Not to be outdone by STC's midnight launch, Mobily is planning a midnight launch of the iPhone 4S in Saudi Arabia as well. Mobily will sell the iPhone 4S starting tonight at 12:00am (December 16) until 2:00 am. This will be the first "second" time we have a “midnight launch” in Saudi Arabia so if you’re attending make sure to take photos. Only "mega" branches in Jeddah (Thaliah St, across to Scico), Riyadh ...

Saudi Telecom Company has announced that the iPhone 4S will be available today at midnight (12:00 am Friday December 16) in select showrooms in the kingdom. More branches will have the iPhone 4S after 4 pm on Friday. This will be the first time we have a "midnight launch" in Saudi Arabia so if you're attending make sure to take photos. The iPhone 4S will be available midnight in the following STC branches: ...

Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are huge in the Middle East and North Africa, where they account for 55 percent of mobile Internet traffic, according to a new survey by Dubai-based Effective Measure. In Saudi Arabia, for instance, 64.5 percent of mobile Internet traffic occurred on Apple devices, with the iPhone accounting for 34.3 percent. Effective Measure’s measured audience for the Middle East-North ...

Update on 1 April: STC has reduced their iPhone 4S prices. Mobily and STC has finally unveiled the official iPhone 4S prices and plans. The iPhone 4S will officially launch in Saudi Arabia on Friday December 16th. However we noticed an increase in the prices from the iPhone 4. STC iPhone 4S Prices The prepaid iPhone 4S from STC costs are: • iPhone 4S 16GB 2,799 2499 SR • iPhone 4S 32GB 3,229 2899 SR • iPhon ...

Both Saudi Telecom Company and Mobily has announced today that they will launch the iPhone 4S in Saudi Arabia officially on December 16th. Prices and other details (FaceTime, iMessage support) were not announced. But we expect more details to be announced soon. The iPhone 4S will also be launched in the following countries on December 16th: South Africa, Philippines, Malaysia and Taiwan. There might be simi ...

Rami Kayyali has compiled and compared the prices of products in the newly launched UAE Apple Store with the prices at the Apple US Store and Saudi Arabia's distributors. The results are interesting even though the comparison does not include taxes nor custom rates. UAE Apple Store vs Saudi Arabia Prices By comparing UAE Apple Online Store with Arab Computers and iPhone from Mobily, STC we notice: • UAE iPh ...

The Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission has released some interesting numbers about Saudi Internet usage in their latest newsletter (PDF): Total subscriptions to mobile broadband reached 11 million at the end of H1 2011, representing a penetration of 39% of the population. Other interesting tidbits from the newsletter: total number of mobile subscriptions grew to around 54.8 million b ...

Mobily has announced the launch of "4G LTE" service in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The "first phase" will be in the following cities: Najran, Jazan, Al Kharj, Ras tanoura, Algurayat and Aldudamy. Riyadh will not get it until the third phase after a month. With that Mobily has became the first carrier to offer 4G LTE in the Middle East beating STC who vaguely announced that you can "enjoy LTE 4G in 400 loca ...

Google has updated their Google+ app for the iPhone to version 1.0.3.2124. The update includes: Support for reshare Bug fixes and performance improvements Resharing is easy. Simply tap on a post (like you would to +1 it). At the bottom near the comment box, you’ll see a small arrow. Click it and you’ll see the option to “Share this post”. Just choose your audience, add a comment if you like, and hit “Post”. ...

The new MacBook Air notebooks with ThunderBolt are available in the United Arab Emirates since August 11th. Unfortunately they are not available in Saudi Arabia from Arab Computers until the 27th of the month. The 2011 MacBook Air models' features include faster processors, ThunderBolt port and a backlit keyboard. Base models ship with an Intel Core i5 processor but you can upgrade to a 1.8GHz Dual-Core Int ...