How to add an animated clock to Notification Center

By Jeff Benjamin on Apr 11, 2013

Flip Clock is a jailbreak widget that allows you to add an animated flipping clock to Notification Center. The tweak features a nice helping of options to configure the look and feel of the clock to your personal liking.

Once Flip Clock is installed, simply enable it in Settings > Notifications in order to display it within your Notification Center. The tweak also works with packages like LockInfo for placing the widget in more places than just the Notification Center panel. Check out a few more tidbits about this great looking jailbreak tweak after the break… Read More

 

How to add a stopwatch to the iPhone’s Lock screen

By Jeff Benjamin on Mar 20, 2013

Isn’t it annoying when your iPhone goes to the Lock screen while using its built-in stopwatch? Perhaps that’s never happened to you before, because you simply don’t use the stopwatch. But if it has happened, you’ll be ecstatic to learn about a brand new jailbreak tweak that solves this issue.

Stoppur — a jailbreak tweak that allows you to place a stopwatch right on the Lock screen — is available on Cydia’s BigBoss repo for $0.99. Is it worth it for stopwatch users? Take a look inside for more insight. Read More

 

A beautiful verbal clock for your Lock screen

By Jim Gresham on Mar 4, 2013

Continuing our Lock screen modding series, we take a closer look at an elegant verbal clock. Having an affinity for well-designed typographical imagery, this verbal clock is a perfect addition for my iPhone. A sleek black, gray, and white interface, I am impressed with the elegance of its minimalism. Follow us beyond the fold to find out how to set your iPhone up similarly… Read More

 

Binary Clock replaces your iPhone’s stock Lock screen clock

By Jeff Benjamin on Dec 11, 2012

Binary Clock is a new jailbreak tweak that outright replaces the stock Lock screen clock on an iOS device. The tweak features over a dozen different themes of various colors or shapes, along with the ability to hide or show the Lock screen date string.

Obviously, you’ll need to know how to tell time in binary, unless your plan is to simply stare aimlessly at the pretty flashing lights. Don’t worry, inside I’ll not only showcase this awesome tweak, but I’ll also teach you how to tell time in binary in less than a couple of minutes. Read More

 

In time for holidays, Swiss watch maker Mondaine welcomes iPad users to the club

By Christian Zibreg on Nov 27, 2012

A design Apple licensed for the iOS 6 Clock app from the Swiss Federal Railways for an alleged $20 million was also licensed 26 years ago to Switzerland-based watch maker Mondaine. In fact, Mondaine Group CEO André Bernheim had at one point considered legal action against the iPhone maker before Cupertino relented and agreed to sign a licensing agreement. The clock face design is truly timeless: it’s withstood the test of time and is still being used in SBB’s stations. Now, in a conveniently timed PR move, Mondaine issues a statement reminding Apple users it’s the official licensee of the design for wrist watches and wall clocks, eventually hoping some fans would put Mondaine products on their holiday shopping list… Read More

 

Apple paid $20 million for iPad Clock design rights

By Christian Zibreg on Nov 10, 2012

Remember legal brouhaha involving Apple and iPad Clock app in iOS 6 on one side and Swiss Federal Railways, which holds rights to the iconic timepiece design, on the other? We praised Apple for doing the right thing after it was reported the intellectual property dispute ended by Apple agreeing to license the SBB station clock design for use on iPads and iPhones. Neither Apple nor the Swiss Federal Railways SBB commented on financial terms of the licensing agreement at the time, but sources now claim Apple paid to the tune of $20 million, or 16.5 million euros, for design IP… Read More

 

Apple does the right thing, licenses the iPad clock design from Swiss Railway

By Christian Zibreg on Oct 12, 2012

After Apple was accused of lifting the iPad clock design from the timeless railway clock created by designer Hans Hilfiker for the Swiss Federal Railway service (SBB), and following a round of negotiations between Apple and the railway service, the Cupertino, California headquartered gadget maker has agreed to license the iconic timepiece look for the new clock app in iOS 6. The information has been confirmed officially by the SBB. Good move Apple, good move… Read More

 

Swiss Federal Railways to meet with Apple to talk iPad clock design

By Christian Zibreg on Sep 24, 2012

That beautiful clock design in Apple’s new iPad Clock app in iOS 6 has evidently been copied from the Swiss Federal Railway service as they are the sole owner of the trademark and copyright of the railway clock. The Swiss firm, as previously reported, got in contact with Apple to talk the trademark dispute. According to a new report, its lawyers might be looking to eventually strike a licensing agreement of sorts with the Cupertino-based iPhone maker… Read More

 

Swiss Federal Railways says Apple copied its iconic clock in iOS 6

By Cody Lee on Sep 20, 2012

The latest iteration of Apple’s mobile OS, iOS 6, has barely been out for 24 hours, but it’s already causing quite a commotion. First, people seem to be really upset over the new Maps application. And now this.

According to a new report, Switzerland’s Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, or the Swiss Federal Railway service, is accusing Apple of using their iconic clock in the new iPad Clock app in iOS 6 without permission… Read More

 

LiveClock tweak updated with iOS 5 support

By Cody Lee on Jul 25, 2012

As most of you know, LiveClock has been around the jailbreak scene for quite some time. The tweak replaces the Clock app’s icon with an animated version that reflects the current time.

