iOS

While the Apple keynote is underway today we’ve heard from Tim Cook, Apple CEO, about the launch of iOS 5.1 and he stated that the download would be available today. While we are yet to hear about all the features … Continue reading →

Apple CEO touts company’s ongoing success. Tim Cook took to the stage today and told the audience that Apple sold 316 million iOS devices (iPod, iPad, iPhone) in 2011, with 62 million sold in the fourth quarter alone. He also … Continue reading →

New reports emerge daily that the iPad 3 will be the first iOS device with LTE connectivity, but Apple hasn’t given any official confirmation. There’s a lot riding on that spec sheet. If the new iPad—and more important the next … Continue reading →

Apple is getting ready for set of rich events, as the rumoured iOS 5.1 Gold Master build recently passed the quality assurance tests and is ready for a release. Known internally under the codename of Hoodoo, the iOS 5.1 Gold … Continue reading →

Though Android is still firmly on top with 48 percent of the market, Apple’s iOS racked up some gains with a 25 percent share. Android and Apple both continue to dominate the U.S. smartphone market. The latest stats out yesterday … Continue reading →

The latest major version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 5.1, has passed a “vigorous quality assurance phase,” meaning it’ll be ready for the launch of Apple’s next iPad (which we believe will be called the iPad HD) in the … Continue reading →

That’s a 2.3 percent jump from October, according to Tuesday data from comScore. The release of the iPhone 4S, meanwhile, helped boost Apple’s iOS market share by 1.4 percent to 29.5 percent of the U.S. market. Research in Motion, however, … Continue reading →

Over the weekend, Democratic Senator Charles Schumer asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reports that applications that run Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating system have access to users private contacts and photos …

A newly granted USPTO patent has lent credence to notions that Apple is looking to implement NFC in iOS. The technique describes a way to define how a payment is made when an iPhone with an NFC chip is brought … Continue reading →

Likelihood: 50 percent iOS 6: With a new iDevice often comes a major OS revision. Apple’s iOS 5 brought iCloud, iTunes Match, and other cloud-based services together that do a better job of tying the company’s media-driven ecosystem together than … Continue reading →