Apple iCloud & iPhone Mobile Service News

Apple posted an announcement on its developer boards on Sunday, warning existing users of the beta builds of iOS 5 and Mac OS X that the backup data on iCloud will be removed from its servers on September 22, according to a report by 9to5Mac:

On Thursday, September 22, the iCloud Backup data will be reset. Backing up to iCloud or restoring from an iCloud backup will be unavailable from 9 AM PDT – 5 PM PDT. If you attempt a backup or restore during this time, you will receive an alert that the backup or restore was not successful. After this reset, you will be unable to restore from any backup created prior to September 22. A full backup will happen automatically the next time your device backs up to iCloud.

The move reinforces rumors that Apple is launching iOS 5 and the next-generation iPhone, either an iPhone 5 or iPhone 4s, or both, sometime next week.

Since Apple has already missed June, late August, and early September launches of the iPhone 5, rumors we'd previously picked up, the latest blogosphere buzz pins an announcement from Apple in late September with products hitting stores on October 7.

Apple's iCloud—Steve Jobs' last major announcement as CEO—is a way for users to store and quickly access vast amounts of data through a remote server. Developers were given beta access over the summer. Jobs said Apple will launch iCloud this fall.