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Apple posted unexpectedly successful quarterly results yesterday in the face of tight economic times. Net profit had reached $1.21bn during the quarter; a notable rise from the $1.05bn attained in the same three-month period last year. Sales were also uncharacteristically up for a sector looking down, jumping 8.7 per cent …

Whilst we can be fairly certain a new iPhone is on the way this June or July, most likely packing a 3.2 megapixel camera, gyroscope and larger internal memory, it’s anyone’s guess what else Apple has planned – but new documents suggest motion tech could be at the heart of …

Apple details top 20 free and paid-for applications

Unlike sales of games on the High Street, the success of downloadable titles has always been harder to monitor, but new stats have emerged that at last help to paint a more solid picture – and prove the true scale of the success that iPhone gaming is beginning to achieve. …

One day left for 'super' early bird tickets

iPhone games publisher Ngmoco head Neil Young today opened GDC with a rousing keynote heralding the big changes Apple’s touchscreen device has brought to the games market for developers and publishers. Young also revealed that Ngmoco will later this year make its back-end platform for iPhone games – which incorporates …

As rumoured last week, UK mobile operator O2 has lifted the lid on its upcoming iPhone discounts, and it’s the eradication of the upfront single payment on some tariffs that has caught the eye. Commentators are speculating that the moves come ahead of the end of O2’s exclusivity deal on …

Bluetooth multiplayer and microtransactions join usability enhancements including cut and paste

Apple’s iPhone 3.0 preview last night lifted the lid on a number of enhancements on the way for the device this summer, a number of which are squarely aimed at boosting the iPhone’s gaming credentials. The new version of the iPhone and iPod Touch software will allow for peer-to-peer Bluetooth …

Whilst Apple continues to redefine the definitions of what a mobile phone operating system should be capable of and Goole Android fights to fulfil the lofty ambitions placed upon it, Symbian remains by far the most popular smartphone OS on the market. New research shows that for the fourth quarter …