Add Calling and Messaging Shortcuts to Your Home Screen with QuickContact

by Oliver Haslam on Jan 17, 2012

The current trend of finding ways to get icons on an iOS device’s Home screen with the intent of creating shortcuts for actions is nothing new. It was originally one of the big jailbreak advantages, and now it’s back. This time, you don’t need to jailbreak anything.

QuickContact is the latest in a long line of apps that offer the user a way to create shortcuts on the Home screen, and now sending SMS messages and making phone calls are the order of the day.

The best part about this is the fact it’s not actually an app at all, but rather a web app. Read More

 

ProTube: An Alternative YouTube App for Jailbreakers

by Jeff Benjamin on Jan 5, 2012

You know it. I know it. The stock YouTube app that comes with your iOS device is simply an abomination. Yes, it’s that terrible.

So anything that can improve over the stock app is generally received with a warm response. For that matter, even YouTube’s web app is leaps and bounds over the stock YouTube app.

ProTube is the latest YouTube alternative to make its way to Cydia, and it attempts to pick up where the YouTube web app left off. Does it succeed? Check inside for my full breakdown… Read More

 

Whip Your Phone App Into Shape With StartDial

by Jeff Benjamin on Jan 3, 2012

Do you ever get annoyed when you open your Phone app and it doesn’t go to the section you were expecting?

With StartDial, that problem is a thing of the past. StartDial allows you to always start at a specific section of your Phone app every time you open it by means of a predefined setting.

It’s even smart enough to start at your recents whenever you have missed calls. If you make a lot of phone calls, and your iPhone is jailbroken, check out our hands-on experience with StartDial inside… Read More

 

LockLauncher: Launch Up to 9 Apps From Your Lock Screen

by Jeff Benjamin on Jan 3, 2012

LockLauncher — not to be confused with, well, LockLauncher — is a jailbreak tweak that allows you to launch up to 9 different apps directly from your lock screen.

Despite its unoriginal name, LockLauncher differs from the previous LockLauncher we reviewed last summer. This version of LockLauncher is both free, and features the ability to launch more apps.

Be sure to check out our video walkthrough to see what it brings to the table… Read More

 

Motion Adds Visual Mayhem to Your iPhone’s Home Screen

by Jeff Benjamin on Jan 2, 2012

Motion is a new jailbreak tweak that can seriously spice up your iPhone’s Home screen, if you’re into that sort of thing. The tweak does this by adding quite a few animation options to the app icons on your Home screen.

Best of all, Motion clocks in at a reasonable $1 on the Cydia Store. Should you try it out? Check out our hands-on video inside and judge for yourselves… Read More

 

Easily Dismiss Your Keyboard With Pull To Dismiss

by Jeff Benjamin on Jan 2, 2012

Is your iPhone’s keyboard getting in the way? If so, then you may want to give Pull To Dismiss a try.

Pull To Dismiss is the latest jailbreak tweak from Ryan Petrich that allows you to easily dismiss your iPhone’s keyboard with a simple pull. It works similar to pull to refresh, except instead of refreshing the content on the page, it dismisses your keyboard…

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MapReminders: Setup Location Based Reminders Using Maps

by Jeff Benjamin on Dec 29, 2011

The location-based aspect of the Reminders app is convenient but limited. As of now, all you can really do is setup reminders based on your current location or the contents of your Contacts app.

With MapReminders, you can peruse an entire map to setup reminders for certain locations easily. Check out our video walkthrough of this upcoming jailbreak tweak… Read More

 

LocationHolic: Fake Your iPhone’s Location [Sponsored]

by Jeff Benjamin on Dec 29, 2011

Want to travel across the globe without leaving the confines of your humble abode? If so, then look no further than LocationHolic, a location-spoofing jailbreak tweak for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

LocationHolic works by essentially overriding your device’s location data with a location of your choosing. Choosing the location is as simple as searching or even placing a pin on a map. It really doesn’t get any simpler than LocationHolic, as you’ll see in our video walkthrough… Read More

 

How to Save Favorites Notes to Your Home Screen With SBStickyNotes

by Jeff Benjamin on Dec 29, 2011

The Notes app is a great app for saving quick items that you need to get back to later, but often it’s easy to forget that you wrote anything down in the first place.

With SBStickyNotes, forgetting just became a tad more difficult. That’s because this tweak allows you to save favorite notes to you Home screen as a bookmark.

We’ve gone hands-on with SBStickyNotes on video; check inside to view the full walkthrough… Read More

 

Griffin HeloTC iOS-Controlled Helicopter Review

by Cody on Dec 29, 2011

The market for iOS-controlled vehicles has become rather crowded over the last 12 months. We’ve seen everything from robots to helicopters and everything in between. But most of these remote control devices are usually too pricey to go mainstream.

Griffin’s Helo TC  breaks that mold by being one of the first iOS RC vehicles under $50. And although it has been available for a few months now, I just recently got my hands on one. Read More

 
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