Tag: iPhone

10 years ago today, the first iPhone went on sale

Every year we celebrate, with an article the various anniversaries or mile stones that Apple reaches throughout each year – most notably the two yearly events for the original iPhone. But this year is pretty special. Ten years. In January of 2007 – Apple CEO at the time Steve Jobs took to the stage to announce something that would radicalise the market and shakeup the tech space as we knew it, […]

It’s WWDC on 5th June, join us live for coverage!

Apple’s annual WWDC or World Wide Developers Conference is just around the corner, on Monday at 6pm UK time Apple is expected to launch the next generation of macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS. Apple will be live streaming the event over at apple.com, but A&T Tech will also be live tweeting the whole event on our other Twitter account @aandt_live from 6pm UK time on Monday 5th June. Be sure to check back […]

Apple releases iOS 10.3.1 with additional bug fixes and security enhancements

Today Apple has released a small patch for the recently released iOS 10.3 update, the update released brings back the support for the 32-bit devices – i.e the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c. In the release notes provided with the update, Apple just specifies that this update includes bug fixes and improves the security of your device. Also in Apple’s security document, it also notes that iOS 10.3.1 fixes a […]

Apple releases iOS 10.3, includes APFS, Find My AirPods and more

Earlier today Apple released iOS 10.3, which is quite a significant update for users. Maybe not all of it user facing, but the new APFS marks a big step for iOS. The long and short What is it? iOS 10 is Apple’s next incremental update for iOS 10. How do I update? On iOS, go to Settings > General > Software Update and download. Whats new? You can read more below […]

iPhone 7 is now offered in (PRODUCT) RED

Earlier today, Apple announced a few new products, price changes and also a new app. But one of the most intriguing is the new Product Red iPhone 7. Tim Cook did mention in the press release that Apple and the charity backed by Bono have been working together for 10 years, in that time Apple has helped contribute around $130 million in special edition red products, from iPad cases, iPods […]

Third public betas of iOS 10.3 and macOS 10.12.4 released today

Apple has been busy preparing the new iOS 10.3 update for the last few weeks, with registered developers being given access to the beta as per usual to test compatibility and iron out any bugs. But now with the release of iOS 10.3 beta 3 Apple has opened up testing to any registered public testers. How do I test? If you like the sound of testing new beta software for […]

AT&T shuts down old 2G network, ending support for the first iPhone

Earlier this week, American wireless carrier AT&T officially announced that it’s original 2G network was shut down on January 1st 2017. In a article from The Verge, they point out that the original iPhone will be unusable now as that relied on the 2G network from AT&T, making the device unusable for cellular communication, also there may be a lot of collectors and a small group of people who do still use […]

This is what the original iPhone interface could have looked like

The original iPhone, when it was launched back in 2007 wasn’t a massive hit, but with the second and third generation Apple’s new smartphone was selling in big numbers and was a huge hit with critics, once the App Store was added. But back went the iPhone was being developed, it went through so many internal prototypes and variations – like all electronic products do. But what we never saw […]

Apple releases iOS 10.1.1 with bug fixes

Just today, Apple has released yet another iOS update; iOS 10.1.1 – this release fixes a few bugs, a few which have been present since iOS 10 was originally launched last month. iOS 10.1.1 is availble for all devices that are currently running iOS 10. iPhone 5 and later, iPad 4th generation and later as well as the iPod touch 6th generation. How do I upgrade? As usual you can […]

iOS 10 will be available September 13th

We’ve seen the new iPhone announced earlier today, but for everyone else with older iPhones and iPads iOS 10 will be the next thing we will be doing. iOS 10 will be released to existing iOS devices on September 13th. What’s new in iOS 10? For a full, in depth look at the features of iOS – read our post from WWDC In short iOS offers a lot of new […]