Apple earlier today announced in a press release that it has sold over four million units of iPhone 4S on first weekend, that is, just three days after its launch on October 14, in seven countries.

iPhone 4S is the most amazing iPhone yet, boasting new features under the hood, like dual-core A5 chip that gives you blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new 8 megapixel camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking; iCloud; and iOS 5.

As previously announced by Apple, over one million units of iPhone 4S was pre-ordered in just first twenty-four hours, surpassing the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 units held by iPhone 4. While the most surprising thing is that the external design of both smartphones, iPhone 4S and iPhone 4, is completely similar.

“iPhone 4S is off to a great start with more than four million sold in its first weekend—the most ever for a phone and more than double the iPhone 4 launch during its first three days,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “iPhone 4S is a hit with customers around the world, and together with iOS 5 and iCloud, is the best iPhone ever.”

Externally, the iPhone 4S have same design as iPhone 4 but, internally few major changes has been made. The iPhone 4S is powered by Apple’s dual-core A5 chip. Includes an all new 8 megapixel camera with five-element f/2.4 lens which is capable of capturing remarkably sharp and clear stills as well as recording full 1080p HD videos with auto image stabilization. Other software based features includes Siri intelligent voice assistant, iCloud, and iOS 5.

iOS 5 and iCloud was publicly released by Apple on October 12. Apple iOS 5 is the most extended iOS software update till date and includes over 200 new features, whereas Apple iCloud, a breakthrough set of free cloud services which works seamlessly with iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC to wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices. Apple today also announced that in just first five days of its release, iOS 5 has been downloaded more than 25 million times, whereas iCloud has been downloaded by more than 20 million customers.

Apple has already sold more than four million units of iPhone 4S on first weekend in just 7 countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, UK, and the US. In addition, Apple also announced that from the start of October 28, iPhone 4S will be available in 22 more countries. And by the end of 2011, it will be available in more than 70 countries.

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Few hours ago, we informed you that Apple has released iOS 5 firmware to the public. New iOS 5 firmware is the most extended iOS software update to date which brings over 200 new features to your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.

We received some email from our readers asking to write tutorial on how to update iOS device to the new iOS 5 firmware. So here is a complete tutorial that will help you update your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch to iOS 5 firmware.

Step 1: Preparing For iOS 5 Update

A: Download iTunes 10.5 final for Mac and Windows —it is recommended to download and install iTunes 10.5 because older versions of iTunes are not compatible with iOS 5 firmware.

B: Once you have successfully updated your iTunes to iTunes 10.5, then now it’s time to create a back up of your device —it is advisable to back up your device before updating it to iOS 5 firmware.

Step 2: Creating A Back up

Important: When you connect your device with your computer, iTunes will automatically prompt you about the availability of iOS 5 firmware for your device, do not download and install it until you have created a back up of your device.

1. Connect your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch with your computer.
2. Launch iTunes.
3. Select your device from the ‘Devices’ tab on the left side.
4. Right click on it, and then click on ‘Back up’.

Step 3: Downloading And Installing iOS 5 Firmware

You can update your device to iOS 5 firmware in two different ways, that is, automated method —for novice users; and manual method —for expert users. Depending on your preference, you can follow either method.

Automated Method: This is the most easiest and simplest method to download and install iOS 5 firmware on your device. To get started, connect your device with your computer, launch iTunes, then simply click on the Update button, and then follow the onscreen instructions in iTunes. Please note that downloading iOS 5 IPSW firmware file will take some time as the file size will be of more than 700 megabytes. Once IPSW file download is completed, then iTunes will automatically update your device to iOS 5 firmware. So just sit back and relax as iTunes download firmware and upgrade your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to iOS 5.

Manual Method: To get started with manual installation of iOS 5 firmware on your device. First you need to download iOS 5 IPSW firmware file for your device from here. Once you have downloaded the IPSW firmware file, connect your device with your computer, launch iTunes, then press and hold the ‘shift’ key (or the ‘alt’ key if you are on Mac) and click on ‘Restore’ button. The moment you click on Restore button, a new window will pop-up from where you have to navigate and select the iOS 5 IPSW firmware file, and then click on ‘ok’. Now iTunes will start the restoration process of iOS 5 firmware on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.

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Finally the wait is over! As promised, Apple today has released iOS 5 firmware publicly. You can now download iOS 5 firmware as a free software update for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. So what are you waiting for? iOS 5 direct download links for all iOS devices are given below.

Apple’s iOS 5 is the most extended iOS software update till date. It includes over 200 new features like, Notification Center, an innovative way to easily view and manage notifications in one place without interruption; iMessage, a new messaging service that allows you to easily send text messages, photos and videos between all iOS 5 users; Newsstand, allows you to purchase and organize your newspaper and magazine subscriptions; with the new PC Free feature, all iOS devices running iOS 5 can be activated out-of-the-box and can be updated over-the-air without computer; and the feature list goes on…

Recently Apple released iTunes 10.5 final for Mac and Windows so that all users running iOS 5 on their iDevices can sync it easily with their computers as older versions of iTunes are not compatible with the new iOS 5 firmware. So we highly recommend you to update the iTunes on computer to iTunes 10.5 final so that you can enjoy WiFi syncing of iOS device with iTunes, which means you can wirelessly connect and sync your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch with iTunes 10.5 on your Mac or Windows computer.

Our complete tutorial on how to update iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch to iOS 5 firmware will be posted soon. Stay tuned! in just 3 simple steps is posted here.

