With June fast approaching, the month in which Apple typically releases a newiPhonemodel, it wouldn’t surprise many if Apple decided that bringing a white iPhone 4 to market this late in the game was a waste of time. The Apple Store is currently down, and9to5Mac reportsthat their source in Apple retail has noted that the white iPhone 4 SKU has been removed from the system. An SKU is a number identifying a model of product, and as 9t05Mac notes, Apple may in fact be giving the white iPhone a new SKU before they finally go on sale....

March 16th marked the opening of thefirst Apple Store in the Middle East. If you’re wondering why there’s been very little hype after the launch, it’s because this is barely an Apple Store. Apple, you should be ashamed of yourself. If you haven’t been to Virgin Megastore in Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates, it’s worth mentioning that they had a small 10m x 5m (32 ft. x 16 ft.) area allocated for Apple devices and accessories to the left right at the entrance....

March 16th marked the opening of thefirst Apple Store in the Middle East. If you’re wondering why there’s been very little hype after the launch, it’s because this is barely an Apple Store. Apple, you should be ashamed of yourself. If you haven’t been to Virgin Megastore in Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates, it’s worth mentioning that they had a small 10m x 5m (32 ft. x 16 ft.) area allocated for Apple devices and accessories to the left right at the entrance....

Apple Store employees will soon process an order for the latest Macbook or iOS product using iPads outfitted with specialist commerce software, possibly dropping support for the iPod Touch in the process,AppleInsider has revealed. The Apple-centric website has learned that Apple Stores across the US have been receiving large orders of iPad 2 units with magnetic Smart Covers which are being prepared for use by employees, which training on such units starting as soon as this weekend....

Apple is being sued by Calibrait LLC for infringing on an ‘electronic alignment system’ patentthat seems to is related to how iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices use their built-in accelerometers to perform a calibration in the field. Calibrait is a California based company that has its headquarters in San Diego. The suit references Apple’s iPad, iPad2, iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPod Touch products. The specific procedures mentioned in the suit refer to the way that iPhone and iPad devices calibrate accelerometers in the field....