Sébastien Page

Sebastien is the Founder and Editor in Chief of iDB. Once a BlackBerry user, Sebastien instantly fell in love with the iPhone when it was first announced in 2007. Shortly after, he decided to start sharing his knowledge of the iPhone and its nascent ecosystem, which led to the creation of this blog. Sebastien currently owns 14 iPhones, 4 iPads, a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, a MacBook Air, 2 Apple Watches, 3 Apple TVs, countless HomePods and AirTags as well as a few pairs of AirPods.

Inside Apple: Apple’s Dirty Little Secrets Now Available for Download

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated May 30, 2017

Inside Apple is a new book by Adam Lashinsky that takes a shot at revealing how the Cupertino company works from the inside out. A few excerpts have been released within the last couple days, but now, the whole book is available to everyone.

According to the book's description, "INSIDE APPLE reveals the secret systems, tactics and leadership strategies that allowed Steve Jobs and his company to churn out hit after hit and inspire a cult-like following for its products."

The book is available from various sources:

Download it from the iBooks Store for $12.99 Download it from the Kindle Store for $12.99 Order the hard cover copy from Amazon for $16.19

Apple Stock Reaches Crazy New Time High in After-Hours Trading

Sébastien Page ∙ January 24, 2012

Even though the stock was slightly down at the end of today trading session, it has now reached incredible new heights in after-hours trading.

AAPL is currently trading at about $450. That's a $30 jump from the previous trading record. Of course, this is all fueled by Apple's amazing financial results for last quarter. It's good to be an Apple shareholder right now...

GeoHot Quit His Job at Facebook, Now a Full-Time Hacker

Sébastien Page ∙ January 24, 2012

Those of you who have been jailbreaking for a while will undoubtedly know George "GeoHot" Hotz, the guy who brought to us the very first iPhone unlock, back in 2008. Since then, GeoHot developed several jailbreaks, including purplera1n, blackra1n, and limera1n.

Then in 2011, GeoHot was sued by Sony for jailbreaking the PlayStation 3. The matter was quickly settled out of court, and GeoHot started working for Facebook shortly after.

Things are moving along for GeoHot though. According to Business Insider, he recently quit his position at Facebook. So what is he doing now?

Siri, Hot Wild Girls, and Doritos…

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated March 9, 2016

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Every year, Doritos holds a contest where anyone can create his own Doritos commercial, and, if voted the best, this commercial is aired during the Super Bowl. This year's finalists decided to include Siri in their commercial. Some light fun video. Perfect to start the day!

100 Jailbreak Tweaks You Should Know About

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

With the recent release of the untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2, the time has come for many of us to install some of our favorite jailbreak apps and tweaks again. Because there was no jailbreak for your iDevice for a few months, you might have been out of touch with the tweaks that recently came out.

But don't worry, we've got you covered! We handpicked 100 jailbreak tweaks we think you should check out. Take your time to peruse this list. We're confident you'll find a few tweaks interesting enough to install on your freshly jailbroken iPhone 4S or iPad 2...

How to Install Mobile Terminal for iOS 5 on Your iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ January 23, 2012

Those of you who use Mobile Terminal know that the version currently in Cydia hasn't been updated in a while, and currently doesn't support iOS 5 and above. As usual, we have a fix for you.

As a matter of fact, we had a fix for you three months ago, when we first published a tutorial on how to install MobileTerminal on your iPhone running iOS 5...

Top 10 iOS News of the Week

Sébastien Page ∙ January 22, 2012

A new week is coming, but that doesn't mean you have to miss out on what happened last week. If you think you may have missed a few of the top stories from last week, don't sweat it, we've got you covered.

We've gathered the top 10 most popular stories from iDB last week for you to check out. As always, make sure that you're friends with us on Facebook, Google+, and that you are following us on Twitter...

Tetris for iPhone is Free at Starbucks This Week

Sébastien Page ∙ January 20, 2012

A quick heads up for iPhone gamers out there. EA announced on their site earlier today that the legendary game Tetris is Starbucks' Pick of the Week.

That means you can get the game for free simply by walking in any Starbucks location and picking up one of these redeem codes (they're usually by the sugar/creme booth)...

How to Fix “Error Establishing a Database Connection” when Using Absinthe

Sébastien Page ∙ January 20, 2012

The Absinthe jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 was released a few minutes ago. Of course, we were right on it and we already posted a tutorial on how to jailbreak the iPhone 4S or iPad 2 using Absinthe.

While I haven't had any problem running the jailbreak – well, I had it a few minutes before everybody else – it appears that some users are having a problem when launching the Absinthe app installed on their device, which returns an "error establishing a database connection".

We have a fix for that...

Absinthe is the new Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated October 10, 2018

Could the tension get any higher than that? A few hours after iOS hackers working on the jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 announced that the release was imminent, we know have more details coming directly from pod2g.

In a blog post, the French hacker responsible for the upcoming jailbreak for A5 devices revealed the name of the tool that will be released by the Chronic Dev Team: Absinthe...

iPhone 4S Jailbreak: “Not Much Longer Now”

Sébastien Page ∙ January 19, 2012

We know. We've been telling you the same thing for the last three weeks now, but it seems that this iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreak is right around the corner, as Chronic Dev Team frontman P0sixNinja just tweeted that it shouldn't take much longer now.

Of course, we've heard that before. Several times. But something tells me, this time it's for good...

SoulCalibur Finally Lands on the App Store

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated February 21, 2018

Announced a few weeks ago, the popular arcade game SoulCalibur finally made its way to the App Store.

SoulCalibur is a fighting game developed by Project Soul and produced by Namco. It was released in arcades in 1998, and it ran on the Namco System 12 hardware. In 1999 it was ported to the Dreamcast with improved graphics and new features. It's now on your iPhone and iPad...