Download iOS 5 Firmware for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch

Below are the official Apple’s direct download links of iOS 5 firmware:

• iPad 2 GSM
• iPad 2 CDMA
• iPad 2 WiFi
• iPad 1 GSM
• iPhone 4S – GSM + CDMA
• iPhone 4 GSM
• iPhone 4 CDMA
• iPod touch 4th Generation
• iPod touch 3rd Generation

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Apple has released iTunes 10.5 for Mac and Windows. This is a public and final release of iTunes 10.5 and is available for download for all.

iTunes 10.5 brings iTunes in the Cloud which stores all your music and TV purchases in iCloud so that they are available on your devices anytime, anywhere and also at no additional cost. With automatic downloads, music you purchase from any device or computer will automatically be downloaded as a copy on your Mac and iOS devices. You can even re-download those app, TV, music and books which you have already purchased.

iTunes 10.5 final full changelog is as follows:

• iTunes in the Cloud. iTunes now stores your music and TV purchases in iCloud and makes them available on your devices anywhere, any time, at no additional cost.
  • Automatic Downloads. Purchase music from any device or computer and automatically download a copy to your Mac and iOS devices.
  • Download Previous Purchases. Download your past music, TV, app, and book purchases again, at no additional cost. Previous purchases may be unavailable if they are no longer on the iTunes Store.
• Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 5.
• Wi-Fi Syncing. Automatically sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes any time they’re both on the same Wi-Fi network.

Apple has unveiled iTunes 10.5 because the company is soon going to release final version of iOS 5 to public. In case you don’t know, iOS 5 is the most extended iOS update which will bring over 200 new features.

We highly recommend you to update your computer’s iTunes to iTunes 10.5 final so that you can enjoy WiFi syncing of your iOS device with iTunes, which means you can wirelessly connect and sync your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch with iTunes 10.5 on your Mac or Windows computer.

You can download iTunes 10.5 final for Mac or Windows from here. [Official Apple Link]

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Tim Cook recently sent an internal email to Apple employees informing them about the plans of celebration of Steve Jobs’ life on October 19th at 10 a.m. pacific time in the outdoor amphitheater of Apple’s One Infinite Loop campus, which is Apple’s HQ in Cupertino, California.

Earlier this week, on October 5th at about 3 p.m., Steve Jobs, Apple’s Co-founder passed away at his home due to respiratory arrest and pancreatic tumor. Steve resigned as Apple’s CEO earlier last month. In his resignation letter, he stated that “I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO”. He also stated that “I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board”. Then soon after his resignation, Apple’s Board of Directors appointed former COO, Tim Cook as the new CEO of Apple.

Steve Jobs’ funeral was held on October 7th, which was completely private and non of the official public memorial was announced. So Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, sent out an email to all the employees that they have planned to celebrate the life of Steve Jobs on Wednesday, October 19.

Team,

 

Like many of you, I have experienced the saddest days of my lifetime and shed many tears during the past week. But I’ve found some comfort in the extraordinary number of tributes and condolences from people all over the world who were touched by Steve and his genius. And I’ve found comfort in both telling and listening to stories about Steve.

 

Although many of our hearts are still heavy, we are planning a celebration of his life for Apple employees to take time to remember the incredible things Steve achieved in his life and the many ways he made our world a better place. The celebration will be held on Wednesday, October 19, at 10 a.m. in the outdoor amphitheater on the Infinite Loop campus. We’ll have more details on AppleWeb closer to the date, including arrangements for employees outside of Cupertino.

 

I look forward to seeing you there.

 

Tim

Yet there is no statement on whether the media will be invited to cover this celebration or not. All we can say right now is just stay tuned!

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Apple has announced in a press release that iPhone 4S is one of the most successful product Apple has ever launched, as they have got over one million pre-orders for their newly launched iPhone in just twenty-four hours.

iPhone 4S is the most amazing iPhone yet, boasting new features like Apple’s dual-core A5 chip that gives you blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.

Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing said:

“We are blown away with the incredible customer response to iPhone 4S. The first day pre-orders for iPhone 4S have been the most for any new product that Apple has ever launched and we are thrilled that customers love iPhone 4S as much as we do.”

Before the launch of iPhone 4S, many people were expecting a completely redesigned iPhone (iPhone 5, to be exact), then after iPhone 4S launch event, stock of Apple dropped by about 5% which showed the unhappiness of investors as iPhone 4S is having exact same design like iPhone 4.

But still Apple managed to surpass their previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 units held by iPhone 4, whereas the new iPhone 4S, keeping in mind its same external design and disappointed people, has been pre-ordered over one million times on the first day.

CUPERTINO, California—October 10, 2011—Apple® today announced pre-orders of its iPhone® 4S have topped one million in a single day, surpassing the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 held by iPhone 4.

iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S are very much similar. Externally, the iPhone 4S have same design as iPhone 4 but few major changes has been done internally. As I’ve said you before, iPhone 4S is powered by Apple’s dual-core A5 chip, just like one found in iPad 2. An all new 8 megapixel camera with five-element f/2.4 lens which is capable of capturing remarkably sharp and clear stills as well as recording full 1080p HD videos with auto image stabilization.

iPhone 4S also have one unique feature that makes it stand out from the crowd is Siri, it is an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done and accomplish your task for you, you only have to say what you want it to do. One more thing is that iPhone 4S now comes in three storage capacities, 16, 32 and 64GB, unlike iPhone 4 which was only available in 16GB and 32GB models.

Pricing and Availability

Apple iPhone 4S comes in two colors either black or white, and will be available in the US for a suggested retail price of $199 for the 16GB model, $299 for the 32GB model, and $399 for the new 64GB model. It will be available at all 245 Apple retail stores in the US beginning at 8 a.m. local time on Friday, October 14.

iPhone 4S will be available from the Apple Online Store, Apple’s retail stores and through AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, and select Best Buy, Target and Walmart stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers. iPhone 4 is available for just $99 (US) and iPhone 3GS is available for free with a two year contract.

iPhone 4S will roll out worldwide to 22 more countries by the end of October including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

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Apple recently announced iPhone 4S at Let’s Talk iPhone event which was held at Apple Town Hall Auditorium in Cupertino California. With the launch of iPhone 4S also comes the launch of iOS 5, and iCloud.

iPhone 4S is packed with incredible new features which includes Apple’s dual-core 1.2GHz A5 chip for stunning graphics and blazing fast performance, an all new 8 megapixel camera with advanced optics, full 1080p HD resolution video recording and also introduced Siri, an intelligent assistance that helps you get things done just by asking.

