Month: January 2010

28 Features We Want to See in the New iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ January 11, 2010

A few weeks ago I wrote an article about some of the features the iPhone is still missing. Today I'd like to take this a bit further and come up with a comprehensive list of features we (you and I) want to see in the next iPhone.

Here is my list (note that it is in no specific order). Please share in the comments what features you want in the next iPhone.

Ability to save attachments Running apps in the background A physical keyboard A better battery A removabale battery Multiple carriers Bluetooth support Flash Front facing camera A 7MP camera Camera flash A louder speaker OLED screen Radio tuner iChat support IR chip for using it as a remote Pedometer Show SMS character count Custom sounds for SMS and email Themes Categories or folders Unified inbox view Hide/delete native apps Spell checker Quick scroll Action Menu Better iPod songs management (ie. sorting) Built in bottle opener

What other features would you add?

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iPhone Stuff You Missed This Week

Sébastien Page ∙ January 10, 2010

Today is Sunday and Sunday is recap day on iDB!

In case you missed some of this week's articles, here is a summary of what was posted on the blog. Please make sure to leave a comment or retweet articles if you like them.

Battle of the giants: iPhone vs Nexus One vs Droid Make your iPhone go round with WindowPlaner How to set up any song on your iPhone as a ringtone How to sync bookmarks from Firefox with your iPhone Dev Team about to release RedSn0w 0.9 for Windows Geohot not working on untethered jailbreak after all

Have a nice and relaxing Sunday :)

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I Guess Geohot is Not Working on an Untethered Jailbreak After All

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 23, 2016

It seems that I missed a tweet by Gehot a few weeks ago in which he made it clear that he was not going to work on an untethered version of BlackRa1n.

I don't know if you remember but Geohot said a few weeks ago that he would give us an untethered jailbreak if he won some kind of contest. Well he lost! And we all lose too!

I don't know how I feel about that. I mean, the kid is completely in his right to not develop an untethered jailbreak. But somehow, I feel like when you have such a great gift as he has, you kinda have a responsibility towards the community.

Again, he's free to do whatever he wants but I think it's very childish to say "I''l give you what you want IF I win this stupid contest" and have us hold our breath. Then of course we're all disappointed when we realize that he lost the contest and he's not going to give us what we want.

One thing is sure: the Dev Team will not let us down. The Dev Team will not play game with us and they will not have us wait and hope in vain. As I said in an article a few weeks ago, I believe the Dev Team is up to something and might very well surprise us.

What do you think about how Geohot is acting?

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Dev Team to Release RedSn0w 0.9 to Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.2 on Windows

Sébastien Page ∙ January 8, 2010

I knew they were up to something... Some great news coming from the head of the Dev Team, MuscleNerd announced that they are working on releasing an update to the famous RedSn0w, the fast jailbreak method for Windows users.

RedSn0w might be the solution for frustrated BlackRa1n users who are having troubles with their jailbreak. While RedSn0w 0.9 might not be as fast as BlackRa1n, it's most likely going to be much more reliable.

As soon as RedSn0w is available, I will write a tutorial on how to jailbreak your iPhone with it, so stay tuned :)

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How to Sync Firefox Bookmarks With Your iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated May 11, 2018

Have you ever tried to sync your Firefox bookmarks with your iPhone? If so, you must have been very frustrated as it is not easy as it may sound. For some reason, Apple didn't deem it necessary to add Firefox to the short list of browsers from which you can sync bookmarks to your iPhone.

Good news is there is a hack for that, using an extension called Xmarks. Bad news is it's for Windows only (you will need IE) and it's not very straightforward.

I could write a tutorial on how to sync your bookmarks from Firefox to iPhone's Safari but Shawn0 has got it covered on his blog, so it would be a waste of time.

Check out Shawn0's tutorial for detailed instructions.

Isn't that a neat little trick?

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How to Set Any Song On Your iPhone As A Ringtone

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 23, 2016

AnyRing is a jailbreak application available in Cydia that lets you use any song on your iPhone as a custom ringtone or SMS ring.

There are several ways to add ringtones to your iPhone for free. Audiko is one of my favorite but it seems it's going to get some fierce competition from a new app called AnyRing.

With AnyRing (3.2) you can easily select any song on your iPhone (or Record you own voice) to play as a Ringtone or SMS Ring. AnyRing even lets you select the starting/ending point in the song to play when the Ringtone is played. Does not require any audio conversion of any type!

Here are some of the features:

Select any song on your device to act as a Ringtone. No Audio/File conversion needed. Select start and ending point in song to play as Ringtone. Easy to use interface.

AnyRing is available from the Cydia Store. It comes with a 10-day trial so you may want to try it out first, and if you like it, you can choose to pay the $3.99.

I think it's worth the price. What do you think?

