iPhone Jailbreak Application Tells You Who’s Calling or Texting You

by Sebastien on Sep 28, 2010

Last month we introduced you to CallTell, a jailbreak application that tells you who’s calling before the phone starts ringing. Well, there’s a new app available in Cydia that does just this, and a little more.

iCallAnnounce will announce in a human voice the name of the caller you’re receiving a call from. Even better, it can also announce the full SMS details (Sender & Text) of an incoming SMS message in real time. How cool is that? Read More

 

Use the Volume Button of Your iPhone to Take a Picture

by Sebastien on Sep 28, 2010

Some of you may already know FastSnap, an application that was previously available on Rock, which was recently migrated to Cydia. FastSnap allows you to easily capture a photo or video inside the camera.app using the volume button of your iPhone.

FastSnap also comes with a few other handy settings. With FastSnap you can also silent the shutter sound when taking a picture. This feature can be enabled from the Settings menu. To quickly launch the default camera app you can also drag your finger over the top Status bar… Read More

 

EU Drops Investigation into Apple

by Guest Author on Sep 27, 2010

When we reported that Apple had relaxed their App Store guidelines we anticipated the arrival of apps that had been put on hold. What was left out of the conversation was the affect it would have on its pending investigation by the European Commissions office.

It was over a month ago when we originally brought you the news that the EU would be joining the Federal Trade Commissions in investigating Apple for their conduct in the dispute regarding Adobe and Flash. It turns out that when Apple opted to relax their rules it relaxed the temperament of the authorities… Read More

 

Dev Team Shows Off SHAtter Exploit [GreenPois0n iPhone Jailbreak on Its Way]

by Sebastien on Sep 27, 2010

Folks, we just got one step closer to an official release of the iOS 4.1 jailbreak promised by the Chronic Dev Team thanks to the SHAtter exploit discovered by pod2g.

In a video posted on their blog today, the Dev Team showed off an iPod Touch 4G jailbroken with PwnageTool. The Dev Team was able to use the SHAtter exploit to install a custom firmware on the iPod Touch 4G, and was successful in getting the basics covered, such as Cydia, customized preferences, root access, etc… Read More

 

App Switcher Rotator Tweak for Jailbroken iPhone

by Sebastien on Sep 27, 2010

If you rotate your iPhone in landscape mode and hit the home button to launch the app switcher, you will notice that apps in the switcher keep their portrait mode orientation. A new jailbreak app called App Switcher Rotator will fix that for you.

App Switcher Rotator rotates the app switcher icons to the current orientation. That’s all it does… Read More

 

Use Your iPod Music as an Alarm Clock Sound on Your iPhone

by Sebastien on Sep 27, 2010

PlayAwake is a new jailbreak app available in Cydia that will let you use your iPod music as an alarm clock sound on your iPhone. By default, you are only limited to a few alarm clock sounds on your iPhone. PlayAwake wiill lift this limitation and let you choose any song from your iPod library to wake up to.

Just pick a track from your iPhone’s music library from inside the default alarm clock app and you will wake up listening to your favorite song…  Read More

 

Compare Hotel Prices with HotelCalculator App [Sponsored]

by Sebastien on Sep 27, 2010

Suddenly you have to change your hotel reservations or immediately book accommodation. It does not have to be another stressful situation anymore. Wherever you are, with HotelCalculator’s iPhone app you can book hotels in almost every city across the globe. You can use the HotelCalculator iPhone app anywhere you can get an Internet connection.

This “pocket size” search engine will help you find absolute best market prices available because it compares prices of accommodation found on the various travel websites. Save your time with this app that can automatically search aggregates data from over 20 hotel reservation websites and compare the prices for you. Smaller screen but still the same efficient and affordable way to hunt for the best deals… Read More

 

10 Unusual iPhone Accessories

by Sebastien on Sep 26, 2010

We love our iPhones. We love them so much that we find ways to incorporate them even more in our every day life.

In this post we will show you 10 unusual iPhone accessories that funny, creative and original. You thought you’d seen them all? Then think again! Read More

 

Top 10 iPhone News You Missed This Week

by Sebastien on Sep 26, 2010

This is a summary of the most popular posts that were published on the blog last week:

And from our iPad Blog:

 

Google Voice App GV Mobile+ Free For A Few Hours

by Sebastien on Sep 25, 2010

A quick alert to let you know that GV Mobile+, the Google Voice application by Sean Kovacs is free in the App Store for a few hours. According to Sean’s Twitter update, GV Mobile+ will go back to its normal price ($2.99) at around 10pm PST.

GV Mobile+ was released in the App Store last week after Apple loosened up the app approval process. It is the second Google Voice iPhone app to be approved in the App Store this since Apple changed the app approval process. GV Connect was the first one.

You can download GV Mobile+ from here. Hurry up!

UPDATE: The developer of GV Mobile+ is apparently pissed that we (and other sites) shared the news. As a result, the app is not free anymore.

UPDATE 2: The dev says on Twitter the app should be free again for just a few minutes. Hurry!

 
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