Apple says that the new Beta versions of its iOS 6 operating system restricts the number of mobile Apps that you can have installed on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch-– a limitation that didn't exist on iOS 4 or iOS 5. It's still not clear if that will be just for the beta version or if this will be permanent in iOS 6.
But the limit is high enough that only the most app-crazy owners would be annoyed. Once your iOS 6–equipped iDevice has over 500 apps installed on it, you will begin to experience slow booting, auto-rebooting, and other issues.
Exceed 1,000 apps and your iPhone or iPad wont even boot at all. You'll be forced to restore it to factory default settings.
Of course, 500 to 1,000 apps may seem to be far more than any rational user might keep on their iOS device. But as some may point out, if Apple expects your iPhone to eventually replace your phone, your pocket gaming system, your smart-home remotes, your TV remotes, etc, it might want to reconsider the limitation.
Which it might in fact. Apple representatives say that the company will address the issue. The fix will come as welcome news to app devotees of iOS, which as of yesterday numbered 739 for the iPhone alone. That's down from the 856 apps we found in the iTunes App Store when we last checked in May of last year.
