Year: 2012

How to create and add custom logos to Zeppelin

I don't think anyone foresaw how popular Zeppelin would become in the jailbreak community, but there are tons of custom logo packs available, and more being made each day.

What if you wanted to create your own custom logo pack? How would you go about adding the Zeppelin logos to your iDevice manually without going through Cydia?

This tutorial seeks to answer that question, along with providing you with our very own custom iDB carrier logo pack!

Apple stock hits the $500 mark for the first time ever

A few days ago, we were praising Apple's stock new records, which valued he company at more than Google and Microsoft combined. At the time, the stock was trading at about $495, which its highest price ever.

Today, and after a few days of playing around the $500 mark, the stock finally broke it, trading as high as $503.83 for a few instants...

How to customize your iPhone’s carrier name

Customizing your carrier name is nothing new, but did you know there are tons of ways to go about doing so?

In this video demonstration, we'll highlight four different tweaks that you can use to customize your iPhone's carrier name. You can even use Emoji icons and create custom logos with the proper know how. Check inside for the full rundown...

LockSliderz: Launch up to four apps from your Lockscreen

Want to launch up to four applications directly from your Lock screen? If that sounds like a good idea to you, then you want to take a look at this.

It's called LockSliderz, and it's a jailbreak tweak that does exactly that. Via two slider bars, you can launch up to four apps directly from your iDevice's Lock screen...

Top jailbreak videos of the week

Each week there are tons of awesome new jailbreak tweaks released, and this past week was no exception. From Siri themes, to Siri alternatives, to Siri servers; it's all here in this week's top jailbreak videos of the week. We also consider the jailbreak classic, LockInfo, along with a simple way to move your iPhone's cursor a character at a time.

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Avoid water damage and more with LifeProof iPhone case

We've written about a number of "durable" iPhone cases here on iDB, including the Case-Mate Tank and the RainBallet. And in the comment threads of every one of those posts, readers kept bringing up the LifeProof case. So we figured we would mention it.

For those who haven't heard of the LifeProof, it's an ultra-durable iPhone case that's thinner than the popular Otterbox Defender, and can handle much more punishment...

Zooka is a wireless portable speaker for your iPhone and iPad

Kickstarter is a wonderful platform where anyone with an idea can pitch it to earn funding, and then put the idea in development. We've shown you many cool projects out of Kickstarter before. Today, we have a new wireless speaker that sure deserves your funding.

Patrick Triato has created a new wireless speaker concept called the Zooka. The Zooka uses Bluetooth to allow you to stream your iPhone or iPad's audio directly to it...

iPads being removed from retail stores in China?

We already told you about Apple appealing a China court's decision about Proview owning the iPad name. Tonight, a new report indicates that iPads are being removed from retail stores in China, because of the court's ruling.

Hebei Youth Daily reports that the Administrations of Industry and Commerce (AIC) has begun confiscating iPads from shelves. As translated by DigiCha...

Meijer drops the price of the iPad 2 to $429, ahead of iPad 3

As the iPad 3 launch comes closer this Spring, retailer Meijer has dropped the price of the iPad 2 by $70, to $429. Meijer will be offering the deal from February 12 - 18 according to one ad, and February 12 - 25 according to the listing of the iPad 2 on Meijer's website.

Meijer will also be offering $5 off of the iPad 2's Smart Cover and a free $15 iTunes Gift Card with the purchase of a $195 iPod touch...

AirBlue Sharing: a new jailbreak app that lets you share files over Bluetooth

The ability to transfer files from iOS to other devices via Bluetooth is a glaring omission from Apple's mobile products. The jailbreak community has made up for that a bit, with utilities like Celeste. But options are still limited.

That's why we were excited to see AirBlue Sharing pop up in Cydia over the weekend. The full-featured app allows you to share files from your iOS 5 device, with almost any other Bluetooth-enabled device, with just a few taps...

UK TV company ITV warns Apple against calling new television the iTV

Any search of the internet for "Apple iTV" will serve plenty of results about Apple's supposedly impending release of an Apple television. It's a rumor that just won't die, but it's one that's not entirely new.

In fact, the suggestion that Apple may release an "iTV" back in 2010 left UK broadcaster ITV with little choice but to write to the Cupertino outfit outlining its stance on the name. Put simply, Apple can't use it. At least, not in the UK.

Now the story is rearing its head thanks to a report by the Telegraph, with ITV presumably still not all that keen on Apple stealing its name...

AT&T’s shared data plan close to launching?

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We've known about AT&T's new data plan that would allow users to share data between their iPhone and iPad ever since AT&T's CEO Ralph de la Vega teased it last year. Many customers have been excited for it to launch, but there hasn't been any word on an official release date.

The plan has been rumored to launch soon, and it looks to becoming even closer according to a leaked internal screenshot from Engadget...