By Khaled A., on March 17th, 2010
At least my ugly avatar (and SaudiMac) were on CNN International last Friday in a segment about the Apple iPad and the world wide interest in it. They showed a post on SaudiMac about the iPad pre-order start in Saudi time. So according to CNN I am an Apple Fanatic! Guess it’s official
Continue reading I am on CNN!
By Khaled A., on March 1st, 2010
Last year’s Sandstorm was a big one, and apparently there is another one heading to Riyadh as we speak!
According to Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME)’s early warning page (there is no English warning page, so you might as well go out?): A sandstorm is approaching Riyadh and Horizontal visibility of 1 meter!
تحذير
Continue reading Sandstorm alert in Riyadh on March 1st
By Khaled A., on January 7th, 2010
STC was the first company to introduce an Android based cellphone in the region. The phone was the HTC Magic however native Arabic support is only available for Android OS 1.5 while the latest OS version for the Magic is 1.6 (HTC are working on 2.1 update to be released this year). Arabic support is
Continue reading Native Arabic support for Google Android
By Khaled A., on November 5th, 2009
Update: iPhone 3GS in Saudi Arabia on November 7th. If you did not receive an SMS from mobily then you might have a problem with your pre-order!
Mobily’s iPhone 3GS will be sold in Saudi Arabia this Saturday November 7th 2009. The prices are out for the iPhone 3GS 32GB and 16GB models as well as
Continue reading Mobily iPhone 3GS prices and release date
By Khaled A., on October 24th, 2009
UAE’s Etisalat has posted on their website that the iPhone 3GS will be released on October 27th. This confirms what I said earlier that the iPhone 3GS by Mobily will be released on the same day.
Follow SaudiMac (English) and (Arabic) sites for more updates.
تابعوا آخر التحديثات من موقع سعودي ماك.
By Khaled A., on October 17th, 2009
Riyadh Region Traffic – the Offecial web site (yes, Offecial, not Official) has been suspended! This is nice, a government site contracted to an inefficient web provider (in this case it’s Sites4Arab – copyright 2002!).
The error message is “This account has been suspended. Either the domain has been overused, or the reseller ran out of
Continue reading Riyadh Region Traffic website suspended
By Khaled A., on October 16th, 2009
Update 6: This could be the final update. iPhone 3GS in Saudi Arabia on November 7th. If you did not receive an SMS from mobily then you might have a problem with your pre-order!
Update 5: Mobily iPhone 3GS prices and release date. SaudiMac is having server problems from the webhost and we are working with
Continue reading iPhone 3GS in Saudi Arabia from Mobily on October 27th
By Khaled A., on August 31st, 2009
Hopefully it’s not a huge problem. But many people are reporting that their STC bills are inaccurate. That’s due to the fact that STC is upgrading their ancient billing system and with that upgrade they will start releasing bills by the end of this month.
The initial rumors were that STC has lost the customer data
Continue reading STC is having problems with their billing system
By Khaled A., on June 10th, 2009
It’s about time that Apple opens an office in Saudi Arabia. It’s time we stop relying on crappy distributors that offer a crappy warranty. Yes I am talking about you, Arab Business Machines. So the “We Want Apple Saudi Arabia” project is now active.
WeWantAppleSaudi aims to petition Apple inc to have real presence in Saudi
Continue reading We Want Apple Saudi Arabia
By Khaled A., on May 29th, 2009
After jumping from many different site titles I finally settled on this current title. I will share my ramblings with you and I hope that you will enjoy them. You can also follow me on twitter: @khaled.
And yes I will change this theme eventually …
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