New Apple Patent May Indicate Future iPhone Antenna Plans

by Jeff Benjamin on Dec 25, 2010

Now that the fallout from Antennagate has all but passed, Apple is exploring future options for antenna placement. They appear to be going back to the drawing board with the latest design; can you blame them?

As you are aware, the latest version of the iPhone, the iPhone 4, ditched the previous methods of embedding the antennas in favor of a metal band antenna forming a bezel around the phone. From a design standpoint this looked outstanding, but the good looks didn’t exactly translate into good functionality…

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Next iPhone to Sport Dual Core CPU?

by Jeff Benjamin on Dec 25, 2010

The iPad rumors have been heating up as of late, with one analyst making speculations about what’ll be under the hood of the popular tablet’s next iteration. These rumors suggest that the iPad 2, or whatever Apple decides to call the iPad’s yet to be named successor, will feature a dual core chip.

While that’s not a surprising suggestion, seeing as both Motorola and RIM have dual core tablets on the horizon, what did catch our eye is the revelation that the next iPhone might follow suit…

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

by Alex Heath on Dec 25, 2010

The iPhone Download Blog team wanted to take a moment to wish you, our readers, a very merry Christmas and happy holiday season. It’s easy to get sentimental during the holidays, and there is plenty to reflect on from this past year. The site’s readership has tripled since 2009, and the iDB community has grown larger and more diverse.

As the site grows, we are constantly reminded of how awesome our readers are. You guys are what make the iPhone Download Blog possible, and as corny as it sounds, we are very grateful…

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iPhone App Piracy Tool IPA God is Now Open Source

by Sebastien on Dec 24, 2010

You might remember a few months ago when we talked about IPA God, a new application that would allow to install cracked apps on a non-jailbroken iPhone. After getting a lot of publicity around the web, the developer decided to put iPA God for sale.

After that, we kinda lost track of IPA God to be honest with you. Until today when I received an email from iDB reader Ben who informed me that the source code of IPA God was available for download… Read More

 

RedSn0w Untethered Jailbreak to Be Released This Weekend

by Sebastien on Dec 24, 2010

Even though Comex said he wasn’t sure he was going to be able to meet his Christmas deadline for an untethered jailbreak, it does seem we’ll get a nice gift from the Dev Team after all. According to the Team’s blog, an updated version of RedSn0w that implements a “backup plan” will be released and will deliver an untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1.

Things seem to be rushed a bit as the Dev Team is looking for beta testers to run this RedSn0w untethered jailbreak and make sure every bug is taken care of before the public release… Read More

 

Skype Video Chat is Finally iPhone Bound

by Jeff Benjamin on Dec 24, 2010

Either the guys at Skype got the memo, or this was in the works all along, and they’re just a bit slow going about their business. Better late than never, right?

Just as Apple is gaining steam with its relatively new FaceTime video chat, here comes the blue elephant in the room. While I didn’t hesitate to give Skype a needed shellacking in a previous article, one thing’s for sure, if they get on the ball with mobile video chat, it could be a hard ball to stop.

Even with FaceTime continuing to gain footprint in various other areas with the upcoming iPad, and the recent desktop Beta release; all it would take is for Skype to release a decent competitor to make things interesting… Read More

 

How to Give An iPhone App This Holiday Season

by Alex Heath on Dec 24, 2010

It’s that time of year. Christmas music, staff parties, plenty of egg nog, and gifts. As fellow iPhone users, what better gift is there to give each other than what we crave: more apps.

We could all probably name at least a few apps that we would like to have, but haven’t bought yet. How nice would it be to wake up on Christmas day and have that new app you’ve been wanting?

Luckily, Apple allows you to “gift” an app to a friend. If you didn’t know about gifting apps, I’m going to walk you through how to gift an app, along with some gift-giving tips…

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A Look Back at Apple in 2010 [Video]

by Sebastien on Dec 24, 2010

I don’t know about you but 2010 has been a great year for me. I spent months traveling overseas with my fiancee, iDB tripled its readership, only good stuff. 2010 wasn’t bad for Apple either.

The company sold zillions of iPads, iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G. The stock rose about 50%. Really Apple had a pretty good year. To illustrate this, YouTuber tszheichoi has made a short video that sums up major Apple news in 2010… Read More

 

Apple Is Denying In-App Donations To Developers

by Alex Heath on Dec 24, 2010

Apple has never been known as an easy company to get along with. While it has always made some of the greatest products on the market, it is also notorious for being overly censored and stubborn with its decisions.

We recently reported that an unofficial WikiLeaks app had been pulled from the App Store. It was thought that Apple could have justified the pull based on their charitable donation policy. As it turns out, that policy has been plaguing app developers for some time, and they’re starting to get frustrated.

The Huffington Post recently published an article on Apple’s denial of in-app donations for charity. Many developers run non-profit, or support non-profit, organizations and would like to allow their app’s users to make philanthropic donations in the same way that other in-app purchases function. For some reason, Apple has been denying these requests from developers, and it’s making Apple look like the bad guy…

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Accessing Your iPhone’s SIM Card

by Jeff Benjamin on Dec 24, 2010

The presence of a SIM card slot is one of the things that differentiates the iPhone from your run of the mill iPod Touch. How do you access the SIM card inside, and why would you even need to replace the SIM card?

One good reason for doing so is if you plan on traveling abroad. You can receive much cheaper rates by using a SIM card originating from the country you’re visiting. Of course, there are other valid reasons and additional points that you’ll want to keep in mind as well…

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