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News
  iPhone 4S demand and margins high
    Apple had announced last Monday that pre-orders for the iPhone 4S topped 1 Million in 24 hours
      The iPhone 4 has set the previous pre-order sales record at 600,000 in 24 hours
      AT&T said it had sold 200,000 in the first 12 hours of availability
    Carriers reported record sales and activations
      Sprint said iPhone 4S generated their best launch day sales ever for any device
        Rocky start for Sprint's data network?
      AT&T broke their previous single-day activation record and was on track to actually double it.
    Apple released official sales numbers today
      Sold 4 million iPhone 4S units over the launch weekend.
      25 million people updated to iOS 5
      20 million signed up for iCloud
    Analyst Chris Whitmore at Deutsche Bank has cruched some numbers and believes Apple's margin on the iPhone 4S could be as high as 73%
      He estimates Apple's costs at $170 for the 16GB iPhone 4S, and $220 for the 32GB model.
      By comparison an iPod Touch margin is around 38%
      He says Apple also get about $100 more on the carrier subsidy for an iPhone. Around $450 per device vs. the $350 or less of Apple's competitiors
      Those subsidies help Apple list a lower price on the iPhone 4S vs. their competitors. 4G phones from Samsung, HTC, and Motorola (Droid) tend to be around $60 or more on a 2-year contract.
  iPhone 4S, the unworldly "world phone"
    TidBits has an informative piece about the "world phone" aspects of the iPhone 4S
    There was a lot of counfusion because Apple's site says that they won't sell a unlocked iPhone 4S until September and when they do their fine print says it's GSM only.
    If you choose AT&T the phone will only be activated for GSM
    Sorta, kinda, unlocked
      Sprint, ships unlocked, but they will lock it via an update and then unlock for customers in good standing
      Verizion will unlock it once you have been good on your bill for 60 days
    So while the capabilities are in there it seems the devices are, at first, much more closed than open.
    Does use a new Qualcomm’s MDM6610 GSM and CDMA combo chip (iFixit)
  Apple's investment in processors
    Techcrunch reported that Apple has over 1,000 people working on chips
    Apple aquired the processor design firm PA Semi in 2008.
    Flash storage is also becoming much more dominant in Apple's designs
    Apple is likely looking to control designs to boost processing power while increasing efficancy and lowering powre requiements.
    Contolling the processor designs allows them to work with OEMs like Samsung and soon Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to fab their designs
    The control means Apple can tailor chips to hardware designs and give them a possible lead over the competition
    As MacNN points out the A5 already outperforms new chips from Samsung running at higher clock speeds
    Apple also may be the first out with a chip, the A6, using a 28NM design.
    Rumorrs are the A6 will be 28nm and quad-core.
      Debate on whether or not Samsung will be involved in production
      May need to be since TSMC reportedly may not have enough production capacity?
  A5 Powered Apple TV
    9to5mac notes a reference string inside iOS 5 stating an Apple TV model noted as 3,1. The current little black box is 2,1
    It's not suprising that Apple would be working on a new model and the refernce being there doesn't give us a timeline for a new model, but that won't stop us from making some assumptions
    A new Apple TV would likely bring an A5 and more RAM. Why?
      1080p video, it's in the iPhone 4s and that seems to be where most video is headed
      Games? Apple did position games pretty promiently in the iPhone 4S launch event.
    Bluetooth support is also rumored which would be a bonus in the games department.
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Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  Impressions of iOS 5
    Upgrade process was frustrating.
      Lesson? Don't stay up late to get updates in the future. Tired tweeting=bad
    On device set-up is nice for new devices.
    George Starcher points out how to fix an upgrade gotcha for some
      If you have ever jailbroken your device and get an error about, "Device not eligible" for upgrade
      Check the /etc/hosts file for a gs.apple.com entry and if it's there remove it.
      Basically remaps the Apple domain to Cydia so it can facilitate the jailbreak stuff.
    Notifications
      Good, but possible too much
      Need to really manage it and there are lots of settings for that per app in the Notification center
      Notification Center, how many to show, alert style, badge, view in lock screen
    iMessage
      Awesome and "just works"
      Need to use an email address on non-iphones
      Can assign multiple emails in the Messages settings
    Camera
      Use volume button to take photo
      Camera from lock screen (iPhone and Touch only)
      Editing. Crop, rotate enhance.
    Wireless syncing
      Enable it from iTunes from Devices or on the device from Settings->General->iTunes Wi-Fi Sync
      Enable manually or it happens automatically when plugged into power.
      Seems obvious, but needs to be on same wi-fi network as your Mac
    AirPlay Mirroring
      Works great with Apple TV.
      Enable from the multitasking bars Media controls
      Responsive.
