Apple’s recent launch of a few very popular services and products has brought many complaints and problems to the company. Despite this, the iPhone 3G has sold out practically everywhere, and the App Store is a huge hit, but Apple really needs to get on top of these issues. These products, namely iTunes 7.7, the App Store, and the iPhone 2.0 software, are near perfect, but each have its own flaws.

After the break I will outline some of these issues.

Yes, it is true. Apple has launched the App Store, the NDA is lifted and now everyone can finally talk about their applications! The store went live this morning with about 550+ applications, ranging from Super Monkey Ball to an Abacus (for only $0.99, you can count and calculate on this fully customizable abacus!). If more »

Kind of. Gabe Jacobs put up a video in which you can see him drag an app into a developers’ release of iTunes 7.7, and it does show up in an “iPhone and iPod touch Apps” area. What the video doesn’t show, however, is whether said app will sync with the iPhone and iPod touch. more »

Today, Apple seeded the newest version of Mac OS X v10.5.4 to developers. The new version is build 9e12. Currently, the biggest additions are support for MobileMe, Apple’s new replacement for .Mac. MobileMe will enable users to sync contacts, e-mail, and iCal events between many different devices seamlessly. Given that MobileMe is slated for release more »

It’s a definite that we’ll be seeing at least two more updates hitting Software Update before July 11th. Both the iPhone 3G and Mobile Me list system requirements of Mac OS X v10.5.4, while the iPhone lists a requirement of iTunes 7.7. Mac OS X v10.5.4 is likely to be small, with not many bug more »