Some great developers from the iOS jailbreak community have put together a huge giveaway called iOSPromo for the holiday season. Filippo Bigarella, David Ashman, stm, Yllier, and Elias Limneos are all giving away multiple copies of their popular jailbreak packages for free to their Twitter followers.
The giveaway lasts for one week and includes popular jailbreak tweaks like LockInfo and Springtomize 2. More details after the break...
The sharing option for Apple's "Tell a Friend" feature in the App Store is a bit on the limited side. With a stock iPhone, you can't even use iOS 5's Twitter integration to tell your friends about your favorite apps.
Jailbroken iPhones, on the other hand, can — thanks to a recently released jailbreak tweak by the name of AppTweeter. Check inside for the full rundown...
Finding your iPhone's App Switcher music info a bit on the feeble side? If so, and your iPhone is jailbroken, try out NowPlayingDetailInfo.
This free jailbreak tweak provides detailed information about the song currently playing in your App Switcher, and it works with 3rd party apps like Spotify. Check inside for a hands-on video analysis of NowPlayingDetailInfo...
Welcome to our tweaks of the week. Last week you probably saw that the iPhone Dev Team released an unlock for iOS 5.0.1. That was perhaps the biggest news warranting a video, along with the Home button recalibration trick that seemed to be massively popular amongst viewers and readers.
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Apple has released its annual "iTunes - 12 Days of Christmas" app for the iPhone and iPad in the App Store for customers in the UK and Canada. The app serves as part of Apple's promotion that lasts from December 26th to January 6th.
During Apple's 12 Days of Christmas promotion the company will give away one free gift each day, whether it be an app, song, movie, or iBook.
A couple of days ago, I took the opportunity to visit Alexandria, Virginia, home of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. I visited there with the intention of getting a glimpse of the Steve Jobs patent exhibit before it was scheduled to be removed in a few weeks.
It's pretty interesting to look at some of the history of Apple's patents and the people involved with those patents. The exhibit was uniquely designed to showcase 12 patents per iPhone screen; I guess you could say the patents were the "app icons" of each of the many large-scaled iPhone's that made up the exhibit.
If you won't be able to make it to the exhibit before it gets taken down, don't fret; I've captured my visit on video for you to enjoy...
You just got a new iPhone, and now you need some great apps! The App Store can be a daunting environment to get used to, so we thought we'd take the time to point you in the right direction.
Here are some of the best apps available in the App Store for any new iPhone. We've got apps from multiple categories, so there's sure to be something for everyone!
This is a summary of the most popular news stories published on iDB this past week.
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We wanted to wish all of our readers a very merry Christmas and happy holidays. For our readers in the US and around the world that are celebrating Christmas, we hope you have a wonderful time with your family and friends.
It's times like these that the iDB team feels the need to express our sincere thankfulness for you, the reader. Without all of you, we wouldn't be able to do what we love every day: write about iOS, Apple, and jailbreaking.
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If you know anything about iOS games, chances are that you've heard of Firemint's Real Racing. The two-game racing series is one of the most popular franchises on Apple's mobile platform.
The developers have really pushed the technological envelop with the title, making it one of the first apps to work cohesively with iOS 5's AirPlay mirroring feature. And now they're taking the game to a whole new level.
Let's face it, iTunes is a bit of a bloated mess. What started out as a handy jukebox has somehow turned into the music-selling, app-syncing behemoth that we are all so beholden to if we want to own an iOS device.
That means iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches all rely on iTunes as their way of keeping things in check – syncing songs, videos, apps, and playlists is all done via iTunes and one of those white USB sync cables. It's how we've always done it, and it is how Apple wants you to do it.
Now yes, Apple has been keen to bring its 'PC-free' world to the iOS devices we all carry around. But what if you want to keep all your media on a computer and then sync it across to an iOS device without having to deal with all this cloud stuff? If iTunes is not your bag, then you might want to give CopyTrans Manager a try.