Apple Watch Nike+ prepares for launch as general sales numbers lead the pack

Posted on by Jules Wang

The Apple Watch Nike+ will be on sale this week from 49 countries in the course of three launch days.It all starts on Friday, October 28 and takes care of 41 markets ranging from the US to Japan, Hong Kong to Australia and the United Kingdom to Monaco. On Saturday, Bahrain, Greece, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates will join in on sales while Israeli Apple Stores will begin them on Sunday.A full list of countries is available from Apple’s press release ...

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watchOS 3, iOS 10 released, but take your time with it

Posted on by Jules Wang

In another day or two, we’ll probably have to publish a quick story about how fast iOS 10 is being adopted and the torrents of people finding major, iPhone- or iPhone-bricking problems with the update. We hope not to have to write the latter story, actually, but we expect to.Never mind all that, as the iOS 10 software package is available for using to download and install now, as is the watchOS 3 update. You can go to your ...

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Pokemon GO on Android Wear is also coming

Posted on by Jules Wang

While Apple and watchOS 3 may nab Pokemon GO on the go first, Android Wear should not be too far behind. In fact, there’s code in the full Android version of the app that references the Pokemon GO Plus accessory, due out this week, and what hardware it’ll work with.Pokemon GO Hub was able obtain and decompile version 0.37.0 of the app, finding code in the ...

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Pokemon Go comes to the Apple Watch, and a watchOS 3 reminder

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

Mobile and wrist gaming appears to be one of the recurring themes of Apple’s ongoing iPhone 7 announcement event, with Pokemon Go on its way to the “iWatch” presumably around the same time Mario will be debuting on iOS handhelds. Boy, this Nintendo alliance is sure paying massive dividends.The first-gen Apple Watch, as well as its sequel, will let you capture Poke-monsters directly from your wrist, not needing the synched-up iPhone to be whipped out of the pocket and interfere with your workout.By the way, Pokemon Go hunts will be logged as actual physical activity (which it is) by ...

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What to expect for the iPhone 7 event: the Apple Watch 2 and more(?)

Posted on by Jules Wang

On Wednesday, Apple will gather the press together while the rest of us crowd up the event livestream to show off the latest in mobile hardware and software for the company’s ecosystem. In other words, it’s the iPhone, stupid.This year’s iPhone 7, suspected to have come in three flavors and

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Apple schedules September 7 event, iPhone 7 top of mind

Posted on by Jules Wang

Bokeh balls hint at the cap of Apple’s iconographic motif on Apple’s events page. When’s the freshly scheduled event happening? September 7.Next Wednesday will be the day that Apple will likely debut the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, as we’ve been calling them. ...

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Eighth beta for Apple software out for devs, seventh iOS 10 beta for public

Posted on by Jules Wang

As tired as Apple can get this season for keeping its update pace quite high for the public betas of iOS 10 and macOS and the developer betas of the whole kit and kaboodle, it’s important to keep in mind that the software engineers in Cupertino are juggling so many balls at once.Recent stories ...

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Apple software gets sixth dev beta, iOS 10 public beta 5 is ready

Posted on by Jules Wang

Another song and dance for the Apple developer crowd as the sixth beta for iOS 10, macOS Sierra, watchOS and tvOS have been released. The last update was not even a week ago. For the public, Apple sent out iOS 10 public beta 5 shortly after.Those keeping track have noticed that it’s only about a month before the next batch of iPhones get released ...

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Apple’s fifth developer betas go out for iOS 10, watchOS 3, macOS, tvOS

Posted on by Jules Wang

It might feel like old news at this point, but we’re going to get there soon. “There” looks to be next month when Apple releases another few trinkets of hardware, but until then, it’s another developer beta update for the few of us.We expect another one or two updates for each of the platforms, given how close we are to release, ...

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Fourth Apple software developer beta goes out for iOS 10, macOS Sierra, tvOS, watchOS 3

Posted on by Jules Wang

We’re in the home stretch of Apple’s next major hardware event. It’s usually at that event that we see major changes to the company’s software platforms take place.It’s just as well that we’re once again ramping up another set of software betas for developers, the fourth so far, for iOS 10, macOS 10.12 Sierra, tvOS 10 and watchOS 3.The biggest change for ...

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Apple Watch 2 expected out ‘late’ this year, 2 million monthly shipments targeted

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

It’s all been quiet on the second-generation Apple Watch gossip front of late, and after a rumored March 2016 introduction of an incremental hardware upgrade proved false, the same predictably applied to far-fetched WWDC launch speculation.What the Developers Conference nonetheless brought to light was a massive overhaul of the ...

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watchOS 3 Beta Hands-On: Major improvements

Posted on by Jaime Rivera

After two separate but very similar iterations of watchOS, Apple’s third launch expected this fall has proven to be a jump into true maturity. To be honest, before Apple announced watchOS 3 beta, my Apple Watch was sitting in a drawer. There user interface was sluggish, launch of apps was hit or miss, and a ton of the features simply made no sense, like a button dedicated for contacts only.watchOS 3 is a lot about bringing common sense to how a smartwatch should operate. The operating system has been optimized to help you keep your favorite apps in memory, provide these with background ...

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Dock, Activity sharing introduced with watchOS 3

Posted on by Jules Wang

watchOS is getting a bump up to version 3. It will keep favorite apps in memory, speed up launches, and updates information in the background. More importantly, instead of the multiple seconds it takes to load an app and update its front-end data, it’s all instant.The Dock is new to watchOS 3. By pressing the side button, you can fly through recent apps, all of them showing a live screenshot with new data for your quick glance.Control Center makes a migration from iOS. With a swipe from the bottom, you get a quick look at battery and toggles. Quick reply options for messages get ...

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[LIVE] Watch the Apple WWDC 2016 livestream

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Time for another Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, huh?No more wishlists, no more expectations, not even a single thought thread extra. We’re about to get the straight stuff from Apple on where it plans to take its software on all fronts to through 2017. From

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Apple WWDC 2016 preview: what to expect (and not to expect)

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

It’s one thing to wish for a major imminent VR breakthrough from the world’s most profitable tech company, but it’s an entirely different kettle of fish to realistically expect Apple’s Daydream answer at the 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference next week.Let’s face it, it’s not going to happen. Not so soon, at least, and not at an event described as a “snoozefest” by our own Adam ...

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