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28 April 2011
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So there are three pieces of news from Apple this morning, the first of which is the fact that they've published an official question and answer page on the location data hubub surrounding the iPhone 4. Apple say they've never been storing actual GPS locations of your moments, just a collection of Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers around your location, just in case your location needs to be quickly determined in the future — as such, what Apple are doing is very similar to what Skyhook did when they collected the locations of all those Wi-Fi hotspots all that time ago. That information is then sent back to Apple, who then use it in an anonymous capacity. IPod touch users thank you — without your location data, their location information would be much more inaccurate.
The other two pieces of news from Apple include the fact that the iPad 2 will be launched in 12 other countries this week, continuing the gradual worldwide rollout of the newest post-PC device since the original iPad. No local pricing has been announced, but hopefully this rollout will mean iPad 2 supplies will start to steady out in other contries (like Australia and New Zealand, for example).
Finally from Apple this morning comes news that the magical, mystical, previously-unattainable white iPhone 4 will be available from the Apple online store and from select Apple resellers beginning today (yes, New Zealand is on the list of countries recieving the device today). Please, if you've held out on an iPhone 4 until now, you've got no excuse now!
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