“iPhone 4S plus iOS 5 plus iCloud is a breakthrough combination that makes the iPhone 4S the best iPhone ever,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “While our competitors try to imitate iPhone with a checklist of features, only iPhone can deliver these breakthrough innovations that work seamlessly together.”

Features Of iPhone 4S

Same Thin Glass And Stainless Steel Design But Completely Redesigned On The Inside

iPhone 4S has the same beautifully thin glass and stainless steel design that millions of users around the world loved and liked, while being completely redesigned on the inside.

Apple’s dual-core A5 chip delivers up to twice the processing power and up to seven times faster graphics as compared to iPhone 4, all while maintaining incredible battery life of up to 8 hours of 3G talk time.

The iPhone 4′s innovative stainless steel external, dual-antenna design is now much more improved, and iPhone 4S is the first phone that intelligently switches between two antennas to send and receive.

iPhone 4S now supports twice the download speed with HSDPA of up to 14.4 Mbps. It is now a world phone, so both CDMA and GSM users can now roam internationally on GSM networks.

An All New Camera With The Most Advanced Optics

iPhone 4S features an 8 megapixel camera with the most advanced optics of any phone, allowing you ti take high quality photos with more detail than ever. This phone includes a new custom lens, a larger aperture of f/2.4 and an advanced hybrid IR filter that produce brighter, sharper and more accurate images.

Because the iPhone 4S has Apple-designed image signal processor in the A5 dual-core chip for performance and with the features built into iOS 5, makes the camera one of the fastest on any phone. The Camera app launches much faster and the shot to shot capability is twice as fast, so you will never miss another shot.

Now you can instantly access the camera of your iPhone right from the lock screen, and you can also use the volume-up button to quickly snap a photo.

A simple tap locks focus and exposure on one subject; and the new Photos app lets you crop, rotate, enhance and remove red-eye from your photos, and organize it into albums right on your device to share them on the go.

iPhone 4S can now also record video in full 1080p HD resolution. And with the new video image stabilization feature, you can take richer, smoother videos. Other video camera improvements include increased sensitivity, sharpness and an increased ability to capture video in low light conditions.

Instantly Share Your Photos And Videos Via Twitter Or Send It Via iMessage

The new iOS 5 feature includes built-in Twitter integration and iMessage, so you can instantly share your photos via Twitter directly from the Photos app and send photos and videos via iMessage to individuals, groups, family and friends.

With iCloud’s innovative new Photo Stream service, any photo your take on your iPhone is sent to iCloud and then automatically and wirelessly pushed to your iPod touch, iPad, Mac or PC. You can even view your Photo Stream album on your Apple TV.

iOS 5, The World’s Most Advanced Mobile Operating System

iPhone 4S comes with iOS 5, which includes over 200 new features like, Notification Center, an innovative way to easily view and manage notifications in one place without interruption; and iMessage, a new messaging service that allows you to easily send text messages, photos and videos between all iOS 5 users.

iOS 5 will also be available as a free software update for iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS users allowing them to experience these amazing new features.

Siri, An Intelligent Assistant That Helps You Get Things Done Just By Asking

iPhone 4S also introduces Siri, a whole new way of interacting with your phone using just your voice. You use your voice to send messages or email, schedule meetings and reminders, make phone calls, make notes, search the Internet, find local businesses, get directions and lot more.

Ask Siri to do things just by talking the way you talk. It understands what you say, knows what you mean, answers your questions, and even talks back, for example, if you ask “Will I need an umbrella this weekend?” it understands that you are looking for a weather forecast.

Siri is also smart about using the personal information you allow it to access, for example, if you tell Siri “Remind me to call Mom when I get home” it can find “Mom” in your address book, or ask Siri “What’s the traffic like around here?” and it can figure out, where “here” is based on your current location.

iCloud, A Breakthrough Set Of Free Cloud Services

The services of iCloud includes iTunes in the Cloud, Photo Stream and Documents in the Cloud, these all work seamlessly with your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Mac or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and send it to all your devices.

When content changes on one device, all your other devices are updated automatically and wirelessly.

iPhone 4S Introduction Video

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Pricing And Availability

Apple iPhone 4S comes in two colors either black or white, and will be available in the US for a suggested retail price of $199 for the 16GB model, $299 for the 32GB model, and $399 for the new 64GB model.

iPhone 4S will be available from the Apple Online Store, Apple’s retail stores and through AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless and select Apple Authorized Resellers. It will be available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK on Friday, October 14 and you can pre-order your iPhone 4S beginning Friday, October 7.

Siri will be available in beta version on iPhone 4S in English (localized for US, UK and Australia), French and German. While iOS 5 software will be available on October 12 as a free software update via iTunes 10.5 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users.

iPhone 4S will roll out worldwide to 22 more countries by the end of October, countries including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

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Apple today announced the features of iCloud at Let’s Talk iPhone event in Cupertino California. iCloud is a breakthrough set of free cloud services, including iTunes in the Cloud, Documents in the Cloud, Photo Stream, these all work seamlessly with your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Mac, or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices.

These free cloud storage services will be available for the users of all iOS devices starting from October 12. iCloud can store your photos, music, apps, calendars, contacts, documents and more, and also keeping them up to date across all your devices automatically. When content changes on one device, all your other devices will be updated wirelessly and automatically.

“iCloud is the easiest way to manage your content, because iCloud does it all for you and goes far beyond anything available today,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “You don’t have to think about syncing your devices, because it happens automatically, and it is free.”

Features Of iCloud Storage Service

iTunes in the Cloud

With iCloud, the music you purchase in iTunes appears automatically on all your devices. You can also download your past iTunes purchases. Where you want, when you want–with iTunes in the Cloud you can automatically download new music purchases to all your devices, which means you can buy a song on your iPad and find it waiting for you on your iPhone without any syncing.

