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According to Reuters, Apple’s US retail stores will be closed for part of Wednesday, October 19 so retail employees can take part in the companywide memorial celebration of Steve Jobs. The event takes place from 10 to 11:30 AM Pacific time, so it’s likely US retail stores will be shut for at least that long while the event is broadcast to the company’s stores. Californian Apple Stores are reportedly not accepting reservations for tech support or tutorials during that morning. The Wall Street Journal reports that stores will be closed for “at least an hour,” but the event may take up to three hours.

International Apple Stores will view a re-broadcast of the memorial. Reuters did not confirm if Apple’s retail stores outside the US will be closed.

Apple released the iPhone 4S on October 14, but its homepage hasn’t announced that fact; instead, it remains the simple memorial to Steve Jobs that has been there since the day of his death. Shutting Apple Stores and allowing retail employees to take part in the ceremonies despite the high demand for the newest iPhone is a classy move on Apple’s part.

Apple retail stores will close briefly on Wednesday for Steve Jobs memorial originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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According to Reuters, Apple’s US retail stores will be closed for part of Wednesday, October 19 so retail employees can take part in the companywide memorial celebration of Steve Jobs. The event takes place from 10 to 11:30 AM Pacific time, so it’s likely US retail stores will be shut for at least that long while the event is broadcast to the company’s stores. Californian Apple Stores are reportedly not accepting reservations for tech support or tutorials during that morning. The Wall Street Journal reports that stores will be closed for “at least an hour,” but the event may take up to three hours.

International Apple Stores will view a re-broadcast of the memorial. Reuters did not confirm if Apple’s retail stores outside the US will be closed.

Apple released the iPhone 4S on October 14, but its homepage hasn’t announced that fact; instead, it remains the simple memorial to Steve Jobs that has been there since the day of his death. Shutting Apple Stores and allowing retail employees to take part in the ceremonies despite the high demand for the newest iPhone is a classy move on Apple’s part.

Apple retail stores will close briefly on Wednesday for Steve Jobs memorial originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Engadget spent the weekend comparing the cameras of the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, Galaxy S II, Nokia N8 and Amaze 4G. The iPhone 4S camera is a marquee feature of the device with its 8 MP sensor and an f/2.4 aperture lens. The 4S also shoots in full 1080p HD video.

With regards to the iPhone 4S, Engadget generally praised the quality of the photos and video the device took, saying, “The iPhone 4S is a pleasure to shoot with. The camera is ready to capture its first image within a second of launch, and tapping to focus after recomposing is painless and speedy…Its image quality rivals many point and shoot cameras in most conditions…Overall, we were most often pleased with photos we shot with the iPhone 4S.”

Of course, Engadget found reason to praise the other phones as well. The Amaze 4G took sharper photos in Engadget’s testing, for example. Engadget also noted that Apple’s competitors offer more advanced manual controls over exposure, white balance and ISO sensitivity. Of course, there are a number of iPhone apps that provide similar features.

The iPhone 4S lost out big on battery life. Engadget noted that “After about two hours of wandering around town, shooting several dozen photos and about 10 minutes of HD video with each device, the iPhone 4S had just 30% of battery left.” The iPhone 4, on the other hand, had 53% of its battery remaining, and that’s with Engadget sending some emails and making some phone calls too. The worse battery life while using the camera can mainly be chalked up the fact that the iPhone 4S has to process much larger files due to its 8 MP sensor and 1080p video recording capabilities.

It’s a good comparison, and we encourage you to read the whole thing.

Engadget compares iPhone 4S,Galaxy S II, Nokia N8 and Amaze 4G cameras originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Engadget spent the weekend comparing the cameras of the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, Galaxy S II, Nokia N8 and Amaze 4G. The iPhone 4S camera is a marquee feature of the device with its 8 MP sensor and an f/2.4 aperture lens. The 4S also shoots in full 1080p HD video.

With regards to the iPhone 4S, Engadget generally praised the quality of the photos and video the device took, saying, “The iPhone 4S is a pleasure to shoot with. The camera is ready to capture its first image within a second of launch, and tapping to focus after recomposing is painless and speedy…Its image quality rivals many point and shoot cameras in most conditions…Overall, we were most often pleased with photos we shot with the iPhone 4S.”

