iOS

Apple Reignites iPod touch Fun with New Ad – Softpedia

Cupertino has begun re-advertising its ‘funnest’ device with a brand new television commercial that touts the enhanced capabilities of the iPod touch player with iOS 5 and content from the App Store. Apple’s new TV ad focuses on the fun … Continue reading

Apple Beats Android On Developer Revenues – eWeek Europe

Android developers are taking only a fraction of what their Apple iOS counterparts are earning That’s in spite of Android’s higher market share, which a recent report has estimated at more than 50 percent worldwide. Piper Jaffray analyst …

Apple Approves, Then Rejects, iOS App That Allowed Games Via Subscription – Yahoo Finance

In its usual quiet fashion, Apple (NSDQ:AAPL – News) has removed an iOS application designed to let users subscribe to games through in-app purchasing after approving it for the App Store last week. The surprising reversal leaves one app …

Apple iPhone leads on Flickr, games and online – Computerworld

I suspect we’ll see a similar anomaly, with iOS usage skewing the scale. OK. To be fair, some level of discrepancy between usage patterns is inevitable, after all, in their latest public statements regarding installed base, Apple and Google …

Apple releases iOS update it says will fix iPhone 4S battery problem – Marin Independent Journal

Apple (AAPL) released an update for its most recent mobile operating system Thursday that seeks to fix problems some users had experienced with battery life. Apple released iOS 5 on Oct. 12, just two days before the debut of its … Continue reading

Apple iOS 5.0.2 battery-fixing update on hold? – Techradar.com

Apple never actually said it was going to release iOS 5.0.2 this week, but the rumour-mill reckoned that that was the plan – until now, with new reports suggesting that the rumoured update has been delayed. Other bugs that the … Continue reading

Apple Now Allows Developers to Sell iOS Game Subscriptions – Zimbio

It appears Apple has allowed developers to sell game subscriptions, reports Bloomberg. The publisher Big Fish Games from Seattle (they also have an office in Vancouver) has been allowed to charge users $ 6.99 per month to access over a … Continue reading

Apple delays iPhone 4S battery fix update – Digital Spy

Apple has reportedly delayed the release of a new update to the iOS 5 operating system that is supposedly engineered to fix the battery drain issues on the iPhone 4S. Speculation was rife that the iOS 5.0.2 software patch would … Continue reading

Random Apple ID bug affecting iOS 5 devices using iCloud – Electronista

Electronista has captured video evidence of what appears to be a major bug in iOS 5 that is causing random Apple IDs to be generated on users’ handsets. The issue appears to be affecting the iPhone 4S when a user … Continue reading

Newsstand-Like Game Subscriptions Come to iOS – Wired News

Since Apple launched in-app subscriptions and — more recently — introduced Newsstand for periodicals, iOS users have been able to pay a monthly, quarterly or yearly subscription for regular new content, whether video on demand or magazines …