Even your previously purchased iTunes contents, like music or TV shows, will be downloadable to your devices at no additional cost. Since iCloud remembers your previously purchased iTunes history, you can see what you have already bought no matter on which device you bought it, and because you already own the content, you can play it on your any device or just simply tap the iCloud icon to download it and store it on your device and play later.

iTunes Match

The iTunes Match feature scans the songs that are currently in your music library, including music not purchased from iTunes, and matches them to more than twenty million songs available on the iTunes Store, offering them in high-quality, DRM-free 256kbps AAC encoding. And if there are any unmatched songs then they will be uploaded to iCloud so you can play songs, playlists or albums from your music library on your devices.

Photo Stream

With iCloud, when you take a photo on one device, it automatically appears on all your other devices. No syncing. No sending. Your photos are just there. Everywhere you want them–Photo Stream is iCloud’s one of the most innovative service which allows you to take photos on one device and have it automatically appear on your other devices. It means a photo you take on your iPhone is sent to iCloud and then it will be automatically pushed to your iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC.

Your Photo Stream album can also be viewed on your Apple TV. iCloud also automatically pushes a copy of the photos you have imported from your digital camera over WiFi or Ethernet, so you can view them on your other devices. iCloud storage service also manages your Photo Stream efficiently, showing your last one-thousand photos so you don’t run out of storage space.

Documents In The Cloud

If you have the same iCloud-enabled apps on more than one device, iCloud automatically keep your documents up to date across all your devices. So you don’t have to–just suppose you created a document using Pages on your iPad, that document will be automatically sent to iCloud.

When you use Pages on another iOS device, like iPhone, you can open the same document with your latest changes and start editing or reading right from where your left off. Apple’s apps for iOS like iWork, Keynote, Numbers will take advantage of iCloud storage.

Apps developers will get the APIs by Apple, which allows them to enable their apps to work seamlessly with Documents in the Cloud.

Apps and Books

iCloud makes sure all your devices have the same apps and books–by allowing you to see the complete purchase history of App Store and iBookstore, and let you download those apps and books to any of your devices whenever you want.

The apps and books you have purchased on one device, can be automatically downloaded to your other devices. You can do this by simply taping the iCloud icon and download apps and books, you’ve already purchased, to any of your iOS devices at no addition cost.

iCloud Backup

iCloud also backs up your information. So if something happens, it can help save the day–by automatically and securely backing up your most important information to iCloud daily over WiFi whenever your iOS device is connected to a power source. Once you plug your device into a power source, everything is backed up quickly and efficiently.

iCloud Backup takes care of everything like, backing up your videos and photos in the Camera Roll, device settings, home screen, app data and app organization, ringtones, and messages. iCloud Backup can also help you set up a new iOS device or restore the information on one you already own.

Contacts, Calendar and Mail

iCloud stores your Contacts, Calendar, and Mail, and automatically pushes them to all your devices. So you can switch from one device to another and still go about business as usual–it works seamlessly with your Contacts, Calendar, and Mail, so you can easily share calendar with family and friends, while your ad-free Mail account is hosted at me.com.

All of your Mail inboxes and folders are kept up to date across your iOS devices and computers, and with icloud.com you have easy web access to your Contacts, Mail, Calendar, Find My iPhone and iWork.

Find My iPhone

If you lose your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Mac, iCloud can help you find it, too–the Find My iPhone app is now synced with iCloud which will help you if one of your devices is lost or missing.

Just use Find My iPhone app, available for free, on another device, or sign in at icloud.com from a computer to see your missing iPhone, iPod touch or iPad on a map, you can remotely lock or wipe data from your missing device, and can also display a message or play a sound. With Find My iPhone, now you can also locate a missing Mac running OS X Lion.

Find My Friends

Find the party. Find your family. Or find a place to meet up after a work–Find My Friends is a new app available for free for download from the App Store. This app lets you easily share your location with people who are important to you. Family and friends appear on a map so you can quickly see where they are.

This free app also allows you to temporarily share your location with a group of friends, whether its for a couple of hours for a dinner or for a couple of days on a camping trip, and when the time is up, the sharing ends.

You will also get a notification every time you get a new friend request and if you give them permission, they can see your location. You can easily hide your location with just a simple tap. Parental control help you manage how your child uses this app.

iCloud Introduction Video

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Pricing And Availability

iCloud will be available starting from October 12 as a free download for the users of iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad running iOS 5 or a Mac running OS X Lion with a valid Apple ID. This iCloud service includes 5GB of free cloud storage for Document Storage, Mail and Backup. Purchased TV shows, music, apps, books, and Photo Stream do not count against the storage limit.

While iTunes Match will be available in the US later this month for $24.99 a year. Using iCloud with a PC requires Windows Vista or Windows 7; Outlook 2010 or 2007 is recommended for accessing calendars and contacts. Additional iCloud storage upgrades are available to purchase starting at $20 a year for 10GB, $40 a year for 20GB and $100 a year for 50GB.

iOS 5 will be available as a free software update for the users of iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2, iPad, iPod touch (fourth and third generation), allowing them to experience over 200 amazing new features.

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Just moments ago at the Let’s Talk iPhone event, Apple has announced some new features as well as affordable pricing for both iPod touch and iPod nano.

Now iPod touch will be available in white and new black color starting at $199 for the 8GB model, which also includes Apple’s new features like iOS 5 and iCloud services. While the new iPod nano is available today starting at $129 for the 8GB model and features a redesigned user interface, improved built-in fitness features, and over sixteen new digital clock faces.

“iPod has revolutionized the way we listen to music and with over 320 million sold is the world’s most popular music player,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “iPod touch, now available in both black and white, is the best selling iPod ever, and with iOS 5 and iCloud it is better than ever.”

Features Of iPod touch

The new iPod touch includes some new features like iCloud, HD video recording, and iOS 5, which is world’s most advanced mobile operating system, which includes over 200 new features like Game Center, iMessage, WiFi Syncing to iTunes, Notifications.

• Game Center – The enhanced Game Center allows you to add photos to your profile, purchase new games directly from the Game Center app, easier and faster ways to find friends and new games.
• iMessage – This new feature brings the functionality of iPhone messaging to your iPod touch, so that you can easily send text messages, videos, photos and contact information to group or individual on other iOS 5 devices. It also enables you to easily maintain one conversation across all your iOS devices, for free, with read receipts, notifications and typing indication.
• HD Video Recoding – With iPod touch, now you can record High-Definition videos, edit it, and then share it easily in stunning HD quality video.
• iCloud – This new feature stores all your content—music, documents, photos and more, and wirelessly pushes them to all your devices—automatically, effortlessly and seamlessly. Means, whatever is on your iPod touch is automatically on your other devices, too. This feature comes free with iOS 5.

Features Of iPod nano

The new ultra portable iPod nano is now available in seven colors which includes blue, graphite, silver, orange, green, pink and (PRODUCT) RED. The features of this iPod includes larger icons for easier navigation of its intuitive Multi-Touch user interface. You can now choose from sixteen new digital clock faces ranging from classic analog looks to your favorite Disney characters including Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse.

iPod nano can track the pace, time and distance of your run, the number of steps you walk, and the calories you burn. It also encourages you with motivational real-time voice feedback during your run while listening to your favorite FM radio station or music. You can also upload workouts to the Nike+ website to track your progress, set goals and challenge your friends.

Pricing And Availability

iPod touch will be available starting from October 12 in both black and white colors for a suggested price of $199 for the 8GB model, $299 for the 32GB model, and $399 for the 64GB model through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.

While, iPod nano is available today in seven different colors for a suggested price of $129 for the 8GB model, and $149 for the 16GB model. Both models are available through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail store and Apple Authorized Resellers.

NOTE: iPod touch and iPod nano requires a Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later and iTunes 10 or later; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 3) or later and iTunes 10.5 or later. iOS 5 will also be available as a free software update for iPod touch (third and fourth generations) customers allowing them to experience the amazing new features including iMessage, Game Center, Notifications and Wi-Fi Syncing to iTunes.

Press Release

Apple Brings Great New Features & More Affordable Pricing to iPod touch & iPod nano

CUPERTINO, California—October 4, 2011—Apple® today announced great new features and more affordable pricing for both iPod touch® and iPod nano®. iPod touch will be available in new black and white models starting at just $199, including Apple’s new iOS 5 and iCloud® services. The new iPod nano is available today starting at just $129 and features a redesigned user interface, 16 new digital clock faces and improved built-in fitness features.

 

“iPod has revolutionized the way we listen to music and with over 320 million sold is the world’s most popular music player,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “iPod touch, now available in both black and white, is the best selling iPod ever, and with iOS 5 and iCloud it is better than ever.”

 

The new iPod touch includes iOS 5, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, which includes over 200 new features including iMessage™, Game Center, Notifications and Wi-Fi Syncing to iTunes®. iMessage brings the functionality of iPhone® messaging to your iPod touch, so you can easily send text messages, photos, videos and contact information to an individual or group on other iOS 5 devices. It also allows you to easily maintain one conversation across all your iOS devices—for free—with notifications, read receipts and typing indication.* Game Center enhancements include the ability to add photos to your profile, purchase new games from within the Game Center app, and even easier ways to find friends and new games.

 

iPod touch also works with iCloud, Apple’s breakthrough set of free cloud services, including iTunes in the Cloud, Photo Stream and Documents in the Cloud, that work seamlessly with your iPhone, iPad®, iPod touch, Mac® or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content and push it to your devices. When content changes on one device, all your other devices are updated automatically and wirelessly.

 

iPod nano now features larger icons for even easier navigation of its intuitive Multi-Touch™ user interface, and you can choose from 16 new digital clock faces, ranging from classic analog looks to your favorite Disney characters including Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. iPod nano now tracks your runs and walks right out of the box with no accessory required, making it even easier to get your fitness program up and running. iPod nano can track the time, pace and distance of your run, the calories you burn, and the number of steps you walk. iPod nano encourages you with motivational real-time voice feedback during your run, available in seven languages, while listening to your favorite music or FM radio station. You can also easily upload workouts to the Nike+ website to set goals, track your progress and challenge friends. The ultra portable iPod nano is available in seven colors including silver, graphite, blue, green, orange, pink and (PRODUCT) RED.

 

With the App Store™ on iPod touch, users have access to the world’s largest and best collection of over 500,000 apps, including over 100,000 game and entertainment titles. Customers also have the iTunes Store® at their fingertips, giving them instant access to the world’s largest catalog of over 20 million songs, 85,000 TV shows and 14,000 movies to purchase and download directly to their iPod touch.

 

iPod is the world’s most popular family of music players. Apple’s holiday lineup includes iPod shuffle® for just $49; iPod nano with Multi-Touch starting at just $129; iPod touch available in black or white, including iOS 5 and iCloud, starting at just $199; and iPod classic® in a 160GB model for $249.

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Apple has recently seeded iOS 5 beta 6 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch to developers. If you are enrolled in the iPhone Developer Program then you can download this build for your device from the developers portal.

Since iOS 5 beta 4 has been released, all iOS 5 builds have been seeded to developers over-the-air (OTA). This new build has a size of around 144 MB and is available for developers with iOS 5 beta 3 and later already installed on their iOS device. For those of you who have been wondering that what’s new in iOS 5 beta 6, we have posted the detailed changelog below.

Accounts

• When creating an iCloud account, you can use any Apple ID as long as it is a full email address and not a MobileMe account. If you have a MobileMe account, you can move that account to iCloud. You can find more information on iCloud at: http://developer.apple.com/icloud
• FIXED: When setting up an iCloud or MobileMe account using the setup assistant and leaving Find My iPhone on, it might actually turn Find my iPhone off after the setup. Please verify in Settings/Mail, Contacts, Calendar/YourAccount that Find my iPhone is toggled On after leaving the setup assistant.
• FIXED: Enabling iCloud services in Setup Assistant may not always be saved correctly. After completing Setup Assistant you should visit Settings > iCloud to verify the state of the iCloud account. If you have multiple iCloud or MobileMe accounts configured on the device you should also visit each of those accounts in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar to verify each account.
• FIXED: It is recommended that you disable Bookmarks on multiple accounts. If they are enabled, the results might be undefined.

