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.

Ballmer Says Apple Sold More iPads He Would Have Wanted Them to

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Haaa Steve Ballmer is one funny guy. He recently spoke about the tablet market and the iPad during Microsoft's annual financial analyst meeting. Here are some of the highlights:

Apple has done an interesting job of putting together a product [...] They've certainly sold more than I'd like them to sell. For us, the job is to say we have a lot of [intellectual property] and software and we've done a lot of work on ink and touch. We have got to make things happen. Just like we had to make things happen on netbooks, we have to with Windows 7 on slates. We're in the process of doing that as we speak.

We've got to push right now with our hardware partners. People will say, 'When?' I'll say, 'As soon as they are ready, and it is job-one urgency.' Nobody is sleeping at the switch.

As Johnny Evans said this morning on 9 to 5 Mac, now that Apple has showed Microsoft the way, they are now firing up the photocopiers.

[Computer World]

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Simply Amazing: iPhone Controlled AR Drone

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

This is probably the coolest thing I've seen an iPhone do! Thanks to its built-in wifi system, you can control the AR.Drone using the built-in accelerometer in your iPhone. It also comes with 2 cameras that let you see what you're doing. Seriously, isn't this amazing?

The AR.Drone is exclusively available from Brookstone only. To control your drone, you will have to download the free application from the App Store.

It sells for $300, which isn't cheap but might be well worth it for gadget lovers.

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iOS 4 Jailbreak Won’t Be Called Spirit

Sébastien Page ∙ July 30, 2010

We've all been waiting for a while for the new jailbreak for iOS 4 and it sure seems we are on the right track. I know many of you are very anxious for the tool to be released but I'm not. I really want my jailbreak back too but I want it stable and bug free, which is why it hasn't been released yet.

We've all been thinking the new jailbreak will just be an update to Spirit, and we all assumed the name of the tool would be Spirit 2 or something along these lines. Today a little bird tells me the new jailbreak for iOS 4 and iPhone 4 will not be called Spirit.

Now don't ask me what it's going to be because I don't know. iPhone hacker iH8Sn0w joked that the new jailbreak would include "pie" in its name but this is not true.

Just for the fun of it, what do you think it should be called? Sn0wSt0rm? Blu3Thund3r? UltraDr1zzle?

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StealthArmor iPhone 4 Cover [Review]

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated April 18, 2016

A couple of weeks ago Fusion of Ideas sent me 3 StealthArmor covers for iPhone 4 to review and after having used one of them on my phone for a while now, I think I can give you a honest review of the product.

What is it?

The StealthArmor is a cover for iPhone 4 (and other devices). Like the name suggests it's just a cover, not a full case. It comes in 3 different series, including various finish styles such as carbon, matte, metal, wood, leather, etc...

Here is how Fusion of Ideas describes the StealthArmor:

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Slow iPhone 3G? Apple is Looking Into it

Sébastien Page ∙ July 29, 2010

Is your iPhone 3G slow after upgrading to iOS 4? You're not the only one. Apple's forums and tech blogs are filled with reports from 3G owners who are desperate for fixing the issues iOS 4 brought.

The most common criticism is that the phone is slow after an upgrade. There are also many complaints that the phone drains the battery quickly and becomes excessively hot. Concern about general problems such as slowness and battery life on gadgets isn’t unusual, but using iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G seems to make the problems so bad that the phone is nearly unusable for some people.

The WSJ was told by Apple they are looking into this matter and they might be already working on a possible fix.

In the meantime, if your iPhone 3G is running slow after installing iOS 4, here is a tip to make it faster.

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The Banned iPhone 4 Outtakes

Sébastien Page ∙ July 29, 2010

I really can't get enough of these videos. After the banned iPhone 4 promo video, the banned iPhone 4 antenna video, and the banned iPad promo video, here are the outtakes. These guys are on a roll. Hopefully they don't lose their cool.

[Thanks John for the tip]

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Hack Turns Your iPod Touch Into an iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ July 29, 2010

You're going to have to take this one with a huge grain of salt but it seems a company called Yosion figured out a way to turn the iPod Touch into an iPhone. And no, this doesn't require you to use some VoIP service. This hack, if legit, might be the ultimate iTouch hack ever made.

Basically the "Apple Peel 520" comes as an iPod Touch case that includes an Infineon baseband chip, an extra 800 mAh battery, and a slot for a SIM card. Just pop a SIM card in and plug your microphone-equipped ear buds and you should be good to go.

The Apple Peel 520 will presumably go on sale this week in China for $45 to $75. There isn't much proofs this is real so don't get too excited about it.

[Engadget]

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Site Info: Did You Notice How Fast The Blog Is Now?

Sébastien Page ∙ July 28, 2010

Hey guys I just wanted to let you know that I moved the blog to some bigger servers and that the site should be considerably faster now. iDB has grown very fast over the last year and it sometimes couldn't take all the traffic it gets, thus crashing or returning error pages.

This is just a thing of the past. Everything should be much faster now!

Upgrading to better servers is the first step to an overall improvement of iDB. Some more things will change soon so stay tuned ;)

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Oh Look What I Just Received in the Mail

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated November 25, 2016

I just received my free iPhone Bumper in the mail today, courtesy of Steve Jobs and everybody at Apple.

First impressions? Meh. I don't like cases and the Bumper is no exception. The iPhone 4 is such a beautiful device that it kills me to trap it in a case. I put it on, took it off and gave it to Tina so she can protect her very first iPhone. She'll definitely need it more than I will.

If you haven't yet, here is how to claim your free case from Apple, or simply browse our iPhone Accessories Store to choose from hundreds of different iPhone cases.

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How to Sync Shared Google Calendars With Your iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ July 28, 2010

My fiancee Tina just got her first iPhone today and one of the first few things we wanted to do was to sync our shared Google calendars to each other's iPhone. I thought that since we already share our Google calendars "online", it would automatically sync both our calendars on our iPhone by setting up Google Sync. It didn't. Turns out it was just a tiny bit more complicated than this.

Here are instructions to sync shared Google calendars between iPhones:
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