Apple's NZ website says that fans that pre-order the iPhone 4S will receive it between November 15th and 28th. Hence, it's going to be a long wait for many of us that pre-ordered it.

Another update is the handling of the battery problems on devices running iOS 5. Apple will release a fix the coming weeks, which should be around the time the first new iPhones are delivered.

Apple today announced that iPhone 4S will be available in New Zealand on the 5th of November (Saturday). Preorders can be taken online on Friday already from the Apple online store or through authorised Apple resellers in New Zealand.

The recommended retailer prices are as follows:

Will you preorder one on Friday?

So yesterdays article was all about the new features coming in iOS 5. Today, after I've chilled out a bit, I'm going over things in more detail. What exactly is Apple bringing that's new? Not new to the iPhone and iPad, I mean new in general. Are they simply copying things from other people? Read on to find out.

In continuation of this mornings notification about the up and coming iOS from Apple, I've written a run down on exactly what we're looking at with this new update from Apple. It's big, people. Very big.

Apps developers can now start playing around with the iOS 5. The beta version is available of the iOS 5 and the SDK and can be download from the developer centre. New and highly anticipated features include

  • iCloud Storage
  • integration with Twitter
  • Newsstand
  • new notification features/technologies such Notification Center and iMessage.