But over the years, LiveClock has gotten lost in the couch cushions of Cydia. Ignored by its developer, the package had not seen an update since 2010. Until yesterday, that is… Read More

 

How to make your iPhone speak the current time and date

By Jeff Benjamin on Jul 16, 2012

Sometimes you just don’t have time to look at the time. Or maybe you’re in a dark room, and don’t want the iPhone’s light to blind you as if you were staring directly into the sun. In either of these scenarios, using TimeSpeak would be appropriate.

TimeSpeak is a jailbreak tweak that will speak the current time and date out loud when invoked via an Activator action. The tweak contains numerous options for speaking certain parts of time like day, month, hours, minutes, seconds, etc. Take a look inside for a full video demo… Read More

 

Clockify adds a live clock to your Home screen and more

By Jeff Benjamin on Jun 19, 2012

Clockify is a recently released jailbreak tweak that takes the fundamentals of Live Clock, and gives it a modern iOS 5 update. With Clockify you can add a live functioning clock on your Home screen, along with adding world clocks to the Lock screen and Notification Center.

There’s a fairly impressive amount of customization to be had with Clockify, as you’ll no doubt notice in our hands-on video walkthrough inside… Read More

 

iOS 6: Clock app video walkthrough

By Jeff Benjamin on Jun 13, 2012

Finally, the iPad can lay claim to a Clock app of its own. That’s right, with iOS 6, comes a new Clock app built from the ground up with the iPad in mind. The first word that might come to your head after initially laying eyes on the Clock app is “beautiful”, as it’s accented with a level of detail that Apple is famous for.

Included with the Clock app is a world clock capable of storing up to 24 different locations, along with the obligatory alarm, stop watch, and timer functions. Check out our full video walkthrough of the new Clock app for all of the details. Be sure to comment and let us know what you think about it.

 

New in iOS 6: a new Clock app for the iPad

By Jeff Benjamin on Jun 11, 2012

Finally. There is now a Clock app included with iOS 6 on the iPad. I guess having Siri on the iPad forced Apple’s hand. But this isn’t just any old ordinary Clock app, Apple went the extra mile and created a downright beautiful interface that puts the iPhone Clock app to shame.

Even the icon on the iPad version of the Clock app looks much better. Check inside for a handful of new images showcasing the Clock app and all of its various features… Read More

 

Clock Widget for Dashboard X brings an Android inspired clock to iOS

By Jeff Benjamin on May 10, 2012

Clock Widget is a simple Android inspired widget that’s great to use if you like to hide the clock in your status bar like yours truly.

I see this as being more or less of a way to show off the potential of Dashboard X, as it was created by the developer of Dashboard X himself.

Check out our video walkthrough for more info… Read More

 

How to add world clocks to Notification Center

By Jeff Benjamin on Feb 23, 2012

If you’re a big traveller, then would it not be convenient to have world clock access in Notification Center?

With a new jailbreak tweak aptly entitled WorldClockCenter, now you can.

WorldClockCenter takes all of the world clocks you have configured inside the stock Clock app, and places them in Notification Center, along with a few extra configurable options. Check out our brief video walkthrough inside… Read More

 

Add Seconds to Your Status Bar With StatusBarSeconds

By Jeff Benjamin on Nov 24, 2011

I can honestly say that I think there’s a tweak for absolutely everyone on Cydia. Case in point: StatusBarSeconds, a new jailbreak tweak that allows you to add seconds to your iDevice’s status bar.

Who needs something like that? Someone, apparently. Check inside for a video walkthrough of StatusBarSeconds in action… Read More

 

ClockCenter: An Analog Clock For Notification Center

By Jeff Benjamin on Oct 20, 2011

When you ride in a luxury car, one of the first things you’ll notice is an analog clock. It’s a sign of grace, style, and precision.

Since the iPhone is arguably the “luxury car” of smart phones, it’s only right that an analog clock graces iOS 5′s new Notification Center.

Sure enough, not long after iOS 5 was released to the public, ClockCenter shows up on Cydia… Read More

 

New iPod Nano 6th Gen Unboxing

By Jeff Benjamin on Oct 5, 2011

So, you’re digging those 17 new watch faces included with the iPod nano’s new firmware update?

If you’ve just ordered a nano, or you already have the latest hardware refresh, that means you’ll need to upgrade the firmware to receive all of the new features Apple touted at yesterday’s media event.

In this video, we unbox a brand new iPod nano, upgrade the firmware, show off all 18 watch faces, and touch on various other new features like the enhanced Nike+ app, and new Home screen layout… Read More

 

TimerBar: Access Your iPhone’s Timer or Stopwatch From Anywhere

By Jeff Benjamin on Sep 29, 2011

I find myself using my iPhone’s Clock app, with its included timer and stopwatch, for all sorts of arbitrary reasons.

It’s a really handy thing to have, but it would even better if you didn’t have to launch the Clock app every time, just to access the time keeping functions.

Enter TimerBar, a jailbreak tweak that allows you to invoke your timer from anywhere by means of Activator. Full video walkthrough, inside… Read More

 
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