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The fact that iCloud will free iPhones and iPads from the tyranny of the USB cable is a nice additional feature for most of us but for a surprising number of iPhone owners, it could also mark the first time they’ve ever synced their device.

David Chartier of AgileBits reports anecdotal evidence from an Apple Store Genius who claims that about 50% of Apple Store customers who bring their iPhone in for attention have never plugged it into iTunes. That’s another reason why Apple Geniuses are ecstatic about iCloud…

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That Apple Joint Venture service that was rumoured this weekend? Some more details on the small-business-friendly Genius service have emerged and a launch tomorrow’s iPad 2 event looks likely.

Apple Joint Venture will reportedly offer extra support for five Mac users (with the option to add more for a fee). The $499 annual charge will get you priority service at the Apple Store Genius Bar, phone support from business-minded Geniuses, loan machines if yours has to go in for repair and access to special workshops for Apple Joint Venture members.

Will you sign up for the Apple Joint Venture service?

Out TBC | £TBC | Apple (via BGR)

iPad/iPhone: Genius on the go outed

February 7, 2011 11:01 am by
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The iPad and iPod touch have got iTunes Genius smarts. The apps, music and movies recommendation feature has flown from the desktop iTunes Store onto the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. To find Genius on the iPhone you can find Genius by selecting “More” and on the iPad, Genius has its own selectable tab at the top of the iTunes apps. Because the iTunes app grabs its info from the web, you don’t need to update the app to get Genius. Check it out now.

Out now | £free | Apple

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Apple only outed Ping – its music-focused social network baked into iTunes 10 – yesterday but the verdict online hasn’t been good. Perennial early-adopter Robert Scoble summed up the general consensus in a tweet: “PING = Ping Is No Good. Geesh, Apple, you could have copied a lot of the innovations that Facebook and Twitter have shown you. Sigh.” We’ve rounded up the 10 most common criticisms of Ping and 10 ways Apple could fix them in an iTunes 10 update…

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Not hopped onto the App Store from your iPad recently? Head there now and you’ll find a new feature ready to greet you – Genius for iPad apps. Sure Genius has been doing its egg-headed app recommendation schtick on the iPhone for ages but it just looks a lot better with the iPad screen’s extra space…

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AppleApple’s Geniuses are about to get a new breed of colleagues. Apple is currently recruiting for Apple Store Experts who will act as roving sales people, and more importantly give tech support advice without the need to make an appointment at Apple’s often-crowded Genius Bar. Is this the end of queueing? Or a more aggressive sales technique by Cupertino?

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Genius for video has finally been flicked on in iTunes 8.1 as promised, but is this a sign that the recommendation tool is about to be expanded Apple TV? If you dream of turning Apple TV into TiVo for on-demand, you’d better read on.

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iTunes 8.1 is coming soon, and the Genius recommendation feature has been expanded to work with video! Read on to find out everything Apple has planned for the next iTunes update.

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