Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti Currently, the iPhone 4S is selling at a rate of nearly 1,000 per minute, putting it on pace to quickly become the best-selling consumer electronic product of all time. That title is currently held by Apple’s iPad; the company is now selling refurbished first-generation models at deep discounts. If you’ve been …

Following today’s release of iOS 5, Apple has also updated several of its own apps to include support for iOS 5. Apps include Pages, Keynote, and Numbers for iOS, iMovie, Find My iPhone, and Remote. Pages, Keynote, and Numbers for iOS now include enhancements for use with Apple’s iCloud syncing service. Now, users can automatically keep their documents and presentations …

Analysts expect more than 100 million iPhones to be sold this year. Apple Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, based on sales and upgrade data, thinks that nearly 19 million customers with the iPhone 3GS will upgrade to the iPhone 4S this year, AppleInsider reports. Though Munster’s predictions are admittedly assumptions, he says they are conservative. For Apple watchers, the numbers …

The progression of iPhone. benm.at Not satisfied with the abundance of Photoshop mock-ups for Apple’s forthcoming iPhone 5, Giga Netzwerk blog benm.at has machined a physical mock-up of an iPhone 5 using specs and rumors as guidelines. Sure, we’ll see the real deal on October 4, but for those of us who must absorb every rumor, speculation, and theory, this …

Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti A new security hole found in Skype for iOS could allow a hacker to access your entire address book, according to a blog post from security firm SuperEVR. According to the post, “[a] Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability exists in the ‘Chat Message’ window in Skype 3.0.1 and earlier versions for iPhone and iPod Touch devices.” So, what …

EA’s SPY Mouse tops last week’s Top Paid iPhone Apps. Electronic Arts Last week’s top iPhone and iPad apps, according to official numbers from Apple’s App Store, include SPY Mouse, Angry Birds, Words With Friends, Pages, and Keynote, among others. Apple has been releasing official top-10 lists for songs and albums for some time, but now users can check out …

TUAW Australian airline Qantas will run a pilot program to test response to the inclusion of iPad 2 units on one of its Boeing 767-300 jets. Qantas has installed a personal iPad 2 for each of the 254 seats on the plane, according to a report from Australian Business Traveler. The iPad will be able to stream media content over …

MacRumors According to China Mobile’s chairman, Wang Jianzhou, a new 4G TD-LTE-compatible iPhone has already been discussed with Apple and is moving forward. Bloomberg reports the vague confirmation from Jianzhou: “China Mobile and Apple hope to find a solution for close collaboration. We discussed this issue with Apple. We hope Apple will produce a new iPhone with TD-LTE. We have …

Screenshot by 9to5Mac Apple has released the newest beta seed of iTunes 10.5 as well as iWork for iOS 3 to developers for testing. Developers can now download both releases from the Developer Center Web site. iTunes 10.5 beta 8 includes a number of security improvements and bug fixes, focusing on iTunes Match (currently in beta as well). Developers can …

Apple is expected to ship 20 million iPad 2 units in the third quarter. Apple The “Taiwan Economic Times” is reporting that Apple’s iPad 2 assembler, Hon Hai Precision Industry, has upped its initial shipment projection of 14 million iPad 2 units for the third quarter to 20 million units. If the report is accurate, that’s a 42.8 percent increase …