Mint.com is known as one of the best personal finance services around, with apps on a variety of platforms. Although Mint has had an iPhone app for quite some time, it just now released an official iPad version in the App Store.
Mint for iPad gives users a visually interactive view of their finances and options for managing budgets. Read More
We’ve already shown you the iPhone 4S that got sent into space, and now we’re back with the news that two iPads will visit the International Space Station next month.
The iPad will be the first tablet sent into space, and NASA will continue to experiment on how to use tablets on future space missions. Accompanying the iPads on their maiden voyage will be, you guessed it, an Angry Birds plush doll. Read More
Over the last few weeks, Gizmodo has been doing an interesting series of articles entitled “Lockdown.” The installment takes a look at technology behind bars from within the San Quentin State Prison in California.
The latest episode of Lockdown focuses on smartphones. Yes, the craze that has been sweeping the nation has also taken the country’s correctional facilities by storm. And you don’t want to know how these things get inside the prison walls… Read More
Popular gadget reseller Gazelle has reported that it has seen a record-number of Blackberry trade-ins since the iPhone 4S launch. As of last week, Gazelle has seen a 80% increase in Blackberry submissions.
RIM’s e-mail and messaging services underwent serious outages recently, which could also be directly affecting the increased number of Blackberry trade-ins. Android trade-ins also jumped 72% during the past month, with the majority of sales reportedly coming from Sprint customers. Read More
With Halloween right around the corner, you can expect a few developers to run some massive sale on their iOS games.
SEGA is currently selling 10 games at ridiculously low prices, with most of them priced at just $0.99. You can’t miss it… Read More
You don’t hear this often at iDB, but Nokia just released an interesting smartphone line. The Lumia 800 and Lumina 710 were announced today, and both phones demonstrate Nokia’s attempt at getting back into the smartphone game with the Windows Phone 7 OS.
Focusing on the flagship Lumina 800 handset, Nokia is making some very interesting choices to distinguish itself from the likes of Apple and the iPhone. It’s nice to see some attractive handsets out there that may end up offering the iPhone some competition… Read More
As time goes on, and as more people get their hands on iOS 5, Notification Center is fast becoming the next big thing in the world of jailbreaking.
Originally designed by Apple to offer a new home for push notifications, emails, messages, and anything else that pops up on-screen, Notification Center is also home to the Stocks and Weather widget. The jailbreak community clearly thinks that’s a waste, and has set about releasing new and interesting widgets at an alarming rate.
The latest widget to catch our eye is WeeCompose – a handy widget that offers a quick way of sending new emails, iMessages, and texts… Read More
We’ve all had those situations when we’ve received a text message that we don’t necessarily want anyone else to see. The problem is that such a message always seems to come through when your iPhone on a desk, or on a table in plain sight.
So there you are, your message pops up along with the sender’s name and, if you have default settings turned on, a preview of the message’s contents.
A new jailbreak tweak allows you to minimize such embarrassing situations by giving you control over what iOS shows when you receive a new text or iMessage, and it’s called LockMessages… Read More
Sprint Nextel has announced its earnings for Q3. The wireless carrier announced small (2%) operating revenue growth to $8.3 billion and less net loss when compared with last year.
The iPhone recently launched on Sprint’s network, and Apple’s handset is admittedly a huge factor for the carrier’s success. Sprint’s wireless customer base had reached a five year high and iPhone owners are considered to be the carrier’s most profitable customers. Read More
If there’s one thing we all love, it’s Twitter. There’s just something about those short little bursts of wisdom that compels us all.
If you’re an iPhone user, you’re certainly not short on choice when it comes to Twitter apps for your beloved phone, so you don’t need another one, right? Well, if it offers something a little different, you just might.
Instatweet does just that by giving users a fast way to send out tweets in iOS 5…
