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The Kindle Fire Did Not Affect iPad Sales

Oliver Haslam ∙ January 25, 2012

Amazon's Kindle Fire was expected to have a detrimental effect on Apple's iPad sales leading up to the Christmas season, but according to the company's CEO, that isn't actually how it panned out.

During Apple's quarterly earnings call yesterday, new CEO Tim Cook shared that he has been keeping a close eye on iPad sales since the release of Amazon's competing product just in case it managed to take a bite out of Apple's sales.

According to Cook, that didn't actually happen. In fact, the Kindle Fire didn't affect iPad sales at all...

Belfry Lets You Install Stock iPhone Apps on Your iPad

Guest Author ∙ January 25, 2012

Back when the iPad launched in 2010, many people complained that it didn't have any of the native apps found on the iPhone and iPod touch. However, a new jailbreak tweak by Ryan Petrich called Belfry is about to change that.

Belfry is a simple tweak that will install 6 stock apps on your iPad: Clock, Calculator, Compass, Voice Memos, Stocks, and Weather...

Jailbreaking Could Become a Legal Violation This Year

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Back on July 26th of 2010, the US government made the act of jailbreaking electronic devices legal by federal law. This cleared up a lot of the confusion surrounding jailbreaking, and opened the door for folks worried about its legality.

Over the last two years we've been enjoying this freedom, most recently hacking our iPhone 4S and iPad 2 devices. But according to the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), we could lose that freedom this year if we don't act...

With 85 Million Users, iCloud Plays Big Part in Apple’s Next 10 Years Strategy

Oliver Haslam ∙ January 24, 2012

Apple's quarterly earnings call has certainly raised a few eyebrows this time around, with the company reporting huge sales, huge profits and just all around awesomeness. If you're an Apple shareholder, then you're probably very happy right about now.

Many interesting tidbits came out of the earnings call, but one that may not be getting that much attention is the news that there are now 85 million iCloud users, making it clear just why Apple needed that fancy new data center after all.

We suspect Apple wishes it was charging them all the same $99 it charged for MobileMe...

Apple Smashes Expectations and Reports Record Financial Results for Last Quarter

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 14, 2018

After missing expectations during the third quarter last year, all eyes were on Apple in 2011's Q4. Tim Cook and company made seemingly impossible projections for the three month period, and everyone has been watching to see if Apple could deliver.

Well the results are in today, and not only did Apple meet its own lofty expectations, but it blew every metric out of the water. For example, it predicted it would sell 30 million iPhones. And it actually sold 37 million. Keep reading for the full report...

Chrome Sync: Keep Your iOS Bookmarks Synced With Your Computer

Cody Lee ∙ Updated February 21, 2018

One of the biggest benefits of using Apple's Safari web browser on your computer to compliment Mobile Safari on your iOS device is sync-ability. Safari will sync your bookmarks and history, and even has that cool new Reading List feature.

So what about the folks that use Google Chrome? We get the benefit of a much better browser, but get gypped on device-syncing. Well now we can have our cake, and eat it too, with VoyagerApps.com's Chrome Sync Pro...

Dutch Judge Denies Apple Appeal, Deems Galaxy Tab Legal

Oliver Haslam ∙ January 24, 2012

Apple today lost the latest round of its legal battle with Samsung, with a Dutch appeal court siding with the Korean tablet and smartphone maker.

Apple had claimed that Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet had infringed upon some of company's iPad patents, and sought a ban of the infringing hardware. At an appeal hearing today however, a Dutch judge at The Hague deemed the Galaxy Tab 10.1 to be a legal device, saying that it does not infringe on Apple's patents...

Microsoft Releases MSN UK iPad App That Looks Just Like Pulse

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated May 30, 2017

Microsoft's latest iPad app comes in the form of the new MSN UK app, which was made available today.

The app allows UK users to keep up to date on MSN UK news articles, as well as watch video and even stream them to an AirPlay-enabled device such as an Apple TV.

If the whole thing looks eerily familiar then there's a very good reason – the MSN UK iPad app bears a striking resemblance to the Pulse news reader app which has been around for some time now...

Apple Has an Actual Unboxing Room to Test Product Packaging

Cody Lee ∙ January 24, 2012

Apple's engineers and designers are world-renowned for their attention to details, but to what extent? Well according to Adam Lashinsky's new Inside Apple book, the iPhone-makers have their own unboxing room — yeah, unboxing room.

Bits and pieces of Lashinksy's book have been surfacing on the web over the past two weeks. The leaks have provided some interesting insight into the Cupertino company, and this next excerpt continues that trend...

How to Help the People Who Make Jailbreaking Possible

Cody Lee ∙ January 24, 2012

On Friday, the first ever iPhone 4S-compatible jailbreaking utility, Absinthe, was released to the public. And although it bears the Chronic Dev Team's moniker, a lot of folks contributed to the app's development including pod2g, Saurik, MuscleNerd, and others.

Recent Cydia data shows that more than 1 million people jailbroke their A5 devices over the weekend, thanks to the work of the above-mentioned hackers. Can you imagine if they would have charged $1 to download and use their software? They'd all be rich!

How to Install XBMC on iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch

Jeff Benjamin ∙ January 23, 2012

At iDB we're big proponents of XBMC on the Apple TV, but what's to stop one from doing the same thing on the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch? In a word, nothing.

Inside we'll show you how to get XBMC on your mobile iOS device, and we'll give you a sneak peak at some of its awesome benefits...

How to Use Prompt as a Mobile Terminal Alternative

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Okay, so I'm switching gears a bit here and talking about an app that you can download from the App Store.

Make no mistake, while I love jailbreak apps and tweaks, I also have love for many apps that can be found in the App Store.

The App Store is loaded with myriads of quality apps, and Panic's Prompt is one of them. Prompt is an SSH client, and a perfect alternative to Mobile Terminal for hardcore terminal users.

Did you know It also allows you to browse the root structure of your iDevice's file system if you're jailbroken and have OpenSSH installed?