As powerful as iPhone and iPad are, they are not with their flaws. Apple may be finally addressing some of the hardware issues that iPhone 4 owners have faced since its launch day but the software side needs some attention too. While iOS 4.2 will start shipping in November, Apple does plan to fix iPhone 4′s proximity sensor bug and other issues with iOS 4.1.

First of all, a lot of bugs have been fixed … Proximity sensor bugs, Bluetooth bugs, iPhone 3G performance bugs. All the bugs that we’ve been nailed on. We think we’ve nailed a lot of them.

Steve Jobs promised. It is not clear whether this new update will fix the major issues that have come up for older iPhone owners after upgrading to iOS 4. In the meantime, Apple is already looking ahead to iOS 4.2. Multitasking, folders, and wireless printing are all coming to iPad in November.

Here are just a few features that Apple iPad owners can expect to get their hands on with iOS 4.2:

• printing over wireless network
• wirelessly streaming videos to Apple TV
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Steve Jobs knows how to deliver and do it big. Apple’s latest event was full of surprises (and a few disappointments). Apple iPod had been upstaged by iPhone and iPad for quite some time. The new iPod Touch got FaceTime, a retina display, and a decent camera. Apple wants iPod Touch owners to use their device as a mobile gaming device. iPod Touch’s A4 processor should make playing more sophisticated games possible. Besides, Game Center (another new service by Apple) will allow gamers to play against others around the globe using their iPod Touch.

Apple iPod Touch 4G is expected to sell like hot cakes, but consumers will want to give Apple TV and iPod nano a look too. We all knew Apple was going to get in the “social” business soon. Ping is a social music network that lets iTunes users to connect with artists and their friends and discover new things (and find new friends in the process). The interface may be buggy at this point, but that’s understandable for a first generation social network.

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We are never going to get Apple to admit that some things went wrong with iPhone 4′s design/development process. The issue of death grip threatened to become a major disaster for Apple early on. Apple bounced back from it by throwing together a conference and blaming everything but its design team. Apple may have not admitted iPhone 4′s design flaw, but it did get rid of one of the top people behind iPhone 4 team. It seems the company is ready to start shipping new iPhone 4 models with better antennas. According to multiple sources, iPhone 4.1 will start shipping right after September 30th. That’s the last date of eligibility for those free bumper cases for iPhone 4.0 owners.

Telcel’s director of value-added services, Marco Quatorze discussed this news just recently. While Apple has spent a lot of money giving away free cases to its customers, it seems to have found a way to solve its antenna issue just before the start of the holiday shopping season. This is a rumor at this point, but all signs points to an upgrade being in the works as far as iPhone 4 is concerned. Read the rest of this entry »

There are plenty of people who do not get good nights of sleep on a consistent basis. Your body may be able to handle it for a while, but not sleeping well can affect your quality of life over the long run. You can always use pills to help put you to sleep. The better way to approach it is by training your body to sleep and wake up at the right time. That’s what sleep aid apps are good for.

Sleep aid apps can help put your body in the right cycle and even put you to sleep when you are stressed. If you are suffering from insomnia or just want to get a more quality sleep each and every night, these 6 iPhone apps can help:

Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock: a well known iPhone application that analyzes your sleep patterns and wakes you in the lightest sleep phase. It monitors your movement and finds the best time to wake you up.

Proactive Sleep Alarm Clock: an alarm clock on steroids. It helps you track sleep amount, time of sleep, difficulty falling to sleep, and sleep efficiency. It gives you personalized tips about your sleep.

Sleep Machine: it’s essentially a 4 in 1 app. It’s an alarm, a clock, a sleep timer, and an ambient sound player. Has plenty of ambient sounds that can relax you and put you to sleep. Read the rest of this entry »

Long before Apple started the iPhone revolution, Apple iPods were king. We all remember the good old days when the click-wheel feature in iPod was considered something very special. These days, all we hear about are touch-screens, multi-touch, cameras, and tablets. iPods have become somewhat stagnant, and, dare we say, irrelevant. Consumers may be more interested in buying multi-purpose devices these days. That does not mean Apple is ready to give up on iPods just yet. The company is planning to unveil those new iPods on September 1st and iPod Nano is expected to get a major upgrade.

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From the images and product info linked to the Internet, it seems the new iPod nano will have a touch-screen display and a square-shaped design. Could iPod nano get WiFi capability? Apple did add camera to a select few iPod models a while ago, so that is not impossible. Apple is planning to bring its apps to all its devices. If Apple TV is getting applications, so could iPod nano.

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