Month: October 2011

T-Mobile US Eagerly Awaits the iPhone

Alex Heath ∙ Updated July 24, 2016

T-Mobile is the only main US carrier that doesn't carry the iPhone. It's currently unclear as to why Apple hasn't partnered with T-Mobile to sell the iPhone, but the most logical assumption would be that it has something to do with the AT&T/T-Mobile acquisition that is currently being reviewed by the FCC.

The CEO of T-Mobile has gone on the record time and time again to explain that his company really wants the iPhone. And Apple is apparently to blame for all of the unhappy, iPhone-less T-Mobile customers out there...

How to Create Text Shortcuts in iOS 5

Sébastien Page ∙ October 21, 2011

One of my all-time favorite jailbreak tweaks is Xpandr, a simple tool that lets you create a library of shortcuts for snippets of text that you use frequently, such as addresses, URLs, and standard replies.

There is no jailbreak for iOS 5 yet, which means no Xpandr for me. Fortunately, Apple has implemented this very same feature in iOS 5. This is how it works...

Enterprise Market Leaning Towards iPhone and iPad Instead of Android

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated April 3, 2018

Apple's iOS platform rules the roost in the enterprise, according to new figures released by Good Technology.

The firm, which offers push e-mail, mobile device management, and security products for mobile phones, released the numbers that appear to show both the iPhone and iPad dominating device usage in the enterprise market.

According to Good Technology, the results show a "clear preference for Apple products," with the figures seemingly proving their point conclusively...

iPhone 3GS “Tremendously” Popular on AT&T

Guest Author ∙ October 21, 2011

After announcing the iPhone 4S pricing at its "Let's Talk iPhone" event on October 4th, Apple also announced that it would be further reducing the pricing for the older generation iPhone 3GS 8GB from $49 to $0 with a 2-year carrier agreement.

According to President and CEO of AT&T Mobility Ralph de la Vega, this price drop has translated to "tremendous" demand for the device...

Siri Can Also Search Bing and Yahoo

Oliver Haslam ∙ October 21, 2011

If you've spent any time with Siri, you may have noticed that you can actually ask it to search the web for pretty much anything. At this point, Siri fires up a Google search and populates the search field with whatever it thinks you asked. The degree of accuracy here very much depends on your accent and whether it's a full moon or not, but on the whole, it does the job fairly well.

But did you know that you can also have Siri work its magic with both the Microsoft Bing and Yahoo search engines? Well, you can...

iPhone Pre-Orders Go Live for 22 More Countries Today

Cody Lee ∙ October 21, 2011

When Apple initially launched the iPhone 4S last week, the handset was only available in 7 countries. Apple typically does this with its major product rollouts to help guard against stock constraints and to minimize the impact of early issues that may arise.

Well after a week of selling the iPhone 4S, it seems like Apple is confident that the product is ready for prime time. Next week, the company's latest handset will go on sale in 22 more countries around the globe. And apparently, pre-orders have just begun...

A Week Later: My iPhone 4S Review

Sébastien Page ∙ October 21, 2011

I know I'm late to the whole iPhone 4S review thing, but to be honest, I never really understood how you could give a good review of a device after using it for two days – that's why I take my time. I've been waiting for over a year for this new device so I really didn't want to rush into a quick review without having fully used it for an extended period of time.

Now that I have been able to play around with virtually every feature of the new iPhone 4S, I think it's time for my late review. There is some good, some bad, and yes, some ugly…

Verizon Announces Over 2 Million iPhones Sold Last Quarter

Cody Lee ∙ October 21, 2011

Over the past few days, companies have been announcing their earnings for the previous quarter. As usual, this means that we get to hear iPhone sales numbers. Yesterday, AT&T announced that it sent 2.7 million iPhones out in Q3. So, how'd Verizon do?

Since its arrival back in Februrary, the iPhone has been Verizon's top-selling smartphone. Customers continue to pass up the carrier's all-star lineup of Droid devices for Apple's handset. Today, Verizon announced that it sold over 2 million iPhones last quarter...

RedSn0w Jailbreak Gets Much Faster

Sébastien Page ∙ October 21, 2011

One of the biggest complains people have about RedSn0w is how long it takes to go through the jailbreaking process. This is due to the fact that RedSn0w spends a lot of time "stashing" applications on your device.

Due to the demand for a faster tool, the Dev Team announced today that they have made the RedSn0w jailbreak process 60% faster by releasing version 0.9.9 beta 7. But it's not without a caveat...

How to Take Notes Via Notification Center Using ‘QuickMemo’

Jeff Benjamin ∙ October 21, 2011

Need to jot down a quick phone number, recipe, directions, or an address? If you have an iPhone 4S, you could always rely on Siri, but what if you don't?

A simple solution would be QuickMemo — a Notification Center widget for jailbroken iOS 5 devices, which allows you to jot down notes with a simple swipe of the status bar.

It's not perfect, but QuickMemo is more than adequate to function as a scratch pad. Take a look inside for a video walkthrough that shows the widget in action...

20 Awesome iOS 5-Compatible Jailbreak Tweaks

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

When Apple unveiled iOS 5 last Summer, it mentioned that the update included over 200 new features. Among the additions were several features that closely mirrored tweaks and utilities from within the jailbreak community.

In fact, there were a lot of folks that thought that iOS 5 would be the beginning of the end for jailbreakers, but we aren't too worried. Not only have we had an iOS 5 jailbreak for months, we also have tons of compatible tweaks and utilities...