iOS 8.1 update coming 10/20 for iPhone 4S/5/5S/5c/6/6+ with Bluetooth 8 & bug fixes?

ios81stagecolorToday Apple announced that on Monday, October 20, it will release iOS 8.1 with Apple Pay and bug fixes. Apple also announced its new iPad Air 2, OS X Yosemite, 27" iMac with Retina Display and an update to the Mac mini.

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will arrive in 36 more countries and territories across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa by the end of October.

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iPhone 5-6+ Bluetooth blues in cars: bug fixes for iOS 8 until next update

ios8The iPhone 4S/5/5c/5S iOS 8 update is a big debacle this week.  The update to 8.01 was pulled and then a tool was issued to set iPhones back to iOS 8.  Before the update, there were a myriad of problems reported in Apple forums with all makes of cars pairing Bluetooth with iOS and USB connection glitches/bugs. Forum users have reported some fixes that work.

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Big Apple is Watching Your iPhone, iPad via iBeacon/Bluetooth

AppleiBeaconApple geniuses and store employees will not even have to greet, talk and have human contact with customers, because Apple has launched iBeacon is 254 stores on Friday. iBeacon i enables an iOS device or other hardware to send push notifications to iOS devices within close proximity using Bluetooth 4.0 Smart.

iBeacon locates iPhone, iPad and iPod shoppers via Bluetooth on their devices. Customers download the Apple store app and turn on Bluetooh and then iBeacon finds them when they are in the store.

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