We still don’t know the real reason for blocking FaceTime in the Middle East but we do know that FaceTime works in Tunisia. Vodafone Qatar announced that they will reactivate it and Government policies in Qatar prevented initial FaceTime availability. Vodafone Egypt confirmed that saying that Egypt’s NTRA decided to block FaceTime. So no conspiracy theories there. For the time ...

During yesterday’s Back to the Mac event Apple released the FaceTime app for Macs running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Now you can have visual calls directly with iPhone 4 (needs iOS 4.1) and iPod touch 4G. FaceTime is in beta and you can download it from Apple’s site. Even though it works in Saudi Arabia when you go to ...

A final update on 20/September/2017: CITC has finally issued a statement that most VOIP and video call services will be "unblocked" in Saudi Arabia. After over 3 weeks of noticing the lack of FaceTime on the iPhone 4 pages of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Egypt and Jordan here’s what we know so far about the lack of FaceTime in these ...

Yesterday Apple updated their Locating iPhone wireless carriers support page to include a small note regarding FaceTime for Middle Eastern countries. Note number 4 says that FaceTime is not available on this carrier. The countries listed without FaceTime are: Saudi Arabia (mobily) – affected model numbers are MC603AE and MC605AE United Arab Emirates (Du and Etisalat) – affected model numbers ...

Du finally announced details of their iPhone 4 release in the United Arab Emirates after Etisalat announced it a few days ago. Etisalat prices for the iPhone 4 ranges from 0 AED to 2,049 AED for 16GB and from 350 AED to 2,399 AED based on the plan. This is cheaper than their iPhone 3GS prices from last year and ...

Apple did something weird to their iPhone 4 pages on Middle Eastern websites and removed any mention of the iPhone 4 FaceTime feature. Here is the Apple iPhone 4 Saudi Arabia page a few days ago: Here it is now: FaceTime feature and anything about were removed from the following countries’ pages: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Jordan and ...

As posted on the Arabic edition (thanks Mike) and TUAW posted it as well. It has been confirmed: FaceTime will not work in the UAE! Du has confirmed that in a twitter message: We have no confirmation if this was a decision by Apple, the carriers or the UAE TRA. Arabic version of this post on SaudiMac Arabic Edition. Please ...

Etisalat, one of the two major carriers in the UAE, has announced that they will launch the iPhone 4 in the country next Saturday September 25th. The announcement was very weird as Etisalat has not announced the pricing and packages until now. Contrast that to Taiwan carriers that had a total of 200,000 pre-orders for the iPhone 4. According to ...

Personally I I have issues with people holding or even touching my Apple gadgets including my iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Mac. The other day I got this email from a Mac user in Dubai, UAE who faced the wall of Apple resellers’ bureaucracy , I can relate to her frustration. What these resellers can’t fathom is that Mac users are ...

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) released an iPhone App in March for their customers. It provides methods for customers to access DEWA’s services. The App provides the following services: • DEWA news • DEWA events • DEWA locations • DEWA videos (youtube) • Bill inquiry • Complaint registration Screen shots of the DEWA App by Shufflegazine: An excellent ...