Apple’s profit up 26 percent on iPhone boom (AP)

Apple Inc. said its profit jumped 26 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter as the newest iPhone outsold the market-leading BlackBerry from Research in Motion Ltd.

Despite the blockbuster performance, which sent Apple’s shares soaring in after-hours trading, the company issued what it called “prudent” predictions for the current quarter, because of broader economic uncertainty.

For the three months ended Sept. 27, Apple’s profit climbed to $1.14 billion, or $1.26 per share, from $904 million, or $1.01 per share in the same period last year. Sales jumped 27 percent to $7.9 billion from $6.22 billion in the year-ago quarter.

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