After a disappointing [define disappointing] third quarter last year, Apple's CEO Tim Cook made one of the boldest projections in the company's history: Apple is going to sell 30 million iPhones and hit $37 billion in revenue in Q4 of 2011.
To put these numbers in perspective, Apple only sold 17 million iPhones in Q3 of last year, hitting just $28.3 billion in revenue. So you can see why some folks were taken a back by Cook's predictions. But hey, anything can happen, right?
The legal battle between Samsung and Apple might be fierce, but it didn't prevent the Korean electronics giant to submit ChatON, its own messaging application in the App Store. The main benefit of ChatON is that it is a cross platform app that will work on iOS, Android, Bada, Samsung Feature and will support Blackberry, Window mobile, and web soon.
ChatON is a Global Mobile Communication Service that enables you to have better relationships with your buddies or groups.
ChatON brings together all of these methods of communication, expression, and sharing in one place.
Download ChatON in the App Store for free. Or don't!
The fine folks at FireCore have partnered with iDB for an especially-awesome giveaway. If you've jailbroken your Apple TV before then you've probably heard of aTV Flash (black). This full-featured jailbreak apps brings some amazing features to Apple's little set-top box, including a web browser and wireless streaming support for many video formats.
In celebration of the recent untethered jailbreak for the Apple TV, FireCore has given us 10 licenses for aTV Flash (black) to give away to lucky iDB readers. We know, it sounds too good to be true.
As wireless carriers have started cracking down on data usage, users have become more conscious of their megabytes. So much so that many smartphone owners have resorted to using applications to keep track of their activity.
It looks like data-conscious users who are still contemplating snagging Apple's latest handset may have reason to worry. A new report shows that iPhone 4S owners use about double the data of that of iPhone 4 owners...
Have a broken Home button, or just to lazy to use it? If so, then you may want to give TapDeWiggle a shot.
TapDeWiggle is a jailbreak tweak that allows you to exit the iPhone's edit mode — a.k.a. "wiggle mode" — by tapping any blank spot on your Home screen.
To see it in action, check inside for our video analysis...
We've been keeping you up to date on the developments surrounding third-party iOS apps and the Apple TV. Steven Troughton-Smith has been working with other developers to bring all kinds of iOS apps to the jailbroken Apple TV with the hopes that Apple will open up access to the App Store for its set-top box.
The first app to be shown publicly for his project is Jackoplane's Frequencies. As you can see, the app is running fullscreen on the Apple TV in the full 720p resolution.
There's no outrunning the rumor-mill, especially when the world is expecting a new iPhone or iPad just around the corner. While we're barely coming down after the whole iPhone 5 craziness that surrounded the iPhone 4S release, it's fair to say that we are now well and truly in iPad-silly season.
That said, we never expected to hear something like this report. According to the infamous Digitimes, Apple could be set to bring an iPad 3 to market as soon as March, only to follow that up with the release of the iPad 4 seven months later in October.
Citing component suppliers, Digitimes believes that the two-pronged attack is designed to stave off the impending influx of both new Android tablets and the release of Windows 8 machines later in the year.
With an iPad 3 announcement expected sometime within the next two months, we've seen an increase in gossip surrounding the tablet. Will it feature better cameras, a retina display, a faster processor, or all three?
Well it seems that evidence of the latter has just been uncovered in the latest version of iOS. The folks over at 9to5Mac are reporting that they've uncovered A6 quad-core processor references in the beta release of iOS 5.1...
The back-and-fourth legal battle between Apple and Samsung continues today as the two companies have been handed down another decision from a presiding judge.
Following a similar ruling in France last month, the Mulan court has denied Samsung's preliminary request to ban iPhone 4S sales in Italy while the court listens to its patent infringement case...
pod2g has been working feverishly to give us an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. While the untether for A4-based iOS devices and older on iOS 5.0.1 has already been released, the A5 untether has yet to see the light of day.
Now, pod2g has listed 3 legendary jailbreak hackers, planetbeing, MuscleNerd, and p0sixninja, to help him with the A5 jailbreak for iOS 5:
Until last year, G-Form was known for its extreme sports protective gear (elbow/knee pads). Then it introduced the Extreme Sleeve case for iPad, and it is now known for making one of the most durable tablet cases around.
The company has gone through great lengths to demonstrate the Sleeve's toughness, dropping a bowling ball on an iPad wrapped in the case, and even hurling one from an airplane. And now it's taken things to a whole new level...
iCloud launched in October 2011 to much confusion amongst consumers. Apple's cloud-based storage service doesn't work like your typical drag-and-drop cloud software (Dropbox), leaving some folks wondering how to use it.
But never fear, iDB is here to show you how to make the most of your iCloud account. Today we are going to show you how to manage and/or delete your iCloud backup files from your iOS device in just a few easy steps.