AirPlay

• Starting in iOS 5, video content in applications and websites are AirPlay-enabled by default.
• iOS 5 supports AirPlay of video via AV Foundation.

Apple TV

• Apple TV Software beta enables users to mirror the contents of an iPad 2 to an Apple TV (2nd generation) using AirPlay. This beta software also enables Photo Stream on Apple TV so users can access photos stored in iCloud. Apple TV Software beta is being provided to test the latest AirPlay functionality with your iOS 5 apps and web sites. If you wish to install Apple TV Software beta on your device, you must first register your device UDID in the iOS Developer Program Portal.
• Apple TV may return to the main menu when exiting a TV show played via Home Sharing.
• Music playlists are inaccessible via Home Sharing.

Binary Compatibility

• On applications linked against the iOS 5.0 SDK, scroll view content offsets will no longer be rounded to integral pixels during a pinch gesture.

Calendar

• Birthday calendars are not currently available via the icloud.com website or in Windows. They will be available in a future release.
• FIXED: The default calendar is still the On My iPhone calendar despite setting up an iCloud account during Setup Assistant. As a workaround, reset the default Calendar after finishing Setup Assistant in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar > Default Calendar.
• FIXED: Pushing iCloud Calendar data is not working in iOS. To sync your iCloud Calendar, launch the Calendar app or refresh the calendars manually using the Calendars button in the top left corner.

Core Image

• Several filters have been added since beta 1. The current list now includes the following filters:CIAdditionCompositing, CIAffineTransform, CICheckerboardGenerator, CIColorBlendMode, CIColorBurnBlendMode, CIColorControls, CIColorCube, CIColorDodgeBlendMode, CIColorInvert,CIColorMatrix, CIColorMonochrome, CIConstantColorGenerator, CICrop, CIDarkenBlendMode, CIDifferenceBlendMode, CIExclusionBlendMode, CIExposureAdjust, CIFalseColor, CIGammaAdjust,CIGaussianGradient, CIHardLightBlendMode, CIHighlightShadowAdjust, CIHueAdjust, CIHueBlendMode, CILightenBlendMode, CILinearGradient, CILuminosityBlendMode,CIMaximumCompositing, CIMinimumCompositing, CIMultiplyBlendMode, CIMultiplyCompositing, CIOverlayBlendMode, CIRadialGradient, CISaturationBlendMode, CIScreenBlendMode,CISepiaTone, CISoftLightBlendMode, CISourceAtopCompositing, CISourceInCompositing, CISourceOutCompositing, CISourceOverCompositing, CIStraightenFilter, CIStripesGenerator,CITemperatureAndTint, CIToneCurve, CIVibrance, CIVignette, and CIWhitePointAdjust

GameKit

• Match data for turn based matches is currently limited to 4 KB of data.
• NEW: Events will be passed to the delegate whenever a turn is made on a match, instead of just when it becomes the local player’s turn.
• FIXED: When logging in to Game Center, the password may clear and login may not complete. Trying a second time will succeed.
• FIXED: In this beta, GameKit Invites may fail. As a workaround, try restarting the device.

iBooks

• iBooks 1.2.2 may fail to display some text or images in books. Please update to iBooks 1.3 in the App Store.

iCloud Backup

• As this is beta software, it is recommended that you do not use the iCloud services to store any critical data or information. If you enable iCloud Backup, automatic backup with iTunes when syncing will be disabled. We also suggest that you manually back up your device with iTunes. Backups made with earlier versions of iOS 5 beta will soon become incompatible, and will no longer be available. It is strongly advised you upgrade to this version of the iOS 5 beta in order to continue backing up your devices. If you encounter errors restoring from a backup, or enabling a backup more than one hour after signing into iCloud, try deleting your iCloud account from Settings and adding it back. If errors persist, please try erasing your device and initiating the restore again.

iCloud Storage

• NEW: If you call either stringByResolvingSymlinksInPath or stringByStandardizingPath on a path descended from your container, you’ll never be able to use the result to successfully perform a coordinated read.
• NEW: On KVS, the per-key limit has been raised to 64Kb (to match the per-app limit); and the maximum number of keys has been raised to 256.
• During the iOS 5 beta period, any documents stored on the servers might be purged periodically before GM. Therefore, it is highly recommended that you do not store any critical documents or information on the servers.
• Provisioning Profiles no longer need to be enabled for iCloud in the iOS Provisioning Portal. All newly generated provisioning profiles are now automatically enabled for iCloud. If you are using an Xcode managed Team Provisioning Profile, click refresh in the Xcode Organizer to obtain a new iCloud-enabled profile. To enable all other provisioning profiles for iCloud, simply regenerate your profiles in the iOS Provisioning Portal.
• If your application is using the NSMetadataQuery class, you must set a predicate, even though the predicate itself is ignored.
• In this beta, the setSortDescriptors: method of NSMetadataQuery is not supported.
• FIXED: To use iCloud prior to beta 5, you had to manually specify various container identifiers (your application’s Display set) within an Entitlements file for both of your Mac OS X and iOS projects.Starting in beta 5, to enable iCloud storage within your apps, simply click the “Enable Entitlements” checkbox in the Summary pane of your project. Xcode will create a custom entitlements file for your project that automatically includes your Team ID. You can add additional iCloud Container values as required by your application. (Note that you must regenerate your existing provisioning profiles, either with Xcode or in the iOS Provisioning Portal, to use iCloud storage.)If you specify a custom identifier string for your iCloud Key-Value Store or iCloud Container entitlement values, you no longer need to prepend your Team ID to the beginning of the string. Xcode will prepend your Team ID to these entries automatically
• The container identifier string you pass to the URLForUbiquityContainerIdentifier: method of NSFileManager MUST include the team ID at the beginning of the string. As a convenience, if you pass nil, Foundation uses the first document container ID specified in your app’s entitlements.
• There are issues using the Cloud Storage document API in conjunction with protected data which can lead to data corruption.
• FIXED: In this beta, document-based applications cannot always detect when files change, move, or are deleted out from underneath them.
• In this beta, file presenters (objects that adopt the NSFilePresenterprotocol) do not receive some of the messages that they’re supposed to receive, especially:
  • presentedItemDidChange
  • presentedSubitemDidAppearAtURL:
  • presentedSubitemDidChangeAtURL:

