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How to Set Up Spire [Video Tutorial]

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated August 24, 2016

A few days ago chpwn released Spire, a legal Siri port for the iPhone 4 and other devices. The release was met with much excitement, and likely just as much confusion. How does it work? Can it work with an existing Siri Proxy?

Getting Spire working on your non-iPhone 4S device may seem daunting, but it's actually fairly straight forward, especially if you've successfully followed our Siri Proxy tutorial in the past. The Spire setup pretty much involves the same steps needed to get Siri Proxy working, with a few notable differences thrown in.

Check inside as I show you how to get Siri running on your iPhone 4 using Spire. This should also work for other devices, like the fourth-generation iPod touch...

Happy New Year From iDB!

IDB Staff ∙ January 1, 2012

It's 2012, and the iDB team would like to wish you, the reader, a wonderful and very happy New Year! It's been a great year, and we couldn't be more excited about what 2012 has in store. We couldn't do any of this without your support.

Apple introduced several new products in 2011, including the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S, and covering everything has been very exciting for all of us. iDB underwent some major changes in 2011 as well, and things are only looking better in 2012...

iDB’s Favorite App Store and Jailbreak Apps of 2011

IDB Staff ∙ Updated February 21, 2018

The year is almost over, so we thought that it would be a good idea to take a look back at our favorite apps of 2011. The iDB staff has chosen its favorite App Store and jailbreak apps from this year and compiled the picks into a little retrospective.

All of the apps in this list were either released this year or updated with significant changes. Here's our favorite apps and tweaks from 2011...

iPhone Made Up 66% of AT&T’s December Smartphone Sales

Cody Lee ∙ December 31, 2011

The iPhone has without a doubt been one of the (if not the) year's most popular handsets. The iPhone 4 led smartphone sales at Verizon for the better part of 2011, and both the 3GS and 4 have done the same at AT&T. But is the device still on top?

According to a recent report from The Mac Observer, it is. At least with AT&T anyway. The site claims that it has spoken to a source within the company that says that Apple's smartphone dominated its handset sales during the month of December...

Siri Upsets UK Kid With $#%&ing Rant

Oliver Haslam ∙ December 31, 2011

We all thought Siri was our friend, but it turns out that Apple's digital assistant has a mean streak, especially if you happen to be 12 years-old and frequent one particular supermarket in the UK.

When shopping at a Tesco store in Coventry, UK, one unsuspecting kid decided to have a play with Apple's latest and greatest. Unfortunately, he got more than he bargained for.

According to the report by the ethically-questionable The Sun, little Charlie Le Quense found himself on the wrong end of a four-letter tirade, which understandably took everyone aback...

Apple Starts Fighting App Store Piracy

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

It seems like Apple has taken its fight with app piracy to a new level. Apptrackr, the web portal known for harboring hundreds of thousands of pirated apps, has published a blog post today about its recent troubles with the folks in Cupertino.

Apple has been serving Apptrackr and its many file hosts a number of takedown notices over the past several months. While the legal action hasn't disrupted Apptrackr's service, it has provoked the site to make a number of costly changes.

Seas0nPass Untethered Jailbreak for Apple TV 4.4.4 Released

Sébastien Page ∙ December 30, 2011

Hot on the heels of the untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1, the FireCore team was quick at updating their Seas0nPass jailbreak for the Apple TV 2G on iOS 4.4.4.

Taking advantage of pod2g's work that's also been used in RedSn0w, Corona, and PwnageTool, FireCore released the latest version of Seas0nPass that finally brings an untethered jailbreak to the latest Apple TV OS...

Playing an iPhone Game on a Gigantic Screen in Times Square is Fun

Sébastien Page ∙ December 30, 2011

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This is a promotional video for Hyundai, who's having random people play their Hyundai Veloster game for iPhone on a giant screen in New York City's Times Square. That sure looks fun, doesn't it?

Say Hello to 1983’s iPhone

Oliver Haslam ∙ December 30, 2011

It's fair to say that Apple's iPhone has turned a few heads since its original release in 2007. The first iPhone was obviously a game changer, bringing glass-fronted, multitouch phones to the masses. The iPhone 4 was, and still is, one of the best-looking phones around.

Now check out the iPhone's grandfather above. See the resemblance?

The aforementioned image shows an Apple telephone that was in the works all the way back in 1983. The story goes that Hartmut Esslinger was responsible for the design of the telephone, and he knew what he was doing — he also came up with the design for the Apple II...

“Siri” Comes to Google’s Android Marketplace

Guest Author ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Yes, you read that correctly. Siri for Android has apparently hit the Android Marketplace. A developer by the name of "Official App" has published a supposed Android version of Siri.

Apple introduced Siri alongside the iPhone 4S, and the virtual assistant has been the most talked-about feature of the new smartphone since. Does Android's version of Siri have what it takes to steal the limelight?

MapReminders: Setup Location Based Reminders Using Maps

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated July 15, 2015

The location-based aspect of the Reminders app is convenient but limited. As of now, all you can really do is setup reminders based on your current location or the contents of your Contacts app.

With MapReminders, you can peruse an entire map to setup reminders for certain locations easily. Check out our video walkthrough of this upcoming jailbreak tweak...

iPhone 4S Pushes Apple’s US Smartphone Marketshare to 29%

Cody Lee ∙ Updated July 10, 2017

The iPhone 4S was met with much criticism when Apple debuted the handset back in October. Some publications have even listed the device as one of 2011's biggest flops, but sales have suggested otherwise.

In fact, according to popular marketing research firm comScore, the 4S has been so popular that it's managed to push Apple's US smartphone marketshare up more than 1% percent in the short time it's been available...