iOS

Apple’s iOS 5.0.1 seems to have created a glitch with the Contacts app for certain users, according to various sources and several posts on the Apple Support Forums. Startup Foundry founder Paul Hontz reported late last week that after updating … Continue reading →

Who’s winning the mobile wars–Apple’s iOS or Google’s Android? It’s a question that’s on the minds of plenty of tech-obsessed folks’ minds. But it’s one that’s very hard to answer–especially if you’re trying to be objective rather than …

“Given the fragmentation of the mobile market, and the fact that one of the leading mobile platforms (Apple’s iOS) was not going to allow the Flash Player in the browser, the Flash Player was not on track to reach anywhere … Continue reading →

On November 10 Apple released an update for the iOS operating system to version 5.0.1, just about a week after releasing the beta of that version. According to Apple’s terse description of the update, it includes improvements and other bug … Continue reading →

Users of Apple devices with the new iOS 5 operating system are still dealing with weak battery life, even after the company issued a software update meant to fix the malfunction. Users took to message boards Friday on the Apple … Continue reading →

The good news: Apple has shown it can succesfully push software updates out to mobile devices without the need for users to synch their phones with their computers. The bad news: complaints continued after Apple released an update to its … Continue reading →

Ice Cream Sandwich and iOS 5 are two popular mobile software systems that power devices like the iPhone 4S and highly-anticipated Galaxy Nexus. When you power on your iPhone, you are looking at the software that runs all the devices’ … Continue reading →

This week in Apple news, we talked to security researcher Charlie Miller about a flaw within iOS that ultimately got him suspended from Apple’s developer program. Apple then issued an update to iOS 5 that fixed that bug in addition … Continue reading →

Spokeswoman Natalie Harrison said Wednesday that a small number of customers have reported lower-than-expected battery life on devices running on the company’s iOS 5 operating system. She said Apple has found bugs in the program and will release …

Apple’s iOS 5.0.1 update looks to have been a smooth first test of the company’s new OTA distribution system, but feedback on whether it has addressed widespread battery problems is less positive. Apple Support Forums are awash with owners complaining … Continue reading →