMac Arabic Edition. Please follow SaudiMac on Twitter and add SaudiMac on Facebook. Remember to visit We Want Apple Saudi Arabia petition ...

Arab Computers has announced on their website that the Apple iPad 2 will launch officially in Saudi Arabia this Friday May 6. As we previously mentioned, iPad 2 units sold for Saudi Arabia does not have FaceTime. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be any plans for a launch event unlike the UAE. The official iPad 2 prices are: iPad WiFi ...

Arab Computers has announced on their website the prices of the iPad 2 in Saudi Arabia. Priority for those who pre-ordered the iPad 2 and stock is limited. iPad 2 units sold for Saudi Arabia does not have FaceTime enabled which can be confirmed by comparing Apple’s Saudi website with Apple’s South Africa page for example. iPad 2 prices from ...

VIVA, a telecommunication company in Kuwait that is affiliated with STC, has finally launched the iPhone 4 in Kuwait. With that VIVA has became Kuwait’s first official iPhone carrier. And according to the company’s website FaceTime does work: So you can Facetime with your loved ones and watch in detail every wink, tear or smile as it happens. There are ...

Arab Computers, Arab Business Machine‘s distributor, has announced that Apple’s iPad 2 will be available in Saudi Arabia “at the end of next week”, the first week of May. It is very strange that Saudi Arabia was not included in Apple’s press release announcing that announced the iPad 2 in UAE and several other countries. Apple continues to ignore Saudi ...

Egypt’s Mobinil, Jordan’s Orange and Vodafone Qatar all followed Vodafone Egypt’s lead and enabled FaceTime on their iPhone 4 units via Carrier Update. Here is a screen shot of the Carrier Settings files for these carriers taken by Mohammed Lubbad: As you can see, all these files have the AllowsVoIP key and it’s on, enabling FaceTime on iPhone 4 units ...

Vodafone Egypt has restored FaceTime services for iPhone 4 sold by the company (model numbers MC605AB and MC603AB). FaceTime was reactivated by a Carrier Update (version 10.1 for Vodafone Egypt). This change was first reported by iPhoneIslam then I saw twitter messages by @houssini and @SadekHM. It was then confirmed by Vodafone Egypt’s official twitter account: Mohammed Lubbad checked the ...

Apple has updated it’s Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates websites to include information about the iPad 2 that Apple announced last Wednesday. Although FaceTime is mentioned on the main image Apple has removed the FaceTime feature section. The section pictured here was taken from Apple South Africa website. We also noticed a notify-me form on the South African page, ...