iOS

iOS’ 315m devices keeps Android’s 250m at bay for now – Electronista

Apple as part of its fall fiscal results revealed that a total of 315 million iOS devices had been activated in the platform’s 4.5-year history. The marker included the over 62 million devices shipped just in the fall alone. Total … Continue reading

Apple edges out Android for market share in the U.S. says researcher – MobileBurn

Sponsored links, if any, appear in green. Following Apple’s record breaking last quarter, research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech estimates that iOS has overtaken Android as the most popular smartphone OS in the U.S. But not by much. Kantar’s estimates put … Continue reading

Will Apple’s success kill the Mac as we know it? – ZDNet

I’m not saying who’s right or wrong here, but Apple appears comfortable supporting more customers and abandoning customers with existing workflows. It’s a worry. The Mac/iOS Merger. Some worry over the changes made in Mac OS X Lion that …

Kantar: Apple Back On Top As Bestselling Smartphone In The U.S. – paidContent.org

In the U.S. in the last 12 weeks, Apple’s iOS platform accounted for 44.9 percent of all smartphone sales, just edging out the collective power of Android, which took 44.8 percent of sales. In the UK, Android managed to hold … Continue reading

Apple Briefly Topples Exxon as Price Targets Zoom – Barron’s Online

The iPhone and iPad “ramp still has plenty of runway,” he writes. “We view Apple’s guidance as conservative in light of product momentum (iPhone 4S, iOS 5), expanding distribution (carriers/int’l ramp) and believe upcoming product …

Jailbreak Tweak Said to Fix iOS 5 Battery Woes [Update] – Softpedia

Apple never got around to fixing the battery drainage problem on iPhone 4S handsets, but a new jailbreak tweak might do the trick. According to this CydiaHelp post, a new tweak released in Cydia called ‘iOS 5 Battery Fix’ should … Continue reading

Stellar 1Q for Apple – Yahoo Finance

Apple’s app store continues to top the charts with more than 500,000 apps. Apple released iOS 5 and iCloud during the quarter. The new operating system includes attractive features such as the Notification Center, iMessage and Reminders.

Apple needs to learn from Android for iPad 3 – Techradar.com

Apple might be one of the biggest hitters in the smartphone and tablet space, but it needs a big re-think of its strategy if it’s going to stay at the sharp end. Sure, iOS 5 has been a big hit, … Continue reading

Apple has sold over 4.2 Million iOS-based Apple TVs – Apple Insider

Apple TV sold 1.4 million units during the holiday quarter after sales of just over 2.8 million across its first year as an iOS product, but Apple’s executives are still describing it as a hobby. Apple converted its original Apple … Continue reading

iOS Developers Take Home $700 Million in Q1 – ReadWriteWeb

Anyway, there is one number that is making mobile developers across the world salivate: $700 million. That is the amount that Apple paid out to iOS developers in the last quarter. Apple has paid out $4 billion cumulatively to iOS … Continue reading