Year: 2012

AT&T 4G LTE coming to Muncie, Bloomington and Bryan-College Station this Sunday

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 3, 2012

As promised last month, carrier AT&T this morning confirmed plans to roll out its 4G LTE network in new markets, beginning April 8. Of the planned twelve cities, the carrier will turn on 4G LTE in three cities this coming Sunday: Muncie and Bloomington, Indiana, as well as Bryan-College Station, Texas.

AT&T is still lagging behind rival Verizon Wireless when it comes to 4G LTE coverage. Not that their iPhone customers care - that is, until a sixth-generation model with 4G LTE support arrives later this year - but those with a 4G LTE iPad 3 might want to take notice.

An iPhone helps save a little boy stuck down a well

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated October 25, 2016

A Chinese toddler has been pulled from a 40-foot well after his rescuers used an iPhone to help discover where he was located, according to reports.

Some things you really couldn't make up because, well, nobody would believe you. We're going to put this firmly into that bracket and just hope you don't think we're pulling a belated April Fool's joke!

According to reports across various news outlets, a 2-year-old Chinese boy was unlucky enough to fall down a well. Not just any well. A well that was a good 40-feet deep and barely wide enough to get down in the first place.

Cue a rescue operation that included, believe it or not, an iPhone. Yep, those little bundles of tech joy really do have an app for everything. Maybe that's why they're selling so well...

Play a prank on your friends with ‘UpsideDown’

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 3, 2012

Not only is Ryan Petrich a top tier iPhone developer, but he's got a sense of humor as well.

His latest tweak, entitled UpsideDown, is proof of that. Just as its name states, UpsideDown will make most of the apps on the iPhone orient themselves upside down, making for a great prank idea for your friends and family...

RIM posts BlackBerry Mobile Fusion server with enterprise support for iOS devices

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 3, 2012

The ailing BlackBerry maker Research In Motion today released the BlackBerry Mobile Fusion enterprise server software, first announced last November.

Among the features is built-in support for tablets and smartphones running Apple's iOS and Google's Android software.

This is the first time RIM comprehensively supported iOS mobile devices in a major corporate enterprise server software.

Chronic: Two-minute iPhone crack valid only if passcode is 0000

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 25, 2016

Remember that two-minute passcode lock exploit we told you about last week? The one by Swedish security firm Micro Systemation behind the XRY app that can get to your data, including contacts, messages and call logs? Well, prominent hacker Chronic has proved them wrong. In an effort to set the record straight, the hacker posted a clarification on his website that pretty much debunks their claim.

Though the XYR tool taps a popular jailbreak exploit, Chronic is adamant the two minutes it takes to crack your passcode is only valid if you set your passcode to '000'. Conspicuously, that's the passcode the firm showed in their demo clip. Interesting enough, the original video of the exploit in action is no longer available on YouTube.

Wall Street expects Apple to become the world’s first $1 trillion company

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated June 13, 2016

Those who sold their shares of Apple last October did not make the wisest move, but all is not lost. AAPL closed yesterday at $618.63 a share (more than a 32GB WiFi iPad, mind you) for a market cap of $577 billion. As the company's quarterly earnings report looms, analysts are running their spreadsheets and upping targets. So, how long until Apple zooms past the $1 trillion market cap milestone?

According to one analyst, it could be sooner than you think - in less than two years - as Apple drains market cap from rivals and profits from more money being poured into tech stocks. By a growing number of credible estimates, Apple is on track to become the first public company in the world with a $1 trillion market cap.

Phew, what a difference a few years make...

Apple to announce latest quarterly earnings on Tuesday, April 24

Cody Lee ∙ April 3, 2012

As noted by TheNextWeb, Apple has updated its Investor Relations page to notify shareholders that it will hold its Q2 2012 earnings call on Tuesday, April 24th. The call will start at 2pm PST, and include stats and sales figures from the last three months.

Apple has a lot of momentum right now and is expected to announce another successful quarter. Its stock price is sitting at the highest it's ever been, and its new iPad has broken a number of sales records since it launched early last month...

Apple features Siri in Rolling Stone magazine ad

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated October 10, 2018

Apple's been heavily promoting Siri, an iPhone 4S-exclusive digital secretary, in television commercials that are being aired in the United States and promoted on Apple's website and their YouTube channel. But up until now, the company refrained from promoting the feature in print.

Apparently, the company has changed its mind as the first-ever Siri print ad makes its appearance in Rolling Stone magazine. The full-page advert depicts a user checking out a list of San Francisco coffee shops on an iPhone 4S.

This is accompanied by the tagline "I could use a latte" and a line saying "You speak. Siri helps. Say hello to the most amazing iPhone yet"...

Rumor: Foxconn recruiter says next-generation iPhone is coming in June

Cody Lee ∙ April 3, 2012

Macotakara points to a report this morning from TV Tokyo's World Business Satellite. The TV show recently conducted an interview with a Foxconn personnel recruiter who had some interesting things to say about the next iPhone.

According to the blog, the recruiter told the news program that Foxconn is in the midst of a major hiring binge to prepare itself for production of Apple's upcoming handset — a device, that he says, will be launching in June...

Watch this awesome video of 100 reasons to jailbreak

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 25, 2016

As you all know, we are major proponents of jailbreaking here at iDB. We've been telling folks how to do it, and why to do it for nearly 5 years now. We may talk about other news topics, but the jailbreak scene is definitely our bread and butter.

That being said, you can understand our excitement when we came across this video that shows off 100 reasons why you should jailbreak your iPhone. It's entertaining, well put together, and less than 4 minutes long...

AT&T and Sprint sell more iPhones than all other smartphones combined

Cody Lee ∙ April 2, 2012

Earlier today we told you that the iPhone 4S has been the top-selling smartphone for all three of Apple's US carrier partners for the last 6 months. The information came from a Canaccord Genuity investor note that was sent out to shareholders this morning.

Now, AllThingsD is pointing to another part of the report that also provides some interesting data. Not only is Apple's handset the top-selling smartphone here in the US, but some carriers are actually selling more iPhones than all other smartphones combined...