AppleCare+ Now Protects You From Your Own Stupidity

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As anyone who’s ever dropped the iPhone 4 and shattered the back-plate knows, AppleCare doesn’t cover accidental damage. You might be able to beg your way into swapping it, but only if your local genius is super nice. Now meethref="http://store.apple.com/us/product/S4575?mco=MjU5MTk4MjQ"> AppleCare+, which will protect against just that. It costs $99 and you have to buy it when you get your phone, but here’s the official description:

 Every iPhone comes with one year of hardware repair coverage and 90 days of telephone technical support. AppleCare+ for iPhone extends repair coverage and technical support to two years from the original purchase date of your iPhone and adds coverage for up to two incidents of accidental damage due to handling, each subject to a $49 service fee.1 With AppleCare+ for iPhone, Apple experts can help troubleshoot issues over the phone or at an Apple Retail Store. They’ll answer questions about iOS, Apple iPhone apps such as Mail, iMessage, and Calendar, and help you solve interconnectivity issues between your iPhone and Mac or PC. And if your iPhone needs service under the plan, Apple technical support representatives can even set up a repair during the same call.

If you’re a bit of a klutz, that might be worth $99 plus the $49 repair fee. Though href="http://www.squaretrade.com/pages/">SquareTrade might have something very cool in the works, too.

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“Let’s Talk iPhone” event video now available [Updated]

Apple has posted their streaming video feed and iTunes podcast download for the Let’s Talk iPhone event. So if reading all the live blogs and news still isn’t enough for you, you can hop on over to Apple’s events page and watch the keynote address for yourself.

To summarize, here’s what you can expect -

When the YouTube version shows up, we’ll add them in. Meanwhile, hit the links below to watch the keynote for yourself.

iPhone 4S brings 1080p HD video recording, image stabilization

One of the many features announced on the iPhone 4S is 1080p HD video recording. This is a nice improvement over the iPhone 4′s 720p HD video recording. The goodness does not stop there, however. In addition to 1080p, the iPhone 4S is equipped with video stabilization to help steady those non-professional, bouncy video recording skills.

Since the iPhone 4S video camera is the same 8MP camera used for stills, it will benefit from the larger aperture and improved illumination sensor, bringing you more accurate colors and better low-light videos.

You can see examples of the camera and stabilization on Apple’s website. I encourage you to check them out, it really shows off how great video recording on the iPhone 4S will be.

Source: Apple

iPod touch (2011) review

It comes in white now.

Check Your iPhone 4S Eligibility Through Apple

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If you’re on Verizon or AT&T (sorry, not Sprint yet) you can actually check your iPhone 4S upgrade eligibility href="https://buyiphone.apple.com/WebObjects/IPACustomer.woa/wa/IPAToolAction/springboard">through Apple’s website. You’ll need your phone number, zip, last 4 of your social, and possibly a billing password. Let us know in the comments if you’re eligible — href="http://www.everythingicafe.com/how-to-check-if-youre-eligible-for-an-iphone-5-upgrade/2011/09/30/">if your eligibility is different from last time you checked — and if you think you’ll upgrade or not. I know a lot of people are less than impressed with the iPhone 4S, so will it be cool enough to prompt you to get a new one? Or will this be Apple’s first lukewarm iPhone launch?

The iPhone 4S Videos

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If you can hit reload until the videos actually pop up, you can see some pretty cool new videos from Apple showing off their new features. There’s one for the href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/#video-4s">iPhone 4S, href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/index.html#siri-video">Siri, and href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/#video-icloud">iCloud. It’s pretty iffy if you’ll be able to get them right now as Apple’s servers seem to be beaten beyond belief, but they’re there if you keep trying.

Man, if this is what happens at launch, then I can’t even imagine what will happen to them on Friday when preorders open.

Apple iPhone MicroUSB Adapter Now Available In Europe

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Way back in 2009, it was decided that every phone sold in Europe should href="http://www.everythingicafe.com/un-body-approves-universal-phone-charger/2009/10/23/">work with the same charging cable — a universal microUSB, so you wouldn’t need a special proprietary cord at all. Apple signed the accord, and now two years later we’ve finally spotted the adapter they’re using. It’s the href="http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MD099?mco=MjU5MjAwODM">Apple iPhone Micro USB Adapter and it’ll set you back £8.00, and as far as we know it’s Europe only. That said, hopefully it’s on its way to the USA, and we can reduce our everyday carry by one cord. I’m much happier to carry an adapter than another cable that’ll just get tangled.

Here’s the description:

Use this adapter to connect iPhone to a micro USB cable to sync and charge, or to a micro USB charger to charge.

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