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“Automatic Download” for Apps Leaked in iTunes

A MacRumors’ reader discovered the following message while updating apps in iTunes: Or if your device has Automatic Download enabled for apps, your updates will download to your device without having to sync. And until now this such feature is not available in iOS 4, so it will probably be available in iOS 5. So apps will be updated automatically ...

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Steve Jobs to Unveil Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud on June 6

Apple has announced that Steve Jobs will be presenting the opening Keynote for this year’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC 2011). The keynote will be held June 6th 10:00 am local time, 8 pm Saudi time. During the keynote Apple will unviel the next Mac OS X named Lion, iOS 5 for the iPad/iPhone/iPod touch and upcoming cloud service named ...

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Free MacBook Bottom Case Replacement from Apple

Apple offering free MacBook bottom case replacement for units sold between October 2009 and April 2011. These are the Polycarbonate Unibody MacBooks released on October 2009 and May 2010. Apple has determined that under certain circumstances the rubber surface on some MacBooks may separate from the bottom case of the system. MacBooks shipped between October 2009 and April 2011 may ...

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Unnecessary Restrictions Imposed on Free Android Apps

Last week Google added “Paid Android Market” access to 99 countries excluding major tech markets in the Middle East such as Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt. These countries were left with the “free global Android Market” which includes most free Android apps (but no first party Google apps such as Gmail, Google Maps). Staring today many popular free Android apps ...

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Android Market in 131 Countries Except Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt

Google recently added support for paid Android apps (and first party app access) to 99 countries bringing the total of countries supporting the full Android Market to 131, beating Apple’s 90 countries in global reach. Middle Eastern countries such as Oman, Bahrain, Morocco and more still has no Apple App Store. Unlike Apple’s App Store the Android Market limits visitors ...

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Mobily to Launch White iPhone 4 Soon

Just like STC, Mobily has announced on their facebook page that the white iPhone 4 made with unicorn tears will be available in the Saudi market soon. Did you really wait for the white iPhone 4? Why? You can find the author of this post on twitter: @khaled. Arabic version of this post on SaudiMac Arabic Edition. Please follow SaudiMac ...

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Sales of iPad 2 in Saudi Arabia Starts Today

iPad 2 sales has already started in Saudi Arabia. This first was apparently yesterday before the official date by i.zone in Jeddah sold to Ahmad. Notice the model number ending with AE (Arab Emirates), which indicates the lack of FaceTime of course. If you bought an iPad 2 today then please share the experience and photos on twitter using: #ipad2saudi ...

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STC to Release White iPhone 4 this Month

Saudi Telecom Company has announced on their website that they will start selling the Unicorn white iPhone 4 in Saudi Arabia during this month. “Now available” then “May” makes no sense though. 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 ...

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New Apple iPad 2 Ad: If You Asked

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 ...

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iPad 2 to Launch in Saudi Arabia on May 6

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 ...

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