      Games are supposed to be incredible
    Twitter integration
      Tweet sheet
      Great in photos app
    Custom tones and alerts
      Set under Sounds in the Settings
      now tone store
    Multitasking Gestures (iPad 2 only)
      4 finger swipe up to access multi-tasking bar
      4 finger swipe left or right to move between recent apps
      4 finger pinch to home screen
    Split keyboard (iPad)
  New iOS apps
    iPod is now Music
      iPad version is completely changed and not for the better in most people's opinion
      Videos app for movies, tv shows, podcasts
    Cards
    Find My Friends
    Airport Utility
    Newsstand
    Reminders
    Movie Trailers
  iCloud
    Talk about how I did my transition and why
      New account seperate from my Mobile Me account
      Use Cloud service, seperate from Store accounts (which are tied to my old Mobile Me account)
    The choice depends on how you use your Mobile Me account
      Shared iTunes/App Store account vs. seperate
    To create a NEW iCloud account use the Apple ID site and then log in with that at iCloud.com
    Things that have caused issues with my way
      Migrating iCal data
      Extra .me email address for iCloud account and another new Apple ID.
      Facetime account. Can't use Mobile Me account email and iCloud email on the same Facetime account
    Using iCloud
      Sync contacts and calendars
      Documents in the Cloud
        Works on iOS seemlessly, but need to use iCloud.com/#iWork on the desktop?
      Find My iPhone can now find Macs too.
      Photostream seems to be fast and works well
      Backup in the Cloud
    Having trouble with service?
      iCloud system status page
  iPhoto '11 9.2 update
    Needed to enable iCloud Photostream features
    Also Aperture 3.2 Update with Photostream support along with several other updates and fixes
  Setting up and Using the iPhone 4S
    Discuss my issues with activation
      Made several attemps both using iTunes and on the device itself
      AT&T customer service did the activation
    Siri is amazing, but not perfect
      Incredible for BETA
      When it's working. Again network issues were a problem
      TUAW has a great list of things you can say to Siri
      Works with Bluetooth headsets
      Seems to work well even with some background noise.
      Some issues I've encountered
        "Tell me the distance to the Sun" -> Gave directions to Sun City
        Wish you could ask for the "nearest" business. Just gives a list.
        Seaching for famous people using "Who is…" resulted in it attempting to find people in my Contacts
        Some information is limited outside the US
          Maps, directions, and traffic
          Business look up
          Wolfram Alpha, English-speaking countries
          Apple says inernational improvments will happen this year
        She CAN"T tweet? What?
      When she does make errors, tap the translation error to correct things.
      Fun with Siri
        Change what it calls you by saying, "Siri, I want you to call me…"
        Saying "*", causes it to say, "Sorry i don't understand" and beep.
    Voice dictiation feature is also awesome
      Seems to record around 30-40 seconds at a time
      Can use the Dragon dictation commands for punctuation, capitalization, etc.
    The camera may be the "killer" feature
      The snaps are amazing
      Video looks incredible
      Fast to launch, especially from the lock screen in iOS 5
      The faster shutter enables non-blurry action shots
    The new design
      Pretty much the same, but has the "slience" switch moved down and antenna gaps positions of the Verizion iPhone 4.
      Not ALL old iPhone 4 cases will fit.
      A5 is running at 800 MHz dual core, not 1GHz like on iPad 2
      512MB of RAM
      Slightly larger battery with an extra .05 WHrs.
      Dual antenna design
        To me call clarity seems better on my 4S
    Battery life does seem reduced slightly, but I think because of my heavy use of Siri and notifications (iOS 5)
      Some also noted that battery conditioning on a new device may be a factor
      Also some reports that Geofencing in Reminders might eat up battery
      Some tel me there may be a GPS bug in Omnifocus.
  iTunes trouble with Firewall
    Brad is having some trouble with iTunes and the OS X Firewall in Lion
    Almost everytime he launches iTunes the Firewall asks to allow incoming connections. He clicks 'Allow' and this should add the choice to the settingings in the System Preferences pane, but it's not sticking.
    I normally don't use the Firewall, but I tried enabling it and got some strange behaviour too.
    To enable the Firewall
      Go to System Preferences --> Security & Privacy
      Click the 'Firewall' tab
      Click the 'Lock' icon and enter your username and password to allow changes
      Click Start, to start the Firewall
      Click Advanced to adjust the settings for specific services and apps.
    In playing with it the first time, some strange behaviour happened
      It then started popping up those "Allow/Deny" dialogs for different services.
      As I clicked Allow they were added to the app list in the main panel
      After I clicked OK and then came back the services were all gone. They didn't stick.
    Clicking the "+" icon and adding them manually did seem to work and they stuck the second time.
    Once you have an app or service added you and 'Block' or 'Allow' incoming connections.
    I'd try adding iTunes manuallay and 'Allow' incoming connections if it's not already in the list.
    Some users online with the same issue reported needing to uninstall and re-install iTunes
      A bit extreme, but could be worth trying
      Be sure to backup you're iTunes library and all media files first.
    Dave and John at Mac Geek Gab also addressed this issue and they said it may be related to code signing
      In that Advanced tab of Firewall in Security & Privacy, 'Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections'
      Local digital signature from Apple may be mismatched, corrupt. missing, or something else
      Solution delete and re-install iTunes
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