This is a summary of the most popular articles published on the blog this past week:
The best iPhone 4 costume ever Apple looking into dumping iPhone carriers? iOS 4.2 already jailbroken VLC for iPhone released Major security hole found in iOS 4 Fast Copy speeds up your iPhone copy/paste Glasklart HD theme for iPhone iPhone 5 rumors Apple delays white iPhone 4 again White iPhone 4 canceled?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.Apple Becomes the 4th Mobile Vendor in the World
After recently becoming the largest tech company in the world, Apple just passed RIM to become the 4th largest vendor of mobile devices in the world, just behind Nokia, Samsung, and LG Electronics (who the hell owns an LG phone?).
Apple shipped 14.1 million units within the last 3 months, while Nokia, Samsung, and LG respectively shipped 110.4 million, 71.4 million and 28.4 million units. RIM is just behind Apple with 12.4 million devices shipped.
Apple is still pretty far behind the first 3 but remember that the company got into the mobile space only 3 years ago. You can only imagine where it's going to be in 3 more years...
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The Banned White iPhone 4 Promo Video
I never get tired of watching this series of banned promo video for the iPhone. After doing the banned iPhone 4 video and the banned iPhone 4 antenna video, the guys of jLe Productions are back with this video, taking a shot at the ridiculousness of the missing white iPhone 4.
Make sure to hit the jump and check the video below. You're in for a 2 minute laugh...
The Best iPhone 4 Costume Ever
With Halloween just around the corner, many of you must be wondering what they're going to wear. I had the brief thought of wearing an iPhone costume but I changed my mind very quickly after watching this video.
There is absolutely no way in the world anyone can outdo this guy's iPhone 4 costume. This is a must see so make sure you check out the video below...
How to Activate FaceTime in Unsupported Countries
For some reasons far beyond my understanding, FaceTime has been banned from several countries in the Middle East, and up until today, there was to way to activate FaceTime there. It's now possible thanks to a hack called FaceTime Hacktivator.
Like most hack, it requires your iPhone 4 to be jailbroken. If it's not done yet, you can do so using PwnageTool, GreenPois0n, or LimeRa1n. Once jailbroken, follow these instructions to activate FaceTime in any unsupported countries, including in the Middle East...
Apple Looking Into Dumping iPhone Carriers?
Speaking of a close environment... There is an interesting article on GigaOM today which suggests that Apple might be about to cut out the carriers.
Apparently Apple is working with SIM manufacturer Gemalto to create a unique SIM card that would be integrated inside the phone and that would allow people to buy the iPhone directly from Apple and choose a carrier via the App Store...
White iPhone 4 Cancelled?
When you think the drama is almost over, some good ol' rumors show up, throwing yet a little more oil on the fire. According to BGR and their insider ninjas, Apple has absolutely no plan of ever releasing the white iPhone 4.
The plan is actually to delay the White iPhone 4 again in the Spring, which would inevitably lead us to an iPhone 5 release...
Jailbreak App Adds Extra Control Volume to Your App Switcher
This is a boring day for the jailbreak community. After checking out the somewhat useless EZDecline this morning, we're now having a quick look at App Switcher Volume, a new jailbreak application that adds a volume slider to the "now playing" bar of your app switcher.
That's all it does and really, for $0.99, I sure hope it does it well...
Does that look interesting enough to download?
This Jailbreak App Let’s You Easily Decline Phone Calls
EZDecline is a new jailbreak app that let's you easily decline phone calls. If your phone is locked and you receive a phone call, the only thing that will show on your screen is the "Slide to Answer" option. EZDecline tweaks that a bit by adding the buttons to "Decline" or "Answer".
Priced at $0.99, I don't find this mod much useful because this feature is already available under a different form on your iPhone...
Apple Delays White iPhone 4 Again
So much for the good surprise we had this morning when the white iPhone 4 appeared in Apple's own Apple Store application. If you thought the white iPhone 4 was just around the corner, then think again, as a spokesperson told Reuters the long awaited white model won't be available until next Spring.
The white iPhone 4 has been officially delayed several times now (1, 2, 3), and this is getting a little ridiculous...
Warning: Your iPhone Can Poison You
What a dramatic title for this post! The reality is a little less dramatic, but still very worrying. According to an AFP article, Chinese workers who were working on an iPhone assembly line in Suzhou claim to have been poisoned by a dangerous chemical.
Apparently, these poor workers have spent over 6 months in a hospital after being exposed to n-hexane...
Apple to Fix Major iPhone Security Hole with iOS 4.2
Yesterday we reported that a major security flaw had been found in iOS 4, which would allow anyone to bypass the iPhone password protection with a couple simple actions. In my article I reported that Apple would most likely fix that with the future release of iOS 4.2, sometimes in the next few weeks.
It seems that I was right as an Apple spokeswoman gave Wired the following statement: