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eBay released a chart of iPad 2 auctions in the first 2 weeks of the availability of the device. Almost 12,000 iPad 2 units were sold in these 2 weeks. The chart shows how many units were shipped to each country, the following Middle East countries appeared on the list: • Saudi Arabia 165 units • United Arab Emirates 147 ...

Apple has released the second developer preview of the upcoming Mac OS, Lion. Mac OS X Lion Developer Preview 2 is available to members of Mac developer program. All information is protected under NDA so I won’t post anything about it. However I would like to say that Mac OS X adds native Arabic language interface. More information about Mac ...

We received a question regarding an iPad 2 3G being sold in the Saudi market but it’s intended for the US Verizon Wireless network. So we had to make sure everyone knows about it. The 3G in iPad 2 units intended for Verizon does not work in Saudi Arabia and many countries. Verizon uses CDMA technology which is incompatible with ...

Last year’s WWDC there were no Apple Design Awards for Mac apps but this year Apple announced that the awards will be available for 3 devices: iPad, iPhone and Mac. The awards are also exclusive to App Store apps only, so Mac applications not available in the App Store are excluded. Here is a list of last year’s Apple Design ...

Apple will announce it’s second quarter of 2011 (Q2 – 2011) financial results on April 20th, 2011. After that Apple will hold a conference call with members of the press. Apple plans to conduct a conference call to discuss financial results of its second fiscal quarter on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 2:00 p.m PT. That’s midnight local Saudi time. ...

WWDC 2011 tickets were sold out in less than 10 hours. That’s a lot faster than WWDC 2009‘s 2 weeks and WWDC 2010‘s few days. WWDC 2011 will begin June 6 and end on June 10. With over 100 technical sessions for the Mac, iPhone and iPad. This year Apple promise to unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS. ...

Apple just announced the dates for their developer conference. WWDC 2011 will begin June 6 and end on June 10. With over 100 technical sessions for the Mac, iPhone and iPad. “At this year’s conference we are going to unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “If you ...

The Cydia Jailbreak Store was updated to version 1.1. The update includes many changes and they are: • Speed improvement, such as with “Loading Changes” • Memory usage has decreased • Much improved search algorithm • Lets iOS run Activator, libstatusbar, and SimulatedKeyEvents while Cydia is running (custom status bar icons should now be visible) To install the update simply ...

Apple released 2 new “If you don’t have an iPhone” ads. These ads focus on the Retina display and Game Center features. Here are the advertisements: Retina Display If you don’t have an iPhone, you don’t have the Retina Display, the highest resolution screen on any phone. Game Center If you don’t have an iPhone, you don’t have the largest ...

Apple released iOS 4.3.1 update for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. The update includes some bug fixes. iOS 4.3.1 update contains improvements and other bug fixes including: • Fixes an occasional graphics glitch on iPod touch (4th generation) • Resolves bugs related to activating and connecting to some cellular networks • Fixes image flicker when using Apple Digital AV ...