Blog on iPod and iPhone

Image: Shutterstock.com The next time you go to an Apple store, you should resist the urge to fire up Photo Booth and snap a photo of yourself gazing into that MacBook Pro. If you don’t, you may find yourself part of an art exhibit like the one created by Irby Pace. According to a Wired [...]

(The following post was originally published on sister blog Tech Europe.) It would be safe to say that eyebrows were raised at news that Apple is hiring John Browett, the chief executive of British technology retailer Dixons, to head Apple Inc.’s global retail division. Presumably Mr. Browett interviews really, really well, and perhaps Apple CEO Tim [...]

Those TUAW readers who haven’t yet caught Siri fever and purchased an iPhone 4S won’t have to wait if they finally decide to buy one. Electronista reports that the device is finally listed as “in stock” at the Apple Store for most countries. As recent as two weeks ago, availability times were still in the [...]

The yellow sticky note of doom has appeared, and the Apple Store is currently down. What sort of updates will this bring? Since it’s early Friday on the East Coast, most likely maintenance. But with Macworld, it could be anything. We’ll let you know of any changes once it’s back up! Update: The store has [...]

Mike Segar/Reuters The Apple logo hangs inside the newest Apple Store in New York City’s Grand Central Station. Apple Earnings Today: Apple’s first full earnings report since co-founder Steve Jobs stepped down is going to be a “blowout,” says AllThingsD. Analysts, on average, see iPhone shipments of nearly 30 million and iPad shipments of 14 [...]

A strong windstorm gave some bloggers in the Netherlands a chance to view the progress of construction at the new Apple Store on the Leidseplein in Amsterdam. The wind blew away part of the barriers around the new store, and Apple fans in the city quickly took advantage by shooting some great photos. According to [...]

Vancouver, B.C. resident Mark Sandhu bought a new iPad 2 for his wife for Christmas, but when she opened the box, she found a tablet of another kind: a big chunk of clay. Sandhu took his purchase back to Canadian retailer Future Shop and complained, but the store initially thought he was trying to run [...]

Slowly, but surely, Apple’s plans to build a retail store in the Swiss city of Basel are beginning to shape up. As reported by ifoAppleStore, the site for the store was first spotted by Swiss bloggers almost two years ago. The bloggers at MacPrime.ch have now dug up blueprints confirming that Apple’s architect has been [...]

Customers pelted Apple’s Beijing store with eggs and tussled with police after they were told that the store would not open for the retail debut of the iPhone 4S in China. Plus: Apple details its suppliers for the first time; Lauren Goode wraps up CES in Las Vegas; new smartphones push tap-and-go mobile payments; Target [...]

Andy Wong/AP Photo People look at the egg’s stains, left, on the Apple store’s glass wall as they wait for the store to open to sell the iPhone 4S, Jan. 13, 2012. Near Riot Delays Beijing iPhone 4S Launch: Customers pelted Apple’s Beijing store with eggs and tussled with police after they were told that [...]