iPhone in Egypt - To buy or not to buy…
Apple will be launching their iPhone in Egypt in the near future, and everyone thinks that I’ll be one of the first to get it as I’m a Mac/Apple freak. They are wrong.
There are several reasons that I will not get the iPhone.
GPS: Being in Egypt, GPS will be disabled in the iPhone. To get [...]
GPS phones in Egypt? Nokia’s and iPhone’s nightmare
Ever wanted to buy one of the latest Nokia models in Egypt? Models like the N95 or the N82, or even one of the new ultimate business phones like the E66 or E71, even the more than a year old E90?
The truth is you can, but not through the authorized dealers. Here is the story.
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Follow up on the iCal bug
Following up on the missing August 29 in iCal in this previous post, It seems that the issue with not having the 29 August on the iCal is a timezone issue with iCal itself.
I asked my friend who also use Macs if they were facing the same issue, and it was a yes, until I [...]
Bug in iCal - The 29 August bug
Something seems wrong on my iCal, I found out today that August 29 does not exist, I have two August 28s :) I really don’t know if anyone else has this problem. Luckily the rest of the year is fine.
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Buying and iPod or Macbook soon? WAIT!
Rumor has it that there might be a September surprise from Apple.
In a research note published last week, Munster predicts that Apple will have a special event next month that will focus attention on new iPod and MacBook models.
Read the whole article @ Macworld | Editors’ Notes | A September surprise from Apple?
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In need of sleep
I can say that I have migrated 99.99% of my blog to WordPress with success. The challenge was to avoid any broken links and it seems that things are running OK. I am really in love with WP’s simplicity and the way other blogging tools work with it.
Next I will hack around the theme a [...]
Apple can delete Apps from your iPhone - Confirmed
Steve jobs has confirmed that there is a built in “Kill Switch” into the iPhone which can all Apple to remotely delete malicious apps.
This is my first negative post on Apple, but if you are thinking to get an iPhone, think again.
However, Mr Jobs insisted that the so-called ‘kill switch’ was there as a precaution, [...]
Moving from Outlook to Entourage or any Mac Mail App - Revieled
So you want to switch to Mac, and you got one main problem. Yes I know, your emails.You have been using Outlook for ages, and you are now wondering how the hell you are going to move all your emails to Entourage specially that the clever monkeys at Microsoft have decided not to have .pst [...]
Firefox 3
June 17 is the set date. Go there and download FF3 and set the world record.
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Yet another reason to switch to Vodafone
Since a month ago, we decided to switch from Mobinil to Vodafone for our business lines. After a meeting with the Vodafone rep, he advised us to wait till end of June, where the mobile portability system will also work for business accounts.
During that perioed, Vodafone has won the bid to distribute the iPhone in [...]
