The high demand for Nintendo Switch 2 consoles, paired with the imperfect storm of low supply, has resulted in most stores that carry them being entirely out of stock since launch day. Still, that hasn’t stopped scalpers from listing consoles on eBay for 50% more than the retail price.
Anthony Bouchard
Anthony Bouchard joined the iDownloadBlog.com team in 2016 after originally covering Apple and iPhone jailbreak news at ModMyi.com. As an experienced editor, he brings more than 15 years’ worth of jailbreaking knowledge to our in-depth guides, opinion pieces, and news articles. His passion for device customization and user choice sparks his strong push to empower readers with the tools they need to explore and enjoy the freedom that comes with jailbreaking. Anthony blogs about not only jailbreaking, but also Apple software & accessories, drones & photography, and Nintendo gaming systems. Anthony honed his advanced technical knowledge over the years with hands-on projects ranging from gaming PC builds to engine repair mechanics. His never-ending hunger for knowledge is why you’ll always find him tinkering – tearing things apart and putting them back together to understand what makes them tick.Mophie launches Summer-colored accessories, including 3-in-1 charger, 10,000mAh battery pack, & cables
Whether you appreciate the standard color schemes that modern tech devices bring to the table, or you prefer the fun, bright Summer-associated colors that brands like Apple tend to push during these times of the year, you might try to color-match your accessories to your devices.
As expected, Apple reduces what it will pay for trade-in iPhones toward the purchase of a new handset
Back in May, Apple increased trade-in values for older iPhones, boosting what iPhone users could get as credit toward the purchase of a new device from Apple’s own website when sending their old device back to the company as a part of the Apple Trade In program.
Apple offering $100 Daily Cash back bonus to new Apple Card users for limited time
Apple on Wednesday launched a new promotion to get more people to sign up for Apple Card — the company’s Apple Wallet-integrated and Apple Pay-friendly smart credit card.
26 features iOS 26 ‘borrowed’ from the jailbreak community
As with every major iOS & iPadOS release, there’s usually some overlap with new features that Apple announces and some pre-existing functionality that jailbreakers have had on this platform for years (or even as much as a decade) thanks to jailbreak tweaks. The same can even be said about Apple’s upcoming iOS & iPadOS 26 updates, which the Cuperinto-based company announced at WWDC 2025.
Kickstarter: Peak Design gets back to its roots with a beefier, larger all carbon-fiber Pro Tripod
The Peak Design brand ballooned in popularity following the launch of its Travel Tripod back in 2020 – a seriously compact mobile tripod that can fit along on the side or bottom of virtually any backpack thanks to a space-saving compact design and lightweight carbon fiber and aluminum construction. So what if we told you that Peak Design was taking a bold new step into the professional tripod world?
Software tinkerer gets iOS running on a first-generation Nintendo Switch via QEMU
While the Nintendo Switch 2 has been all the rage lately with respect to headlines, we car across something on social media platform 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) this week involving the original Nintendo Switch that may have some of you doing a double take, and rightfully so.
PSA: Don’t use MIG Switch accessory with Nintendo Switch 2, or Nintendo may ban you from going online
As a general warning directed toward anyone that might be getting or who might already have a Nintendo Switch 2, using the MIG Switch 2 accessory, a trendy way to dump game data from personally owned game cartridges, may not be the best idea.
LeminLimez says upcoming hack could enable custom CarPlay wallpapers without a jailbreak
In a post shared to social media platform 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) on Monday Nugget and Pocket Poster lead developer LeminLimez said that it would be possible to apply custom CarPlay wallpapers with Pocket Poster.
Popular 3DMark cross-platform benchmark tool now available for macOS
It was only a few days ago that we broke the news about Valve making available a new Steam Client Beta with native Apple Silicon support for testing, a move that breaks the multi-year streak of using a clunky web UI for its macOS app, and today, we’re excited to share that a very popular benchmark tool available from Steam is now compatible with macOS.
Nugget v6 now available with new features & bug fixes, including preliminary iOS 26 beta support
Over the weekend, Nugget lead developer LeminLimez took to social media platform 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) to share that version 6.0 of the ever-popular Nugget iPhone customization toolkit had been released.
Jailbreak news of the week: iPadOS 26 kills off checkm8 iPads, Pocket Poster, Letterpress, & more…
Despite the fact that there have been no modern jailbreak releases since iOS 16, the team at iDownloadBlog continues to monitor the environment for jailbreaking potential by following leading voices in the community and bringing what we learn back to all our readers.