iPhone 5s and 5c arrive Friday: sold out in China, lines in USA and Japan

You might not know it, but the iPhone 5s has already gone on sale in China and subsequently sold out – every single size and color. This doesn’t mean that places like Japan or the United States should worry, as there is separate stock for each different region, but it just goes to show: the […]

Reminder: Back Your Stuff Up Before iOS 7 Drops Tomorrow

Reminder: Back Your Stuff Up Before iOS 7 Drops Tomorrow

iOS 7 is coming tomorrow. As exciting as that might be, major platform updates are almost always very buggy, so you should back your stuff up before you dive in. Here’s a quick refresher on how.

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Apple Offers ‘Last Compatible Versions’ of iOS Apps for Ageing Devices

Apple Offers 'Last Compatible Versions' of iOS Apps for Ageing Devices

With iOS 7 due to land tomorrow, Apple seems to have decided to look after users with ageing hardware, too. It now offers a ‘last compatible version’ of iOS apps if you attempt to download an app not supported by your current firmware.

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How to Prep Your iDevice for iOS 7

How to Prep Your iDevice for iOS 7

Apple’s iOS 7 launches Wednesday. While you may be itching to get your fingers on the new OS, you’ll want to take some time to make sure your device is 100 percent ready for this major software update.

    



Apple offering ‘last compatible version’ of iOS apps for older hardware

Apple's now offering 'last compatible version' of apps on older iOS devices

With iOS 7 arriving tomorrow, Apple is extending some love to the owners of older iOS devices that have been left behind. New compatibility features, first spotted on Reddit, will now kick into action if you attempt to download an app that is not supported by your current firmware. Instead, the company now asks if you’d like to install the last compatible version, which, for some apps, can be over a year old. We’ve successfully installed an older version of Instagram to an iPhone 3GS with iOS 4.3.3 and Twitter to an iPhone 3G running iOS 4.2.1. Although Instagram was “out of date,” the last compatible version of Twitter (featured above) was version 4.3.2, and hit the App Store back on August 18th, 2012. If you’re feeling nostalgic and you’ve got an aging iPhone, iPad or iPod touch that could use a bit of exercise, Apple’s latest tweak might teach your old device some new tricks.

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iPhone 5s 64-Bit app submissions opened by Apple

This week those responsible for holding the keys to the gates of Apple’s mobile app store have taken the lock off of submissions for 64-bit apps. Developers will be able to create and submit 64-bit apps for iOS 7 only for the time being. In the near future, Apple will be sending out availability for […]

iOS 7.0.1, 7.0.2, And 7.1 Reportedly Being Tested By Apple

iOS 7.0.1, 7.0.2, And 7.1 Reportedly Being Tested By AppleiOS 7 is expected to be made available on a wide variety of iOS devices come 18th of September, but it seems that Apple has a couple of updates that they could have planned for release in the future. This is according to the folks at 9to5Mac who have spotted on their server logs, visits from iOS devices coming from Apple’s headquarters in California that are running on a trio of different iOS versions. These versions include iOS 7.0.1, 7.0.2, and 7.1. It is unclear when these updates are planned for release, but presumably they are undergoing testing at the moment.

Based on the different versions, it has been suggested that iOS 7.0.1 and iOS 7.0.2 have been designed to be successive updates that will mainly address bug fixes, and that iOS 7.1, based on its version number, will be a more substantial update and possibly introduce new features, functions, or support for hardware. In any case with iOS 7 having yet to be released, we’re not sure what sort of bugs Apple plans to squash in the future updates, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled nonetheless.

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    iOS 7 Siri gets serious: out of Beta at last

    As of the 18th of September, iOS 7 will be out in the wild, and with it the final (or first, however you like to see it) full version of Siri. Up until now Siri has been labeled with a “Beta” tag by Apple for all of the devices that’ve used it – iPhone 4S, […]

    Watch iOS 6 Morph Into iOS 7 in One GIF

    Watch iOS 6 Morph Into iOS 7 in One GIF

    Things are going to change once iOS 7 hits your iPhone next week. Doesn’t matter if you’re buying the new iPhone 5C or 5S or not, all those icons you’ve gotten used to will morph into brighter, flatter and larger versions of what you know. Best part about this GIF though? Scott Forstall’s creepy smile morphing into Jony Ive’s stone cold staredown. YOU WILL LIKE IOS 7. [GadgetLove]

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    iPhone 5c begins to sell out, 5s online orders announced

    Today pre-orders began for Apple’s iPhone 5c, the phone that’s set to replace the iPhone 5 in the company’s stock while the iPhone 5s takes the hero spot, and they’ve already begun to sell out pre-orders. Though it is only one model and one color for now, it would appear that this smartphone is set […]