News tagged "iOS"

Nielsen asked US consumers about smartphone OS' during the first quarter of this year and found out that Android has been the most popular with new buyers lately and the most desirable OS too. Interestingly, the number of people who answered “Not...

Apple is being sued by two of its customers on the count of the location tracking data stored in the iOS file consolidated.db. One Vikram Ajjampur - an iPhone user in Florida and William Devito - a New York iPad user, claim that collecting...

Two security researchers in the UK have uncovered a disturbing truth. It appears iPhone 4's everywhere have been tracking their users movements with startling accuracy (unbeknownst to the users) and what is more, the ease at which this information...

As we mentioned around this time last month, Apple's Philip Schiller confirmed that the once mythical white iPhone 4 would indeed be finally hitting the shelves ahead of the long run up to the arrival of the iPhone 5. With this in mind, it...

Unless we have all slipped into a different dimension it appears that some how Adobe Flash content will start to become available on all iOS devices (without jail-breaking, hacking or any other tomfoolery). Apple's big announcement regarding...

According to the analysts over at Gartner, Android will be the most popular mobile OS in the next four years reaching almost 50% market share. Meanwhile Windows Phone will catch up and overtake the second place from iOS by 2015 with 20% market...

June and Apple's WWDC is coming, but still there are no rumors on the iPhone 5. Yesterday two independent reports indicated the iPhone 5 will be launched at the end of June and the opposite thing - it will not launch until...

The analysts from IDC just published their forecast on the smartphone market development in the next five years. Apparently the company has some sort of crystal ball as we can’t see how else they will be able to make such long-term predictions in...

Apple has officially announced the date for its annual Worldwide Developer Congress traditionally held in San Francisco. The event will start on June 6 and the iPhone 5 *may* be the star of the show. The Apple's developer's conference...

We've got some bad news for the iPhone users that found a way around the AT&T no-tethering-without-a-plan policy with a jailbreak. Apparently the carrier has detected the violators of its policy and is now sending push notifications, asking them to...

The number of apps is some sort of pride for app stores so here it goes - the Android Market is quickly catching up to the current leader, the Apple App Store. What's more is that the growth the Market seems to be speeding up, while that of the App...

The iPad 2 has already gone through dozens of reviews after its launch, but none of them is as scientific as this one. The guys over at DisplayMate have compares the tablet's 1024 x 768 pixels screen to the iPhone 4 Retina display and the iPhone 3GS...

Apple's Philip Schiller has just confirmed the white iPhone 4 will be launched this spring, ahead of the iPhone 5's announcement. We know it's not the breaking news you were hoping for, but it's still news. Philip Schiller is Apple's Senior Vice...

The "magical" iPad 2 is hitting the US shelves at 5pm tomorrow. Pack your bags with water, coffee and snacks, take your portable chair, tent and umbrella and go prove your loyalty in front of Apple Retail, AT&T, Verizon, BestBuy or Walmart. Oh, you...

Today we were nicely surprised to see iTunes greet us with the latest iOS 4.3 software for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 well ahead of schedule. The update brings a handful of improvements including faster web browsing, iTunes Home sharing support,...

We all knew Android is the best-selling smartphone OS in the US (and worldwide for that matter), but the latest ComScore report shows that it has gone even further. The published chart shows that the Google OS has just overtaken BlackBerry and has...

Since the iOS 4.3 update is coming this Friday it's no surprise the Gold Master image is already into the developers' hands. The better news is the GM is already jailbroken, benchmarked and the fancy multi-touch features are still inside and can be...

Besides announcing the Apple iPad 2 at today's event, Apple also announced the eagerly awaited iOS 4.3. The new version is not really ground-breaking but it brings along a host of welcomed changes. iOS 4.3 is officially out Some of the new...

Just as expected today Apple announced the successor of their extremely popular iPad tablet. The iPad 2 comes with a dual-core A5 CPU and retains the 9.7" screen diagonal and the XGA resolution (1024 x 768 pixels) of its predecessor. Apple...

According to people close to Apple, the iOS 4.3 has reached Gold status and should become available rather soon. Meanwhile an Apple patent sketch reveals unknown iPhone with an eWallet icon that can mean only one thing - Apple is or have been...