Month: May 2011

How To: Manually Enable Multitasking for Cydia in iOS 4

Cody Lee ∙ May 25, 2011

Cydia's recent update made the jailbroken app store faster and brought about some other nice improvements. One of those new features was the ability to resume your place in Cydia after exiting the app, so you weren't forced to start over each time you closed it.

Though it was a major step up from the previous version, it's not real multitasking. Downloading something in Cydia typically renders the rest of your iPhone helpless, but what if I told you there was an easy way to enable true multitasking?

New Windows Utility Allows You to Use AirPlay With Windows Media Center

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated November 9, 2016

It's becoming more and more apparent that AirPlay -- Apple's media streaming technology is here for the long haul.

We've seen numerous applications for both the iPhone, the Mac, and even Android devices that in some way or another, massage AirPlay's functionality to meet their needs.

Throughout all of the fun, Windows has ultimately been left out; that is until now.

Developer Thomas Pleasance made sure of that fact with the recent release of his AirPlay enabled Windows Media Center Add-in...

iOS 5 Concept: Lion-Style Dashboard

Sébastien Page ∙ May 24, 2011

Graphic artist Jan-Michael Cart is on a roll these days with his iOS 5 concept videos. After imagining how speech recognition and fast app switching might work on iOS 5 Jan-Michael is now sharing with us his vision of a Lion-style dashboard on Apple's next iOS update.

As Cart explains, when you slide over to the old Spotlight Search screen, the wallpaper shifts and you're taken into a Dashboard screen similar to the kind found in Mac OS X. You can have many pages of widgets...

iOS 4 Encryption Broken by ElcomSoft

Cody Lee ∙ May 24, 2011

Up until the Cupertino company launched iOS 4 last year, there wasn't any real data protection for iDevices. This left much of the government and enterprise market who require top notch security, holding onto their BlackBerry devices.

iOS 4 brought about industry-standard AES-256 encryption. The new protection consisted of encrypted key sets that were either tied to the device or to the iDevice user's passcode. Up until now, that encryption has been fairly unbreakable...

AndroidLoader Helps You View All Your iPhone Apps in One Place

Sébastien Page ∙ May 24, 2011

We like to give Android a hard time here at iDB, but we can also recognize when the platform offers features that the iPhone is still missing. It was only last week that I thought to myself it would be nice to have some kind of Android-like feature that would allow me to view all my applications in one place, without having to flick through several pages of apps.

It seems that iOS jailbreak developer Surenix heard me as he created AndroidLoader, an app that seems to do exactly what I was wishing for. Or does it?

Foxconn Accident Could Cost Apple 500,000 iPads

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated May 16, 2016

Last week a terrible accident happened at a Foxconn factory, which happens to be where iPad 2 are made. The explosion that claimed 3 lives and wounded several other people has obviously slowed down production at the factory.

According to research firm IHS iSuppli, Apple may face a production loss of 500,000 iPads after this explosion. Production capacities of the iPad 2 were already pretty tight with Apple selling them as fast as they were making them, but this accident could make things worse...

App Store: 500,000 Apps and Counting [Infographic]

Alex Heath ∙ Updated June 13, 2016

It's no secret that the App Store is a massive success. Apple took the idea of 'mobile applications' and turned it into a cultural phenomenon.

In 34 months, over 500,000 apps have been approved by Apple for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. That's a lot of apps. Check out an awesome infographic that details it all after the break (it's a big one)...

iPhone 5 to Get an 8MP Camera?

Sébastien Page ∙ May 24, 2011

At this point of time, the question is not if the iPhone 5 will get an 8MP camera, but rather who is going to be the supplier. Earlier last month, Sony CEO dropped a bombshell by saying his company was going to work with Apple and provide them with camera sensors.

Today, DigiTimes is reporting that one of their "sources" claim that Largan Precision, a Taiwanese manufacturer of camera lenses for various phone makers is expecting a large order from Apple to supply them with 8 megapixels modules...

iOS 5 May Not Support iPhone 3GS

Guest Author ∙ May 24, 2011

As Apple continues to improve upon its iPhone with speedy processors and powerful software, it's only natural that at some point older devices will get left behind. The iPhone 3G had its nose pushed out with the release of iOS 4.3 earlier this year, and with iOS 5 just around the corner, the iPhone 3GS could be next.

According to Eldar Murtazin, the editor-in-chief of the Russian blog Mobile-Review, iOS 5 will not be compatible with devices released before the iPhone 4...

Another iPhone 5 Leak Points Towards a Separated Flash

Cody Lee ∙ May 24, 2011

It looks like we have another snapshot of an iPhone 5 component circling the web. These leaked photographs of next-generation iPhone parts have become very popular lately.

I guess it makes sense though. With so much evidence pointing to a September launch, it's logical that manufacturing companies just recently started receiving designs for the new device and are gearing up to start production...

France Telecom CEO Hints at “Smaller and Thinner” iPhone with Smaller SIM Card

Alex Heath ∙ May 24, 2011

In a recent interview, the CEO of French Telecom/Orange, Stephane Richard, dropped some hits towards a "smaller and thinner" iPhone 5 with a different SIM card design. Instead of the traditional method, Apple has apparently agreed with wireless carriers to support a smaller and more lightweight SIM for the next iPhone.

Practically, this smaller SIM card would make the iPhone thinner. There is also the possibility that such a SIM card could work in tandem with the rumored 'global device' that Apple could release this year.

80% of Mobile Video Views Take Place on an iOS Device

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated February 6, 2016

You can sell all the devices you want and flood the market with your platform, but if people don't use those devices, you're not really proving anything. Yes, you got it, this little piece of news I'm about to share with you falls under the "take that, Android" category.

According to a recent report by video monetization startup FreeWheel, 80% of videos viewed on a mobile device are watched from either an iPhone, and iPod Touch, or an iPad...