The stock Messages app in iOS is so boring. Everything is the same color and font, and there's no option for contact photos or custom avatars. Sure there are utilities in Cydia that allow you to skin the SMS app, but they tend to make your phone feel sluggish.
If you' want to spruce up your Messages app, without dealing with Winterboard or themes, you may want to check out SMSEnhancer. This new jailbreak tweak adds contact photos and time stamps to your otherwise dull conversation screen...
A new study of European smartphone buyers by Yankee Group is due to be released next month, with the highlight being a claim that fully 40% of European smartphone purchasers intend their next handset to be an Apple iPhone.
After that massive 40% potential iPhone sales, Android comes in a distant second with 19%, followed by 17% aiming for a BlackBerry.
Former phone giant Nokia lags behind with a paltry 15%. The Finnish outfit will no doubt be hoping their imminent switch to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 will help arrest their alarming decline over the last few years...
One of the new features in iOS 5 is the ability to hide your keyboard when viewing your SMS history in the iMessage app.
It didn't take long, but there is now a jailbreak tweak available that mimics said functionality, and even allows you to hide the input box as well.
For longtime biteSMS users, this won't be new to you, but if you've been hanging onto that old outdated Messages app, this is a must have tweak to add to your collection.
Check inside for the video details surrounding SMSHideKeyboard...
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Since he came up with the LimeRa1n exploit that is still being used in the latest iOS jailbreaks, we haven't heard much from famed hacker GeoHot. As a matter of fact, we haven't heard anything at all. Until today.
We were just tipped off by the folks at Tech Unwrapped that George Hotz is now working for Facebook. Needless to say that I was a bit skeptical about the news and when I inquired for more details, I was pointed to GeoHot's very own Facebook profile where he confirms that he is indeed working for Facebook...
LabelMover is a new jailbreak tweak that will presumably be a part of the TweakWeek selection of tweaks.
The purpose of this tweak is to adjust the position of your app icon labels about 1/4th from the top of the app icon.
That's pretty much all this tweak sets out to do, and to be honest with you, I uninstalled this right after shooting it...
Here at iDB, we love a good Kickstarter project. Created so independent designers and inventors can get the funding needed to progress, Kickstarter has been home to numerous much-loved tech in the past.
The latest iDevice to receive the Kickstarter treatment is a smartphone and tablet stand, dubbed "The Infinite Loop."
Yeah, we loved the Mothership reference in there too.....
Lulz Security, commonly referred to as LulzSec, has been causing all sorts of chaos around the web for the past few months. The team of hackers is responsible for a number of recent attacks, including posting a fake news story on PBS.com and knocking the CIA's website offline.
Though their recent attacks have been fairly harmless, their most recent break-in has made a lot of folks nervous. Last Thursday, LulzSec published more than 700 confidential documents stolen from the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS).
The 440MB of data included emails, handbooks, images and other sensitive files, some of which revealed the identities of Arizona Law Enforcement. In sifting through the data, Techland uncovered a form particularly interesting to iDB entitled "iPhone apps- used against officers.doc"
The Gevey SIM allows you to unlock your iPhone without the need of a jailbreak. The SIM card force activates the iPhone's baseband by exploiting the emergency dialer function.
Apple released iOS 5 Beta 2 last night, and it appears that the Gevey SIM is now blocked from working in this second iOS build. It's suspected that Gevey will try to battle Apple's patching of its interposer while iOS 5 is still in the beta testing stages.
Apple released iOS 5 Beta 2 to developers last night. The big highlights in iOS 5 Beta 2 include the added Wi-Fi sync functionality that Apple promised at WWDC, and the ability to restore from an iCloud backup during setup.
If you're wondering about Apple's latest iOS beta release, we've collected all of the information you need to know in one easy place.
Apple's implementation of multitasking in iOS 4 is undoubtedly one of the best in the business. Not necessarily in presentation, but in functionality. iOS' ability to maintain a high level of performance with dozens of apps open easily outperforms the competition.
The problem is, since you are able to have so many apps running without noticeable effects, sifting through your multitask bar can become a bit tedious. If you've been looking for an alternative way to browse your list of running applications, well, let me introduce you to RunningList...
Have you ever wondered how much money people spend on their iPhones? The folks at Geekaphone have prepared an infographic called "Pimp Your iPhone," and now you can see figures on how much cash people drop on their precious handsets.
A staggering $497 million was spent on iPhone accessories in the last 9 months alone. The average price of a paid app is $1.25.
Check out the full infographic after the break...