  You can workaround this by implementing the relinquishPresentedItemToWriter: method and checking to see if the writer actually wrote when your file presenter reacquires. You can also use FSEvents to observe file system changes

• In this beta, messages about changes to files in a directory are not getting delivered to objects that adopt the NSFilePresenter protocol.
• While reporting a bug related to the iCloud storage interfaces, please include the logs collected during your debugging session. To generate these logs, you must install a special debug profile on your device.The debug profile can be obtained from http://connect.apple.com. This profile enables the generation of debug logs that are needed to diagnose any problems using iCloud storage. The instructions to collect the logs are:
  1. Install the profile. (The easiest way to do this is to mail it to yourself and open the attachment on their device.)
  2. Reproduce the bug.
  3. Sync with iTunes to pull the logs off your device.
  4. Attach the logs to your bug report. You can find the logs in ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/DeviceName/DiagnosticLogs.

  These logs can grow large very quickly, so you should remove the profile after you have reproduced the problem and pulled the logs for the bug report.

• File names are case-insensitive in OS X but case-sensitive in iOS. This can lead to problems when syncing files between the two. You should take steps on iOS to avoid creating files whose names differ only by case.

iMessage

• iMessage beta 1 will be unable to communicate with iMessage users on beta 2 or later.
• NEW:Setup Assistant does not input AppleID password in for FaceTime of iMessage.

interface Builder

• NEW:The top-level views in a document that uses autolayout cannot have width and height constraints added. To workaround this you can add desired width or height constraint manually in code.
• NEW:In Interface Builder documents using autolayout and constraints that Xcode generates cannot be deleted. You can “delete” these constraints by creating a user constraint for the behavior you are expecting. For example, if you drag out a button and Xcode generates a leading constraint to the button’s superview, and you wanted a trailing edge to the superview constraint, creating one manually using “Add Constraint => Trailing Constraint to Superview” would remove the leading edge to superview constraint.
• NEW:It is known that equal widths/heights constraints can be broken on views that fill a container when resizing the window. If you resize the window and a equal widths/height constraint is broken, re-adding it will properly adjust the window to accommodate the constraint.
• NEW: When editing the value of a constraint in the inspector, the constraint remains selected, and the outline view continues to show the constraint as selected.
• NEW:In XCode 4.2 when copying views (either a single view or multiple views), both the user defined constraints directly on the selected view and the user defined constraints between the views being copied are copied to the pasteboard.
• NEW:In Xcode 4.2 for a document using Cocoa Auto Layout, “Select All” in the canvas no longer selects the constraints and subviews of the edited view. If a view is selected, it will only select views. If a constraint is selected, “Select All” will select all constraints.
• NEW:Changing the segment style of an NSSegmentedControl to “Automatic” might crash in documents using Cocoa Auto Layout. To workaround the issue use an explicit segment style such as Round or Textured, and at runtime, change the segment style to automatic using -[NSSegmentedCell setSegmentStyle:]

iPod

• FIXED: When using the volume buttons on the device, or on headphones, the volume slider in the UI of applications may not update even though the volume level has changed.

iTunes

• The version of iTunes that comes with beta 5 cannot sync devices that have the beta 4 software installed. To avoid this problem, do the following:
  1. Sync any devices that have beta 4 installed to the version of iTunes that came with beta 4.
  2. Upgrade iTunes to the version that comes with beta 5.
  3. Connect the device and install the beta 5 software. (Understand that you might see a failure to sync error when you first connect the device.)
  4. After installing the beta 5 software, restore from your the backup you made in step 1.
• Videos purchased from the iTunes Store do not play on a 2nd generation AppleTV over AirPlay with iTunes 10.5.

Mail

• When changing the host name of an email account in settings, blank messages may be seen in the unified inbox. As a workaround, delete and re-add the account instead of changing its host name.

OTA Software Update

• If you are doing an OTA software update, you will need to re-sync your photos with iTunes.”

Photos

• FIXED: When restoring photo libraries from an iTunes backup, some photos may not appear in the Photos application after restore. Please back up your photos before updating to iOS Beta 5.

Reminders

• NEW: If reminders syncing is enabled for a Yahoo account and there is no reminders collection on the server, it will continually get recreated by the phone. Due to a Yahoo server bug, that collection will show up as an event calendar.

Simulator

• Location services are not functional in iOS 4.3 simulator running on Mac OS 10.7 with Xcode 4.2.

Springboard

• Push and local notifications for apps appear in the new Notification Center in iOS 5. Notification Center displays notifications that are considered “unread.” In order to accommodate push and local notifications that have no “unread” status, developers can use their application badge count to trigger a clearing of notifications from Notification Center. When an application clears its badge count (by setting it to zero), iOS 5 will clear its notifications from Notification Center.
• FIXED: The UIPrerenderedIcon key (in the Info.plist file) is not honored in this beta.

StoreKit

• FIXED: In-App purchase will not work for developers testing their apps with the iTunes Sandbox.

