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Orange is now selling the iPhone 3G in Jordan. The iPhone is sold with a one year commitment condition. The prices are varied based on what contract the costumer chooses according to their special offers. There are 3 packages to choose from: iGold 500 cost 29.99JD (158SR/$42) each month with 500 minutes, 500MB and 250 SMS monthly. 8GB iPhone cost ...

Apple announced in a press release that the 2009 Macworld Expo will be the its last. Also Phili Schiller to deliver the keynote instead of Steve Jobs.

Apple released Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update which “Includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac”. The update include many fixes including the following: Various improvements to performance and stability in Mail.app, iCal, Airport and Safari Graphical improvements DVD player performance improvements A new Trackpad panel in System Preferences for portable Macs Time ...

MacUpdate is offering a bundle of 10 Mac OS X applications valued at $447 for only $49.99 . They already sold over 11 thousand bundles. In my opinion, it’s worth buying if not only for the $99 Drive Genius 2, the best disk utility for the Mac. The bundle includes: Drive Genius 2 DefaultFolder X 4 VirusBarrier X RapidWeaver 4 ...

We at SaudiMac would like to wish everyone a Happy Eid al-Adha!

Arab Computers (an Apple Authorized Distributor in Saudi Arabia) announced on their website (English site is still unavailable) that the new line of unibody MacBooks and MacBook Pros are now available. The MacBook 2.0GHz model is available for 6200 SR and the 2.4GHz model for 7100 SR. While the MacBook Pro 2.4GHz model sold for 8900 SR and the 2.53 ...

uTorrent, a popular BitTorrent client, is now available for the Mac. You can download the beta at the utorrent website. Via TUAW.

The iPhone 3G is now available in Egypt. It is sold by Vodafone and mobinil. The iPhone 3G will cost the same from both carriers: 3800 EGP (2,615 SR/$698) for the 8GB model and 4450 EGP (3,065 SR/$817) for the 16GB model. And there is no subsidized price! There are a few problems with this release: Banned GPS GPS is ...

Apple released software updates for the iPod Classic (120GB model) and the 4th generation iPod Nano. The iPod Classic update 2.0.1 adds support for Apple’s upcoming In-Ear Headphones and Earphones with Remote and Mic, and fixes a bug with saving Genius playlists, along with other minor bug fixes. It is available using the update feature in iTunes and doesn’t work ...

The new aluminum MacBooks are now available in Kuwait. At a store called “Al-Ghanim Electronics”. They are priced over KD 700 (9,717 SR) which is even more expensive than the MacBook Pro sold in Riyadh at Itechia! From 3baid’s blog: Anything Goes.