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.

Let’s Talk iOS: iPhone SE, Project Titan, making music in GarageBand, and more

Sébastien Page ∙ January 26, 2016

Episode 119: On this episode of Let's Talk iOS, Cody, Jeff, and Sebastien talk about Apple's rumored iPhone 5se, or the iPhone SE, as they'd rather call it. The discussion then shifts to Apple Watch, and project Titan. If you want to listen to Jeff come up with a song in 60 seconds+ in GarageBand, then this is an episode you must listen to.

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Agenda Widget+ is a highly customizable calendar widget for Notification Center

Sébastien Page ∙ January 14, 2016

Agenda: Widget+ is an application whose sole purpose is to display a list of your future calendar events in Notification Center. The app itself, which actually acts as the preferences panel for the widget, offers multiple options to fine-tune the data displayed in Notification Center.

Several reasons why Apple could (and should) pull the plug on the headphone jack

Sébastien Page ∙ January 12, 2016

Greed! Greed! Greed! Apple will kill the headphone jack out of greed. They just want to sell you $30 adapters.

This ridiculous claim is the result of narrow thinking. After all, it's much easier to yell "greed" than trying to think of rational reasons why Apple would pull the plug (pun totally intended) on the 3.5mm headphone jack.

Apple is of course no stranger to that kind of situation. The company has been known for killing various technologies over the past few decades, and the bright side is that all of us have survived to tell the story.

In this post, I lay down a few more or less plausible reasons why Apple could eventually leave the headphone jack behind.

Nine years ago today, Apple was going to reinvent the phone

Sébastien Page ∙ January 9, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4OEsI0Sc_s

A widescreen iPod with touch controls. A revolutionary mobile phone. A breakthrough internet communications device. An iPod. A phone. And an internet communicator. An iPod. A phone. Are you getting it?

I still get goose bumps watching this.

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Cello, Vizoom, and more

Sébastien Page ∙ January 3, 2016

If you've been too busy celebrating the holidays and the new year to keep up with the new tweaks that were recently released, then we've got you covered. It's all here for you in one easy to digest post. Spoiler alert: you didn't really miss anything.

Happy New Year

Sébastien Page ∙ December 31, 2015

This message might reach you a little late, or a little early, depending where you are in the world, but Christian, Cody, Jeff, Jim, Lory, Timothy, and myself wholeheartedly wish you and your loved ones a happy new year.

I’d like to take advantage of this occasion to also thank you for the continued support you have demonstrated. Having such a vibrant community surround iDB is a blessing we never take for granted.

As we’re about to start 2016, our most loyal readers will be happy to hear we are working on something new for iDB. If everything goes well, it should be available for prime time in the next month or so. Of course, we will let you know, but in the meanwhile, I’ll let you speculate about what it might be…

Here is to 2016. Happy new year!

Vote for your favorite Apple product of the year

Sébastien Page ∙ December 31, 2015

With only a few hours left in 2015, we'd like to ask you to take a few seconds to take our poll and vote for your favorite Apple product of the year.

For relevancy reasons, we only take into account products that have seen a significant update, and we did not include accessories (sorry Smart Battery Case lovers) and peripherals.

The best and worst of Apple in 2015

Sébastien Page ∙ December 30, 2015

This has been a busy year for Apple from a product release standpoint. The company launched the Apple Watch in April, the first entry in a new product category for CEO Tim Cook. Then it released a new MacBook, a new iPhone, a whole new Apple TV, and the iPad Pro. And of course there was Apple Music, iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan. Busy year indeed!

As 2015 draws to an end, the iDB team takes a look back at the last twelve months. From software to hardware, to services, each Editor shares what he/she feels is the best and worst of Apple this year.

You can get a $100 iTunes gift cards for only $80 on eBay right now

Sébastien Page ∙ December 28, 2015

Who wants free money? If you do, know there is currently a limited amount of iTunes gift card on eBay available at a 20% discount, effectively giving you free money. As of writing, you can score a $100 iTunes gift card for only $80. If you're interested, act fast because these deals won't last long.

Tweaks of the week: everything’s free

Sébastien Page ∙ December 27, 2015

Understandably, it was a pretty slow week for jailbreak tweaks but one thing was consistent across the board: all tweaks released this week were free. So jump in and browse this week's selection and tell us which ones are your favorites.

The top stories of the week on iDB

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated March 17, 2019

Like every Sunday, we get to take a look at some of the most popular posts that were published on iDB during the week that just ended. Whether it is a news item, a new jailbreak tweak, a tutorial, or an app review, we sum it all up in one convenient place for you.

As always, if you like what you're reading, please feel free to spread the love by sharing our posts on your favorite social network.

We're usually hanging out a lot on Twitter and Facebook, more rarely on Google+.

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Tweaks of the week: Safari Close All Tabs, MessagesTabs, and more

Sébastien Page ∙ December 20, 2015

This was a relatively slow week compared to what we've seen in the past few months, but that could be due to the time of the year. Still, a few tweaks were released this week. Nothing Earth-shattering, but who are we to complain?