iPhone 6s sells out online, more than 10 million pre-orders confirmed

iPhone 6s is on track to beat last year's iPhone 6 in terms of pre-order sales. The new iPhone 6s models went on pre-order on September 12 and were reportedly out of stock within two-and-a-half hours in various countries including Canada. Apple, however, expects ample stock to be available when the device hits stores in a week. iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will ship and be available in Apple Retail Stores and from carriers on September 25.

“As many customers noticed, the online demand for iPhone 6s Plus has been exceptionally strong and exceeded our own forecasts for the preorder period,” the company said. “We are working to catch up as quickly as we can, and we will have iPhone 6s Plus as well as iPhone 6s units available at Apple retail stores when they open next Friday," said an Apple spokesperson.

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Apple to livestream tomorrow's Special Event

Apple has announced that it will livestream tomorrow's Special Event which takes place at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in downtown San Francisco. The event begins at 10 a.m. PDT and a link should be accessible from Apple.com.

Requirements for the  Live stream, which uses Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology are an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with Safari on iOS 7.0 or later, a Mac with Safari 6.0.5 or later on OS X v10.8.5 or later, or a PC with Microsoft Edge on Windows 10. Streaming via Apple TV requires a second- or third-generation Apple TV with software 6.2 or later.  The evant is expected to focus on iOS 9, new iPhones and possibly announcements pertaining to new AppleTVs or iPads. Canadian Reviewer is on site and will be reporting from the event.

The Apple Beat: Is Apple TV ready for primetime?

 

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

A new voice-control interface powered by Siri would be a killer feature, specially for an Apple TV priced in the US $149 range. But Apple will need to step up its game to make the device a true platform. So, aside from iTunes movies and TV shows on demand, we can expect the advent of iOS apps and games to come to Apple TV.

In a few days, we will know what Apple plans on revealing as it takes over the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. The September 9 event is guaranteed to involve the next generation iPhone as well as iOS 9 and possibly some considerable Apple Watch and watchOS 2.0 news, since it has been a year since we first saw Apple’s wearable.

Rumors are getting frenzied right now, as they always do before a huge Apple Event. Since, there haven’t been any significant leaks or spoilers as to what we will see (smartphone case prototypes don’t count), blogs and even established news agencies are scrambling by playing guessing games and giving time to any rumour that seems to make sense (like new colours for Apple Watch Sport straps... ).

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Canadian-made ONE Messenger app for iPhone teases capabilities on video

ONE Messgenger app is an iPhone exclusive messsaging applications that it's creators say, "allows you to stay in touch with everyone you know without paying for SMS. It’s all free. Now you can send and receive anything from photos, videos, voice, news articles, postcards, YouTube, stickers and more – all within the app." The interface and scale of communication tools seems pretty dynamic, like a mashup of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, BBM and Snapchat.

The above video gives a glimpse of what the app can do while a sign-up page here, ensures you get notified when the app is available.