Posted by applewriter on December 19, 2011
Tech News: Unlocked iPhone 4S now working in some T-Mobile network pockets
According to a support thread on T-Mobile’s troubleshooting site, an unlocked iPhone 4S could be used on T-Mobile’s network, utilizing the iPhone 4S UMTS 1 band.
This theory has been backed up by a report on an unofficial T-Mobile blog, claiming that an unlocked iPhone 4S, in certain parts of the country, can run on T-Mobile’s 3G network.
iPhones have been a part of T-Mobile’s landscape since the beginning. In fact, T-Mobile offers a quite nice support community for iPhone users, despite not officially offering the product.
Now, as TmoNews reports, T-Mobile has begun reframing some of its spectrum in certain parts of the country. In areas of Nevada, Northern California, and the Pacific Northwest, T-Mobile has begun using the 1,900MHz band (the same one that an iPhone would use) for HSPA+.
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Posted by applewriter on December 18, 2011
Gadget News: Facebook Brings Timeline To The iPhone
Facebook has released an update to its iPhone app that brings the highly-anticipated Timeline view to mobile users. Version 4.1 of the Facebook for iOS app brings with it the ability to access friend lists, subscribers, and subscriptions. Photo viewing and overall speed improvements are also included.
An iPad version of Timeline is coming soon, according to Facebook. Users can download the latest update for free in the App Store.
You can change your Timeline cover picture by clicking the tiny camera icon on the bottom right of the photo. Lists and subscriptions can be accessed in the app’s left option pane.
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Posted by TheAppleTech on December 18, 2011
The MacBook Pro is one of Apples top of the line laptops. Apple has designed this system to be sold out of the box ready for it’s users to enjoy it’s many uses how ever not everyone is satisfied with the amount of storage or hard drive that comes default. Purchasing a larger drive to support your needs or to replace a bad hard drive is not a hard task at all.
Simple Instructions To Replace The Internal MacBook Pro Hard Drive.
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Posted by applewriter on December 17, 2011
Tech News: How to make your iPhone 4 or 4S Apple logo glow
A Chinese manufacturing company is producing replacement back panels for your iPhone 4 or 4S that include a thin light strip and a transparent Apple logo that will make your iPhone’s logo glow, similar to Apple notebook computers.
With the K.O Gadget iPhone 4/4S back-panel mod kit, you can get your Apple logo glowing, just like those on Apple notebooks.
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K.O Gadget)
K.O Gadget claims the hardware hack can be done in 5 minutes, at home, using the $42 kit it supplies.
Editors’ note: At the time of writing, the regular site was downed by heavy traffic; a substitute purchase link was posted on the company’s Facebook page.
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Posted by applewriter on December 17, 2011
Gadget News: Apple Released The Second iOS 5.0.1 Update To Fix iPhone 4S SIM Card Errors
Apple recently seeded a second revision of its iOS 5.0.1 firmware, and besides decrypting key files that aid in the legality of a Siri port, the update seemed to bring nothing new to the table. Some speculated that the second update had something to do with Apple’s continued international rollout of the iPhone 4S.
It turns out that the new iOS 5.0.1 (Build 9A406) is meant to fix SIM-related errors that a limited number of iPhone 4S customers have been experiencing.
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Posted by applewriter on December 16, 2011
Gadget News: Here Are Your Top Mac Apps Of 2011, Now Choose Your Number One [Best of 2011]
As we reminisced in our previous poll, 2011 has been a monumental year for the Mac App Store. There have been countless new releases and updates that we’ve covered on the site, and the Mac app ecosystem has reached a whole new level of excellence.
We told you to choose the 10 most innovative Mac apps of this year, and your votes garnered some interesting results. Here are the 10 most innovative Mac apps of 2011. And now we need you to choose your number one.
Evernote
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Posted by applewriter on December 16, 2011
Gadget News: Snapheal Mac App: Super-Impressive, Dead-Easy & Ridiculously Cheap Photo Manipulation [Review]
Do you really need to spend a lot of money to get grade-A photo-editing tricks? Apparently not. With Snapheal ($20), developer MacPhun has taken arguably the coolest Photoshop feature in recent years, made it dead-easy to use and packaged it with all the basic photo-editing tools you’ll need — and more. And all for a fraction of what it should cost.
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Posted by applewriter on December 16, 2011
Latest Apple News: This Holiday’s Hottest Tablet Isn’t What You Think [Tablets]
iPad 2. Kindle Fire. Android Tablet X. Popular gifts, all. In fact, odds are a bunch of you are stuffing stockings with them right now. But if we define popularity as how many casualties the war between supply and demand leaves behind, only one tablet stands out this month. More »
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Posted by applewriter on December 16, 2011
Latest Apple News: Can Jeff Bezos become the next Steve Jobs?
Strong holiday sales and the introduction of the new Kindle Fire will help Amazon beat conservative revenue expectations, but cost pressures given shipping deals, rising ad spend, and the unknown impact of its new tablet will squeeze margins in coming quarters…
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Posted by applewriter on December 16, 2011
Latest Apple News: Samsung sues Apple over 4 new patents, but backs off iPhone 4S complaint
Samsung has added four new patents to its lawsuit against Apple in Germany, but has backed off of a complaint related to baseband chips in the iPhone 4S.
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