UI Automation

• NEW: There is a known issue when using the performTaskOnHost API in a UI Automation script. If the task being performed with the API outputs excessively (say, thousands of lines of text) to standard out or standard error, the task may deadlock until the timeout is reached, at which point it will throw a javascript exception.
• The lock() and unlock() functions of UIATarget have been replaced with the lockForDuration(<seconds>) function.
• Starting in iOS 5 beta 2, you can now trigger the execution of an UI Automation script on an iOS device from the host terminal by using the instruments tool. The command is:
  • instruments -w <device id> -t <template> <application>
• When using the cli instruments for UI Automation you can now target the default Automation Template and pass the script and results path into the tool as environment variable options. For example:
  • instruments -w <device id> -t /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/Library/Instruments/PlugIns/AutomationInstrument.bundle/Contents/Resources/Automation.tracetemplate <application> -e UIASCRIPT <script> -e UIARESULTSPATH <results path>

UIKit

• Starting in iOS 5 beta 3, the exclusiveTouch property of UIControl has returned to its original default value of NO.
• Returning nil from the tableView:viewForHeaderInSection: method (or its footer equivalent) is no longer sufficient to hide a header. You must override tableView:heightForHeaderInSection: and return0.0 to hide a header.
• In the iOS 5 beta, the UITableViewclass has two methods to move one cell from one row to another with defined parameters. These APIs are:
  • moveSection:toSection:
  • moveRowAtIndexPath:toIndexPath:
• Using the UIWebView class in Interface Builder, setting transparent background color is possible in iOS 5. Developers compiling against the new SDK can check their XIB for the UIWebView transparent setting.
• In the iOS 5 beta, the UINavigationBar, UIToolbar, and UITabBar implementations have changed so that the drawRect: method is not called on instances of these classes unless it is implemented in a subclass. Apps that have re-implemented drawRect: in a category on any of these classes will find that the drawRect:method isn’t called. UIKit does link-checking to keep the method from being called in apps linked before iOS 5 but does not support this design on iOS 5 or later. Apps can either:
  • Use the customization API for bars that in iOS 5 and later, which is the preferred way.
  • Subclass UINavigationBar (or the other bar classes) and override drawRect: in the subclass.
• The indexPathForRow:inSection:, section, and row methods of NSIndexPath now use NSInteger instead of NSUInteger, so that these types match with methods defined on UITableView.
• Touch events are not getting forwarded to the view in the cameraOverlayView property of UIImagePickerController.
• We have changed the behavior of scrollToRowAtIndexPath:atScrollPosition:animated: such that UITableViewScrollPositionTop and UITableViewScrollPositionBottom now adjust for the top and bottom portions of the contentInset property.
• NEW: In releases prior to iOS 5.0, the UIPopoverController class would unconditionally set the autoresizing masks of view controllers which were the content view controller of the popover controller. It would also unconditionally set the autoresizing masks of the views of view controllers pushed on to a UINavigationController object which was the content view controller of the popover controller.In iOS 5.0, the UIPopoverController class will no longer do this for applications linked on iOS 5.0 or later. Developers should ensure that the autoresizing masks of views are set properly to allow for arbitrary resizing within any container, not just popovers. A mask of (UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight) would not be unreasonable.
• The completion handler for saveToURL:forSaveOperation:completionHandler: is now being called outside of the coordinated write block, where it used to be called inside.
• NEW: The autosaveWithCompletionHandler: method is now called only for period-based saves and it is safe to return without saving. Documents must save, though, if thesaveToURL:forSaveOperation:completionHandler: method is invoked.

Safari and WebKit

• In iOS 5, a new inherited CSS property, -webkit-overflow-scrolling, is available. The value touch allows the web developer to opt in to native-style scrolling in an overflow:scroll element. The default value for this property is auto, which allows single-finger scrolling without momentum.
• FIXED: In beta 5, accessing sites that use client side SSL certificates does not work and may cause the application to crash.
• The WebKit framework has picked up a newer WebKit engine, which closely matches Safari 5.1. Some areas to be aware of with the new WebKit framework on iOS:
  • There is a new HTML5-compliant parser.
  • Text layout width may change slightly because word-rounding behavior now has floating-point-based precision.
  • There is improved validation of the <input> form field, which includes removing leading zeros and number formatting.
  • Touch events are now supported on input fields.
  • window.onerror is now supported.
  • There is a new user agent that does not have locale information in the User Agent string.
  • FIXED: URLs are now canonicalized by making the scheme all lowercase. If a fake URL is used to pass information from a UIWebView back to native code, make sure that the scheme is always lowercase, or that the native code compares the scheme in a case-insensitive manner.

Wi-Fi Syncing

• In iOS 5 beta 4 and later, wireless syncing is now available on Windows as well as the Mac. (This support requires OS X 10.6.8 or Lion.) You will see an option to enable wireless syncing when you connect your device to iTunes with the USB cable. It is recommended you perform your initial sync with a cable after restoring your device.
  • Wireless syncing is triggered automatically when the device is connected to power and on the same network as the paired computer. Or, you can manually trigger a sync from iTunes or from Settings > General > iTunes Sync (same network as paired computer required).
  • If you find issues with apps, media and/or photos synced to your device, you can reset then resync. From Settings > General > Reset, choose Erase all Content and Settings. Then reconnect to iTunes and sync again.
• FIXED: In some cases, your device may fail to sync contacts, calendars and account settings, or back up to iTunes. If this happens, reboot your device and re-sync.

Xcode

• In some cases, Xcode 4.2 Organizer does not display a device that is in restore mode. As a workaround you can use iTunes to restore.
• In iOS 5 beta 5, iOS Simulator is not compatible with previous releases of the iCloud Developer Seed for OS X. It is highly recommended that you update to the latest iCloud Developer Seed to ensure compatibility.
• iOS 5.0 SDK supports both iOS 4.3 and iOS 5.0 simulators.
• FIXED: Xcode fails to build a Page-based template. You can work around this issue by adding the Core Graphics framework to your project.

Related Posts and Resources:

• Apple To Unveil Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, iCloud At Worldwide Developers Coference (WWDC)
• Download iOS 4.3 Beta for iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad, iPod touch 4G, 3G, Apple TV
• Download iOS 4.3 Beta 2 for iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad, iPod touch 4G, 3G, Apple TV

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