Showing off some photos or videos shot on your iPhone with a group of friends is usually kind of a pain since not many of us like to pass our iPhones around. If only there was an iPhone projector!
Well, with a few household items, you can make your own iPhone/iPod projector within minutes.
Front man for the Chronic Dev Team, Joshua Hill (also known as p0sixninja), has announced a landmark number of crash reports that have already been submitted to his team. The Chronic Dev Team recently released an app that collects iOS crash reports in iTunes and sends them to the team's private servers to help find exploits for the future iOS 5 untethered jailbreak.
After only one week, the team of hackers has collected over 10 million crash reports from jailbreak supporters worldwide. Joshua and the rest of the Chronic Dev Team are working to parse the crash report data to help create a stable untethered jailbreak for Apple's iOS 5.
This is a summary of the most popular news stories published on iDB this past week.
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Among its various patent lawsuits with Samsung and other Android partners, Apple has made one thing clear: it's in the business of making great products, not licensing patents. It's not in it for the money, it's in it to ensure that its unique products stay unique.
But that doesn't mean that Apple won't license low-level iOS patents. It's already done so with companies like Nokia and IBM. And as it turns out, Apple has even tried to offer Samsung the opportunity to license its patents. But for some reason, the Korean company declined...
Apple's demand for computing power and remote server space is growing at a rapid rate thanks to new services like iCloud, iTunes Match, and Siri.
Demand is growing so fast, in fact, that it appears that its new $1 billion dollar data center in North Carolina and its recently-acquired 12 petabytes of server space aren't enough to support Apple's cloud division anymore...
TinyUmbrella, the utility used to save your iOS device's SHSH blobs for future firmware downgrades, has just been updated to support the recently released iOS 5.1 beta.
Even though we've warned jailbreakers not to update past iOS 5.0, and there's currently no way to downgrade, it's always a good idea to have your iDevices' SHSH blobs on file...
By now most of you have heard about SiriProxy. The server hack enables knowledgeable users to create custom Siri commands that can make the digital assistant do things well outside of what Apple programmed it to do.
We've already seen several uses for the Proxy. We've even spoken with the mastermind behind it. Now, we'll take a look at Mark Hodder's setup in which he uses Siri to control his fireplace, Christmas lights, and other appliances...
This is a big victory for Samsung in the US, which could change the course of legal battles between the two companies in other countries. Reuters reports:
Apple failed to convince a U.S. judge to block Samsung Electronics from selling Galaxy smartphones and tablets in the U.S. market, depriving the iPhone and iPad maker of crucial leverage in a global patent battle between the two companies.
I wish Apple and Samsung would reach an agreement so we can put this behind us once and for all.
What better way to start the day than doing an app giveaway?
This week, we have 4 apps to give away, which equals a total of 32 promo codes. We're not asking you to do anything special to win one of these codes. All you have to do is be fast, because they won't be here for long...
We may have just found the perfect Christmas gift for your fellow iPad user. The iDrive is a steering wheel mount for your iPad, and it looks incredible.
When you're driving, it's hard to use your iPad to its full potential. You're limited by awkward, unnecessary things, like having to focus on the road or eat your breakfast. That's where the iDrive comes in, and you'll never know how you lived without it.
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last 6 months, chances are you're aware of the ongoing feud between Samsung and Apple. It all started with Apple filing a patent infringement suit against the Korean company for copying its product designs.
The lawsuits have turned out to be a nightmare for Samsung, as the company has been banned from selling its Galaxy tablet in multiple countries, including Germany and Australia. Apparently, Samsung could have avoided all of this with a few, simple design changes...
A recent post by jailbreak developer Filippo Bigarella really hit me. Filippo is a relatively well-known developer in the jailbreak community, and his most recent app, Springtomize 2, has been making huge splashes since its public release yesterday.
We have a great relationship with Filippo at iDB, and I consider him a friend. He's a good guy who makes incredible software. His stance on pirating Springtomize says a lot about how piracy hurts the jailbreak community.