Of course, Engadget found reason to praise the other phones as well. The Amaze 4G took sharper photos in Engadget’s testing, for example. Engadget also noted that Apple’s competitors offer more advanced manual controls over exposure, white balance and ISO sensitivity. Of course, there are a number of iPhone apps that provide similar features.

The iPhone 4S lost out big on battery life. Engadget noted that “After about two hours of wandering around town, shooting several dozen photos and about 10 minutes of HD video with each device, the iPhone 4S had just 30% of battery left.” The iPhone 4, on the other hand, had 53% of its battery remaining, and that’s with Engadget sending some emails and making some phone calls too. The worse battery life while using the camera can mainly be chalked up the fact that the iPhone 4S has to process much larger files due to its 8 MP sensor and 1080p video recording capabilities.

It’s a good comparison, and we encourage you to read the whole thing.

Engadget compares iPhone 4S,Galaxy S II, Nokia N8 and Amaze 4G cameras originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Speaking onstage at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco Monday evening, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said that Apple was a corporate mentor to the company.

“Those guys [at Apple] are an amazing partner for us. When they think about products and enhancing products they think about editing them. [At Twitter] we’re going to offer simplicity in a world of complexity… they’re a corporate mentor to us.”

The comments were spurred when Costolo was asked about how the iOS 5 Twitter integration was working out for the company so far. That integration could well be the most important move Twitter has made in the last year. On October 12th, the day iOS 5 was released, Costolo said that Twitter saw new user signups from iOS devices more than triple. “The iOS integration is going to be absolutely huge for us,” Costolo said. “It’s going to be even better than we thought it would be.”

[via Gigaom]

Twitter CEO calls Apple a “corporate mentor” originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Engadget spent the weekend comparing the cameras of the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, Galaxy S II, Nokia N8 and Amaze 4G. The iPhone 4S camera is a marquee feature of the device with its 8 MP sensor and an f/2.4 aperture lens. The 4S also shoots in full 1080p HD video.

With regards to the iPhone 4S, Engadget generally praised the quality of the photos and video the device took, saying, “The iPhone 4S is a pleasure to shoot with. The camera is ready to capture its first image within a second of launch, and tapping to focus after recomposing is painless and speedy…Its image quality rivals many point and shoot cameras in most conditions…Overall, we were most often pleased with photos we shot with the iPhone 4S.”

Of course, Engadget found reason to praise the other phones as well. The Amaze 4G took sharper photos in Engadget’s testing, for example. Engadget also noted that Apple’s competitors offer more advanced manual controls over exposure, white balance and ISO sensitivity. Of course, there are a number of iPhone apps that provide similar features.

The iPhone 4S lost out big on battery life. Engadget noted that “After about two hours of wandering around town, shooting several dozen photos and about 10 minutes of HD video with each device, the iPhone 4S had just 30% of battery left.” The iPhone 4, on the other hand, had 53% of its battery remaining, and that’s with Engadget sending some emails and making some phone calls too. The worse battery life while using the camera can mainly be chalked up the fact that the iPhone 4S has to process much larger files due to its 8 MP sensor and 1080p video recording capabilities.

It’s a good comparison, and we encourage you to read the whole thing.

Engadget compares iPhone 4S,Galaxy S II, Nokia N8 and Amaze 4G cameras originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Speaking onstage at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco Monday evening, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said that Apple was a corporate mentor to the company.

“Those guys [at Apple] are an amazing partner for us. When they think about products and enhancing products they think about editing them. [At Twitter] we’re going to offer simplicity in a world of complexity… they’re a corporate mentor to us.”

The comments were spurred when Costolo was asked about how the iOS 5 Twitter integration was working out for the company so far. That integration could well be the most important move Twitter has made in the last year. On October 12th, the day iOS 5 was released, Costolo said that Twitter saw new user signups from iOS devices more than triple. “The iOS integration is going to be absolutely huge for us,” Costolo said. “It’s going to be even better than we thought it would be.”

[via Gigaom]

Twitter CEO calls Apple a “corporate mentor” originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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