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Make Your iPhone Go Round With WindowPlaner

Sébastien Page ∙ January 5, 2010

Wanna give a rounded look to your iPhone? There's a jailbreak app for that! It's called WindowPlaner and it will help you make your iPhone look a little bit more like the Palm Pre.

As you can see on this image, WindowPlaner simply makes the edges of your iPhone screen a little smoother by rounding them out.

It's definitely not a break-through app, but it's always nice to have new tweak for our favorite device, isn't it?

Have you tried it yet? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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iPhone App Giveaway: 5 Copies of Pro Surfing to Win

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 23, 2016

The developers of the Pro Surfing game for iPhone and iPod Touch were so stoked to make it in my list of 45 favorite apps that they decided to give a few copies to iDB readers!

How Can You Win?

Pretty simple:

First, retweet this post on Twitter (see RT buttons at the top and bottom of this article) Write a comment on this page and tell us who your favorite surfer is and why. Make sure you leave your Twitter username in your comment because that's how winners will be notified.

Restrictions? Yes unfortunately this giveaway is only available to people in the US. Don't ask me why! That's a stupid restriction from Apple.

I'm traveling a lot lately but I'll do my best to notify the winners by Monday night.

Good luck, bra :)

UPDATE: Congrats to the winners of the Pro Surfing iPhone app @inthepit @seaslate @samaritan88 @Larissa_chaja @WilliamAleman Check your DM :)

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iPhone Stuff You Missed This Week

Sébastien Page ∙ January 3, 2010

The following is a summary of the articles that were posted on the blog this past few days.

If you like any of them, please make sure you retweet them or leave a comment :)

Dear #Tweetie Developer, Please Bring The Old RT Feature Back in Tweetie 2 Your favorite iPhone articles of 2009 ProSwitcher: Multitasking for the iPhone 45 apps that will be on my iPhone next year My iPhone's resolutions for 2010 10 predictions for the iPhone in 2010

Enjoy!

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10 Predictions For The iPhone In 2010

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 23, 2016

With a new year always comes lots of new resolutions. The beginning of the year is also a great opportunity to make predictions on what's going to happen. I am no Nostradamus but I'd like to share with you a few of my predictions for the iPhone in 2010.

Apple will not divorce AT&T

I know we all want the iPhone to be offered on more than just one network in the US (Verizon anyone?) but I doubt it will. As I said before, Apple has an exclusive agreement with AT&T and breaking it would cost too much.

Fierce competition from Android

Android will kick ass in 2010! I believe so much in Android that I am starting an Android blog soon. Oh and I am also getting the Nexus One as soon as I get back in the States. Apple knows that Google will give it all in this new phone, which is why Apple will have to step up its game.

Improved battery life

Let's be honest, the iPhone battery sucks. We know it.  Apple knows it and they know they have to come up with a better battery for the next model.

A 5MP camera

There has been rumors that the next iPhone will be equipped with a 5MP camera. I believe this rumor is true. 5MP is still below the industry standards but it's still better than the poor 2MP camera we have now.

64GB of storage

This one is a no brainer. The next iPhone will come in either 32GB or 64GB of storage. That's just normal evolution of things.

A louder speaker

What did you say? I said the new iPhone will have a LOUDER SPEAKER. Seriously, the sound on my iPhone is just pathetic. Once again, Apple knows it and will fix this.

New design

Let's face it, the iPhone 3GS is just an intermediate product between the iPhone 3G and the next generation iPhone. Apple didn't even bother giving the 3GS a facelift. I think 2010 will change. Be ready to see a breathtaking design for the new iPhone.

No 4G for you!

The name of the new iPhone will not be iPhone 4G. The iPhone will also not be 4G ready. Only a few markets offer a 4G cellular data network and it wouldn't make sense for Apple to implement this at this time.

300,000 apps in the App Store

It took a year and a half for the App Store to reach 100,000 apps. I predict it will take less than a year to reach 300,000. Everyone and your mom is developing iPhone apps now.

Apps running in the background

Just like they did with copy/paste, Apple will wait the last minute to give us this basic feature. They have to because all other major smartphones do it. I also predict Apple will rip off ProSwitcher and implement a very similar functionality in iphone 4.0.

What are your predictions for the new iPhone in 2010?

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My iPhone’s Resolutions For 2010

Sébastien Page ∙ January 1, 2010

Happy New Year everyone!!!

It seems that the best thing to do to start the year off right is to make resolutions. So I sat down with my iPhone and asked him what were his resolutions. Here is what he said:

I will not allow cracked applications to run on my OS. I will not freeze or crash. I will change my root password so hackers can't get into me. I will keep my jailbreak and unlock for as long as I can. I will lose weight. Goal is to lose 50 MB of apps I don't use. I will try to get in touch with my cousin Android. I will learn something new (ie. how to run apps in the background). I will get organized. I might even install PogoPlank.

What are your iPhone resolutions?

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