Apple CEO Tim Cook will take to a stage Oct. 4 to introduce the new iPhone. That information comes courtesy of AllThingsD, which relied on unnamed “sources close to the information” for the exact date. For some time, rumors have circulated that Apple plans to unveil the device—popularly dubbed the “iPhone 5”—in October. There are also a number of publications, including The Next Web, reporting [...]

Foxconn, the Chinese firm responsible for manufacturing the iPhone 5, is ramping up product before the rumoured October launch date. According to DigiTimes, suppliers have ramped up production with 150,000 units being pumped out per day. Suppliers in the iPhone 5 supply chain in Taiwan have geared up production recently with volume shipments of the new Apple smartphones to begin soon. Production [...]

iPhone 5 Rumors – August 1, The latest report, from All Things D, claims the next-generation Apple smartphone will make its debut in October, not September. “So those rumors claiming the iPhone 5 will debut in late September? They’re wrong,” writes ATD’s John Paczkowski. Late last month, reports emerged about AT&T employees being banned from taking time off during [...]

The hero: the iPhone 5. The sidekick: iOS 5 or, depending on how you look at it, the iPod touch 5. The hero and the sidekick always win. You know which team-ups rarely gel as well? The hero and the other hero. The iPhone 5 needs the iPad 3, the iPad HD, the iPad XYZ (or whatever Apple is calling) to launch alongside it like the world needs another auto-tuned pop singer who can’t actually sing. This [...]

The security flaw in Apple’s iOS operating system came to light on Wednesday as the website www.jailbreakme.com released code that Apple customers can use to modify the iOS operating system through a process known as “jail breaking.” Some Apple customers choose to jail break their devices so they can download and run applications that are not approved by Apple or use iPhone [...]