For a long time many people pooh-poohed the idea of getting an Apple iPhone because they refused to support Adobe Flash.  Today, at the IBC trade show in Amsterdam, Adobe unveiled Flash products that allow iPhones and iPads, along with iPod Touch users to play Flash content. Adobe evidently found a way around Apple’s Safari [...]

Apple has just seeded iOS 5 beta 7 to developers for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch testing. Apple is expected to release iOS 5 for consumers in the coming weeks. The full change log is after the break.

(CBS) – The horror! Apple fans will have to wait an extra month for their beloved iPhone 5 (and possibly a lower-end model, the iPhone 4GS). According to a report by John Paczkowski at All Things D, a source close to Apple said that the smartphone is slated for an October release date. Any reports [...]

A new survey by ChangeWave reports that out of all the people who plan on buying a smartphone, 46% say they want the Apple iOS.  Smartpones running Google’s Android OS are a choice for 32% of the consumers that are planning on a smartphone in the next three months. In the last quarter of 2008 [...]

The already fast-moving app economy on iOS has shot up again in the past year, aided by the hot-selling iPad and iPad 2 and increased distribution of the iPhone. According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, App Store downloads are up 61 percent this year over 2010, with users downloading an average of 83 apps, [...]

Cupertino has rubbed wood to fire rumors, yet again. Apple’s component manufacturers from Taiwan have reportedly started packing materials for Apple’s next-generation iPhones and iPads. Apple’s component makers include Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), which is in charge of assembling the devices; Simplo Technologies and Dynapack International Technology (in charge of manufacturing batteries); TPK [...]

Final Cut Pro X has been lambasted by video professionals who are quick to point out a litany of missing features and usability issues. Final Cut Pro X was by all accounts supposed to be a monumental upgrade and a significant step forward for video editing. Well, that’s how Apple at least described it in [...]

Apple could in theory purchase a substantial chunk of the mobile phone industry. When the second quarter ends in a few weeks the company will reportedly have over $70 billion in cash kicking around -billion with a B. According to analyst asymco, all those dollars are enough for it to swallow up a substantial chunk [...]

Tablet wars take two   The iPad 2 is now official, but is it the one you want to buy? Although the original iPad has had the lion’s share of the tablet market since its launch, there are now plenty of other devices on offer with the Android-powered and bigger than ever Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1V looking [...]

Apple will present the next major release of its iOS mobile operating system at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, with major changes including the addition of widgets and a completely new notification system. TechCrunch editor MG Siegler broke the “big news” of “completely revamped notifications and widgets” coming to the next iOS, rumored to be [...]